Haylage 2007

[bigollie2255]

How about a video of that belt feeder with the plow? I can't find any good vids on them, does it work good? I'm looking into putting them into a dairy barn

[clank4001]

mmm hamburger helper....and cool vid too!

[someonesomewere9987]

what size is your mower 8 feet?

[sklitzke340]

VanDale makes a great silo unloader. We have four of them...in an 18x75, 16x75,16x70, and a 16x50. They're very trouble free and handle the cold Wisconsin winters.

[atvboy11]

whats wrong with ur face? ohh iam just ugly

[player33due]

what is haylage

[classharvester]

you shoud pull the silo unloader more up thats why there is lots of haylage on it.

[benman431]

wat would happen if you fell when you were in the silo?

[Farmerknowsbest]

Ugh...pain? Well, if I fell down the shoot. I'd probably get tangled in the ladder on the way down and break some bones. If not, well, from where I was filming the unloader is 60ft above a cement floor.

Should I fall into the silo while filling. Assuming I don't land on my head breaking my neck I should be fine. Might break a few bones or something. Would probably live. If not knocked out I'd call an employee to come open a door and let me out.

[nrpracer]

I will argue that fact i have serviced unloaders that were put in the 1960s and are still working and i dont think we have ever had one not last at least 20 years

[nrpracer]

what is so bad about patz unloaders?

[Farmerknowsbest]

They break too often. :)  We've had two Patz unloaders in the past and have replaced them both with Butler's. In our 2 20*80 silos we have 36 year old butler silo unloaders that work just as well as they day they were new. You won't see that with a Patz unloader

[nrpracer]

Its good that you change the cable often to many guys dont. Now you just need to put a patz unloader in that silo

[Farmerknowsbest]

Patz is the second worst brand for silo unloaders IMO. The worst is Badger, but Patz gives them a run for their money. I'm quite pleased with what we have.

[sealteem6]

Starline takes the prize as the worse feed equipment period. It could not hold up to even one Wisconsin winter.

[nrpracer]

Right around 1:03 were all the haylage is on the machine one day you will get to see that unloader on the bottom when the cables break also seen the hexapods fold like sticks when they get old

[Farmerknowsbest]

I strongly doubt it. We replace the cables on all of our silos every 5 or 6 years. Thanks for the concern though. I did get a rather large sinking feeling when I got to the top of the silo and saw that much feed built up. Not sure why it did, it never had before.

[rbrentbillingsley]

I suppose that is the unloader that you raised and it assists in distributing the haylage across the floor of the silo?

[Farmerknowsbest]

That's right.

[rbrentbillingsley]

i'm new to the game. about what year would that have been installed? I have a bull wheel badger unloader. It assists you in no way when filling the silo. You raise it all the way to the top and you have a arched shoot with an adjustable flapper on it for filling.

[Farmerknowsbest]

HAHA, that is funny, this silo was originally built in 1991 and had a ring drive Badger unloader with the same stupid filling thing you are talking about. It was a crappy unloader and was replaced about 8 or 9 years ago by this butler unloader which we now have 3 of. They are really nice unloaders and make it a lot nicer to fork level the silo at the end of filling.

[cornfarmer4700]

ya cant grow corn in swampy area once tryed because i do peoples who i dont even know and thats what they wanted grown their

[cornfarmer4700]

nice u guys are in swampy land on that field too

[Farmerknowsbest]

There is a reason it is not in corn.

[cornfarmer4700]

nice and nice chpper to iv got a jd is thast a new holland? i dont know it loocks like 1 but i could be wrong

[Farmerknowsbest]

The haybine is a New Holland 489

[cornfarmer4700]

nice u guys cutting hay right?

[Farmerknowsbest]

Yes. The part of the field where I took the video from the tractor was a very wet spot in the field. Not much grows there but water tolerant weeds. We have a beef feedlot and therefore do not want any alfalfa or red clover for our haylage or the animals manure will be almost the same consistency of water.

[Kawasakiowner]

i mean the cutter

[Kawasakiowner]

what a heck is that never seen it befour

[Farmerknowsbest]

A haybine? The machine being pulled by the 6200 or the machine from the second part?