Arne Mathiesen: Successful together

In the small Danish town of Odder, near Aarhus in eastern Jutland, Arne Mathiesen, his wife Karen Margrethe, his children and up to 20 freelance staff run an impressive and highly successful contracting company called Maskinstation Odder. Straw harvesting and trading is a particularly profitable line of business for Maskinstation. “Every year we export around 5,000–6,000 tonnes of square straw bales to Germany and the Netherlands,” explains Arne. “We use nine high-capacity balers for that, six of which are currently BiG Pack big balers from Krone.” He ordered all BiG Packs complete with the new Krone BaleCollect bale accumulator. Hitched to the baler, this bale collector collects up to three bales on its platform: “By collecting the bales and placing them on the ground in groups, we drastically reduce field traffic and are much more efficient.”

The machine fleet currently consists of six BiG Pack big balers which work almost 24/7 in the harvesting season.

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