Good Morning my Swedish friend! Snow for a month already😱. Man you guys really do have long winters. Did the snow come early for you or is this normal? Cheers 🍻 my friend.
The first time we did balage back in the ninety's was the same as this, except we had a fitting on the air intake of our loader to attach a pipe to draw the air out. At an idle it made short work of it - what did happen was the engine would stall once we were getting just CO2 out of the stack. The smell was incredible, it was like raw tobacco, and the cow's loved it.
@@PrairieSunsetRanch I think it was the best quality we had done - only 2 cows in our dairy herd wouldn't touch it! ( out of 120 ) Then we went to wrapping as a tube and individuals - the big hassle with that is the plastic waste. At least using a ground sheet and a cover carefully you can use it again. Time wise, I don't think it took any longer.
Well if Dairy cows will eat it I’m sure it was 👌 feed! That dam plastic ain’t cheap 😬. I destroyed my first stacks due to the abundance of snow & ice built up. Couldn’t be avoided. Cheers 🍻 Chris
@@PrairieSunsetRanch hahaH it will work good. As long as the tarp don't blow off before it goes through the chemical reaction hahahaha. You got most of the air out so....
2nd! Yes Aaron the baby boomers have the absolute craziest work ethic. In a good way! My grandma is 87 and still gets out there and has a garden and does her own stuff. Bless you guys! Hope the baby feels better and night shift sucks regardless if there is work to be done or not. Tell April here's to the day shift. Lol. 🥰 Great video!
You have no idea. She is the boss 🤣😂. Only stand about 5 feet tall and is a serious competitor. I think she outworks me at 36 lmao. 😂🤣. We try to take her produce out of the garden and stuff I canned so that she doesn't have to. Blessing my friend. Glad to hear about the baby feeling better. It's been that kind of year lol.
I helped do this one year. It works. Be sure to have several rolls of bag tape and don't run out. Went out every day to look for any holes in the tarp and then seal the holes with tape. If you can, make several small stacks. There is less chance of wasting or spoiling all your production.
Great tips Sharon, I actually have a couple rolls of that RED Duct Tape already 👍 What do you think was causing your holes in the liner? Wildlife? Cheers 🍻 Sharon and I will be keeping an eye on the piles daily 4SURE.👌
Thats great news! How much roughly do you think spoiled? Im gonna be breaking open the first silage pile very soon😬. Im very excited to see what I find🤔 Cheers 🍻 Jesse
Ive been stacking and covering loose with drive over method. Works ok. Pain to feed with my set up though. Once you open your pyramid how much time do you have to feed it before it spoils?
The quicker the better but I try my best to reseal it well after pulling from it. 2-3 weeks max. Next time I will try n keep the stacks smaller so less is wasted.
My experience is fall oats is more forgiving than most other forages bc it has a much higher sugar content than other feeds. Also it is put up in the coolest part of the year so the race between good fermentation & bad spoilage gets a later start. We put up & rely on a lot of fall oats planted after wheat. I don’t recommend feeding to close to calving as potassium content can get too high which can cause retained placentas. Just don’t feed anything that is slimy as it most likely contains clostridia - which can cause a real nightmare.
Great Information Hank👍🏻. We are going to be feeding it up in a couple weeks as we have just started Calving season here. Absolutely Clostridia is 😱😬 and is avoided at all costs. Cheers 🍻 my friend.
They turned out well. A few of the outside border bales weren’t the best but all in all it was a success. Just make sure the piles are air tight and properly sealed.👍
@@PrairieSunsetRanch Thats good to hear, Im gonna give it a try with some that I'm gonna mow down tomorrow. I was gonna put a sheet down first & stack onto it to try & keep it all as air tight as possible.
Just gotta get it sealed good! We used Ag-Bags for years. 2 bales per bag and seal them. But had bird and rodent issues sometimes. A hole on a bag made 2 manure bales... Would really be bad in a bigger stack. Hopefully it all works out and turns to some great feed!!
Very interesting idea ED👍! Im thinking the feed will turn out good but all it takes like you said are a few rodents or birds to destroy the stack 😱. Cheers 🍻 my friend.
