chopped straw

[euroliner]

Thinking of getting a contractor in to chop straw with a roto grind , any idea how much room extra a bale takes up once chopped ? how many hesstons would fit in a 14 tonne silage trailer

 

[Zippy768]

A rather disappointing amount I fear.
I have moved loose straw (broken bales) from an outlying straw barn back to farm, fills up quickly with little weight.

 

[Bald Rick]

Thinking of getting a contractor in to chop straw with a roto grind , any idea how much room extra a bale takes up once chopped ? how many hesstons would fit in a 14 tonne silage trailer

As a rough guide, 2 artic loads of straw quarter filled a 1200t grass clamp.
However intakes quadrupled and waste halved or more so it is well worth while

 

[fred.950]

A 120 x 90 bale of barley filled up an Ifor Williams cattle trailer if that’s any help.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

It will take up double the area of baled straw so work out how many a square bales you can get in

 

[euroliner]

So you'd get roughly 14 tonne on a 105 M3 walking floor ?

 

[euroliner]

As a rough guide, 2 artic loads of straw quarter filled a 1200t grass clamp.
However intakes quadrupled and waste halved or more so it is well worth while

You using wheat or barley ? Or have you a preference

 

[Blue.]

Has to be the untidiest jobs going,if it’s windy the straw blows away if it’s still it’s all over the feckin place,coupled with once the roto grind gets empty it throws straw up into the air.

I doubt you’ll get 8t in 105 cubic meters.

 

[Bald Rick]

You using wheat or barley ? Or have you a preference

Wheat feeds better