A little bit steady but very sturdy

If you’re on a bit of a budget but looking for some well-built grassland equipment, eastern Europe increasingly offers some options well worth considering. Polish maker Talex’s diverse range of grassland products now includes the Sprinter 1500 round bale wrapper tested here, which hit the market last season. An entry-level wrapper, the machine features a pre-stretch assembly that wraps 1.20m and 1.50m diameter bales weighing up to 1.1t.

Issues getting hitched

First up, we needed to couple our test Sprinter 1500 to its partner tractor, a John Deere 6130R, and here we hit a hitch with the hitch. The wrapper’s drawbar has a pin-and-hole system on which the height of the hitch ring can be adjusted to ensure it is as horizontal as