Out here a 40x150 sheet of Silage plastic is around $400 so probably a little cheaper for you in the states. The cost for me to Tube wrap silage those 121 bales was roughly a 1/4 the price of using the tube wrapper at the end of the day. Seeming we are putting lots of money out on feeds etc, this was a no brainer choice for us.
Well I admire your hard work an thinking process on that way of wrapping them 😁👍 I hope all works out for you with them not spoiling.. I’m surprised the shop vac didn’t conk out ..mus be a good one with all that running lol .. I probably would have had a cpl three running to suck it out faster an maybe a little more air out N be easier on jus the one shop vac .. lmao .. but all in all you got the job done an I’m proud of ya brother .. definitely not easy in the baler niether an you did well there .. way too go bro 👍👌
Thank you Darren! I would of had the extra or spare shop vac going but didn’t wanna accidentally burn out both of them.🤣 it should make good feed I believe it was worth our efforts. My poor ole JD baler definitely needs some TLC this spring. Cheers 🍻 Darren 👍
My brother put some heated bales in his hoop barn. Went to check the cows one day and noticed smoke coming out of the barn. As soon as he moved one the ignited and burned the tarp off his barn. Around a $2,200 mistake
OMG that’s horrible! Hay can be dangerous when that moisture is wrapped 🆙 we usually salt in a pinch any bales that we feel were baled a little tough or damp.
Hi Kurt. Yes I kept up to any punctures or holes with tuck tape👍🏻. I will be starting to feed it up in a week or two so stay tuned my friend🤞. Cheers 🍻
In the lot u feed your heifers grain, how did u cut the tires in half? I want to make some troughs like that and trying to find easier way to cut them, thanks
I show briefly how I make them in this clickable video link BELOW however I will as well explain it below this comment. ruclips.net/video/gVjyxfab240/видео.html
I basically Drill a large hole in the middle of the tire between where the two tire treads meet. I then take a reciprocating Saw with the lARGER Jagged teeth and zig zag up and down between the middle of the tire between the tire treads for both sides. At the end you will have the tire fall in half make sure you are not standing in harms way as the tires can be very heavy.
It should work out, as a couple neighbours have done this with good results. The silage tarp sealed on all sides and oxygen sucked out used up allows the bales to hopefully ferment and not rot and mold. Due to the lack of oxygen the bales should not ignite. 👍👌🍻
I would think that should workout bad at all. you'll have a little more waste than a tube wrapper but you'll have a cheaper wrapping cost Id think. I was wrapping bales this year for three bucks a bale but now I think most of that plastic has pretty much doubled. I also have heard guys pumping a bit of anhydrous in there to get rid of the 02 butI have to admit Ive never seen the results of this style so it'll be interesting to watch the results.
Good morning my Manitoba brother ☕️. I am anticipating a little more waste than a tube wrapped silage bale, however for a 1/4 the cost I am willing to take a chance and wait it out. Gotta save my dimes and Nickles for $1400/Ton fertilizer 🤣 . I am super curious as to what I see when I open up those silage piles this winter however I may be pleasantly surprised👌, or 💩 myself by the monstrosity that took place under the tarp. LMAO 🤣 Cheers 🍻my friend.
@@PrairieSunsetRanch My guess is the further you go in to the pile the better it gets the waste on the outside may be a be a bit but I let the cows decide if its good or not. If its good stuff they won't waste any of it
We will find out shortly as I am going to begin feeding this Silage to the Older Cows soon. The early Lab analysis results came back fantastic, however the proof is in the pudding.😂 Stay tuned John & Cheers 🍻
@@HerraBjarni Im very interested to start feeding those stacks of oats. We just finished plowing a path to the first pile as there was 6 feet of snow blocking them. Cheers 🍻 & chat again soon.👍🏻
We will be feeding all these bales up mid winter so I am not concerned about the water drainage. Now if this feed was to be fed up lets say late winter early spring It would have a middle peak. 👍
Good morning. It's nice to see that summer is still with you.
We have had snow for about a month already.
Good Morning my Swedish friend! Snow for a month already😱. Man you guys really do have long winters. Did the snow come early for you or is this normal? Cheers 🍻 my friend.
