The problem
We always had a bog hole we were loading silage out of.
“I like things nice and tidy and take pride in what I do. The silage pit was one mess that I really didn’t like too much and I especially don’t like feeding my cows spoiled feed which was hard to manage once I opened the stack if I wasn’t using it fast enough. I ended up feeding more to my stock because of the poor quality and getting so much waste in the stack with the wet and the mud.
I’m a one-man band and there nothing worse than getting stuck in the silage pit and feeding out spoiled maize to my stock ”
The Solution
“Its like concrete in there, you go in with a loader with the 2m wide bucket. The little 80hP tractor goes in and just wheelspins so its so packed in there! That’s a massive plus because when you do get it out its that beautiful golden stuff and it smells good. There is such a quality difference and you can actually feed less of it I have noticed because the quality is better. A lot of people comment on the bunkers, they look smart. I can see us going down the path of building a third one, it will be so easy as most of the infrastructure is already there.”

Problem Nitty Gritty
Waste in the stack is a real problem especially in the wet
Maize on the ground when you open it up the air gets to it
Tractors get stuck loading out
Feeding out takes additional time
Stack on the ground is an untidy mess – I think things tidy
Compaction is not as good and the silage sometimes spoils
Tyres and silage cover hard to store out of the way

How we solved it & The outcome
Two 150T TriBlock Silage Bunkers
Rock hard, concrete like compaction – beautiful golden silage which results in higher ME
Look great and so tidy
Cows are being fed clean quality feed
No mud no mess, no getting stuck
Modular design so additional bunkers are easy