FB Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 not mine!!!!!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted December 24, 2005 Author Share Posted December 24, 2005 looking at the pic is there any point in having the front elevator ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 not unless he harvests the tops for feed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Couldn't trash/debris be coming off from that...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 It is a top saving elevator, our contractor uses something similar so the sheep have more to eat, flailed up tops aren't so good. One like is shown there would usually have a trailer under it, and you would set the topper slightly higher so as not to pick so much soil or so many stones up, gets a bit crunchy otherwise :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fendt pwr Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 So the driver of the digger would need to stop while the trailer picking up the topps was away emptying out?I would have thought saving the topps would slow down the harvest is that right? I know a guy in sweden with one of them beet diggers and he just lets the topps go on the ground and then ploughs them all under after harvest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Doesn't slow us down at all, the farm we do it for run short of outdoor feed this time of year for his sheep so our contractors top saver leaves the tops in one piece but in the field, these ones in the picture you would need at least 2 trailers for so it becomes more labour intensive than leaving them in the field. Can be quite a valuable additive to the feed ration during the winter though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fendt pwr Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 You learn something every day,thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 heard of people doing it round here but never witnessed it myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fendt pwr Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Why not just let the stock into the paddock after harvest so they can clean up the topps off the ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Why not just let the stock into the paddock after harvest so they can clean up the topps off the ground? coz 9 times out of 10 the field is left in a right state so most of the tops are well wheeled in , remember we harvest in the winter when it's wet ,cold & sometimes snowy unlike you when you harvest in the winter wearing surf shorts ,bermuda shirts ,flip-flops & shades :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fendt pwr Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Arh so that's why I got cold last winter,no wonder when one where's clothes like that. Do you ever dig them in the frost to save some compaction/mud? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 over here the frost turns the ground to **** in 5 mins \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fendt pwr Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Kinda the same here mjb,but the frist few loads are still beter than the last load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakescot Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 I`m told thats why they have the elevator aye.................valuable feed beet tops !..so I`m told !!!! john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Going off topic but sticking to the beet theme slightly isnt there a new law coming in were your not allowwed to enter a field if its too wet and tractor has already become stuck in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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