- Location
- Acton Scott, South Shropshire
As a contractor we come across this situation and my advice would be to ensile that field early on in the pit leaving some younger more easily compacted grass to top the pit off with. Picking up the older , stemmier grass early on whilst the knives are at their sharpest will make the job easier.Are they not too keen on heavy and stemmy silage? Currently got a field that’s got away from us and it’s like chopping straw. If I had to keep the mengele for old grass then I don’t think I could justify having a wagon.
Drivers and old tractors are starting to become an issue for the trailed chopper.
As you will read elsewhere, using a wagon can be really successful and cost saving but it often requires adapting or tweaking your system rather than assuming it is a straight swap in for a chopper - from as simple as adjusting how you rake to making filling the clamp properly the priority. Seen as a cheap way of silaging you won’t get the best out of it - seen as a way of making good silage with reduced labour, stress and fuel consumption you will be happy.