Krone Premos 5000 Automatic Bale Loader

This script adds automatic square bale handling to the Krone Premos 5000 from the Straw Harvest add-on. It is designed exclusively for the Premos 5000 and Bale Shredder. On any other vehicle, no controls, status panel, or additional script logic are activated.

Park the machine, place square bales within the marked pickup area, and activate the loader with LEFT CTRL + N. The bales are placed onto the intake conveyor one at a time, keeping the pellet line supplied while you work elsewhere. Round bales are ignored. The drop height is calculated from each bale's size, allowing different square bale shapes to fit correctly.

A status panel in the upper-left corner shows the number of bales in range, the number waiting in the queue, and the number already fed into the machine. Press F6 to show or hide the on-screen placement and conveyor markers.

When the conveyor is full, the loader waits instead of stacking bales. Once the tank is full, it pauses the machine and automatically resumes operation when there is room again.

Important: At runtime, the script increases the Premos 5000 pellet tank capacity from 9,000 to 40,000 litres. This allows unattended operation to remain practical with large quantities of bales. No game files are edited, and removing the script immediately restores the original 9,000-litre capacity.

This script is single-player only and adds no vehicles, models, or textures. Optional settings for the pickup zone, drop position, queue length, and conveyor speed can be adjusted in modSettings/FS25_AutoBaleLoader/settings.xml.