Re: Chopping silage

Posted by James22 on August 20, 2012 at 11:21:53 from (207.179.239.77):

In Reply to: Chopping silage posted by Sparktrician on August 20, 2012 at 10:05:19:

I've heard you will get about 80% of the rows that are run over. Anything a tire runs over you will not get. We were always too thrifty to waste corn, so had to cut two rows down and back by hand. Also the ends and enough of the corners that the chopper could get around without mashing the corn down. Manually fed the cut corn into the chopper as it traveled thru the next two rows. Immediately after starting your bundle thru the chopper you quickly cycled to the adjacent row, went to the front and readied another bundle to be fed. Required at least three men but four would allow a short "breather". You had to move quicker than a fast walk to keep up with the chopper and only three men. Chopper remained stationary as we fed corn bundles stacked in the corners. Don't believe OSHA would approve. Loved filling the silo, but hated those two very physical jobs.

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