Posted by philip d on August 08, 2017 at 18:07:12 from (142.68.126.16):
In Reply to: Re: Silage bunker??? posted by cumminspuller on August 08, 2017 at 14:53:03:
Anything designed for covering silage is good usually. We've had great luck with megaplast. Good plastics is usually white (outside) and black against the pile. Like others have said narrow depending how many animals your feeding. We're feeding 65 dairy cows half grass half corn. Our piles are 40' wide plastic and in summer we can barely keep ahead of heating. We go 2 dump truck widths at a time leaving a couple feet between the piles to start the pile and build it from there. Have to leave some leeway on your piles too. Ex. If your using a 40' wide cover keep measuring your pile as you go and stop adding to that section once it reaches 35-37' across including the sidewalls. Using bales as walls will end up in a lot of spoilage. Another thing we do if for whatever reason we're not going to start to finish a pile in 2 days well temporarily cover completed sections of a pile till it's finished. Extra work yes but big pay offs. You really have to treat it as round bale silage. You wouldn't bale silage today and leave it out to wrap in a weeks time or put the wrap on loose and expect it to keep well. All silage is the same,need all the air out and sealed quickly for good results. Im no expert but I've learned the hard way how not to do it. If you can cover it soon as it's done and if you use dirt start covering the edge along one side being careful not to pull the plastic than when you get to the other side pour the dirt that it slides down the sides and it will pull the plastic super snug. Keeping that air out is the key. Than the tires will keep it from flapping during windy days or when your feeding out of it. You can make ag bag silo quality silage with a pack pile IF it's covered very well and you will be very pleased. I've made poorly sealed piles in the past and I bet we had minimum 30% spoilage on the top and sides.
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