Silage clamp mats

[AWJ26]

We use old conveyer belts out of a local stone quarry on one clamp. They are very efficient and massively unpleasant to handle.
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Drill a couple of holes one end of the conveyor belt and attach a loop of rope. You can then hook them off with a tine on the grab and lay on a pallet when feeding out the silage, and makes them a lot easier to handle when covering the pit. Drilling all the holes would be a good job to keep an apprentice busy!

 

[Old apprentice]

The holes in silage mats stops them blowing of the pit ,used conveyor belting and blowes in high winds.

 

[jamj]

We use conveyor belt on indoor silo, so no problems with wind.
Easy to move one handed, using a pair of pump pliers.

 

[Beef farmer]

Looks a good idea!

 

[pine_guy]

Looks a good idea! View attachment 1008043

Will only live where the loader puts it, be no shuffling to get it in the right spot

 

[vantage]

Looks a good idea! View attachment 1008043

Got to be a twit of a job bolting all that together.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Looks a good idea! View attachment 1008043

I have seen a picture of something like that being used as a cheap levelling harrow

 

[DaveGrohl]

Imagine what you could charge for it as a fitness accessory.

 

[Agrifool]

Thats no job, because you have to strip back an awful big chunck of the cover at a time leading to waste, better off taking the cover back the width of the sheargrab and keeping forage fresh.

 

[davidroberts30]

Thats no job, because you have to strip back an awful big chunck of the cover at a time leading to waste, better off taking the cover back the width of the sheargrab and keeping forage fresh.

2 tyres by 6 would be a better size
could shift them then with the bale squeeze

 

[Agrifool]

2 tyres by 6 would be a better size
could shift them then with the bale squeeze

Yes a more manageable size, or better still just use sidewalls