Driver showing ingenuity getting the feeder under a low roof?
Feeding out grass silage
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dinderleat
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- Wells
Changing a flat tyre
Without a jack…….
dinderleat
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- Wells
ollie989898
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Big shear grab and slightly larger loader is simpler??
ollie989898
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Your time is far more valuable than anything else. Didn't I tell you dairy farmers to get that tattooed on the inside of your eyelids?
davidroberts30
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KisAll you need is a decent sheargrab with a push off arm, and let the barriers do the work
@Boomerang17 - is this how you feed your cows? How frequently do you fill the passageway?All you need is a decent sheargrab with a push off arm, and let the barriers do the work
we use one of these, holds 15 cube of pit silage. Have had it for 5 seasons and brought it nearly new. Would feed 500 ton DM per season easy.
Have not touched it. Regular greasing (once a week) and tightening of the walking floor twice a season when it goes slack. Nothing to go wrong really KISS comes to mind, why complicate things if you have to? Would be a heap quicker than just the grab, and can be taken off easy as, no PTO like a mixer. Can also get scales if wanted.
cheaper than a combi wagon, not as versatile but you can feed out bales with it if Your careful.
Have not touched it. Regular greasing (once a week) and tightening of the walking floor twice a season when it goes slack. Nothing to go wrong really
KISS comes to mind, why complicate things if you have to? Would be a heap quicker than just the grab, and can be taken off easy as, no PTO like a mixer. Can also get scales if wanted. cheaper than a combi wagon, not as versatile but you can feed out bales with it if Your careful.
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Yes that’s how we feed the milkers. It could last 5 days if we put a taller block in, but we only put 3/4 height blocks in so it runs out every 3.5 days. Just to keep quality as high as possible
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- cornwall
What is it?we use one of these, holds 15 cube of pit silage. Have had it for 5 seasons and brought it nearly new. Would feed 500 ton DM per season easy.
Have not touched it. Regular greasing (once a week) and tightening of the walking floor twice a season when it goes slack. Nothing to go wrong really
cheaper than a combi wagon, not as versatile but you can feed out bales with it if Your careful.
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- cornwall
Can you take a pic of the mechanism that allows it to move inAll you need is a decent sheargrab with a push off arm, and let the barriers do the work
michael N123
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Just get a bucket grab and drive faster
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- Limousin, France
From left field....
Marshall muck spreader with a feed out kit.
Marshall muck spreader with a feed out kit.
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- M6 Hard shoulder
are they adjustale arriers
early riser
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- Up North
What has actually prompted you to look at alternatives? From what you’ve said your current system is simple and only needs one tractor so why change?
is it time efficiencies you are looking to gain or improved performance?
Stole this from the cowpow website, But it gives you and idea. I wouldn't be afraid of making my own as they’re pretty simple.
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Guessing you’r B doesn't work
, Not sure what you mean by adjustable, But in the girder lip you can see a little latch that holds them in place. Once the cows have eaten what they can reach (usually 24hrs time) we lift the latches and the cows push the barriers in closer. Then another 48hrs goes by and the passage is empty, we push them all back, put the latches back down and feed again. Hopefully that answers you’r question.