winter feeding equipment

case 5150

as a matter of interest what ye fellow boarders use for feeding cattle in the winter .ie digger, diet feered, tractor loader etc

blue5000

Shear grab on a loader here, not much forking either, passages are wide so I push in the remaining silage with the grab on the second day. I think the diet feeder is still a long way off, and the more diesel goes up the less likely it is that I'll ever get one.

Gman1987

1995 85hp Renault with loader and sheargrab taking it out of the pit (13500 hours on it) 1983 65hp Deutz on a 1999 Tullow diet feeder (12000 hours on it)

bob charles

tractor diet feeder and a tractor loader with bucket. too lazy for fancy shear grabs etc

Conor556

Tractor and loader with bale spike and the 4 prong fork!!

mf240

Tractor and loader and the darby 4gf

Timmaay

Basic setup here, Shear Grab putting pit silage into a feeding passage (then nuts in the parlour).

I use the grab to shove in the silage then, I leave it in a low gear, so not as much clutching, but even still its certainly alot of fowards and backwards on the shuttle (which is a fully manual shuttle :rolleyes:). What I'm 1/2 thinking of doing is making the scraper we have multi-purpose (which is one of these http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/otherfarmmachinery/4226014), one of the sides is bent anyways, so I might chop it off straight, and re-attach another similar (but longer) plate, which is hinged on, so as you can turn the whole side to say 45deg, and use that edge to push in the silage. Hard to know how well it will work, but

caseman

Tractor with shear grab an 3 point linkage .Getting fed up of all the forking of silage .Im thinking of investing in a loader and diet feeder it would take alot of the hard out of feeding cattle.

moy83

Small old international loader with shear grab here , no cab or comforts but it does the trick and very light on diesel

whelan1

bob charles wrote: »

tractor diet feeder and a tractor loader with bucket. too lazy for fancy shear grabs etc

more or less the same but its a jcb 3cx with a bucket, keenan 170 feeder on a tm125 tractor

Bean_Flicker

MF 290 and bale spike

Have been thinking of getting a tine grab for the loader, would a tine grab be any good for feeding bales when the net and plastic would removed ?

Is anyone using a tine grab to feed bale silage?

MfMan

Skid steer with shear grab. Drops the block right in front of their heads, no pushing in, bit of shaking out with fork.

grumpyfarmer

front loader, grab and 4 grain for both bales and pit..

http://www.farmsnaps.com/album/view/4da1a6dea7a6ed3c3500000b#4f097c36a7a6ed3338000001

leg wax

grumpyfarmer wrote: »

front loader, grab and 4 grain for both bales and pit..

http://www.farmsnaps.com/album/view/4da1a6dea7a6ed3c3500000b#4f097c36a7a6ed3338000001

over 5 mins arsein around with 1 bale and he still has to use a hand held back breaker,no thanks.

yellow50HX

Bean_Flicker wrote: »

MF 290 and bale spike

Have been thinking of getting a tine grab for the loader, would a tine grab be any good for feeding bales when the net and plastic would removed ?

Is anyone using a tine grab to feed bale silage?

Problem with the tines is if the tines are too short the bale can fall off. A long spike is useful to hold the bale

yellow50HX

Anyone using a bale unwinder like the husler or quad x?

Conor556

grumpyfarmer wrote: »

front loader, grab and 4 grain for both bales and pit..

http://www.farmsnaps.com/album/view/4da1a6dea7a6ed3c3500000b#4f097c36a7a6ed3338000001

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CZjE9FxdMI

Best job!!!!!

f140

terex 860 with 5ft mchale sheer grab. have used the bucket the odd time but i find that lumps can fall out of that and are wasted + the shear grab cuts it into nice blocks. push the silage in aswell with the shear grab and thankfully hardly any waste ever but i put that down too putting 3 sheets on the pit ever year.

dar31

mft loading shovel and 6ft shear grab, keenan 140

grumpyfarmer

Conor556 wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CZjE9FxdMI

Best job!!!!!

