MF 399

[Guest Fendt pwr]

MF 399 parked up afther carting round silage bales yesterday.

[Guest Fendt pwr]

This 6 pot MF flys down the road with a 25ton load of silage on the trailer.This is one of 3 399's this dairy farmer has.

[JC]

What is the machine in the background fp??

[NewHolland2]

Hi FP. I'll try to explain for you, as there are some of those at work around here in Angus. You load the round bales into them and they act as a bale wrapper and wrap the bales, but instead of being left with single bales all wrapped that have to be moved to storage, the machine leaves you with a long line of wrapped bales, all joined together by the polythene. I presume the machine has a conveyor belt to keep it moving.

Hope That Helps FP.

Fendt Power, I'm sure you could add a little to my explanation. 

Cheers

NewHolland2

[Guest Fendt pwr]

No no NH2 thats how it works ,this farmer makes all his silage this way.He has 1200 dairy cows so it's fair to say that that wraper earns it's keep.

[THEBRITFARMER]

I think that practice is used over here as well. I am sure TOG could fill us in though. I have seen things like that on 1/64 scale displays on the TTS forum.

[JC]

Thanks for the info lads. 

[Guest Fendt pwr]

I'll take a few beter pictures of it in the next day or so.

[MJB1]

There`s one working somewhere in devon as i looked into it when i had the farm ,but the ground was all clay so i`d of made a right old mess in the winter? !

another system i looked into was a silage sausage called ag-bag which basicly does the same thing except with loose silage so instead of clamping or a heap in the field you`re left with a long sausage shaped ,air tight  silage system .

If you look at the wrapper you`ll see  that the bed after the last bale is a succession of rollers so  the wrapper unit is effectivly moved along by the weight of the bales, gravity in motion if you like !

Nice pic of the fergie, it not often you see the 2wd model.

[NewHolland2]

No no NH2 thats how it works ,this farmer makes all his silage this way.He has 1200 dairy cows so it's fair to say that that wraper earns it's keep.

Goodie, I was right  .

I'll take a few beter pictures of it in the next day or so.

That would be good to see Fendt Power as I haven't really got a close look at the ones operated around here, just seen them when driving by.

[Tractorman810]

nice pics indeed,i was going to say that to mjb,don't think i have ever seen a 2wd version of the 399,a rare sight indeed

[Powerstarâ„¢]

There`s one working somewhere in devon as i looked into it when i had the farm ,but the ground was all clay so i`d of made a right old mess in the winter? !

another system i looked into was a silage sausage called ag-bag which basicly does the same thing except with loose silage so instead of clamping or a heap in the field you`re left with a long sausage shaped ,air tight? silage system .

If you look at the wrapper you`ll see? that the bed after the last bale is a succession of rollers so? the wrapper unit is effectivly moved along by the weight of the bales, gravity in motion if you like !

Nice pic of the fergie, it not often you see the 2wd model.

The AG-Bag system looks intreguing. I have seen a few pictures, would it cost more or less than pit silage? I'm not sure how it works, I know you tip the trailer in to a hopper but im not sure how the grass is so tightly compacted, and pushed right to the back Any information? I've seen them using a big classic Ford to power the hopper 

[Eurodeere]

re ag-bag, look here: www.ag-bag.com/

cost depends if you have an existing clamp, maybe you want extra silage for just one year or a few and the cost of building a clamp is too high for short use time. Round bales might be too slow and all that wrap to get rid of. Just some of the reasons.

[Powerstarâ„¢]

Thanks Eurodeere, didn't know they stored compost in them too, For othe users here's a little slide show of the silage baggers:

The 10,000 bagger looks great, another machine I would like to have a go on.Still doesn't say how they get it in so tightly  :'(