Chopping corn silage

ffreeb · Sep 29, 2018

I saw The Corner Guy?s post about chopping corn with a small tractor below. It looked a lot better than how part of my day today was spent. A 4wd John Deere 4455 chained to a 4wd JD 4855 pulling a 3 row chopper and a silage wagon through 16? of mud. It was a mess.

Bruce from Can. · Sep 29, 2018

That doesn?t sound like any fun.

used red MN · Sep 30, 2018

That?s what you get for abusing such a rare tractor, meaning JD never built a 4855. The last couple of series of the large frame Waterloo tractors were numbered 45.. 47.. 49.. by series ..55 & ..60. The series previous to those had the 4450, 4650 and 4850. I?m sure you just misquoted the actual model number. I know dang hair splitters any way!! I always liked helping with silage chopping. Rarely did it on our farm, and when we did it was small scale because at that time the largest tractor we had was a 60 hp 656. Helped a buddy who had a dairy with Deere?s that is mostly where my experience with the green ones came from.

showcrop · Sep 30, 2018

I helped my neighbors chop in mud one time. The way we did it was to put a loader tractor behind the wagon. That kept the chopper running straight instead of crabbing. The little farm in northern NH where I hung out as a kid now chops 1200 acres of corn. When they get into mud they have a big FWA tractor with a tire hanging on the front right behind each truck as it is being loaded. If it starts to spin it instantly gets a nudge.

8850dave · Sep 30, 2018

I remember chopping silage with a JD 7520 pulling a JD 38 chopper when it was muddy

Dachshund · Sep 30, 2018

A couple weeks ago, I helped a neighbor fill his silo - the old fashioned way. Cut the corn with a Binder (using horses), load bundles on a wagon, then take them to the chopper/blower at the silo.

ffreeb · Sep 30, 2018

You?re right, it was a 4850. They were still all in a mess of mud.

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