Feeding Round Bales in Shed

JOHNPT

Hello All

I have a small slatted shed with quite a narrow passageway. I feed round bales of silage and can fit about 6 bales each side of passageway. I use the tractor to push the outside bales closer to barriers after a few days but the passageway is to narrow to reverse in too inside bales - hence i have to fork silage into them. Has anybody any ideas of any piece of equitment or something that can push bales or that could make life easier?? Thanks

leg wax

JOHNPT wrote: »

Hello All

I have a small slatted shed with quite a narrow passageway. I feed round bales of silage and can fit about 6 bales each side of passageway. I use the tractor to push the outside bales closer to barriers after a few days but the passageway is to narrow to reverse in too inside bales - hence i have to fork silage into them. Has anybody any ideas of any piece of equitment or something that can push bales or that could make life easier?? Thanks

instead of opening 12 bales all the same day and filling up the passage open a couple of bales every day and put them into first pen the next day push it all the way down the line with the tractor and replace with a new bale, hope you get the idea.

JOHNPT

I get the idea thanks - just handy to feed all bales together. Was thinking of some sort of mechanical lever or something that could push bales in - there is only about a metre between bales on each side of passageway. Any ideas would be appreciated

leg wax

JOHNPT wrote: »

I get the idea thanks - just handy to feed all bales together. Was thinking of some sort of mechanical lever or something that could push bales in - there is only about a metre between bales on each side of passageway. Any ideas would be appreciated

type in silage push into goggle and you get a machine.

vanderbadger

JOHNPT wrote: »

I get the idea thanks - just handy to feed all bales together. Was thinking of some sort of mechanical lever or something that could push bales in - there is only about a metre between bales on each side of passageway. Any ideas would be appreciated

there used to be a thing that ran on a rail thru middle of passage, it had a small motor that worked a ram and pushed out in both directions from the middle, you could push it along the rail to the next set of bales, cant find it on internet but basically you load bales either side of the passage with this yoke moving thru the middle, there used to be irish companies making them whether they are still around

kfk

My father bought a silage pushover about 15 years ago. Saved an awful lot of hard work! http://www.silagefeeder.com/

vanderbadger

kfk wrote: »

My father bought a silage pushover about 15 years ago. Saved an awful lot of hard work! http://www.silagefeeder.com/

ya thats the machine i was thinking of

Ashill5

I bought a pushover 10 years ago and it was the best investments i made. Put in 7 bales every saturday and it takes about 5-10mins to feed. and it will spare the back.:) Just check out the farmers journal , they usually advertise there.

Jonnnyyyyyyy

Put your back into it!

Bitten & Hisses

I saw this on a dairy farm in Germany. They were feeding silage with a mixer wagon, but I reckon you could adapt the principle fairly easily to shove in bales. If you look closely, the channel iron has a piece cut out of it for the blade of the bucket to slot in securely.

reilig

Bitten & Hisses wrote: »

I saw this on a dairy farm in Germany. They were feeding silage with a mixer wagon, but I reckon you could adapt the principle fairly easily to shove in bales. If you look closely, the channel iron has a piece cut out of it for the blade of the bucket to slot in securely.

There are a good few versions of those on farms across Ireland. one is made from large rubber wheels which don't damage the concrete as you are pushing along. They work well with pit silage or silage fed from a wagon. but would they be capable of pushing a bale ??

pakalasa

...sounds like ye could do with a Hustler ;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqcETxM5aLA&p=BB44720D8C8E8337&playnext=1&index=42

MidlandsM

Turbo Sprong! Irish made and he sells direct to, so no middleman margin.
http://www.uniqueinventionsco.ie/turbo-sprong/turbo-sprong.htm

vanderbadger

pakalasa wrote: »

...sounds like ye could do with a Hustler ;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqcETxM5aLA&p=BB44720D8C8E8337&playnext=1&index=42

neat yoke in fairness..i love hte way in the video in one shot the bale has the nett on it and in the next shot its magically gone

Bitten & Hisses

reilig wrote: »

There are a good few versions of those on farms across Ireland. one is made from large rubber wheels which don't damage the concrete as you are pushing along. They work well with pit silage or silage fed from a wagon. but would they be capable of pushing a bale ??

The one in the photo wouldn't, but I reckon a heavier duty version with a higher blade (think something like a baby snowplough) would do the trick.

grizzlyadams

pakalasa wrote: »

...sounds like ye could do with a Hustler ;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqcETxM5aLA&p=BB44720D8C8E8337&playnext=1&index=42

Oh jaysus , now there's luxury , with a price to match Given the prices gotten from the factory this week , maybe next year :rolleyes:

Pushover

JOHNPT wrote: »

Hello All

I have a small slatted shed with quite a narrow passageway. I feed round bales of silage and can fit about 6 bales each side of passageway. I use the tractor to push the outside bales closer to barriers after a few days but the passageway is to narrow to reverse in too inside bales - hence i have to fork silage into them. Has anybody any ideas of any piece of equitment or something that can push bales or that could make life easier?? Thanks

The Pushover is the answer to your problems.We've been manufacturing it for years now and hundreds of farmers from all over the country have been using it for years. Please look at our site , give us a ring and we'll solve your problems and make life easier www.silagefeeder.com

MidlandsM

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