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Loader work for pit silage

  • 23-05-2016 7:14pm
    #1
    Fullback333
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29 ✭


    I was offered 3 days of driving the loader for pit silage ie filling the pit, never done it before, is it doable? Was never too bad at driving a loader. Any thoughts, advice or tips are very welcome.


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  • #2
    Smalltom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 458 ✭✭Smalltom


    Fullback333 wrote: »
    I was offered 3 days of driving the loader for pit silage ie filling the pit, never done it before, is it doable? Was never too bad at driving a loader. Any thoughts, advice or tips are very welcome.

    It's not s job I'd take on lightly. There are a huge amount of considerations most notably your safety. I drive the harvester but every so often shove up a load of silage if I'm first out after the grub and the pit man always has the pit immaculate. You have to be wary of holes, humps, how steep the pit is, have things right for rainwater to run off the plastic and do all of the above while keeping 3/4 trailers shoved up. I think it's the hardest job in the outfit and our man is cool out and never gets excited which is hugely important. IMHO you should sit in with an experienced man and see how it goes first hand. Then again what do I know.........I'm in the field!


  • #3
    MF290
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭MF290


    It's always the most experienced driver who's on the pit with both contractors we've used. It's not an easy job and you could easily end upside down if your concentration lapsed after a long day at it.


  • #4
    Jaysus Christ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 136 ✭✭Jaysus Christ


    Wagon silage is terrible stuff if it very dry. Unless you've plenty of power. Even the tines in the rake make a big difference. Had one with square hardox tines and wilted badly chopped silage would break your heart. Round tines and a harvester with a good edge, lovely.


  • #5
    _Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,832 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Oh my god I still have nightmares of backing stuff up with a push off rake on the back of a DB996 and a grumpy auld fecker on the pit with a grape who wouldn't be happy unless you carried up each blade of grass and placed them individually.
    It's a lifetime ago now (mid 80's) but terrible memories.

    Don't take it on lightly op, I'd be fairly sure your being offered as the regular drivers won't do it.


  • #6
    Fullback333
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29 ✭Fullback333


    It's actually just a father and son job, but the father is too busy with the cows. They have a wagon so the grass won't be coming in too fast


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  • #7
    keep going
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,551 ✭✭✭keep going


    Jaysus Christ wrote: »
    Wagon silage is terrible stuff if it very dry. Unless you've plenty of power. Even the tines in the rake make a big difference. Had one with square hardox tines and wilted badly chopped silage would break your heart. Round tines and a harvester with a good edge, lovely.

    No bother with wagon just you have to lift and shake not bulldoze,


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