Bryan Bros Krone Big X 780, Cork

Bryan Brothers Agri Contracting is a business based near Fermoy, Co Cork. Started by their father in the 1960s with only a single chop silage harvester and one John Deere tractor Alan and Stuart took over the business in 1990 and built it up to where they are today. They concentrate mainly on silage, Stuart states “if we could cut grass 12 months of the year we would” but slurry, a bit of tillage and maize also form a portion of the work for the Bryan Brothers.

Alan is the driver of the Big X 780 and is delighted with the simple features as well as how the machine performs; he explains “the lights move with the flap, the other machines don’t have that and when you’re filling a trailer at night time you want the light pointing where the shoot is pointing, or you press a button and the shoot parks itself home, simple things like that, what other machine has back axle suspension? None of them.”