Silo filling question

tomstractorsandtoys · Sep 17, 2019

I am going to start filling my 14x40 silo today. Will not have any help until tomorrow so it will be a slow go but should get done easy tomorrow evening. I usually like to wait untill the next day and add a load or two to refill it before setting up the unloader. It is calling for hard rain tomorrow night and showers the next few days. Is it a bad idea to park two small loads of silage in the shed overnight to be able to refill on Thursday? I usually do not ever let a load set on the wagons overnight but would like to refill the silo. Should I just forget refilling? Thanks Tom

Mark W. · Sep 17, 2019

I would forget about refilling if you are able to get it all in and leveled.

jon f mn · Sep 17, 2019

We frequently left wagons loaded over night to refill in the morning. Never had an issue with it.

Don-Wi · Sep 17, 2019

I'd it's just a day or 2,you should be fine. We tried to never make it a habit, but from time to time we'd have a couple loads sit overnight or even a couple days. It'll be fine.

Donovan from Wisconsin

jon f mn · Sep 17, 2019

Way back when my dad was doing a lot of custom silo filling it was standard practice to fill a silo a day and leave the wagons loaded over night to refill in the morning before going on to the next one.

sjh · Sep 17, 2019

The corn settles in the silo. That is why you can add more in a day or two. Some times those 2 loads are critical for your feed needs.

coonie minnie · Sep 17, 2019

We leave loads on to refill the silo all the time. If you use innoculant, you will be able to tell a significant difference if one load is treated and the other not, as the treated load will heat considerably less.

I would not put the loads in a shed overnight, and be sure to unload the left-on loads slowly, as the material will pull somewhat harder as it packs overnight, and also heats and sticks together. This will make the wagons pull harder. Odds of shearing a pin etc are greater on loads left on overnight.

r.w.b. · Sep 17, 2019

If you got room for them put em in n go chop some grass haylege to top off with.we would have our silos full,go chop haylege n put 2 loads in each 1 day later

JLG · Sep 17, 2019

My neighbor routinely has full wagons sitting overnight. Seems to me that sometimes he fills his wagons up and then his father unloads them all the next morning.

Weldon K · Sep 17, 2019

I've filled upright silos for more than 50 years. We always topped them off with more loads the next day, the day after that and even more days if needed, until it no longer had settled enough to hold any more.

I suggest that if rain is in your forecast, start your unloader, feed until weather is favorable again, then refill with a few loads of fresh chopped corn. With rain and moisture in the ground your corn should retain enough juice in the stalks and leaves to be favorable to ferment properly. In a few days, if your corn is a little on the dry side, add some water to each load to increase moisture percentage. I've had to do it many times over the years.

Al Baker(pumpman) · Sep 17, 2019

I would not worry a second about anything but the silo gas that may come out of the wagons into the tool shad. Keep the doors cracked to keep air moving. I have ran loads a day or two old up countless times. The colder it is the slower they start to heat up. Al

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