How to fill a silage clamp. Newbie buckrake operator!!

[ollie989898]

Get someone else to roll whilst you concentrate on a level fill would surely be the best advice?

 

[puppet]

A bigger wagon every 15 minutes will keep you going. Remember that is nearer 2 ordinary trailer by weight

 

[Foregoneconclusion]

Get someone else to roll whilst you concentrate on a level fill would surely be the best advice?

This is definitely a plan!

 

[Foregoneconclusion]

A bigger wagon every 15 minutes will keep you going. Remember that is nearer 2 ordinary trailer by weight

Yes. Indeed.. The closer flds will be at this rate but 3-4 an hour initially. However as I'm setting the pace the wagon may have to travel slower to give me more time..

 

[davidroberts30]

Yes. Indeed.. The closer flds will be at this rate but 3-4 an hour initially. However as I'm setting the pace the wagon may have to travel slower to give me more time..

start on close land then work further away

 

[Foregoneconclusion]

5 loads a hour you need to get another machine on the clamp!!
Long low clamp reverse the wagon on it and drop the grass on top
Bonus heavy rolling and fork doesn't have to move it far

Hi Dave
Long time no see.
Are you offering!!

 

[Foregoneconclusion]

start on close land then work further away

Yeah that's what we've done in years gone by..

 

[Gulli]

start on close land then work further away

Definitely this way round, then if you make a balls up at the start you have more time to fix it when the clamps getting full

 

[Wesley]

If your buckrake is wider than your tractor, cut the ends of the buckrake off!

Should I cut two foot off each side?

 

[SamN]

Get someone else to roll whilst you concentrate on a level fill would surely be the best advice?

Never done any buckraking but done plenty of trailering, someone said once it should have a gentle slope one way so the rain water runs off, and overlap your top sheets accordingly. Don't want puddles on top!

 

[ploughman1963]

Should I cut two foot off each side?
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[David1968]

If your buckrake is wider than your tractor, cut the ends of the buckrake off!

I prefer the other approach, duals on the tractor.

 

[ploughman1963]

I prefer the other approach, duals on the tractor.

doesnt putting duals on just spread the load? Great for making a clamp look level but not ideal for consolidating the grass?

 

[David1968]

doesnt putting duals on just spread the load? Great for making a clamp look level but not ideal for consolidating the grass?

Spreading it thin you can cover more area in a short time when rolling. And you can use a big buckrake and still roll up to the walls. If you do get jammed against a wall, it's only the back wheel. You can still turn the single front wheel any way you want to rive it out.

 

[Netherfield]

Should I cut two foot off each side?
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Can't roll close to the walls with that beast.

 

[ollie989898]

Should I cut two foot off each side?
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i PaID FoR TeH 3 tONNe lIFt i'MA UsE TeH 3 tONNE LIft!

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Start in the bottom

 

[Wesley]

Can't roll close to the walls with that beast.

I assure you that you can. Press a button & the sides fold in to the width of the manitou

 

[Netherfield]

I assure you that you can. Press a button & the sides fold in to the width of the manitou

Smart, grand idea.

 

[jack6480]

I beg to differ - that travelling up and down the clamp is the best thing you can do - it means you are constantly rolling the grass. Every situation is different but on an Autumn block dairy unit consistency of feeding is paramount and if the clamp is filled in level layers then the analysis of the silage at feedout remains constant throughout the clamp.

When your only paying £50 an acre for the full job you’ll get it done how we want to do it thankyou