Round bale unroller

sthilmick

I know that the foddering season is almost at an end (hopefully) but is there many of you guys using a bale unroller to feed the silage and what do you think of them

tanko

sthilmick wrote: »

I know that the foddering season is almost at an end (hopefully) but is there many of you guys using a bale unroller to feed the silage and what do you think of them

Don't know anyone with one but know loads of lads with bale splitters.

sthilmick

How do they find them I'm told you need a big pump flo rate for them

49801

sthilmick wrote: »

I know that the foddering season is almost at an end (hopefully) but is there many of you guys using a bale unroller to feed the silage and what do you think of them

Don't use one. Fed bales this eve and shook chopped bales out with shear grab

sthilmick

I was told that the shear grabs can get twisted by that. It is only slight but it causes problems

Bass Reeves

I have one but it is limited. I only break up bales at the end of the winter as I limit cattle intake before turnout to cool them down. When they go out the tend to put the head down rather than racing around the paddocks for a day or two.

I use it behind the tractor it very useful as a back spike as you can push silage back in very handy. As a bale unroller for silage it is useless even if it is not chopped. It will unwind hay and straw as these balers are circular and not deformed but it will still leave in clumps.

The problem with bales unroller is that in general bales are misshaped, for an unroller to work right you need to put spike in exact center of bale and as bale is then balanced it will allow you to unwrap silage off bale in a regular fashion.

However as bales are misshaped and it is impossible to place spike in exact center even of a hay bale, the bale of silage spins slow at the start then as the heavy part comes over the top the bale jerks and comes very fast to the bottom. This means you are left with silage in a heap. With chopped bales it will place the bale in 2-3 clumps and it is impossible to judge where the clumps will be if you are moving.

I never see the reason to break up bales anyway only during the spring when I want to limit intake or maybe if you were feeding cows outside after calving but a bale unroller would not be suitable for that as loose silage falls off bales anyway. In general I feed bales as is to a pen of cattle and push it in as they need it as long as the bale/bales will be used ideally in two days but four days is workable ( you may have to pick and chose the bale you feed) then there is no need to break up bales.

sthilmick

I was just wondering about them I was chatting with a mate and they came up in the conversation