Guest Fendt pwr Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 MF 399 parked up afther carting round silage bales yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fendt pwr Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 What is the machine in the background fp?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fendt pwr Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Thanks for the info lads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fendt pwr Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 I'll take a few beter pictures of it in the next day or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurodeere Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerstarâ„¢ Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 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 :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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