Automatic/Robotic silage pusher ideas

[ollie989898]

It would pi55 that

Im gonna come and see your place when im back from holiday!

 

[Ducati899]

Im gonna come and see your place when im back from holiday!

Ha there’s not that much too see but you’re more than welcome....where you holidaying too?

 

[farmer1989]

Can they cross a shitty yard ?

 

[Ducati899]

Wouldn’t know,but I’m not sure I’d want to as the lower side that pushes just scrubs the ground so I’m sure that would pick up sh!t and then that sh!t would end up on the silage

 

[Davy]

Takes me about 70 seconds to push the silage up with a big wheel on the front of the handler. Dont do it every hour mind

 

[Grassman247]

Really can’t beat this tbh, doesn’t wander off, doesn’t break down and doesn’t use any electric, Ohh and where the tractor drives the floor is higher than where the heifers stand so even the smallest feeder wagon can fill it, just in case we have a break down.


BTW this is for heifers we are about to start the cow shed next, will follow the same principle though

 

[Sparkymark]

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Really can’t beat this tbh, doesn’t wander off, doesn’t break down and doesn’t use any electric, Ohh and where the tractor drives the floor is higher than where the heifers stand so even the smallest feeder wagon can fill it, just in case we have a break down.


BTW this is for heifers we are about to start the cow shed next, will follow the same principle though

How would you go about cleaning any waste feed out of it without getting in there with a fork?

 

[Grassman247]

How would you go about cleaning any waste feed out of it without getting in there with a fork?

Arm on the loader with a stiff cow Matt attached shaped like the trough, pushes the feed to one end

 

[stablegirl]

Used troughs here for 30 years, moved away from them this autumn, fitted lely juno.

Wouldn't go back, easier to manage intakes, the regular push ups encourages them, i think its a no brainer for milkers.

For heifers though i think the trough has a place.

Each to their own, but i think if you want high output feeding on the floor is the way to go.

 

[Grassman247]

Used troughs here for 30 years, moved away from them this autumn, fitted lely juno.

Wouldn't go back, easier to manage intakes, the regular push ups encourages them, i think its a no brainer for milkers.

For heifers though i think the trough has a place.

Each to their own, but i think if you want high output feeding on the floor is the way to go.

I’m moving away from feeding on the floor to troughs, we aren’t high yielding so it’s not a great issue for us, but the pros of feed not getting contaminated with muck is a something we want to get away from

 

[pappuller]

I’m moving away from feeding on the floor to troughs, we aren’t high yielding so it’s not a great issue for us, but the pros of feed not getting contaminated with muck is a something we want to get away from

Are you planning on putting any resin/coating in the bottom of the troughs ?
We find with our troughs for the cows that they have a tendancy to flick silage over the back of the trough so we have attached greedy boards which has solved the problem

 

[Grassman247]

Are you planning on putting any resin/coating in the bottom of the troughs ?
We find with our troughs for the cows that they have a tendancy to flick silage over the back of the trough so we have attached greedy boards which has solved the problem

Yep got the guy coming this summer to coat the trough top to bottom

 

[farmer1989]

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Really can’t beat this tbh, doesn’t wander off, doesn’t break down and doesn’t use any electric, Ohh and where the tractor drives the floor is higher than where the heifers stand so even the smallest feeder wagon can fill it, just in case we have a break down.


BTW this is for heifers we are about to start the cow shed next, will follow the same principle though

Paint it with quattro epoxy paint thank me later or regret it for life

 

[COWCARE SYSTEMS]

Out of interest, what is the cost of the wasserbauer and Juno?

 

[Grassman247]

Paint it with quattro epoxy paint thank me later or regret it for life

Never got on very well with the Quattro stuff tbh, always found it fails, have been looking at other firms who do a resin finish on them