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<blockquote data-quote="@dlm" data-source="post: 6964504" data-attributes="member: 120162"><p>Dad put up silage sheds in early 70s, presumably with grants? Big clamps but both covered, so buy in straw when winter over, most years very cheap, unless like this year people hang on expecting price to rocket with conditions. Saves a shed for straw storage, stack bales 2/ 3 high on black plastic sheet, same sheet for 7/8 years? Full of holes, bales cover holes so no waste, weight of bales eliminating any air means no spoilage of straw, though only do this as have these covered sheds. Rented a friend a clamp last year, very dry poor silage, used the cling film, no sheets on side, single black sheet, and used odd bales of mine on top. Not like me , several deep and touching, just around edges and odd ones here and there. Amazed no waste at all and left clamp better than went in. Big finisher of several 1000s has a huge outside pit a few miles away. It is huge, been there twice and still no idea of size, 60/70ft high? serious ft long. About 4 years ago stopped covering it at all. Good shed set up, good handling system, one man is bored feeding all these cattle. Waste despite hot summers and one end of clamp not used for 12 months was amazingly small. Wouldnt be very well rolled as literally a heap and impossible to roll well. Dangerous to be honest. But went there last a year ago, when they were silaging, so saw end of clamp from previous year, amazed how little waste at top, no labour, materials, appreciate making silage is expensive but this was an inceridible and suprising cost effective system</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="@dlm, post: 6964504, member: 120162"] Dad put up silage sheds in early 70s, presumably with grants? Big clamps but both covered, so buy in straw when winter over, most years very cheap, unless like this year people hang on expecting price to rocket with conditions. Saves a shed for straw storage, stack bales 2/ 3 high on black plastic sheet, same sheet for 7/8 years? Full of holes, bales cover holes so no waste, weight of bales eliminating any air means no spoilage of straw, though only do this as have these covered sheds. Rented a friend a clamp last year, very dry poor silage, used the cling film, no sheets on side, single black sheet, and used odd bales of mine on top. Not like me , several deep and touching, just around edges and odd ones here and there. Amazed no waste at all and left clamp better than went in. Big finisher of several 1000s has a huge outside pit a few miles away. It is huge, been there twice and still no idea of size, 60/70ft high? serious ft long. About 4 years ago stopped covering it at all. Good shed set up, good handling system, one man is bored feeding all these cattle. Waste despite hot summers and one end of clamp not used for 12 months was amazingly small. Wouldnt be very well rolled as literally a heap and impossible to roll well. Dangerous to be honest. But went there last a year ago, when they were silaging, so saw end of clamp from previous year, amazed how little waste at top, no labour, materials, appreciate making silage is expensive but this was an inceridible and suprising cost effective system [/QUOTE]
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