Hermetix silage covers

richie123

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Ye no issue but you could just buy one sheet of hermatex for the same money though
We were able to reuse our single sheet of hermatex this year with new clingfilm underneath,
Wonder could I keep dad and his knife away from it for this winter

You can cut away the clingfilm anyway only does one year.

morphy87

When putting on the cling film has it to be pulled very tight or once it’s some way tight is it ok? Have it on and every part of the pit is covered with Tyres’s, hoping to see a lot less waste than other years

GrasstoMilk

morphy87 wrote: »

When putting on the cling film has it to be pulled very tight or once it’s some way tight is it ok? Have it on and every part of the pit is covered with Tyres’s, hoping to see a lot less waste than other years

We kept it pulled tight like the silage cover as we rolled it back out

richie123

morphy87 wrote: »

When putting on the cling film has it to be pulled very tight or once it’s some way tight is it ok? Have it on and every part of the pit is covered with Tyres’s, hoping to see a lot less waste than other years

Nope just pull it within reason ..it'll work regardless of how tight it's pulled ..very hard pull it tight anyway as it's soft enough plastic

richie123

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

We kept it pulled tight like the silage cover as we rolled it back out

Also make sure get back to us next autumn wen u open pit to see how it worked..I will too I've used it also but with bird nets..last year's plastic got destroyed with crows

GrasstoMilk

richie123 wrote: »

Also make sure get back to us next autumn wen u open pit to see how it worked..I will too I've used it also but with bird nets..last year's plastic got destroyed with crows

Could be opening one pit fairly soon if we dont get some sort of decent rain!

morphy87

richie123 wrote: »

Also make sure get back to us next autumn wen u open pit to see how it worked..I will too I've used it also but with bird nets..last year's plastic got destroyed with crows

I will post up also how it goes

trg

Possibly a dumb question but never stopped me before.....when ye haven't finished a pit and now you're on the point of first cut this year do ye take off the cover off the remaining heap before loading new grass?

richie123

trg wrote: »

Possibly a dumb question but never stopped me before.....when ye haven't finished a pit and now you're on the point of first cut this year do ye take off the cover off the remaining heap before loading new grass?

Depends how much is left...I had a lot left this year so just rolled it back enough in case I had more grass than expected.

nhg

Oh returned the two 500g rolls of plastic & went with the Clingseal & Hermetix Cover.
Knocked the silage Thursday evening & brought it yesterday and thankfully the silage crew stayed to cover the pit, we had 8 on the pit and had a fierce job with the wind, got a slight tear to the clingseal at the back of the pit but everyone's safety is more important. If only the wind had to die down for a few mins we could have pulled the torn clingseal part back further and possibly completely off the pit or double up the clingseal at that point as we had a good bit extra on the length of the roll. It was a lot stronger than we thought it would be. If good results we will use it again.
Will post back when we are using the pit next winter.

richie123

nhg wrote: »

Oh returned the two 500g rolls of plastic & went with the Clingseal & Hermetix Cover.
Knocked the silage Thursday evening & brought it yesterday and thankfully the silage crew stayed to cover the pit, we had 8 on the pit and had a fierce job with the wind, got a slight tear to the clingseal at the back of the pit but everyone's safety is more important. If only the wind had to die down for a few mins we could have pulled the torn clingseal part back further and possibly completely off the pit or double up the clingseal at that point as we had a good bit extra on the length of the roll. It was a lot stronger than we thought it would be. If good results we will use it again.
Will post back when we are using the pit next winter.

Covering pits in windy weather is such a nightmare of a job !!!

MfMan

Anybody know where you can get the likes of this Clingseal or equivalent west of the Shannon?

richie123

MfMan wrote: »

Anybody know where you can get the likes of this Clingseal or equivalent west of the Shannon?

Any glanbia branches round your way ?

morphy87

MfMan wrote: »

Anybody know where you can get the likes of this Clingseal or equivalent west of the Shannon?

I’d say most c op shops should have it, give them a try

MfMan

No Glanbia stores west of Shannon. Other co-ops I rang, they mainly never heard of the product and didn't stock it. Awful to be in the dark of such a thing. Anyway, may take a trip to Tullamore...

richie123

MfMan wrote: »

No Glanbia stores west of Shannon. Other co-ops I rang, they mainly never heard of the product and didn't stock it. Awful to be in the dark of such a thing. Anyway, may take a trip to Tullamore...

Get it couriered I bought cling film the other day got it delivered.

GrasstoMilk

Cover off for second cut. Little bit of waste along by the wall.
Brand new cling film and one sheet of hermatex on its 2nd year

GrasstoMilk

.

morphy87

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Cover off for second cut. Little bit of waste along by the wall.
Brand new cling film and one sheet of hermatex on its 2nd year

That’s good to hear, so you have more or less no waste,so you are happy enough so with it? I bought a new heremitix cover and cling film this year,so hoping to see good results as the pit was rolled well and covered well

richie123

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Cover off for second cut. Little bit of waste along by the wall.
Brand new cling film and one sheet of hermatex on its 2nd year

Are u happy with d results ? I'm buying a mesh sheet to go over our second cut ... destroyed with crows here

GrasstoMilk

Yes very happy. Very little waste. Small bit along the side where the cling film didnt get out fully. Will het it on better this time.
Should greatly reduce the amount of waste to be forked off during winter

GrasstoMilk

photos

GrasstoMilk

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

photos

.

morphy87

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

.

That looks very good, no waste on top it should be some job, I was surprised the amount of people that don’t know anything about the hermetix covers and the cling film

morphy87

Did anyone open there pits yet that used these covers or cling film? Won’t be opening mine for another 4 weeks, just curious to know how it will work out

richie123

morphy87 wrote: »

Did anyone open there pits yet that used these covers or cling film? Won’t be opening mine for another 4 weeks, just curious to know how it will work out

Not yet still using bales for d minute

GrasstoMilk

Opened the first pit today
Was no side sheet along by one wall so have some waste there but nothing else worth noting on the rest of the pit

Cling film and hermatex used

richie123

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Opened the first pit today
Was no side sheet along by one wall so have some waste there but nothing else worth noting on the rest of the pit

Cling film and hermatex used

Will u just explain what hermatex is again please is that a heavy cover black plastic ?

morphy87

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Opened the first pit today
Was no side sheet along by one wall so have some waste there but nothing else worth noting on the rest of the pit

Cling film and hermatex used

So more or less nothing, that’s good to hear

morphy87

richie123 wrote: »

Will u just explain what hermatex is again please is that a heavy cover black plastic ?

Yeah it’s a heavy sheet with a few layers, dark green on top and it’s very strong so it’s very hard to tear