Corn silage is I the bag ! Pics

Bruce from Can. · Oct 6, 2014

Well our silage crop was a bit better than we expected this year, and would not all fit in the pit. So I hired a friend that does custom chopping, and another fella that does.custom ag-bagging. To come and look after the rest. Corn silage ran around 25 ton per acre. And we filled a bag 12x200 which holds 400 ton. So I have enough corn silage on and for two years, let's hope the bag don't break, Here's a few pics from today. And yes, the man beside the harvester is a big lad. Bruce

rrlund · Oct 6, 2014

Hey! That's cheating hiring somebody. I just put one dual on,gonna try to get back at it tomorrow. I went and got the plastic today to cover the bunker. I talked some to the guy about renting the bagger but I told him I'd see what was left after I absolutely couldn't push anymore in the bunker.

Cas · Oct 6, 2014

Impressive equipment. About how many tons can you do on an average day?

Bruce from Can. · Oct 6, 2014

I guess it is "cheating " a little, but my wagons don't side discharge, only dump. So I can't do a bag , unless I borrow some wagons. And a borrowed silage wagon is a break down ,looking for me to happen to !! Remember Randy , AG-Bags come in 8,9 10,and 12 foot. 100,150, 200, 250, and 300 foot long. The larger the diameter , the more horse power to run the bagger. The bagger in the picture had a 200hp NH tractor on it, probably got by with 150hp, but I don't have a tractor that big either. Bruce

Bruce from Can. · Oct 6, 2014

These guys can do 4-5 acres per hour, in average corn. As for tons per hour , depends on how good the crop is, and how far from field to silo. At $500.00 per hour , you want good corn , and short haul !!

Phil9N3667 · Oct 7, 2014

At my place of employment, we use the 12' x 300' bags to store corn and wheat when the feed mill silos start getting full. They average 300-325 tons per bag and as of last Friday, the guys had filled more than 80 bags!! The bags don't split unless you overfill 'em. When they empty the bags, they bale 'em up and the bag maker buys 'em back to recycle the plastic!!

Adirondack case guy · Oct 7, 2014

The custom baging guys have been real busy here also. Still some 100 cow dairies around here, but I don't know of any custom choppers around here though. The mega-head dairies are all bubkers and own their own sp choppers and trucks.
The weather has been very favorable for crops and harvest, this year.
Loren

Texasmark1 · Oct 7, 2014

Thanks for the pics. Nice crop

Texasmark1 · Oct 8, 2014

Just curious. Are the ears still intact? Can't see them in the pic but see no signs of a combine having been through ahead of you. I guess it still there it makes for a pretty potent "brew".

Mark

Corn silage is I the bag ! Pics

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