Powered silage clamp rollers making lasagne silage

[Yale]

So what happens when you get real hard frost and all the water ballast freezes in a big block?

 

[Dead Rabbits]

its more that just a few tires or bags when your pits over 100metres long and takes 8 people a full day to sheet it and i think they just use side sheets

One of my favorite jobs is covering them.

Really don’t like uncovering them

 

[JP1]

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One of my favorite jobs is covering them.

Really don’t like uncovering them

Certainly a move towards tyre walls here to avoid ingestion of wires

Field clamps may be one thing but if that's a yard clamp, you'd have to be able to control leachate

 

[Dead Rabbits]

Certainly a move towards tyre walls here to avoid ingestion of wires

Field clamps may be one thing but if that's a yard clamp, you'd have to be able to control leachate

I’d love side walls. Already have tires though.

Those are all pits, or clamps. We can’t have leachate running off either but there isn’t any. Silage pit run off is contained here but it’s only from rain, not silage juice. No laws in constructing a pit you just can’t have effluent going into waterways.


Clay lagoons are fine for manure, why not silage. 75% of our silage pits don’t have concrete floors.

 

[JP1]

I’d love side walls. Already have tires though.

Those are all pits, or clamps. We can’t have leachate running off either but there isn’t any. Silage pit run off is contained here but it’s only from rain, not silage juice. No laws in constructing a pit you just can’t have effluent going into waterways.


Clay lagoons are fine for manure, why not silage. 75% of our silage pits don’t have concrete floors.

Many are swapping out old tyres - not worth the risk

In answer to your last two paragraphs - regulations

 

[Scholsey]

are we sure listening to the dutch on efficient investment in dairy is a good idea?

 

[JP1]

are we sure listening to the dutch on efficient investment in dairy is a good idea?

Well for a start you have to consider their political environment and the constraints / opportunities for their farming. No doubting they are technically competent farmers

 

[BRB John]

It's a nice idea but boy is it a waste of money.
Perhaps it would be worth it before they added the grant to the price...

 

[JP1]

It's a nice idea but boy is it a waste of money.
Perhaps it would be worth it before they added the grant to the price...

Maybe

You could argue the same with indoor pig units there or glass horticulture

Clearly a few operators in the Netherlands consider the investment worth it

 

[Blue.]

So what happens when you get real hard frost and all the water ballast freezes in a big block?

One I've seen in the past used a "brine" to stop it freezing.

 

[JP1]

One I've seen in the past used a "brine" to stop it freezing.

Yes a bladder tank with saltwater and on to the tubes that weight the top fabric and seal the front and back with a ponding arrangement

 

[O'Reilly]

It's a nice idea but boy is it a waste of money.
Perhaps it would be worth it before they added the grant to the price...

Worth every penny when the wind gets up and you're relying on clumsy footed contractors to help sheet up. And if you're on your own, it makes better silage, as it's sheeted down quicker than it would be otherwise.

 

[JP1]

Worth every penny when the wind gets up and you're relying on clumsy footed contractors to help sheet up. And if you're on your own, it makes better silage, as it's sheeted down quicker than it would be otherwise.

The farmer I visited valued his silage at 65 euro / tonne at 43% DM and got consistently good ensiled material every year

 

[Whitewalker]

The farmer I visited valued his silage at 65 euro / tonne at 43% DM and got consistently good ensiled material every year

How much is a generally standard sized cover cost ?

 

[JP1]

How much is a generally standard sized cover cost ?

Oxygen barrier Max film £0.80 / m2 - possible reuse over more than one year plus Secure Cover UV @ £2.25 / m2 10 year life so about £1/m2

 

[Whitewalker]

Oxygen barrier Max film £0.80 / m2 - possible reuse over more than one year plus Secure Cover UV @ £2.25 / m2 10 year life so about £1/m2

I see the motorized one is 60 grand , wow .

 

[JP1]

Sorry what is the cost of the one your showing motorized , which is a general commonly used size ?

Ok sorry I thought you were trying to comparing conventional covers

I'll come back to you

 

[Farmer Keith]

Worth every penny when the wind gets up and you're relying on clumsy footed contractors to help sheet up. And if you're on your own, it makes better silage, as it's sheeted down quicker than it would be otherwise.

It’ll be hard work in the wind will it not? You’ll almost need some tyres to hold the sheets down before you roll the big sheet over it all!

 

[JP1]

It’ll be hard work in the wind will it not? You’ll almost need some tyres to hold the sheets down before you roll the big sheet over it all!

You do realise 1200g/m2 is double the weight of a curtiansider wagon material ?

 

[Farmer Keith]

You do realise 1200g/m2 is double the weight of a curtiansider wagon material ?

you’ll have to lie the standard sheets out first though?