Silage pit face

[Andy84]

Right first time working somewhere with a silage pit. Why am I not getting a better sealed face when using the shear grab? It’s sharp but is it operator error or is the pit not rolled well enough? Silage too dry? It was put in the pit with a JCB 416 loading shovel?

 

[organicguy]

Looks like your'e pulling it out with a dung grab, not cutting it?

 

[Andy84]

Looks like your'e pulling it out with a dung grab, not cutting it?

Grab is pretty bloody sharp and I’m giving it plenty of time to cut. Maybe needs to be sharper yet. Pit had a better face last year!

 

[AftonShepherd]

Has loader got a soft ride function. If so, turning off should help although i think there's more than that wrong somewhere

 

[Cowslip]

It doesn't look like it's been rolled enough and maybe to dry, hard to tell from photo. Will get a picture of ours today. If it's too dry it's really hard to clamp and roll nicely.

 

[Hilly]

Not compacted enough when put in.

 

[Andy84]

It doesn't look like it's been rolled enough and maybe to dry, hard to tell from photo. Will get a picture of ours today. If it's too dry it's really hard to clamp and roll nicely.

That’s my suspicion it was drier than I would have liked when it was chopped!

 

[davidroberts30]

Point tines in downhill

 

[tr250]

Yes would think it’s too dry and because of that not compacted enough. What’s the dm

 

[davidroberts30]

Gonna tell us next it was a wagon and start a argument

 

[Cowslip]

That’s my suspicion it was drier than I would have liked when it was chopped!

We are silage contractors and have a customer who insists on making silage like hay, it's a nightmare to try and clamp and that looks the same. It's like trying to roll cotton wool.

 

[ploughman1963]

Try putting some downward pressure on the loader whilst you are cutting with the sheargrab to prevent the fork coming up instead of the blade going down

 

[belac]

Gonna tell us next it was a wagon and start a argument

 

[Cowslip]

Our grass silage clamp, silage cut out is what we are feeding today

 

[Mur Huwcun]

How worn are your tines? Do they nearly reach the knive when grab is closed?

 

[ridger]

Is the pipes plugged in or is the grab just open

 

[Tarw Coch]

This is second cut and very dry, buckrake man got stuck and had to be pulled off a couple of times, he really struggled with a 260hp tractor.
It’s cutting fine with a 2 year old pro dig shear bucket that I haven’t seen the need to sharpen yet.

 

[Hilly]

This is second cut and very dry, buckrake man got stuck and had to be pulled off a couple of times, he really struggled with a 260hp tractor.
It’s cutting fine with a 2 year old pro dig shear bucket that I haven’t seen the need to sharpen yet.

Whats the black on top ?

 

[Tarw Coch]

Whats the black on top ?

That’s a spring sown graas ley that just wouldn’t dry despite being Tedded our twice, which is probably just as well .

 

[Sid]

This is second cut and very dry, buckrake man got stuck and had to be pulled off a couple of times, he really struggled with a 260hp tractor.
It’s cutting fine with a 2 year old pro dig shear bucket that I haven’t seen the need to sharpen yet.

Our face is like that, analysis say 42%DM.
I'd say more likely 30.
Swapping from SP to trailed has meant better fermentation , consolidation and more acres in clamp!