We upgraded our old Pottinger Europrofi 3 to a new Europrofi 5010 Combiline. We have noticed a significantly shorter chop length with the new wagon, thanks to the new 39 blade knife bank. This has led to making better quality silage. We run a Pottinger Torro 5100 as well and with the two wagons working together, we can put in a lot of silage in a day. We have found that the wagons are relatively maintenance free and any tines, bands or blades required are in stock in Porters.

We raise ironwork on roads ahead of surfacing crews and recently invested in a MultiOne loader in order to speed up our work. The MultiOne is used for gathering up the piles of rubbish generated from breaking out and loading it onto a lorry and also placing tar to ramp off around the new raised ironwork. This is a lot faster than using a tracked mini digger and has allowed us to increase our output each day and still be off the road in time. The machine is very user friendly and versatile and we have been delighted with its performance.

We feed around 900 bales per year and would not be without the Hustler. Feeding that used to take an hour and a half can now be done in ten minutes and my back is spared now that I have no graping to do! Previously we were putting out more bales to save having to grape as much which meant that some of the bale was being lost whereas we now have no wastage. The Hustler is by far the most robust machine available and my only regret is that we didn’t purchase sooner.

I bought the Bobman FL with the disinfectant box with the main purpose of saving me time each day by having a machine to do four jobs in one. We have around 180 cubicles and I have found that the time spent bedding has now been reduced from one hour each day to fourteen minutes! This includes brushing, scraping, applying sawdust and lime which I do all on the one pass...

This was our first Pottinger one pass system having previously used Accord and Lemken systems. We decided on a Pottinger one pass due to the close proximity of the dealer, Porters, the excellent service from the Pottinger area manager and the unique features of the Pottinger drill which are easy to use and adjust. We have had the drill now for a few seasons and haven’t had any problems; the build quality of the machinery is very good along with the paint work.