Chopping straw in the field after cutting

upthe19th · 29-09-2012 3:54pm #1

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone is chopping straw in the field post cutting, without a chopper on the combine.
What are you using if you have done it. The most of my straw is baled but some wheaten straw is poor and I want to chop and spread it.

thanks.

blue5000 · 29-09-2012 4:36pm

An old self propel is what is used around here, stones can be a problem though:cool:

ci985 · 29-09-2012 5:02pm

Used an old trailed kidd precision chop harvester last year had to take the spout off to avoid clogging
spread it well though!!

upthe19th · 29-09-2012 5:13pm

ci985 wrote: »

Used an old trailed kidd precision chop harvester last year had to take the spout off to avoid clogging
spread it well though!!

Thanks for that. Good to hear that it spread it well. Would it handle wheaten straw and possibly straw from oats....its can be a good deal tougher than the barley straw.

aonsceal · 29-09-2012 5:43pm

I know this a bit of a trek but atkins in cork hire out a ferri straw chopper by day or weelky rates serious output with the machine.

ci985 · 29-09-2012 7:41pm

All oaten straw we chopped last year soaking wet in late october early november!
Spread it well as it made dust of it! Although we were only chopping sixteen foot rows!
Not sure how it would cope in wider rows!

JD Green · 30-09-2012 11:46am

We used a span new 6830 with an old taarup double chop 5 years ago. It made a good job of spreading it and chopped the **** out it so no plough getting blocked. You could also go as fast as you pleased with all the power, I remember doing 15 mph through one swarth and the old fella shouting and roaring at me to slow the **** down haha.

Chopping straw in the field after cutting

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