We had Redekop choppers on both our TR97 and TR98. They spread both chaff and straw, and do an excellant job. 25 to 30 feet was no problem, and the spread pattern was nice and even. This was a far superior chopper to the NH original. It baffles me why they did not go with the MAV as OE on the CR's. If they can get the CR chopper on ours working as good as the Redekop we had, I would be very satisfied.