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Silage 2024

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  • #872
    mr.stonewall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,210 ✭✭✭mr.stonewall


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123463049#Comment_123463049

    How do you find the mesh and gravel bags. I so love tyres to cover a pit after today😞😞



  • #873
    GrasstoMilk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,697 ✭✭✭GrasstoMilk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123463169#Comment_123463169

    the mesh is great. You done need any where near the amount of tyres on the pit. The oxygen barrier under the black plastic is a super job too. But I would buy the lorry sidewalls over the gravel bags tbh. The gravel bags get burst if you don’t mind them



  • #874
    mr.stonewall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,210 ✭✭✭mr.stonewall


    Food for thought for the 2nd cut. Thank you



  • #875
    dmakc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,542 ✭✭✭dmakc


    Gravel bags also have plenty of use I've found when the pit isn't in action. Ended up buying plenty more for this reason



  • #876
    K.G.
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,627 Mod ✭✭✭✭K.G.


    MMaDe a change to the way we cover the pit this year.we put the old covers on first and the new cover on last .we re very exposed to wind here and I often find the old covers might start flapping with the wind if they are on top and move the tyres .the other thing is we put about 3 covers and more in patches on the pit nowadays as we find it helps protect from holes and damage and seems to make the plastic tight



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  • #877
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,135 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123463857#Comment_123463857

    Not a great idea IMO. The whole idea in putting new sheeton first is old sheets should protect it. Old sheets will have damage done to them and damage now to new sheet will.damage integrity of the air seal.

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #878
    roosterman71
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,156 ✭✭✭roosterman71


    Change in the weather on the way. Starting to cloud over here in North Tipp and temp has gone down a few degrees



  • #879
    K.G.
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,627 Mod ✭✭✭✭K.G.


    But Having the 3 sheets or so underneath protects the outer one because because it reinforces it.it all,came about last when someone dropped me a roll of plastic that theyhad since they con verted to bales and as we finishing a pit we were stuck for plastic and I thought of your man's roll and rather than lifting what I had down I just through it over it..it was a much better job as the was no tears or joints in the finished pit to let the air and less movement. I have been covering pits the other way for 40 years but this way is superior even though it doesn't appear to make sense.we always use heavy gauge sheet I think its 600 microns os so



  • #880
    morphy87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,950 ✭✭✭morphy87


    off topic but I had a field that I reseeded last year that I was meant to cut in the next few days, top quality stuff for next years weanings,unfortunately my neighbours cattle broke into it today for a good few hours, will this effect the quality of this for next years feeding?



  • #881
    Castlekeeper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,450 ✭✭✭Castlekeeper


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123468827#Comment_123468827

    No, it'll be fine, apart from what the mower won't get under. They might reject the odd bit when feeding it.

    Soil contamination is a lot more serious.

    “We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality.” George Orwell.



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  • #882
    Jim Simmental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭Jim Simmental


    for those of you who do bales - did you get many bales per acre this month of May?



  • #883
    morphy87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,950 ✭✭✭morphy87


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123468875#Comment_123468875

    This is fairly badly trampled, so maybe the mower man might take it easy



  • #884
    Farmer Dan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 268 ✭✭Farmer Dan


    6.8 avg. Grazed tight before closing. Cut sat evening, baled yesterday before lunch.



  • #885
    kk.man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭✭kk.man


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123468885#Comment_123468885

    Not great 6 here but it's v good n well saved that's more than half the battle.



  • #886
    JustJoe7240
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭JustJoe7240


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123468889#Comment_123468889

    I wouldn't be too concerned, I've skinned fields that were completely flattened by thunder showers.



  • #887
    Teddy 1234
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭Teddy 1234


    How fast should you drive tedding out silage



  • #888
    Dunedin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,765 ✭✭✭Dunedin


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123474582#Comment_123474582

    If it’s light I’d go around 9kph and a bit less depending how heavy it is.



  • #889
    epfff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭epfff


    I done 15km on second cut last year. Mowers got head start and Harvester was coming in evening.

    Done the heaviest of it twice and was surprised how even it was spread.

    Normally do 12 after headland



  • #890
    Castlekeeper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,450 ✭✭✭Castlekeeper


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123474633#Comment_123474633

    You're probably correct, but you've more patience than me!

    “We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality.” George Orwell.



  • #891
    Arm Wax
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭Arm Wax


    6 kph here and go no faster,,,,



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  • #892
    epfff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭epfff


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123476718#Comment_123476718

    How many acres an hour can you get through at that speed?



  • #893
    mr.stonewall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,210 ✭✭✭mr.stonewall


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123476718#Comment_123476718

    I second that. The manual here has operating speed at between 4 and 8 kmh. Lots of moving parts in a tedder and a sure fire way to wear one out is to have lead in the boots



  • #894
    mahoney_j
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,971 ✭✭✭✭mahoney_j


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123476718#Comment_123476718

    same here 6 k no faster ….8 rotorctedder tho …not about speed tedding



  • #895
    roosterman71
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,156 ✭✭✭roosterman71


    If you want to cover ground faster with a tedder, get a bigger tedder. Slow and steady with those yokes



  • #896
    divillybit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 737 ✭✭✭divillybit


    Any thoughts on these ducks feet type double bale lifter over the regular bale lifter. Could you stand a bale on its end with one without bursting a wrapped bale?

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  • #897
    Arm Wax
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭Arm Wax


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123476775#Comment_123476775

    19 acres in 90 min exactly as i timed it on wed



  • #898
    limo_100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭limo_100


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123478685#Comment_123478685

    Great job best bale lifters on the market you can tip them you pull the lifter half out then lift and the bales are on there ends. look up cashels on you tube there will be a video. They lifters need an hydraulic top link to work best.



  • #899
    red_diesel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 180 ✭✭red_diesel


    Poorest 1st cut I can remember here in North Kilkenny. Spring frost combined with low rainfall in April/May the main cause I think. Yield is down more than 50% on last few years. Just over 5 bales to the acre. Only consolation is it's top notch stuff made in ideal conditions which as one poster mentioned is half the battle.



  • #900
    Cavanjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭Cavanjack


    Would you chance protected urea for second cut silage?
    It has gotten slurry and cut sward for the first cut and has just got slurry after being cut. There’s a good saving to be made on the PU over can if it works as well.



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  • #901
    older by the day
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,801 ✭✭✭older by the day


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123482782#Comment_123482782

    I find 29.0.14+s protected urea worked very well for my 2nd cut last year.



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