Draff layered in silage pit

Dave6170

Member
Does anyone layer draff in the pit when taking in silage? Is it a good way of storing/preserving draff?
I could get it in the winter but i dont think i would use a full load quickly enough, also draff is a bit cheaper in the summer
Main problem i can see is being in the way of the man on the pit
 

Half Pipe

Member
If it's reasonably dry draft, we used to heap it along side of pit, saved holding up pit trying to layer it, but does narrow pit. We also found it better for feeding out as could select volume of draff to feed, instead of take it as it appears.
Wouldn't do it with wet draff unless silage dry as the hydraulic pressure be sore on a pit.
Bit like to much jam in a sandwich
 

Chae1

Member
Location
Aberdeenshire
Been doing exactly that today. Got 320 tons of draff and 120 t of tatties to mix in with it.

Just 3 loads tipped at that point.
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Crusty

Member
We used to clamp 200tons in a layer down one side of the clamp, wasn't to much hassle and kept well. Guy not far from here used to have grains and bread and tip a bucket of each onto the top of the trailers of grass as they came in the yard so it was mixed more evenly through the clamp. But he had alot more room to store the grains/bread, seemed to work well
 

Top Tip.

Member
Location
highland
Do the rats not going in it?
Is just pot luck if you get a dry or wet load? Will the water run out quickly?
The reason we use draff to seal the wholecrop is that the rats will not go near the draff ,why,I don’t know. We have been doing it for about 8 years now and it is the only way we have found of keeping the rats out of the wholecrop. It doesn’t really matter whether it is wet or dry as the brie just soaks into the silage and going from the analysis we get back I have a suspicion that it actually helps the protein levels in the wholecrop,I have no evidence to back that up it is just that the boy who analyses it says it is coming back better than it should.
 

mac

Member
Location
Caithness
Dave it’ll depend on what distillery you get draff from there’s a big variation on hownwet it is. we’ve weighed loads that have maybe come a couple of hours up the road sometimes be 2-3 ton less than there weigh ticket. Bang it up one side o pit silage on top it’ll be grand no smell nothing. Only other thing get it ordered as it’s no that easy to get at short notice. Have you tried local for it yet?

Mac
 

Dave6170

Member
Dave it’ll depend on what distillery you get draff from there’s a big variation on hownwet it is. we’ve weighed loads that have maybe come a couple of hours up the road sometimes be 2-3 ton less than there weigh ticket. Bang it up one side o pit silage on top it’ll be grand no smell nothing. Only other thing get it ordered as it’s no that easy to get at short notice. Have you tried local for it yet?

Mac
Who do i try up here? Someone said a 200t minimum delivery
 

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