@@PrairieSunsetRanch It is quite normal for the snow to come in October.
It can be later or earlier. Hope you are all well.
The first time we did balage back in the ninety's was the same as this, except we had a fitting on the air intake of our loader to attach a pipe to draw the air out. At an idle it made short work of it - what did happen was the engine would stall once we were getting just CO2 out of the stack.
The smell was incredible, it was like raw tobacco, and the cow's loved it.
Oh wow, now that's called using your noggin!👍🏻 Did the feed end up being decent quality? Thanks for sharing Chris and Cheers 🍻.
@@PrairieSunsetRanch I think it was the best quality we had done - only 2 cows in our dairy herd wouldn't touch it! ( out of 120 )
Then we went to wrapping as a tube and individuals - the big hassle with that is the plastic waste. At least using a ground sheet and a cover carefully you can use it again. Time wise, I don't think it took any longer.
Well if Dairy cows will eat it I’m sure it was 👌 feed! That dam plastic ain’t cheap 😬. I destroyed my first stacks due to the abundance of snow & ice built up. Couldn’t be avoided. Cheers 🍻 Chris
That's a KING wagon there ole son!!! She'll ferment in the stack!!
Friggin Eh brother!! 🍻🍻🍻 If it doesn’t then the cows will be eating Mac n cheese this winter ❄️🤣🤣👍
@@PrairieSunsetRanch hahaH it will work good. As long as the tarp don't blow off before it goes through the chemical reaction hahahaha. You got most of the air out so....
@@straightpipeacres6365 Tarp shouldn’t blow off as shes pretty loaded down. If it blows away my house will probably be blown away too!🤣🤣👍🍻
@@PrairieSunsetRanch hahahaha. Exactly. The manure one worked pretty king hey
Wish I would have just used soil/manure for all of them. Sucked down nicely 👌👍
2nd! Yes Aaron the baby boomers have the absolute craziest work ethic. In a good way! My grandma is 87 and still gets out there and has a garden and does her own stuff. Bless you guys! Hope the baby feels better and night shift sucks regardless if there is work to be done or not. Tell April here's to the day shift. Lol. 🥰 Great video!
🥈 Gd morning my friend! Your Grandmother sounds amazing, living life like a boss👌👍. Babies feeling better finally, thanks for the visit and Cheers 🍻
You have no idea. She is the boss 🤣😂. Only stand about 5 feet tall and is a serious competitor. I think she outworks me at 36 lmao. 😂🤣. We try to take her produce out of the garden and stuff I canned so that she doesn't have to. Blessing my friend. Glad to hear about the baby feeling better. It's been that kind of year lol.
I helped do this one year. It works. Be sure to have several rolls of bag tape and don't run out. Went out every day to look for any holes in the tarp and then seal the holes with tape.
If you can, make several small stacks. There is less chance of wasting or spoiling all your production.
Great tips Sharon, I actually have a couple rolls of that RED Duct Tape already 👍 What do you think was causing your holes in the liner? Wildlife? Cheers 🍻 Sharon and I will be keeping an eye on the piles daily 4SURE.👌
never seen it done like this, very interesting video Aron.
Glad you enjoyed it Matt. Thanks for the visit and see you next weekend. Cheers 🍻 buddy.
I have done it and it works.
Thats great news! How much roughly do you think spoiled? Im gonna be breaking open the first silage pile very soon😬. Im very excited to see what I find🤔 Cheers 🍻 Jesse
I've always just done the inline wrapping. Looking forward to the results.
Inline wrapping is a safe bet but lets hope my Ukrainian plan works😬👍🍻🍻
Very interesting vid!
Glad you enjoyed it Stella. Cheers 🍻 my friend.
Ive been stacking and covering loose with drive over method. Works ok. Pain to feed with my set up though. Once you open your pyramid how much time do you have to feed it before it spoils?
The quicker the better but I try my best to reseal it well after pulling from it. 2-3 weeks max. Next time I will try n keep the stacks smaller so less is wasted.
