looking at changing from baled to champ silage this year for our suckler cows, we roughly do between 1000 to 1200 bales a year but we are just getting fed up of the time it takes to do it and then the cost of all the plastic. Iv been looking at a jf 900 but just wondered what people thought? We will have about 80 acres first cut and 60 second of fairly well wilted suckler cow silage.
What trailed foraged harvester to buy
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Ducati899
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get ready for the wagon v forager debate 
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davedb
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Nothing wrong with a JF 900 the knives are cheep for them but don't take a lot of abuse, a mengele sh40 is a good chopper and will take a bit of stick (stones etc) but knives and sheer bar are expensive with your a acerage they would last a while tho, what sort of power have you got for the chopper?
Dan7626
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I swear you sit by the computer waiting for threads like this to start so you can rattle on about wagons
Iv got either 190 or 200 to put on the front, I just think that jf seems a better idea less wear and the grass doesn't have to go round the barrel like a sh40
Wellytrack
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200hp would drive a 900 to the point of destruction, I'm not knocking them I'm just saying you have options open to you with all those Geegees.
SH40 as mentioned, Mex6, or JF 1050/1055/1060 would be a better match for your power, no option is 'bad' really..
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7 minutes must be slackingget ready for the wagon v forager debate
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It's time for forage conservation to hibernate for the winter. Start a thread about yard scrapers or something!! Actually a chap demonstrating one at the old Dairy show one year spent a good 5 minutes describing it!! He should have become a politician. 5 mins to describe a yard scraper!! Outstanding!!
deere2140
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I'd be rather more concerned about the cost of a clamp/pit , including effluent containment , rather than what's going to fill it .
Reminds me of the shopping channels, two guys spent an hour talking about a box of frozen meat pies the other night! Amazing!
And I was watching them [emoji30][emoji30]. Sorry to deviate from thread.
davedb
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Wellytrack
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Ahh the late night shopping tat.
Cracks me up watching people throw cabbage, carrots, spouts, a pint of water,a banana and five blueberries into a micro diet feeder and try their best to grin and say "OH ITS DELICIOUS!!!"
Of Course it's not - you silly feckers
Collie lovers 2
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You are correct ,the cost of making that amount of silage in bales must be horrendous. Buy yourself as big a forage harvester as you can afford you have plenty of horsepower for something bigger than aJF 900