Posted by JD Seller on October 03, 2016 at 19:36:54 from (208.126.198.123):
In Reply to: harvestore revisit posted by Al Baker(pumpman) on October 03, 2016 at 16:58:17:
I have two Harvestore silos. They work IF you know how to manage them. I pressure test them every year. I also moved the air bags out of the silos into the eve of the hay barn. Since I did that the management is much easier. You can feed as little or as much as you want and have good feed. You should shut the door on the unloader every time your done. I go through my unloaders twice each year. It is not hard to get them out if they are in the right position and a total nightmare if they are in the wrong position.
The most common problem with a Harvestor silo is the unloader. Guys will run them until the chains are so loose and dull they would not move Styrofoam peanuts. Then the farmer is mad when it will not feed out rock hard silage that was cut too long and made too wet.
Things to do to make life with a Harvestor silo easy: 1) Maintain the unloader in a timely manner. This means keep the chains tight and the drags sharp. 2) If your doing hayledge then make the moisture content be in the low 30s and keep the cut length under 1 1/2 inch. LONG cut wet hayledge is like concrete in the bottom of the silo. 3) Keep the seals in good shape. Check them for leaks. 4) Shut the top lids and bottom doors ASAP after use. Just common sense on keeping Oxygen out of the silo. 5) If your in a hurry to feed large quantizes of feed each day then knock them down go with a bunker. You can not crowd the unloaders an have any good luck.
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