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Baleage?

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186hydro

07-29-2006 15:23:27




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I know this isn"t exactly the right forum to be asking a question like this, but you guys are quite knowledgeable about everything, so here goes! We feed one bale a day in a stall type barn, heads facing in. Alleyway is about 49" wide, so it"s a b--- buster to unroll them down the aisle. What different types of equipment do people use to feed these things inside?




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alex7407

07-29-2006 20:17:56




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 Re: Baleage? in reply to 186hydro, 07-29-2006 15:23:27  
Push cart and hay fork. Of course after tearing them apart by hand.



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Dachshund

07-29-2006 19:48:05




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 Re: Baleage? in reply to 186hydro, 07-29-2006 15:23:27  
Two words: square bales.



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Rich NY

07-29-2006 19:12:19




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 Re: Baleage? in reply to 186hydro, 07-29-2006 15:23:27  
I have a bale slicer (ELHO brand) that mounts on the 3 pt hitch. I can carry a bale to the barn with it and then cut it in half. But it still means forking it into a push cart and feeding it. I feed 3 bales a day in the winter and was cutting them in half with a double bit ax, so it does save some work. Tried hiring someone younger and dumber than me to feed atleast some of it, but was more aggravation than it was worth.

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phillip d

07-29-2006 18:31:42




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 Re: Baleage? in reply to 186hydro, 07-29-2006 15:23:27  
I know it would take more plastic,but if you had a rail type bale carrier,which you tote the bale along the rail on it's end and the bales were done up alittle less than 4'(that's where the extra plastic comes in),it may make it easier to handle the silage.Than you can unravel the silage infront of the cows where needed.That is of course if tieing up is the only way you can feed up without unwanted additions or renovations to your barn at this time.phill

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Davidj

07-29-2006 17:35:56




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 Re: Baleage? in reply to 186hydro, 07-29-2006 15:23:27  
You can get a bale cart with a turntable on it that will allow you to unravel the bales manaually as you go. I"ve also seen the gas powered unrollers where the bale sits in a "cradle" that rolls and unravels it as you go down the alleyway. Those wet bales are a real bear to feed in the winter. Giant blocks of ice and you always smell so purty after handling the durn things. Good luck



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Nebraska Cowman

07-29-2006 15:55:48




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 Re: Baleage? in reply to 186hydro, 07-29-2006 15:23:27  
I did a little surfing and altough bale silage is much touted for being an easy way to put up extra feed it seems they avoid talking about ever feeding the stuff. There are machines made to tear up baless but I doubt you will find one that would fit in your barn. So I am thinking. I'd say your best chance would be to tear up the bale outside using a frontend loader equiped with grapple fork. I don't suppose the junk will just unroll on the ground? Then you could carry it inside and feed by hand. the other choice would be to use a tub grinder to prossess it outside and then handle as conventional silage. But I would think the extra expense would be prohibitive. Your other chance would be to turn the cows out and feed it in bale feeders but unless you have concrete to feed on that could turn into a muddy mess in a hurry and I don't suppose ypou want to turn them out anyway. Maybe you should try to sell your balage (or give it away and write it off your taxes) then buy back good feed? Oops, I didn't mean bad feed, I'm sure the feed is very good, just not well suited to your operation. I would be more than happy to feed it to my cows and sure would have no problem with mud. But then I don't have any hay to trade you. I cut just a few bales of 1st crop and the 2nd alfalfa I am leaving for seed as it never got tall enough to make a windrow. There is no grass hay. And my corn is knee high and dead.

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