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shaking out silage

  • 11-06-2012 11:59am
    #1
    restive
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭


    I cut silage this morning and intend to bale it about 9pm this evening. Is their any point in shaking it out in rows with a hay bob this afternoon?


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  • #2
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    restive wrote: »
    I cut silage this morning and intend to bale it about 9pm this evening. Is their any point in shaking it out in rows with a hay bob this afternoon?

    yes its the right thing to do depending on weather, how you re-row maybe a problem as most balers don't like working after a lumpy hay bob. Grass should be kicked out the asap after cutting unless its left the spread across the full sward and conditioned


  • #3
    restive
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭restive


    Thanks for the reply, however the weather has dictated that it remains unshaken, great order at 3pm when i got a shower. I am hoping for a fine evening so that the bales will not be too heavy.


  • #4
    restive
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭restive


    Just finished bringing in the bales. Never got to turn it because i got an hours rain at 3:20pm. Grass was dry when baled but bales still heavy. Also heavier crop of grass than last year. Testing soil and adding lime really paid of. I had 54 bales this year versus 32 last year. Same contractor and equipment.


  • #5
    Suckler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,427 ✭✭✭Suckler


    Does anyone still use a Wuffler? Aul lad is threatening to buy one, I'm convinced it's purely for the novelty!


  • #6
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    Suckler wrote: »
    Does anyone still use a Wuffler? Aul lad is threatening to buy one, I'm convinced it's purely for the novelty!
    The cousins bought an ould one . I couldnt knock much rights out of it though , it breaks the stem up to help it dry out .
    Probably one run straight after its cut would be enough to speed up wilting and help sqeeze more grass into a bale, but I think going over it a cuople of times breaks up the grass too much .


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