Silage bag problem

tomstractorsandtoys · Jul 11, 2018

Yesterday afternoon we made a 7x150 silage bag of oatlage. Closed it up about 9 pm. This morning it gassed up so much that the plastic is stretched to over the size of an 8 ft bag. We vented the gas but now have thin spots in the plastic. I think it was a combination of the gas and oats being a hollow stem plant them packed in then expanded during the night. Not sure what to do as have been told rebagging it now that is starting to ferment would not be a good idea. There is lots of air under the plastic and am afraid if it gets one small hole the entire bag could spoil. I have had a bagger for 25 years and done lots of bags but never seen this before. Tom

jeffcat · Jul 11, 2018

My thinking cap. Do you have one of those little snail blowers like they use on bouncy houses, or even a shop vac you can hook up to suck. That should put a reasonable vacuume on the bag and remove the air and gasses. Just a thought.

tomstractorsandtoys · Jul 11, 2018

We have decided to rebag it as the dealer said the thin spots will fail in a few weeks of hot weather. We are going to treat it with about double the amount. I hate disturbing feed that is fermenting but with all the air pockets in the bag when the silage settled it seems the best route to go. Local dealer said lots of oats are gassing more than ever this year. Tom

JD Seller · Jul 11, 2018

Your doing the best thing rebagging it. Rebagging it this soon will not really hurt anything if you get the bag really tight.

What I do on oatledge is to let the bag vent for 24 hours after you bag it. I just lay a 2x6 across the plastic on the open end. Any gas under pressure will push out and very little air will get back in.

I also do this to early corn silage that is jucing a lot. This way it can drain so the silage is not frozen rock hard in the winter..

oliverplow · Jul 11, 2018

Same thing happened to me about 20 years ago. Filled a bag with chopped wheat, the next morning at 5:00 am, it was ready to burst. It ended up ripping that fall and we had a lot of spoilage.

SVcummins · Jul 11, 2018

I bet rebagging silage is a good time

tomstractorsandtoys · Jul 11, 2018

It could have been worse. On the one side was a row of inline wrapped round bales and as we scooped it I held the skid loader bucket against the other side. I have a John Deere 122 wagon without a roof and we borrowed a telehandler from my son's boss.Wife unloaded. We bagged the opposite direction so we did not need to carry the silage so far. We did spill some on the ground. I figure that we lost about 2 single axle manure spreader loads that have to much stone or dirt in to be feed.Closed it up and it gased right away but we cut a slit in it. Tom

SVcummins · Jul 12, 2018

Sounds like it went pretty well . I always hated silage bags

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