Bales into diet feeder

jackstor · Dec 17, 2020

I would guess so

hally · Dec 17, 2020

Fendt516profi said:
Kramer KT447 Telehandler - Ripon Farm Services

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Save you having to swap attachments just get on another machine. I know a farmer with 4loader tractors

I’m trying to get more efficient

Ducati899 · Dec 17, 2020

I use a shear bucket to put bales in my wagon along with clamped fodder and blend, no swapping attachments and no mess

Irish NZ · Dec 17, 2020

hally said:
Do you think you could easily pick up a bale with one of those?

I've a prodig bucket grab and use it to load everything into the mixer. Straw, silage bales, lucerne bales, maize silage, grass silage, kiwi fruit and blend. Never comes off the tractor during the feeding months. Can't imagine the albutt beings any different

kill · Dec 17, 2020

hally said:
Problem with the keltic is we have a couple of polytunnels where we drive in and drop bales into ring feeders, the height of those things could be interesting to say the least.

Also any spoilage on a bale ends up straight into the mix which I personally feel isn’t good or even a bale with mud that is actually better fed to heifers behind a barrier.

I stand bales on their ends on concrete after cutting plastic off and then unwind the netwrap and inspect bales incase of any mould and then unlatch spike and drop onto my bale trailer for easier latching and then pickup the 8ft telehandler bucket on euros next to it and scoop bales one at a time against concrete panels behind the bales attached to a shed so not specifically for the loading but useful and just drop bales into my wagon .

hally · Dec 17, 2020

Ducati899 said:
I use a shear bucket to put bales in my wagon along with clamped fodder and blend, no swapping attachments and no mess

That sounds the best idea so far

michael N123 · Dec 17, 2020

Big shear/grab bucket and never take it off if I was buying new again

even with my skidsteer I move bales about with the bucket Can open them up and take bet off tidily in the pit grabs never on

Limcrazy · Dec 17, 2020

Soft hands. Amazing tool for winter feeding

hally · Dec 17, 2020

kill said:
Also any spoilage on a bale ends up straight into the mix which I personally feel isn’t good or even a bale with mud that is actually better fed to heifers behind a barrier.

I stand bales on their ends on concrete after cutting plastic off and then unwind the netwrap and inspect bales incase of any mould and then unlatch spike and drop onto my bale trailer for easier latching and then pickup the 8ft telehandler bucket on euros next to it and scoop bales one at a time against concrete panels behind the bales attached to a shed so not specifically for the loading but useful and just drop bales into my wagon .

Good point as the main reason I bought this feeder is for sheep and I don’t like the idea of never seeing the bale before it goes into the feeder, the odd one with bird damage or a tear should always go to the sucklers and not heavily pregnant triplet carrying ewes.

livestock 1 · Dec 17, 2020

Pit silage ??

hally · Dec 17, 2020

Limcrazy said:
Soft hands. Amazing tool for winter feeding

Did think of one of those but can you pickup slices of straw do you think?

hally · Dec 17, 2020

livestock 1 said:
Pit silage ??

Been there done that, prefer bales

Ducati899 · Dec 17, 2020

hally said:
That sounds the best idea so far

I’ve a Shelbourne One but there’s plenty out there to choose from

Fendt516profi · Dec 17, 2020

hally said:
Did think of one of those but can you pickup slices of straw do you think?

Depends on straw

livestock 1 · Dec 17, 2020

hally said:
Been there done that, prefer bales

I went off pit onto bales. Mainly for shed space as all three pits are under cover. Had a spell using an old Kidd feeder then a west. Gave up with both when we went onto bales but sounds like you are coping

hally · Dec 17, 2020

livestock 1 said:
I went off pit onto bales. Mainly for shed space as all three pits are under cover. Had a spell using an old Kidd feeder then a west. Gave up with both when we went onto bales but sounds like you are coping

Yeah we roofed the pit for more cattle but we are next to a ssi river and our pit leeks like a sieve and we had all the kit for baling as did a fair bit of contracting once upon a time plus waiting for contractors is not my favourite task. I like the independence of doing it myself.

livestock 1 · Dec 17, 2020

hally said:
Yeah we roofed the pit for more cattle but we are next to a ssi river and our pit leeks like a sieve and we had all the kit for baling as did a fair bit of contracting once upon a time plus waiting for contractors is not my favourite task. I like the independence of doing it myself.

I understand all of that very well

hally · Dec 17, 2020

Ducati899 said:
I’ve a Shelbourne One but there’s plenty out there to choose from

How easy is it to set a bale off a four high stack with one of those buckets? Can you put a square straw bale into the back of a straw blower? Or have you got to put the grab on for these jobs

Limcrazy · Dec 17, 2020

hally said:
Did think of one of those but can you pickup slices of straw do you think?

Pick up straw, tyres, waste plastic, the odd dead animal, bulk meal bag.
Set a wrapped bale on its end take off plastic and net. If its chopped at all it can be lifted half way up and splits in 2.

Pistonbroke · Dec 17, 2020

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