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Advice on Diet Feeders

andrew_ob · 2013-12-17 01:28:47

Hi guys, Have recently become far more involved in our family farm and am looking at investing some money in new machinery and equipment. In the next year or so I plan to have put up a split meal bin with auger, buy a diet feeder, along with a second tractor to run feeder. Currently have a tractor with a loader which I am…

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#62 22-12-2013 10:12pm
visatorro

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System I have here is fairly simple. Have a second hand Keenan 140 and one hundred hp tractor. Half fill with pit silage and meal and small bit of straw. Connect her up and away she goes. Starts no problem. It's not ideal but if your tractor is fairly tidy then it's a shame to get rid. You could do this for a while anyway til you get more funds together, prob of no use to you!

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#63 03-01-2014 7:25pm
grizzlyadams

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Reading this thread and was thinking would it be possible to get a feeder on hire for a couple of months with an option to buy or do any dealers offer this ?

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#64 03-01-2014 7:53pm
visatorro

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Conor were doin something like that. I think it was working out 4500 to rent for a winter. Thought it was dear

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#65 11-12-2016 2:51am
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I think that this could be an interesting development

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