@@PrairieSunsetRanch thanks
Cheers buddy 🍻🍻🍻
Rock on! 🤘🍻🍻
nice¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you my friend! Cheers🍻 from PSR!
looks liek that is going to work well for you
It should. Might have a little more waste than tube wrapping but hey it only cost $400 and some time. Cheers 🍻 Steph
If this works out this might be a game changer in the future.
Lets hope so! 👍👌🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
My eyes perked up when I saw the title
I have a couple neighbours that have used this method and they swear by it. 👍👌🍻
My experience is fall oats is more forgiving than most other forages bc it has a much higher sugar content than other feeds. Also it is put up in the coolest part of the year so the race between good fermentation & bad spoilage gets a later start. We put up & rely on a lot of fall oats planted after wheat. I don’t recommend feeding to close to calving as potassium content can get too high which can cause retained placentas. Just don’t feed anything that is slimy as it most likely contains clostridia - which can cause a real nightmare.
Great Information Hank👍🏻. We are going to be feeding it up in a couple weeks as we have just started Calving season here. Absolutely Clostridia is 😱😬 and is avoided at all costs. Cheers 🍻 my friend.
$13/bale custom tube wrap here in Southern Illinois.
Interesting method, how did the bales turn out?
Im thinking of giving this a try since Im not well set up for silage just yet.
They turned out well. A few of the outside border bales weren’t the best but all in all it was a success. Just make sure the piles are air tight and properly sealed.👍
@@PrairieSunsetRanch Thats good to hear, Im gonna give it a try with some that I'm gonna mow down tomorrow. I was gonna put a sheet down first & stack onto it to try & keep it all as air tight as possible.
Just gotta get it sealed good! We used Ag-Bags for years. 2 bales per bag and seal them. But had bird and rodent issues sometimes. A hole on a bag made 2 manure bales...
Would really be bad in a bigger stack.
Hopefully it all works out and turns to some great feed!!
Very interesting idea ED👍! Im thinking the feed will turn out good but all it takes like you said are a few rodents or birds to destroy the stack 😱. Cheers 🍻 my friend.
Same boat here weather is just horrible trying to make a last ditch effort spending way too much money on plastic
Out here a 40x150 sheet of Silage plastic is around $400 so probably a little cheaper for you in the states. The cost for me to Tube wrap silage those 121 bales was roughly a 1/4 the price of using the tube wrapper at the end of the day. Seeming we are putting lots of money out on feeds etc, this was a no brainer choice for us.
Well I admire your hard work an thinking process on that way of wrapping them 😁👍 I hope all works out for you with them not spoiling.. I’m surprised the shop vac didn’t conk out ..mus be a good one with all that running lol .. I probably would have had a cpl three running to suck it out faster an maybe a little more air out N be easier on jus the one shop vac .. lmao .. but all in all you got the job done an I’m proud of ya brother .. definitely not easy in the baler niether an you did well there .. way too go bro 👍👌
Thank you Darren! I would of had the extra or spare shop vac going but didn’t wanna accidentally burn out both of them.🤣 it should make good feed I believe it was worth our efforts. My poor ole JD baler definitely needs some TLC this spring. Cheers 🍻 Darren 👍
Aren’t you just Mr genius 🤣
That's what she said, LMAO 🤣 👍🍻
@@PrairieSunsetRanch 🤦♂️🤷♂️🤣
Aaron you have to not give a 💩 what any one say's about what you or how you do it it's your 🐎on the line I'm interested how it goes!!
Friggin rights Shane 👍👌🤘. I think it should work out nicely, I will let everyone know in January.
How did they work out?
Just plowed a path to them today. Going to start feeding them up in a week or two. Stay tuned as I will be making a video showing the end results.👍🍻
My brother put some heated bales in his hoop barn. Went to check the cows one day and noticed smoke coming out of the barn. As soon as he moved one the ignited and burned the tarp off his barn. Around a $2,200 mistake
OMG that’s horrible! Hay can be dangerous when that moisture is wrapped 🆙 we usually salt in a pinch any bales that we feel were baled a little tough or damp.
