Another Year Under The Belt-

donjr · Sep 16, 2012

Finished chopping silage the other day, so that's one more year down. Ona agood day, we will put in close to 100 loads, with four tractors hauling, no breakdowns, no clogs and not too long of a run. And no Parkerized wagons. Most of the time this year, we were down to four or five wagons, and struggled to get 60 loads a day. But we made it- they're full and topped off and leveled. Only major injury was Parkers' pride.

gtractorfan · Sep 16, 2012

Looks like you might spend more time changing wagons than chopping?

donjr · Sep 16, 2012

Just about. But the change over only takes a minute, and the wagon is on the way back to the blower. It's pretty much a constant stream of wagons and a blower is always running- we run two on two different silos- so turnaround time is very quick with little waiting.

The Red · Sep 16, 2012

What did your tonnage per acre and bushel equivalent figure?

donjr · Sep 16, 2012

Pretty good year- I'd have to guess about 25 tons for the most part- 20 at least. Deer got a few spots, but most was real good.

Nathan (SD) · Sep 17, 2012

Back in the 90's our neighbors ran about 200 milk cows and fed steers. They had about 2000 acres of farmland and still had the idea you needed to feed the whole crop to something. I was 16 years old when they went to 2 Hesston field queens. 2 choppers, 5 or 6 wagons depending on how many people were around. 2 blowers. One on the upright and one on the pit. The 8 uprights always got filled. Usually the 856 was hooked on the upright blower. They would wind it up in the morning and the thing would run full throttle all day.

My young eyes stared in total amazement. I was used to a 1 row chopper with one wagon that dumped into a long hopper blower. 8 loads a day was a long day.

randallinMo · Sep 17, 2012

Was this a custom cutter you hired? If so, what do they charge and how many ton can they chop per hour or day? I can't believe how tall that thing is. 'Looks like the blower snout is directed "down" in order to get it into the wagon.

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