Boil down the results of this test and you get the formula above. How does the Fendt 1290 S XD big square baler manage that sort of output? And what’s it like to work with? Read on

Hesston started building big balers in 1978. The business first passed to Fiat, then to Case IH and now rests with AGCO, which in 2012 delivered the first XD — Xtra Density — models. Producing bales from a 1.2m x 0.9m chamber, this descendant of the original 4800 baler line gained the ‘ProCut’ system in 2015. The current Fendt 1290 S XD tested here is the twin brother of Massey’s 2270 XD Cutter………[To read more, see instructions on this page]