Strautmann Silage Wagon

cbb1982

I need some advice

Expanding to do silage contracting this summer approx 600 - 800 acres in total.
I'm not buying a new machine but hoping to look at 2 in the UK next week
Any advice on the following in relation to reliability parts value for money & are they big enough
Strautmann Super Vitesse 2+ it's a 2009 capacity when compressed 51 cu.m

Or

Strautmann Super Vitesse 3101 CFS
2011

Amy advice welcomed!

Posted on behalf of hubby

blue5000

PM sent, hubby keeps you busy on here;)

freedominacup

cbb1982 wrote: »

I need some advice

Expanding to do silage contracting this summer approx 600 - 800 acres in total.
I'm not buying a new machine but hoping to look at 2 in the UK next week
Any advice on the following in relation to reliability parts value for money & are they big enough
Strautmann Super Vitesse 2+ it's a 2009 capacity when compressed 51 cu.m

Or

Strautmann Super Vitesse 3101 CFS
2011

Amy advice welcomed!

Posted on behalf of hubby

Not a contractor but a customer. I would reckon the supers are really a farmers machine. You probably need to look at a giga at least. Some of the strautmann wagons have a bit of an issue with getting enough oil. Contractor here had to get a bit of plumbing done on the first tractor he had on the wagon. He upgraded the tractor two years ago and this machine had the spec for the wagon as a factory fit. One thing our contractor will not do is put back in any knives that are popped out by stones which is fair enough. We had a bit of an issue with a lot of fresh reseeds a couple of years ago with stones being lifted by the rake. No problems once the sod settled down. Contractor set out his stall to target customers who were aiming for quality. Wagon and loader hired by the hour. Works out very reasonable for light cuts. That said he came from one of his last first cut jobs to do our second cut. We had double the acreage to cut but our bill for the loader and wagon was less than his.

keep going

Them gigas are fair bullys on the tractor, need 200plus a decent weighty bus, not something chipped up

cbb1982

Thanks Guys he tracked down a Giga for sale !

cbb1982

So all good to go! A neighbour promised him 70 Acres Silage however now called into a meeting with farmers son / farm manager who are back tracking they have concerns over quality of silage produced by wagons said they recently bought in a few loads and it was too long and diet feeder didn't like chop it. Any advice before the meeting to reassure the farmer or just let them make up their own mind - is it just a matter of opinion??

freedominacup

cbb1982 wrote: »

So all good to go! A neighbour promised him 70 Acres Silage however now called into a meeting with farmers son / farm manager who are back tracking they have concerns over quality of silage produced by wagons said they recently bought in a few loads and it was too long and diet feeder didn't like chop it. Any advice before the meeting to reassure the farmer or just let them make up their own mind - is it just a matter of opinion??

I'd say that job is gone tbh. There's plenty of concern about chop lengths with silage but usually it's with precision chop being too short. No problem at all with silage from modern wagons going through diet feeders. They're trying to spoof their way out of giving the job to your husband.

Milked out

Can't see how chop length is an issue if they have a diet feeder, if anything longer would be better as feeder will be chopping everything again. like a grab of wagon pit silage should be no bother compared to dumping a bale in to feeder I'd imagine. You could just say you have the full set of knives assuming you do?

blue5000

cbb1982 wrote: »

So all good to go! A neighbour promised him 70 Acres Silage however now called into a meeting with farmers son / farm manager who are back tracking they have concerns over quality of silage produced by wagons said they recently bought in a few loads and it was too long and diet feeder didn't like chop it. Any advice before the meeting to reassure the farmer or just let them make up their own mind - is it just a matter of opinion??

It's supposed to be better for cows' rumen with a bit of fibre in the diet. Are they using a shear grab to fill the feeder, maybe that was the problem, blunt blade.