pushing up the pile

Cenexguy · Oct 1, 2009

One of the four 4 wheel drive tractors making a pile of silage at thr ND/SD border. 4 piles made in all 100,000 acres chopped.

Aaron SEIA · Oct 1, 2009

How many cows does it take to eat 156 square miles of corn?
AaronSEIA

Two Dogs · Oct 1, 2009

One if it's big enough. TDF

IaGary · Oct 1, 2009

Wow, them would be big piles. 25,000 acres to the pile. Feed about 25,000 head for six months per pile.

Gary

Cenexguy · Oct 1, 2009

The feed is used for two very large dairy"s in the area. That includes the replacements and calf ranches.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 1, 2009

Gee, i wonder why milk/food is cheap. A few guys like this size could flood the market lickety-split.

Dan-IA · Oct 1, 2009

yeah i should've read this thread before opening my mouth in the previous one.

Formerly PaMike · Oct 1, 2009

OK, I have seen trenches around here...but thats crazy. So heres the question. How do they dig out a pile that tall to load the mixer wagons. You would have to make a trail in to get to the top of the pile so that it didnt collapse on you. But, you would have to keep loading the trail so that it didnt spoil...sounds like fun. Wonder how many tires they use to hold the plastic down...

WCS · Oct 1, 2009

how many choppers does it take to chop 100,000 acres?

showcrop · Oct 1, 2009

One tool is called a facer that mounts on a skid steer or loader. It is kind of like a roto-tiller and is hydraulically powered. They come in different sizes and a tall or long one that is mounted in the bucket of a wheel loader would probably reach 30 ft high. They bring down enough to fill your truck mounted mixer wagon real quick.

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