Perhaps but hard to justify for feeding 150 wraps its mostly pit..

Bean_Flicker

leg wax wrote: »

over 5 mins arsein around with 1 bale and he still has to use a hand held back breaker,no thanks.

Whats your method of feeding them?

PatQfarmer

grumpyfarmer wrote: »

front loader, grab and 4 grain for both bales and pit..

http://www.farmsnaps.com/album/view/4da1a6dea7a6ed3c3500000b#4f097c36a7a6ed3338000001

Jesus, that's a fierce amount of work for one bale!
I have open shed, with straw bedding. I use round feeder(old-school!):)
Really easy though. Take off wrap, position bale over feeder, cut netting and drop in.
Only have to fork the middle out of it on occasion.
Waaaay faster than the video...:D
Thought about external feed passage on slats, but that just put me off!

bogman_bass

Ford 5610 and 3 point linkage mounted baile handler

Tipp Man

Lads anybody using the Keltec or Tanco round bale unwrappers?

How are they working for ye?

could be a purchase for next year

jimmy G M

Tractor & loader with bale handler front & rear. Loader only used when moving bales along road or occasional bale in round feeder in early winter / spring. Only started a couple of times per week this time of year.

Usually use 2wd tractor without loader for feeding in shed as more manoeuvrable & economical than one with loader. Rear handler used for feeding in the shed. Just roll the bale along with the handler. Bale usually does 2-3 pens.

Watch out for cattle sticking heads out when reversing tho.

mf240

PatQfarmer wrote: »

Jesus, that's a fierce amount of work for one bale!
I have open shed, with straw bedding. I use round feeder(old-school!):)
Really easy though. Take off wrap, position bale over feeder, cut netting and drop in.
Only have to fork the middle out of it on occasion.
Waaaay faster than the video...:D
Thought about external feed passage on slats, but that just put me off!

I think grumpy was giving them in a bale to eat at milking time in that video there are no cows in the shed.

When the cows are in full time I put in five bales at a time and then just give it a shove in every so often

@ tipp man are you looking to get rid of a big windfall r what:D:D:D

Insp. Harry Callahan

Matbro TR200 with shear grab filling into a JF tub feeder on the back of a MF 390T, mainly pit with some bales also

tismesoitis

2000 MF 398 with loader + 4' 6'' sheer grab filling 1983 MF 290 pulling 1999 keenan fp100. feeding 180 cattle in about 1 and half hours

stanflt

tismesoitis wrote: »

2000 MF 398 with loader + 4' 6'' sheer grab filling 1983 MF 290 pulling 1999 keenan fp100. feeding 180 cattle in about 1 and half hours

were you in carnaross today

grumpyfarmer

mf240 wrote: »

I think grumpy was giving them in a bale to eat at milking time in that video there are no cows in the shed.

When the cows are in full time I put in five bales at a time and then just give it a shove in every so often

@ tipp man are you looking to get rid of a big windfall r what:D:D:D

not far off cow were only in at night if they wanted to then so had to spread the bale over the whole shed. by the time they are usually in full time we are on pit silage so it's much quicker

keep going

9 minutes to feed one bale of silagejust in case i was getting lonesome for bales this sorted me.tine grab on the front of the tractor for me and does fine but i am considering a shear grab but we wait until something good comes up and havent time to look around at the mo.

nhg

Tine grab on front of tractor & McCabe silage pusher- pit silage

Dozer1

2wd ursus and bale hander on the back, all bales

bogman_bass

Tipp Man wrote: »

Lads anybody using the Keltec or Tanco round bale unwrappers?

How are they working for ye?

could be a purchase for next year

Half thinking of a keltec if i can pick up a loader to put it on. Looks a better design to me

49801

90hp 4wd tractor with loader.
4ft shear grab and pit silage.

Dont be daft

Mech Fibre 320 Keenan here. Really working well this year.
Think we finally have the TMR to were we want it. Cattle seem to be pushing on very well.
Only bad thing is its been running since late August:mad: