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<blockquote data-quote="JMJ Farms" data-source="post: 1640091" data-attributes="member: 24583"><p>I guess it would depend on the unrolling setup. I use a Deweze Super Slicer II. I can unroll a bale in around 5 minutes into a wind row that's approximately 2' wide and 100-150' yds long. Im feeding 100 mama cows + calves and it's no problem. If they're not starving then they just come to the tractor at a normal pace and I get ahead of them fairly quickly. A Vermeer or Haybuster works even better. I can't say that it will work for everyone but I can say that everyone should try it. One of the best things I've ever done. Saves me around 1/3 of what I used to feed. If you save 1/3 of 500 rolls valued at $50/roll that's about $8k/yr. That adds up. </p><p></p><p>I used to unroll bales using a homemade setup where I had a sharpened rod I pushed through the core with a chain welded to a flat washer that slid over each end with a clip pin inserted through the rod to hold it on. If it was a 4' wide bale then it was a 4' wide windrow. The cows wasted a good bit more with the wide windrow. Much less waste with the narrow windrow.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/QB5S9nXP" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/QB5S9nXP/3-C4044-F7-8660-4-A64-A3-D9-692-A2-E0-F0-ACE.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/jWW4V3w2" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/jWW4V3w2/8-F74-CE4-E-A541-44-FB-804-D-D8-BDF9-BB48-FA.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/xqG7FqV7" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/xqG7FqV7/9-EDB438-C-4089-4626-91-D7-C0788-D3-B87-EF.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/qgmcRdsq" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/qgmcRdsq/EFDAE100-2-F84-4749-A153-2-F854-B9-F6-B16.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/JHtpn7t3" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/JHtpn7t3/B5-B95717-6-A43-420-C-A2-B7-961-E2-B16-B612.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/jWKvf4LS" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/jWKvf4LS/EB700305-AC3-F-480-A-9-DA5-5-A5-EB5-CC3961.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMJ Farms, post: 1640091, member: 24583"] I guess it would depend on the unrolling setup. I use a Deweze Super Slicer II. I can unroll a bale in around 5 minutes into a wind row that’s approximately 2’ wide and 100-150’ yds long. Im feeding 100 mama cows + calves and it’s no problem. If they’re not starving then they just come to the tractor at a normal pace and I get ahead of them fairly quickly. A Vermeer or Haybuster works even better. I can’t say that it will work for everyone but I can say that everyone should try it. One of the best things I’ve ever done. Saves me around 1/3 of what I used to feed. If you save 1/3 of 500 rolls valued at $50/roll that’s about $8k/yr. That adds up. I used to unroll bales using a homemade setup where I had a sharpened rod I pushed through the core with a chain welded to a flat washer that slid over each end with a clip pin inserted through the rod to hold it on. If it was a 4’ wide bale then it was a 4’ wide windrow. The cows wasted a good bit more with the wide windrow. Much less waste with the narrow windrow. [url=https://postimg.cc/QB5S9nXP][img]https://i.postimg.cc/QB5S9nXP/3-C4044-F7-8660-4-A64-A3-D9-692-A2-E0-F0-ACE.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://postimg.cc/jWW4V3w2][img]https://i.postimg.cc/jWW4V3w2/8-F74-CE4-E-A541-44-FB-804-D-D8-BDF9-BB48-FA.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://postimg.cc/xqG7FqV7][img]https://i.postimg.cc/xqG7FqV7/9-EDB438-C-4089-4626-91-D7-C0788-D3-B87-EF.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://postimg.cc/qgmcRdsq][img]https://i.postimg.cc/qgmcRdsq/EFDAE100-2-F84-4749-A153-2-F854-B9-F6-B16.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://postimg.cc/JHtpn7t3][img]https://i.postimg.cc/JHtpn7t3/B5-B95717-6-A43-420-C-A2-B7-961-E2-B16-B612.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://postimg.cc/jWKvf4LS][img]https://i.postimg.cc/jWKvf4LS/EB700305-AC3-F-480-A-9-DA5-5-A5-EB5-CC3961.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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