Gravel bags

[YELROM]

Have bought some gravel bags to try on the silage pit, just wondering whether to use pea gravel or ordinary gravel
Thinking pea gravel will be better but more likely to leak out if you get a small hole in the bag
What would you recommend?

 

[jondear]

Pea will be easier to shovel in .I use a piece of brown 4 sewer pipe with blank on end with a cut out end to make a scoop.

 

[Great In Grass]

Pea Gravel.

 

[organicguy]

Cut off road cone to make a funnel, held between dung forks and a shovel to fill with pea grit.
Not tried gravel so cannot really say!

 

[sjt01]

OK till they split and you get gravel in the silage. We have moved to parlour chemical drums half full of water, much safer.

 

[Scholsey]

OK till they split and you get gravel in the silage. We have moved to parlour chemical drums half full of water, much safer.

bought some secure cover ones 6 years ago and the cable ties all seem to have given up at same time, pick one up by the end and emptying gravel all over the sheet

 

[dairydurham]

bought some secure cover ones 6 years ago and the cable ties all seem to have given up at same time, pick one up by the end and emptying gravel all over the sheet

Hate gravel bags with a passion ,and covers totally over rated , we need far more weight on them than manufacturers say

 

[Scholsey]

Hate gravel bags with a passion ,and covers totally over rated , we need far more weight on them than manufacturers say

I still tyre to tyre over the top of the secure covers ,’ever had so much waste as when just used heavy sheets bags and lines of lines on joins etc. Trying to get some tyre walls, anyone got any packs spare?

 

[delilah]

OK till they split and you get gravel in the silage. We have moved to parlour chemical drums half full of water, much safer.

There must be thousands of 5 gallon barrels thrown away every week, we have a small food factory next door that constantly generates them, they are ideal for on a silage pit. Tyres, what a god awful job that was lol.

 

[sjt01]

There must be thousands of 5 gallon barrels thrown away every week, we have a small food factory next door that constantly generates them, they are ideal for on a silage pit. Tyres, what a god awful job that was lol.

 

[jondear]

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They do deteriate in sunlight .

 

[YELROM]

I will order pea gravel

 

[YELROM]

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Don’t let @ColinV6 see this photo, he would have the drums colour coordinated and in straight line

 

[Slowcow]

Pea gravel is the way !
I made this beauty to load then

Should be in jimmers bodges section really, but you get the idea, put dumpy bag next to it and find a boy the shovel it in!!

 

[YELROM]

Is there any better was of sealing the bags other than cable ties

 

[Fendt516profi]

Sew them

 

[KB6930]

Cut off road cone to make a funnel, held between dung forks and a shovel to fill with pea grit.
Not tried gravel so cannot really say!

This pea gravel in a low trailer cone between forklift forks to match trailer height one person shovelling 2 holding bags under we had them done in no time

 

[YELROM]

Sew them

Just sat trying to convince the wife she wants to sew them but what would you use as a thread, does fishing line deteriorate in sun light and does it stretch

 

[Slowcow]

Probably too late if you've got them already, the silo stop bag have cord stitched in that you can tie, been using them about four years now and the only mortality so far is via the shear grab

 

[Fendt516profi]

Just sat trying to convince the wife she wants to sew them but what would you use as a thread, does fishing line deteriorate in sun light and does it stretch

Wool bag string