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Bob

07-29-2004 06:20:53




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How big of a tractor do I need to run a silage blower to fill a 60 foot silo? I have a 1957 Case 300 (311)

How do I know what model of blower will throw it that high?

Referring to corn silage here.

Thanks




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Hugh MacKay

07-31-2004 02:08:03




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 Re: Silage Blower in reply to Bob, 07-29-2004 06:20:53  
Bob: When I built my first 60' silo 40 years ago, all I had for tractors were Farmalls 560D, 300, 130 and a Cockshutt 540. Guess what, the 560 didn,t go on the blower. For about 5 years that old Cockshutt blew the silo full of haylage.

I don't recall the exact pto hp of the 540. It always was a bit better on blower than 300. So we're talking somewhere in the order of 35 hp.
I will admit 50 hp would have been better. You really need about 75% as much hp as you have on the harvester, to give team effect to the job.

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TP from Central PA

07-30-2004 08:37:15




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 Re: Silage Blower in reply to Bob, 07-29-2004 06:20:53  
Neighbors blow corn into acouple of there silos with a 766D and a Gehl blower..... ...Theirs are taller than 60' and IMO I think they should have something like a 1066 or bigger on it.
Ain't so bad wit corn silage, but haylage takes some Sh*t!


I don't think you have enough tractor, it may do it but IMO it would be hard on the old girl. It sounds like a great excuse to buy another tractor(Smile)

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Cliff Neubauer

07-29-2004 10:23:44




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 Re: Silage Blower in reply to Bob, 07-29-2004 06:20:53  
We use a NH 28 on our 60' silo powered by a 100hp IH 826 and if you push it hard it will get the tractor to rocking. I'd say 60hp would be the bare minimum but it should get the job done.



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Big Jim

07-29-2004 07:38:17




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 Re: Silage Blower in reply to Bob, 07-29-2004 06:20:53  
The old rule used to be one horsepower per foot of silo. Someone else had mentioned a 1000 RPM blower. I would think you could get by with less HP with a 1000 RPM. However, I doubt that a Case 300 would have a 1000 RPM PTO.



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kyhayman

07-29-2004 06:56:26




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 Re: Silage Blower in reply to Bob, 07-29-2004 06:20:53  
I've used a 990 Case/DB at 53hp+/- on a 60' with corn silage (at 1000 pto rpm). Did fine. Blower, sorry its been 22 years and I dont remember the model.



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ET

07-29-2004 06:39:24




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 Re: Silage Blower in reply to Bob, 07-29-2004 06:20:53  
Are you blowing corn or haylage? Haylage takes more power. For a 60 foot silo you need a minumum of 50 to 60 hp. For haylage a 1000 rpm blower and 100hp would be the way to go. The blower is the bottleneck of the operation so while you can get by with less power it tends to hold up everything else.



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Bob

07-29-2004 15:11:18




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 Re: Silage Blower in reply to ET, 07-29-2004 06:39:24  
Thanks for the advise to all

Bob



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