Storing blocks of silage

Milton09

I'm buying some pit silage later in the week, filling a tractor trailer with blocks.
My question is how well will they store, hopefully it will take at least a week to use the trailer load but will the blocks store for this length without heating etc. ?

bob charles

shake out and re-pit and roll over with tractor

kerryjack

I would leave it as it is it will be fine for a few weeks I would not shake it out , it will only dry it up, and i defiantly would not roll it with tractor

bob charles

kerryjack wrote: »

I would leave it as it is it will be fine for a few weeks I would not shake it out , it will only dry it up, and i defiantly would not roll it with tractor

We will agree to differ so . I re-pit allot of stuff every year be it maize, wholecrop or silage and never yet had an issue with re-pitting by shaking out and re clamping in the exact same way as the pit was made first.

If using the silage within 3 days you would get away without doing anything, but over this you will get wastage

Farmer Pudsey

bob charles wrote: »

We will agree to differ so . I re-pit allot of stuff every year be it maize, wholecrop or silage and never yet had an issue with re-pitting by shaking out and re clamping in the exact same way as the pit was made first.

If using the silage within 3 days you would get away without doing anything, but over this you will get wastage

Bob if he was getting 15-20 loads I would agree but for one 0r two loads most likely not an option. I would try to bring what I would use in a week it may not be an option. If it is you own trailer I would leave on trailer and use as I go along. Hay or straw with a ration may be a better option. A few ton of soya hulls may also work out cheaper.

The trick with using straw hay is use the minimum and balance with ration, buy the ration in bulk half ton bags etc. All cattle need access to the feed face at same time so you may have to feed some outside.

kerryjack

open all gates and let them off is the best option and give them the run of the place and start closing in a week or 2 time you have plenty of summer left to get your house back in order, you can hear the grass growing today.

Milton09

From speaking to the guy I bought it off, 4 days seems to be the max, so I brought a smaller load, will go back again later in the week f need be.

f140

its a bit of a nuisance that way alright that it only lasts the 4 days. I was selling stuff to a desperate neighbour and after the second day I was sick of loading him (well the general waiting around for him etc kind of tied to having to be there at a certain time) so I told him theres my digger load it yourself. we knew after the first load how much his trailer was taking.