Bulk Sawdust storage recommendations..

ollie989898 · Apr 27, 2019

Jamer said:
Sorry Ollie but that's horse shite. I would give up sand tomorrow for the cost and dealing with the slurry but from lameness, cow comfort, cow cleanliness and the lack of hock/knee lesions, sand is far preferable. Ps, I have some sawdust on mats for comparison.

I know plenty of farms who are on sawdust or ground straw. No complaints.

Grassman247 · Apr 27, 2019

ollie989898 said:
I know plenty of farms who are on sawdust or ground straw. No complaints.

Yep I’m on green sawdust, no lime, no hock lesions and lameness less than 10% plus we don’t have to deal with sand laden slurry

Derrick Hughes · Apr 27, 2019

eulb said:
In my book that’s £50/t cheaper.

Tis now but I've seen quotes of £150 for bulk in the past

Derrick Hughes · Apr 27, 2019

ollie989898 said:
I know plenty of farms who are on sawdust or ground straw. No complaints.

The best sawdust for cows is not the best for the cowman .any roughness on mats couses sore hocks. Use the fine stuff which is ideal for mats and you get dust

Scholsey · Apr 27, 2019

What are the options bulk wise? Use Ardens for bagged sawdust, tried bulk envirobed and wasn’t a huge fan, seemed to get a paper maché like layer on cows feet, haven’t managed to find a organic approved bulk sawdust supplier. Fed up of plastic bags and pallets!

Derrick Hughes · Apr 27, 2019

Depends if we want any dust .the dusty products are the cheapest and do the best job . Grade 1 dust free sawdust will cost a small fortune in bulk

woodworm · May 17, 2019

coomoo said:
£4 a bag here or £3.20 for an artic but storage outside put me off full loads

Is that dried or green?

coomoo · May 17, 2019

woodworm said:
Is that dried or green?

Dried

iitc123 · Jan 14, 2020

Any one used a hopper for filling bedding machine? Could buy sawdust in bulk an then fill hopper with loader, park bedder under hopper and open shoot. Currently using 12 bags a day. Worried the sawdus would bridge in the hopper ?

PDB · Jan 14, 2020

eulb said:
Behind the loader,one far left has sawdust in.

I use 20/24t every 3 weeks,was £19/t but now £29

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Is that green sawdust? Sounds seriously cheap. I’m in £3 bag off wintertons

Headless chicken · Jan 14, 2020

iitc123 said:
Any one used a hopper for filling bedding machine? Could buy sawdust in bulk an then fill hopper with loader, park bedder under hopper and open shoot. Currently using 12 bags a day. Worried the sawdus would bridge in the hopper ?

did it in the past with gypsum somewhere I worked. It was ok. Downside was it was a nightmare to fill some days and obviously no one remembered to fill it before the weekend. It’s also not that easy to actually see how full it is so you need to keep a tally. It did bridge a fair bit think it needs a hellish steep cone to make it workable.

Tarw Coch · Jan 14, 2020

Forage Trader said:
A Lot around here store bulk in outdoor silage pits , just be aware of the cost, its not always cheaper than bags , bag price on dust atm would be around £125/ton against bulk @£75

Where can you get bulk at that price?

Never mind,just read date

Blue. · Jan 14, 2020

PDB said:
Is that green sawdust? Sounds seriously cheap. I’m in £3 bag off wintertons

No it’s not green,special rate because I take it all year round.

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