Diet feeder loaded with tractor loader

[Limcrazy]

Load my 10 cube siloking no bother with tractor loader. Chops straw bales, silage bales no bother. Always leaves a fluffy mix

 

[Suffolksucklers]

Depends how big a tub you want. Our strautman 9 cube is only as high as the tractor cab

 

[mo!]

Is that because of the space taken up by the shaft and paddles in the keenan? I never thought about that.

A Keenan needs space to tumble, a tub doesn't.

 

[MickyMook]

Depends how big a tub you want. Our strautman 9 cube is only as high as the tractor cab

Ideally I'd be able to feed around 100 finishing cattle in one run. Would I be right in saying that a 10 cubic meter capacity would be sufficient for this?

 

[ridger]

Ideally I'd be able to feed around 100 finishing cattle in one run. Would I be right in saying that a 10 cubic meter capacity would be sufficient for this?

Be better with a 12 cube, my 10 cube boils stuff put over the side

 

[MickyMook]

Be better with a 12 cube, my 10 cube boils stuff put over the side

Thanks, like I said, this is all new to me. What isn't new to me is driving up and down a well spread yard with load fulls of silage, followed by loader fulls of meal and buckets!

 

[Irish NZ]

I have a 24cube tub that i load with a maxxum 140. No dramas. Could load a 27 cube but would be a little bit of a push.

 

[ridger]

Thanks, like I said, this is all new to me. What isn't new to me is driving up and down a well spread yard with load fulls of silage, followed by loader fulls of meal and buckets!

Another good thing is that the feed passage only has to be cleaned out about 4 times per winter i have found

 

[daveydiesel1]

If u werent havin to deal with bales id be sayin to go paddle as it leaves the silage more fluffy and palatable

 

[MickyMook]

Another good thing is that the feed passage only has to be cleaned out about 4 times per winter i have found

I'm going to have to drink far more pints to keep my biceps in shape if I'm not lifting buckets around or graping up waste silage

 

[Happy]

Had 10 years trying to put bales into a Keenan, messed about chopping them up with the shear grab, putting them through the straw blower etc. None of it works well, now we have a tub and life is easy. 12cube tub holds about 50% more than a 14 cube Keenan.

Had the same experience with a Keenan and bales 15 years ago. Kept it a year and got rid. Used about as many shearbolts as mixes it made.
Have been using tub mixer for past 10 years and putting whole bales into it. Never had to change a shear bolt yet.

 

[MickyMook]

If u werent havin to deal with bales id be sayin to go paddle as it leaves the silage more fluffy and palatable

That's what I was worried about, that a tub feeder would mush the silage too much. Of course, it sounds like I don't have a choice anyway.

 

[Suffolksucklers]

Ideally I'd be able to feed around 100 finishing cattle in one run. Would I be right in saying that a 10 cubic meter capacity would be sufficient for this?

Depends on dry matter and how bulky the items are. I'd have thought it should be doable though,

 

[MickyMook]

Depends on dry matter and how bulky the items are. I'd have thought it should be doable though,

While we try to make our first cut in May, I'd be lying if I pretended it never got kicked out for extra moisture ... aka got rained on.

 

[daveydiesel1]

That's what I was worried about, that a tub feeder would mush the silage too much. Of course, it sounds like I don't have a choice anyway.

A tub will mash it up a bit on normal silage but the problem really becomes visible if u hit a wet year like 2017 with really wet silage itl churn it into balls whereas a paddle wont do it. My opinion on this isnt a popular 1 but theres no way id be buyin a tub it would either be a keenan or a hi spec paddle

 

[Battlefield Machinery]

It comes down to your budget, but you would load a 12 cu single auger with a 7740 I would think, I’m guessing it would ha a loader capable of lifting 3.6-3.7 m, a 12 cu smiling is 2.76 high, but the difference between that chopping bales and a Keenan would be black and white...

 

[mo!]

Ideally I'd be able to feed around 100 finishing cattle in one run. Would I be right in saying that a 10 cubic meter capacity would be sufficient for this?

We do 300 finishers (400-650kg) with two small loads. 12cube Strauttman. We could probably feed 200 with a full load. Silage, maize, bread, chips and homegrown wheat/barley.

 

[MickyMook]

I have another slightly stupid question. If you are making a home mix, you need to notify your NIFQA or Red Tractor, depending on where you are - to the best of my knowledge they're meant to go through your mix ratios and facilities with a fine tooth comb. Is this the case if you mix your own straights into a TMR?

 

[Pistonbroke]

Keenan with the bale handlers could be ok. Just chuck the bale on I suppose. Ours is just an old type with knives

 

[Pistonbroke]

I have another slightly stupid question. If you are making a home mix, you need to notify your NIFQA or Red Tractor, depending on where you are - to the best of my knowledge they're meant to go through your mix ratios and facilities with a fine tooth comb. Is this the case if you mix your own straights into a TMR?

Thought that was more to do with minerals?