custard
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With plastic now costing £2.50/bale +disposal, what are the relative costs for making Clamp or big bale silage. All done by contractors? Thankyou.
Any more than 3 bales to the acre and clamp is cheaper
No more need for a wagon with a clamp than bales.How much do you cost in the clamp capital and repairs at per ton. What life span do you spread that over?
pit costs £30000/500t/20 years is £3 in cost before interest and maintenance.
Then add in the shear grab and possibly wagon cost v tipping a bale in a ring feeder etc.
Just saying.
The problem lies in the last paragraph!!No more need for a wagon with a clamp than bales.
Possibly less need, if you have someone with half a brain on a shear grab.
Not if you have a sheargrab with a capacity of more than more 1.4 cubic metersIt’s more than just the pit though. Don’t think I’m being argumentative: we have clamps here.
There is also the time to feed out. I should think you’d get a lot more grub in front of a bunch of cows by laying bales out vs blocks. You get a lot more bale silage in a box feeder than blocks.
If you had an off farm job you’d be wanting bales I reckon.
And thats from a wagon man.Any more than 3 bales to the acre and clamp is cheaper
Why would you want to put so much pit at once, surely the more you put out at once the more you have to push/shove up to them later.It’s more than just the pit though. Don’t think I’m being argumentative: we have clamps here.
There is also the time to feed out. I should think you’d get a lot more grub in front of a bunch of cows by laying bales out vs blocks. You get a lot more bale silage in a box feeder than blocks.
If you had an off farm job you’d be wanting bales I reckon.
I was quoted £135/ton delivered to their yard two days ago!Extra time cutting plastic off,disposal at 90/ton.....
Not if you have a sheargrab with a capacity of more than more 1.4 cubic meters
Why would you want to put so much pit at once, surely the more you put out at once the more you have to push/shove up to them later.