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<blockquote data-quote="JMJ Farms" data-source="post: 1296412" data-attributes="member: 24583"><p>I live almost smack dab in the center. 35 head of dry cows. 1 4x6 roll per day. 160 pounds of WCS every other day. Fat as buggy horses. But it has been a mild winter so far. All the pairs are on winter grazing. They get fed in rings bc they aren't hungry and they will waste it even if I unroll it. I built a unroller to go behind my tumblebug last year. Problem was that it unrolled 4' wide so they walked on it pretty bad and bedded in it. A hot wire would have fixed that problem. So I bought the processor. The hay processor feeds in in a windrow (adjustable). I can make a 4x6 roll go about 400 yards. The way I have it set up its kinda like throwing the equivalent of two flakes of a small square bale every 5-6 feet. As it processes it it cuts and tears and loosens it so it's not 'compact'. If you're interested I could take some pics. I know everybody has their own way and reasons but I really like it a lot. And I'm still in the stage of the cattle business that I have to save every single penny I can. And if I finish this winter out at my current pace it will have saved me 120 rolls @ $50 = $6K. Paid $4500 for the processor. However it does get old when it's 30 degrees and raining but a broke man ain't got no choice. And all jokes aside, if you were expecting a few days of rough weather, you could put it out in rings or roll it out in advance and just let em waste a little extra.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMJ Farms, post: 1296412, member: 24583"] I live almost smack dab in the center. 35 head of dry cows. 1 4x6 roll per day. 160 pounds of WCS every other day. Fat as buggy horses. But it has been a mild winter so far. All the pairs are on winter grazing. They get fed in rings bc they aren't hungry and they will waste it even if I unroll it. I built a unroller to go behind my tumblebug last year. Problem was that it unrolled 4' wide so they walked on it pretty bad and bedded in it. A hot wire would have fixed that problem. So I bought the processor. The hay processor feeds in in a windrow (adjustable). I can make a 4x6 roll go about 400 yards. The way I have it set up its kinda like throwing the equivalent of two flakes of a small square bale every 5-6 feet. As it processes it it cuts and tears and loosens it so it's not 'compact'. If you're interested I could take some pics. I know everybody has their own way and reasons but I really like it a lot. And I'm still in the stage of the cattle business that I have to save every single penny I can. And if I finish this winter out at my current pace it will have saved me 120 rolls @ $50 = $6K. Paid $4500 for the processor. However it does get old when it's 30 degrees and raining but a broke man ain't got no choice. And all jokes aside, if you were expecting a few days of rough weather, you could put it out in rings or roll it out in advance and just let em waste a little extra. [/QUOTE]
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