Trailers per mile?

[Chimera]

Just wondering what those of you who haul silage a fair distance have as trailers? Good 10 mile one way run. Average crops Jag 890. Is it 8,10,12 trailers?
Ta

 

[Will Blackburn]

One trailer per mile, depends on whether chopper is paid per acre or hour, if by the hour or wet grass you may want another?

 

[Chimera]

One trailer per mile, depends on whether chopper is paid per acre or hour, if by the hour or wet grass you may want another?

Sort of what we were thinking. First time drawing in from so far

 

[Bald Rick]

Just wondering what those of you who haul silage a fair distance have as trailers? Good 10 mile one way run. Average crops Jag 890. Is it 8,10,12 trailers?
Ta

Haul 9-10 miles

7 trailers but of “good” capacity

 

[Bald Rick]

Mind you, last week a local contractor was picking for a dairy farm near me ... say 30 mile round trip .. with 22 trailers.

 

[Beef farmer]

Mind you, last week a local contractor was picking for a dairy farm near me ... say 30 mile round trip .. with 22 trailers.

Sounds expensive

 

[Bald Rick]

Sounds expensive

Not when heavy rain is forescast and they’d dropped 200ac

 

[Al R]

Dairy chop length, good harvester and 20-24ft trailers around 1 per mile.

 

[Chimera]

Mind you, last week a local contractor was picking for a dairy farm near me ... say 30 mile round trip .. with 22 trailers.

2 choppers?

 

[Bald Rick]

2 choppers?

A yellow one and a great big green one

 

[Sid]

Very dependent on terrain and road type and the size of your chopper!

6 miles in one direction here is 12 minutes.
6 miles opposite direction would be 25 minutes.

 

[michael N123]

you’d want the biggest trailers possible

 

[Chimera]

Very dependent on terrain and road type and the size of your chopper!

6 miles in one direction here is 12 minutes.
6 miles opposite direction would be 25 minutes.

Very true. All the farms are 10ish miles, but range from 25 to 40 minutes

 

[Chimera]

you’d want the biggest trailers possible

So not the 6 tonne bateson's with timber sides then?? Bugger!!!

 

[michael N123]

So not the 6 tonne bateson's with timber sides then?? Bugger!!!

Maybe 8 ton Ken wootons will be more suitable

 

[Top Tip.]

Maybe 8 ton Ken wootons will be more suitable

That big!!?

 

[Sid]

Maybe 8 ton Ken wootons will be more suitable

I got bigger flat trailer than some contractors who charge for hauling bales over 20 miles!

 

[Jamer]

you’d want the biggest trailers possible

Having harvested some very variable forage maize last autumn over a weigh bridge with 14&16 ton trailers, I’d be mindful of weights; we asked the chopper driver to cut load size when some green areas of the field grossed 42t over the bridge. It’s all fine until someone has an accident...

 

[Farmer Keith]

Having harvested some very variable forage maize last autumn over a weigh bridge with 14&16 ton trailers, I’d be mindful of weights; we asked the chopper driver to cut load size when some green areas of the field grossed 42t over the bridge. It’s all fine until someone has an accident...

50k, flat out, broadcasted all over Snapchat?

 

[Milkcow365]

If in doubt flat out, keep her lit fill the pit, if the roads empty give er plenty etc etc etc