Roller-Spreader Packs Silage Evenly

Roller-Spreader Packs Silage Evenly CROP STORAGE Bunk Silos This innovative silage spreader from Germany lets you fill a bunker silo evenly to keep air out and reduce spoilage The pto-driven Reck silage spreader consists of a rotating steel cylinder equipped with specially-designed 13-in long spreading paddles The unit can be front or rear-mounted on a 3-pt hitch and can swivel up to 20 degrees to either side allowing you to spread silage all the way to the bunker wall for proper packing Two models are available The MAGNA has an 8-ft wide 32-in dia cylinder and requires a tractor with 125 hp or more The JUMBO has a 10-ft 3-in dia width and a 37-in dia cylinder and requires a tractor with 150 hp “It throws silage out in front of you and leaves a nice even layer that results in a tighter silage pile with less spoilage ” says Jeff Liner Agromatic Inc Fond du Lac Wis “It does a better job than a push blade which tends to roll and ball up the silage into uneven piles We recommend using it mainly for haylage and longer stemmed silage which are hard to spread evenly with a conventional blade “By swiveling the unit to either side you can throw silage against the silo’s walls and drive the tractor’s tires against them to do a better job of packing ” The MAGNA sells for $12 500 and the JUMBO for $17 500 Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Agromatic Inc N6989 Rolling Meadows Dr Fond du Lac Wis 54937 ph 800 800-5824; jliner@agromatic net; www agromatic net

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