- Location
- Hampshire
We used to get ours with a walking floor artic and that was dusty enough.
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Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
what do you think of it if you haven’t had it before?
Shavings man
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Hi guys if you dont mind me asking wots the going rate for this dusty stuff ? Thank rich.
ColinV6
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Had a very helpful and interesting phone conversation this morning with Liz from envirobed. Turns out the load we received was definately not normal. Due to an unavoidable problem when the batch was made it came out way too dusty. The company has rectified the situation brilliantly and I’m now satisfied and would definately try another load of the normal product.
As always, it’s how an issue is dealt with that makes the company!
As always, it’s how an issue is dealt with that makes the company!
mawleymoos
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- Location
- Shropshire
Just been informed that oat husk will be like hens teeth! Looking at the possibility of grinding straw and putting through a bobman! I see a few of you are using teagles! What models and chop length are you getting? Is everyone still happily using this system? Or is the Rota grind a better job? Many thanks for any help/info
ollie989898
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Get get the grinder man in and get some wheat straw hammered out. Will be cheap this year, is lovely and absorbent and is small enough to avoid causing issues with slurry systems.
Tarw Coch
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- Location
- Bottom of Wats Dyke
I have a Teagle 8550, short chop is grand for putting in a ration but far too long for cubicle bedding if thinking of a replacement for oat husks through a dispenser, I’ve got the machine and wouldn’t even contemplate trying it, it just wouldn’t work………that’s through an ag dispenser but I doubt any other dispenser would do it either.
also the chop length wouldn’t go through our slurry grids
Papper bedding by 8 wheel or artic. Either from envirobed or veolia.
Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
Dont do it! Clogs up your slurry system and potentially full of tiny pieces of plastic!
Teagle 505 or 606m with a small screen in the mill will get it small enough
Drum Tomahawk 404M, 505M, 505XLM Straw Mill | Teagle
Teagle's Drum Tomahawk straw mills produce consistently short material from dry bales.
RS agri chopper blower looks decent but different animal to the Teagle
Teagle C12 Tomahawk Calibrator will mill straw to virtual dust depending what screen you put it and the HP in front but new are a tasty £91k list
Haybuster similar but cheaper at £60k although RVW Pugh have a secondhand one up for £23
Energis have some refurbed rotagrinds for around £17k but they are a crude mill with a chop of about 30mm or larger. Best for getting straw in to dry cows, heifers etc whilst the former two would mill straw for bedding.
However, you’d want at least 2 artic loads if you get a contractor in plus covered space to store the stuff
Haybuster similar but cheaper at £60k although RVW Pugh have a secondhand one up for £23
Energis have some refurbed rotagrinds for around £17k but they are a crude mill with a chop of about 30mm or larger. Best for getting straw in to dry cows, heifers etc whilst the former two would mill straw for bedding.
However, you’d want at least 2 artic loads if you get a contractor in plus covered space to store the stuff
mawleymoos
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- Location
- Shropshire
Local contractor is no longer doing it! He has a rota grinder that chopped some for feeding a few years ago! Felt a bit long for bedding! Tried enegis! No second hand ones left! Says the haybuster wil grind shorter! I want to try straw as we have some on farm and we have a slurry digester that would frighten me to put paper in! Does anyone know of a contractor that covers s.Shropshire that would grind/chop straw to try?
Why didn't you buy the hay buster? Seems the tteagle for a farm is a bit too expensive
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
Terrified of his tax bill with the quality coming out of the jerseys
Because we can make the Teagle mill corn too. Tad more versatile, same money and son wants to send it out contracting locally
You pay tax?
Tarw Coch
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- Location
- Bottom of Wats Dyke
I think Martin Evans has got a teagle now, other end of the county to you but they’re not usually shy on distances
mawleymoos
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- Location
- Shropshire
Also heard of a chap at market Drayton with a haybuster but that is probably an hour and a half by car! Wil probably give him a buzz tomorrow or Monday if nothing local comes to mind!
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
A necessary evil
Already done it. No more hock damage, massively reduced mastitis cases. Slurry system is fine just needed slurry bugs and a good mix before pumping.Dont do it! Clogs up your slurry system and potentially full of tiny pieces of plastic!
Teagle 505 or 606m with a small screen in the mill will get it small enough
Drum Tomahawk 404M, 505M, 505XLM Straw Mill | Teagle
Teagle's Drum Tomahawk straw mills produce consistently short material from dry bales.www.teaglemachinery.com
RS agri chopper blower looks decent but different animal to the Teagle
Reduced our mastitis cases from 180 out of 400 cows to 80, in a year. We went through jenkies sawdust, dusty sawdust, oat husks then this. Jenkies too expensive, dusty sawdust made cows dirty, oat husks brought mice in everywhere, paper bedding sometimes the muck gets pasty but if you mix your store properly its fine, and its cheaper then jenkies.
ollie989898
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The only issue with grinding straw is having enough roof space to pile it up safe in the dry. The West country guy who does it goes absolutely miles from place to place grinding straw up. It's great stuff.