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- County Down
I don't really know - but the question still stands if you're adding propcorn minerals or whatever to a mix with a diet feeder.
Diet feeder loaded with tractor loader
- Thread starter MickyMook
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- Location
- County Down
There are a few strong opinions on this thread about the bale handler.
Keenan bale handler
Hi guys We need to get a mixer for mixing rolled wheat and alkagrain for a local feed company and have been told that keenan would be ideal question is how well would the bale handler model cope with chopped hayledge bales for the beef herd and how many bales would a 140 hold ? Many thanks
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Wellytrack
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How do get a paddle to eat bales?
Sheep
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- Location
- Northern Ireland
I've never heard of this being an issue.
I think a tub on low tyres you could load no issue. We changed from paddle to tub around 7 years ago and would never go back, went for a new one and have never had to put a spanner near it as of yet. 12cuM holds about 4t for us at 15% grain inclusion with a spillage ring.
Pistonbroke
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Old keenan 115,so 11.5cube is about full with two bales if it's dryish stuff
Cowabunga
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- Location
- Ceredigion,Wales
I’ve got one of those. One of the last onesmade and it is fairly ancient now. Also got an older worn out one with the original American design which has the drive chains at the back. The type above is far superior in every way, paricularly reliability. Mine was built at the Kidd factory in Devises if I remember correctly.
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
If you spend money your money on a mixer, a tractor to run it and the running costs of said unit, will all your pennies come back to you in increased profits or efficiency? Will it save any time?
- Location
- Co antrim
Theres a kennan beside me and it has a bale kit way knives and big bar things on top of it that ye set the bale on and it takes the bale in in bits. It works well. I dont see an issue with it
- Location
- Easter ross
different to the OP but just bought a wagon and put up a silage pit rather than dealing with 4000 round bales. Gone from 4 people feeding out every 2 days down to 2-2.5 and will get that down to 1-1.5 with some further changes. Less plastic, stock more content not having to fight for feed space in rings/trailers. Lot less plastic to deal with. Stock out wintered but fed on hard standings now so not trashing fields dragging 17t through the mud. Quality of life
That’s our situation but win win so far.
Will Blackburn
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- Location
- Cheshire
Demo a Keenan and a tub, doesn’t have to be new, probably better if they aren’t. If they won’t do it don’t buy one.
I could tell you to buy a tub, but I get the feeling it wouldn’t work, a demo will work though.
When you feed out bales do you fluff them up, is it important to fluff feed up?
I could tell you to buy a tub, but I get the feeling it wouldn’t work, a demo will work though.
When you feed out bales do you fluff them up, is it important to fluff feed up?
Cowabunga
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- Location
- Ceredigion,Wales
No way. Not unless the feed mixed was short chopped damp silage with a lot of meal. For 100 greedy cattle in one load you would need a 14 cube minimum. If chopping bales, bigger and a lot of time. Forget the Keenan for bales. In fact forget a tumbler feeder altogether. I had one for six or seven years.
Wellytrack
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You and the owner of the Keenan must possess more patience than most.
- Location
- East Yorkshire
Lucas do a low tub mixer, I think they have a UK demo too.
www.lucasg.com
edit: just seen you are located in Ireland, so the relevance of the mainland demo may not be relevant!
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edit: just seen you are located in Ireland, so the relevance of the mainland demo may not be relevant!
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
There was a keenan with a bale cradle where I used to work. Not an experience I'd like to repeat.
Where I worked ten years ago had the same set up, the constant cling clangs still haunt my dreams now!
nosmokenopoke
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- Location
- Co antrim
Wel i dont feed bales thru my diet feeder. Its a star paddle feeder and tbh i havnt hitched it on this year as i sat down at the start of winter and did a few sums and i reckoned the amount more milk i needed to be gettin to cover the total cost of extra meal and runnin feeder id only be coverin cost if even gettin that so i didnt bother. But wouldnt rule out that itl be back on in future
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I watched a demo of Keenan and tubs at Carlisle mart years ago , I thought this will
Be akward for Keenan
it made much better job of bales than tubs fed it out much better as well but I was assured by the tub men that is was a fluke ! The tubs just spew it over the side . Their are two things in this world for chopping grass one is a forage harvester and the other is a set of teeth 
anything else is a poor alternative.
Be akward for Keenan
it made much better job of bales than tubs fed it out much better as well but I was assured by the tub men that is was a fluke ! The tubs just spew it over the side . Their are two things in this world for chopping grass one is a forage harvester and the other is a set of teeth anything else is a poor alternative.- Location
- Yorkshire
What about a wagonI watched a demo of Keenan and tubs at Carlisle mart years ago , I thought this will
Be akward for Keenan