got some to sort out for sheep feeding....cant afford to buy a bucket and Just thinking/ looking for ideas on how to make one from the scrap pile 
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Fred Beet washer and chopper
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davidroberts30
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Old rotaspreader
Fill with beet and water
Fill with beet and water
trouble is all our old rota spreaders have been used for other things ,still got a rotor with some chains on in the nettles though...
was thinking anold earth bucket and fix an auger in the base with a hole in the end like the ones you can buy ...with a single knife in it dont wnat them too small just one cut really would ne ideal .
still leaves washings holes needed
i was thinking concrete mixer
spin cycle
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why have you got to wash /chop?
just feed as is surely?
just feed as is surely?
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- North Norfolk
If they are really high dry matter beet they are much harder for animals to get into compared to normal fodder beet. Many varieties of fodder beet are less than 20% dry mattter, high dry matter ones over 25% which makes a big difference in hardness.
spin cycle
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hmm...that's the old thinking...I think the kiwis did some work disproving it
if they were going to spend their whole lives eating them perhaps....but not occassional/one off
my lot have chomped thru c quota sugar beet on occasion
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- North Norfolk
Your lot are hardly typical! Our old shepherd had a metal pole with two flats welded to the bottom in a cross to split beet for our sheep, so they had a corner to get into.hmm...that's the old thinking...I think the kiwis did some work disproving it
if they were going to spend their whole lives eating them perhaps....but not occassional/one off
my lot have chomped thru c quota sugar beet on occasion
This is him with our ewes coming up the Standard in Wells. He is still around in his mid-90s
spin cycle
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want to
and 
at that post
is that Tony b?.....I used to love seeing him move sheep on the road like that
admittedly my lot did 'evolve' eating neighbours 'a' and 'b' quota in situ on occasion
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- SW Scotland
Clean bit of concrete, pressure washer, and a set of discsgot some to sort out for sheep feeding....cant afford to buy a bucket and Just thinking/ looking for ideas on how to make one from the scrap pile
its been so wet bit dirty this year no frost though hes still some to lift might be drier this week i suppose
mid dry matter just want to help older ewes and i havnt fed them for a year or 2... they might be a bit shy .
concrete whats that ?Clean bit of concrete, pressure washer, and a set of discs
but yes even a hose over the heap helps.
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- North Norfolk
No, that's Percy, father of our arable manwant to
is that Tony b?.....I used to love seeing him move sheep on the road like that
admittedly my lot did 'evolve' eating neighbours 'a' and 'b' quota in situ on occasion
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- South Pennines ol14
We used to feed a lot of beet , got some once that was black with soil , tried hose in loader bucket , tried dropping it on mesh frames to pressure wash
Ended up with the old bell cement mixer , takes time but better than listeria
Ended up with the old bell cement mixer , takes time but better than listeria
did you chop as well?and what variety ? i find my older ewes and some younger ones dont like anything much other than Fielderr that ive bought in in the past,due to being a bit harder i suppose...they just dont seem to get right into them with a vigour.. but imnot sure chopping actually makes a lot of differnce to that either
and even better when i grew Feildher here and grazed them in the field there was minimal waste and they got into them and didnt get fed up with them either .
tommy tucker
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What a cracking photo. Its got everything, scenery, stock, a defender and the leading man. Awesome
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- South Pennines ol14
To be honest I couldn’t say the varietydid you chop as well?and what variety ? i find my older ewes and some younger ones dont like anything much other than Fielderr that ive bought in in the past,due to being a bit harder i suppose...they just dont seem to get right into them with a vigour.. but imnot sure chopping actually makes a lot of differnce to that either
and even better when i grew Feildher here and grazed them in the field there was minimal waste and they got into them and didnt get fed up with them either .
Fairly solid though, I used to chop with a spade in the loader bucket , then we bought a chopper for the back of the tractor, a fairly basic hopper with a full length shaft / knives.
It was cheap and cheerful but did a job , I recall was about £1200, if I can I’ll find a photo It was a pig for letting the beets interlock if that makes sense so they wouldn’t drop to the chopping knives, I think the hopper was too steep sided
Pretty sure with a bit of thought you could make one
We eventually got beet from East Yorkshire that was much cleaner so didn’t need to be washed
It’s such a shame the transport kills it for us as it’s a really good feed , both cows and sheep would come running when they heard the tractor, I’ll try and find some pics
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- South Pennines ol14
- Location
- South Pennines ol14
Not the best picture but gives an idea
