- My name is Tyler Schiferl
and I'm a project
engineer here at Vermeer.
I grew up on a ranch
in northeast Nebraska,
putting up hundreds of bales a year.
I've been at Vermeer for 11 years.
I worked on the ZR5 with the
forage innovations group,
and now I lead the ZR5 engineering team.
- I'm Kent Thompson,
I'm the research and development manager
for forage innovations at Vermeer.
I grew up on a small,
real-crop and livestock farm
in northeast Nebraska.
I've been at Vermeer 22 years.
I have over 20 patents and
I've released over 20 products.
During my time at Vermeer,
I've been a part of many projects.
Some of my favorites are:
the Quick-Clip®, the TM1200 and 1400,
as well as the ZR5-1200
self-propelled baler.
I work with a team to
create innovative solutions
that don't exist today.
Baling hay can be really tough,
both mentally and physically.
It's hard to stay focused
and productive throughout the whole day.
You know you're bouncing around in the cab,
you're looking back at the baler,
you're starting and stopping - it's tough.
- And to add that,
and a lot of times at the end of the day,
you're disappointed in that day's work,
always thinking that you
should've been able to put up
a few more bales than you actually did.
We knew there had to be a better way,
and the Vermeer forage
innovations allowed us
to get more creative.
A lot of the ideas we had were limited by
what the tractor could do.
So we started asking ourselves,
"Do we really need the tractor?"
- And that's how the ZR5-1200 got started.
Designed to take comfort,
speed, maneuverability
and productivity to another level.
We showed the ZR5 in 2017.
We put it in customers' hands in 2018.
We can't wait to show you today,
the ZR5-1200 self-propelled baler,
built right, right here in Pella, Iowa.
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