Converting 3m Cambridge roller to a silage compactor.

[DairyGrazing]

Could I cut the draw bar off a 3m Cambridge roller, weld on a 3 point linkage, add some weights and use it as compactor.

Would the rings still turn okay on the axle or would they stall?

 

[flywheel]

I don't think the Cambridge roller will be heavy enough to compact silage with out sticking

 

[flywheel]

3.8 to 4 tonne compactor

 

[DairyGrazing]

I've got 70 years worth of tractor weights to hang off a frame. I think that if there isn't enough weight in the wheels it will just stall instead of turning?

 

[betweenthelines]

Don't think the Dutch roll their clamps to any great degree. Baled silage isn't that tightly compressed either.

Just saying.

 

[mtx.jag]

@Speedstar

 

[glasshouse]

Cant see the point of a compactor
Just put a manitou on it

 

[Speedstar]

Cant see the point of a compactor
Just put a manitou on it

have you been on the wine again today when you were away shooting ?

 

[glasshouse]

have you been on the wine again today when you were away shooting ?

What psi does a compactor exert?

 

[glasshouse]

have you been on the wine again today when you were away shooting ?

Dont shoot or drink

 

[Speedstar]

What psi does a compactor exert?

10 times more than any Manitou

 

[glasshouse]

Surely a compactor would have to be about ten ton to make any difference?

 

[Horn&corn]

Don't think the Dutch roll their clamps to any great degree. Baled silage isn't that tightly compressed either.

Just saying.

Our bales are rock solid and many Dutch clamps are driven over by the wagon unloading so they’re extremely tight.

 

[Horn&corn]

Could I cut the draw bar off a 3m Cambridge roller, weld on a 3 point linkage, add some weights and use it as compactor.

Would the rings still turn okay on the axle or would they stall?

Rings won’t roll and axle will snap. That’s why people use train wheels

 

[DairyGrazing]

Rings won’t roll and axle will snap. That’s why people use train wheels

Agreed. A company up the road make them. Ill have to get one made a bit narrower and lighter than the standard. Don't think our tractors will be man enough for a full size one.

 

[Lowland1]

What about a Simba type press? A Cambridge roll will spread its weight a press will cut in and compact.

 

[Exfarmer]

Don't think the Dutch roll their clamps to any great degree. Baled silage isn't that tightly compressed either.

Just saying.

I have argued for years this point, but it seems to have become a holy grail that clamps must be squashed to the nth. degree. I do not think their is any science behind it. Best silage was made in towers and they never saw a roller . Just need to exclude oxygen. I never compacted when we started clamping with a front end loader speed of covering was the key then and we built the clamp forward 12-15feet high in a method called the Cornish cliff . Of course then wev were clamping probably 1-200 tonnes a day and we would cover the clamp tyre the top every night and sheet the face each evening

 

[mf7480]

I have argued for years this point, but it seems to have become a holy grail that clamps must be squashed to the nth. degree. I do not think there is any science behind it. Best silage was made in towers and they never saw a roller . Just need to exclude oxygen. I never compacted when we started clamping with a front end loader speed of covering was the key then and we built the clamp forward 12-15feet high in a method called the Cornish cliff . Of course then wev were clamping probably 1-200 tonnes a day and we would cover the clamp tyre the top every night and sheet the face each evening

is a Cornish cliff the same as a Dorset wedge
I

 

[Exfarmer]

is a Cornish cliff the same as a Dorset wedge
I

No

 

[davidroberts30]

I have argued for years this point, but it seems to have become a holy grail that clamps must be squashed to the nth. degree. I do not think their is any science behind it. Best silage was made in towers and they never saw a roller . Just need to exclude oxygen. I never compacted when we started clamping with a front end loader speed of covering was the key then and we built the clamp forward 12-15feet high in a method called the Cornish cliff . Of course then wev were clamping probably 1-200 tonnes a day and we would cover the clamp tyre the top every night and sheet the face each evening

i liken the silage compactor to dragging a roller through a damp patch in a field
the roller will stay on top the tractor wheels will sink, which would you want on a silage pit?