thats pretty neat with the wrapper.jedstivers":ptogptob said:Here's the one that can wrap a bale.
I have been wanting to make a homemade one just to spin it off. Would like to have one on my loader so I could hold bales above my cotton trailers and spin loose hay into them. Could mix different hay that way.
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http://www.umequip.com/hay-handling/round-about/
Beefy":1zi76kgl said:I unroll 6 rolls everyday with a deweze. No way all mine could get a fair shot at a hayring. I guess it sucks having to feed cows everyday but I don't know since it's been that way for 35 years.
Ebenezer":14pk5rag said:Unrolling hay has more positives than just lower % waste. Spread it out and it lets all sizes and classes eat rather than just the boss cows. We look at soil samples and observe for locations in those pastures that are weak on production. Hay is a net gain on N, P and K so we apply fertility where needed; where we unroll, cows eat and deposit. And we do not have to buy and fool with rings and muddy donut holes in the pastures.
Ebenezer":2wfc1ryi said:Unrolling hay has more positives than just lower % waste. Spread it out and it lets all sizes and classes eat rather than just the boss cows. We look at soil samples and observe for locations in those pastures that are weak on production. Hay is a net gain on N, P and K so we apply fertility where needed; where we unroll, cows eat and deposit. And we do not have to buy and fool with rings and muddy donut holes in the pastures.
greybeard":1gpi5spp said:I bet the areas where the hay rings were also need less fertilize.
kjonesel":2dz35cuc said:I would like to know how the super slicer would work on 2 year old bales stored outside. This past winter I have been unrolling bales with a skidsteer with forks. What I have is leftover wheat hay that was stored outside and infested with rats. I have been putting it all over the pasture and intend on working it this spring and reseeding it completely. It has some steep grades and I figure the straw would serve as mulch. The cows have utilized it as bedding and surprisingly ate quite a bit of it. What is surprising is how the rats have shredded the material within the bale, some bales have literally no stems over 3" long. After the cows pick through and then trample it their is very little left. A neighbor stopped and told me that years ago they would "plow" their pastures in preparation of reseeding in the spring by overwintering hogs and spreading the corn over the whole pasture.
joeu235":ep3r8g65 said:My first thought about the DewEze is "That's pretty cool"
My second thought is "Looks like more stuff to break down'