Haven't tried doing it like that but I don't see why it wouldn't work as long as you keep on top of any holes in the plastic
Hi Kurt. Yes I kept up to any punctures or holes with tuck tape👍🏻. I will be starting to feed it up in a week or two so stay tuned my friend🤞. Cheers 🍻
In the lot u feed your heifers grain, how did u cut the tires in half? I want to make some troughs like that and trying to find easier way to cut them, thanks
I show briefly how I make them in this clickable video link BELOW however I will as well explain it below this comment.
ruclips.net/video/gVjyxfab240/видео.html
I basically Drill a large hole in the middle of the tire between where the two tire treads meet. I then take a reciprocating Saw with the lARGER Jagged teeth and zig zag up and down between the middle of the tire between the tire treads for both sides. At the end you will have the tire fall in half make sure you are not standing in harms way as the tires can be very heavy.
Ok i see, thanks for the fast reply, we were dry here this summer to, i am in north dakota, keep the faith and thanks!!
@@aaronssheepfarm1384 Thanks for the visit and good-luck with the feeders 👌👍
Doing haylage like that for years here
It’s surprising more people know about this method. If done properly it is very effective! Cheers 🍻 from PSR
@@PrairieSunsetRanch in the late 80’ and 90’ it’s was very common method around here
@@Math5140 Thanks for sharing my friend & cheers 🍻
I'll be curious to see how that works out for you
ME too! 🤣 I'm pretty confident it will be 👌😬
@@PrairieSunsetRanch I hope so...my experience with haylage/silage is get all the air out so it dont spoil
@@bcpfarmandtrucking6560 Yup gotta start off the fermentation process b4 the rotting/molding process takes place.
I’m really interested to see how piling the bales like that will work for you I thought they would heat like that and catch fire
It should work out, as a couple neighbours have done this with good results. The silage tarp sealed on all sides and oxygen sucked out used up allows the bales to hopefully ferment and not rot and mold. Due to the lack of oxygen the bales should not ignite. 👍👌🍻
I would think that should workout bad at all. you'll have a little more waste than a tube wrapper but you'll have a cheaper wrapping cost Id think. I was wrapping bales this year for three bucks a bale but now I think most of that plastic has pretty much doubled. I also have heard guys pumping a bit of anhydrous in there to get rid of the 02 butI have to admit Ive never seen the results of this style so it'll be interesting to watch the results.
Good morning my Manitoba brother ☕️. I am anticipating a little more waste than a tube wrapped silage bale, however for a 1/4 the cost I am willing to take a chance and wait it out. Gotta save my dimes and Nickles for $1400/Ton fertilizer 🤣 . I am super curious as to what I see when I open up those silage piles this winter however I may be pleasantly surprised👌, or 💩 myself by the monstrosity that took place under the tarp. LMAO 🤣 Cheers 🍻my friend.
@@PrairieSunsetRanch My guess is the further you go in to the pile the better it gets the waste on the outside may be a be a bit but I let the cows decide if its good or not. If its good stuff they won't waste any of it
I have a feeling 🤔 you may be right!👍
Looks like it works but I'll stick to a tube wrapper. My time is worth more than the plastic it costs to wrap them with a wrapper.
Absolutely. If you have a Tube Wrapper or access to one that would be a great way to go 👍.
Feed quality test will tell the story. I'm guessing it all depends on your definition of "terrific". Thank you.
We will find out shortly as I am going to begin feeding this Silage to the Older Cows soon. The early Lab analysis results came back fantastic, however the proof is in the pudding.😂 Stay tuned John & Cheers 🍻
@@PrairieSunsetRanch exciting stuff
@@HerraBjarni Im very interested to start feeding those stacks of oats. We just finished plowing a path to the first pile as there was 6 feet of snow blocking them. Cheers 🍻 & chat again soon.👍🏻
How many cows do u have to feed
Approx. 100 cow /calf pairs. We background the calves over winter.
Are you a bit concerned about not having it peaked on top could have a lot of water
We will be feeding all these bales up mid winter so I am not concerned about the water drainage. Now if this feed was to be fed up lets say late winter early spring It would have a middle peak. 👍
at least the cows will eat u loose some even just dry rounds so i see it as a win win
Absolutely agree with you James especially during years like this.👍👌 🐮
First!🤣
Good morning my friend. ☕️ Hard at it already eh & you got a 🥇🤣👍