Diet feeders

jersey101

Timmaay wrote: »

What else do ya feed through it? Them JEx ladies surely don't need a complicated winter diet? My HOs would be much more in need of some TMR ha. But anyways, have 2 different yards and 4 groups usually, most animals fed either pit silage or maybe bales, I'd be annoyed if I spend more than an hour in total feeding. I use to cut the plastic off bales while I had them in the sheargrab, throw the bale on the feeding passage or round feeder, and then pull off the rest of the plastic, and netting. I'd have to be constantly feeding say 5/10bales a day before I'd bother with a proper bale shears, I couldn't see it paying back for itself in saved labour for any less.

well most of the year we mjx up our own ration with it so its handy like that. We fed silage straw and brewers last year for milkers. Drys just got straw and silage and maiden heifers got nuts silage snd straw

td5man

delaval wrote: »

Should be able to deliver to you at €80 a tonne. How much do you need?

€80 a load

bob charles

delaval wrote: »

Agreed go for static hopper feeder it will chop as quick as you load it. Do you have a cleaner loader?

Massey 5455 for a while and was on her knees with bales and restarting but the feeder had a gear split. We ended with a 5465 no bother

We never treated any grain whatever. All beet.

On my past I've tried it all and I think I've come full circle, back to basics

Is your beet Armer or squeeze wheel pulled?

Only get a lend of a cleaner loader but it 50miles away so must buy something myself as washing beet is much fun. was going to put together a washer chopper hence climbing all over simple simons creation last week:rolleyes:, but will probably just dry clean and chop.

Beet is pulled with armer if it has leaves which hasnt being often over the last few winters.

td5man I can do beet a bit keener than the other lads if you want it, €75 ish :rolleyes:

delaval wrote: »

No cows need a complicated diet, it's the farmers and diet feeder manufacturers taht think they do

Sure dont but you need to be getting the energy source thats most value for money into them. 20c a head a day cheaper energy saving and your talking big money if put over allot of animals

nashmach

Have a look at the WAM static beet chopper Bob, was very impressed with one that I saw recently.

bob charles

nashmach wrote: »

Have a look at the WAM static beet chopper Bob, was very impressed with one that I saw recently.

that the one at the ploughing, saw that one and talked to boy selling it. lets say he was well interest in selling it as I found out when I asked him was his price plus vat :rolleyes:

have you seen that one running?

nashmach

bob charles wrote: »

that the one at the ploughing, saw that one and talked to boy selling it. lets say he was well interest in selling it as I found out when I asked him was his price plus vat :rolleyes:

have you seen that one running?

Afraid not but did some roots it had chopped and was a nice consistent job compared to an old linkage mounted chopper.

Doesn't take much power either, I'm sure the 165 would handle it no bother