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Filling silage pit from the rear.

  • 05-06-2020 10:40pm
    #1
    cjpm
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    Does anyone have a silage pit that you fill from the rear? How does it work out? How much space do you need at the back of the pit to tip loads and make enough space for the machine on the pit?

    Is that concrete area higher than the pit floor itself?


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  • #2
    satstheway
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    cjpm wrote: »
    Does anyone have a silage pit that you fill from the rear? How does it work out? How much space do you need at the back of the pit to tip loads and make enough space for the machine on the pit?

    Is that concrete area higher than the pit floor itself?

    Our area is about 20 foot. And 4 foot higher than the floor. Best point about it is you can slope the pit back and water runs away from you when rolling the cover off


  • #3
    9935452
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    The uncle has a pit thats built into a hill.
    Tbe yard is on a hill
    Mass concrete walls on 3 sides about 10 ft high.
    The low side opens out on the bottom of the yard.
    When the pit starts to fill and gets to the height of the walls they start filling it from the higherside at the top of the yard.
    It can get very high


  • #4
    Mooooo
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    Do that here. I'd the trailers can come in one way and drive out the other 20 ft would be enough as they can just drive up behind it, tip and drive straight out no turning. If not a wider loading area would be preferred. 4 to 5 ft drop in to the floor of our pits. Loader driver seems to think it's a good job and we are opening the high side when feeding out. Ours are walled a d it can be awkward to get a proper seal at the corner near the back where the wall meets the ramp depending on how full it is


  • #5
    K.G.
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    We fill from the back with about 7 ft drop and the sslope away from us.very easy to fill and could be 14 0r 15 ft high and very even as you have no real ramp.serious pit to take grass as its 45 ft wide.we empty the wagon on the pit so we get away without concrete most years.our cows pass the front of the pit so we dont have to worry about cleaning up and can milk away.often we have used a trailer to tip the tyres on top of the pit but we re probably filling it too high now.


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