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ChrisLSD

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just pondering.... after you make a round bale of silage - if you individually wrap it, how do you feed it? - do you take it where you will feed it, then take the plastic off?
does it fall apart like a bunch of silage?
or do most people put them in a TMR?

i can see where you would just go in and grab one if it is the end one in a big bag but how about individually?
 
Stand it on end, cut the plastic off, grab it and go feed it where ever you're feeding it. We rolled them out in the barn. We've left them in the field for the cows too....
There's no easy way... except mabey a vertical screw mixer. Never tired that.
Actually, we store them on end, so cutting the plastic off like tht is easy.

Rod
 
Doesn't fall apart- it's still long hay, not chopped, and still tied with either string or net wrap. I take the twine/net off right where I'm going to feed it.
 
If you feed them in a horizontal auger type TMR you'll want to bust them up into 1/2 or smaller as most of them were not made for that and can toast a gear box in short order. Even a full round bale of dry hay can goof things up. Most guys around here move them close to the feeder, unwrap and cut the strings and load it into the feeder. Having big squares custom baled had gotten pretty popular here too.
 
I put mine inline now but when I individually wrapped I'd cut the plastic and let it stay where the bale was, then feed the hay like normal. Around here, most cow people never cut the twine before feeding unless its plastic. End of the season I pile the plastic with the skidloader.
 
My vertical screw tmr mixer will eat about anything you put in it.I feed alot of silage bales. the cows love them.Only thing mixer doesnt like to chew up is a skidloader bucket[dont ask].
 
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