Having a hay day

That job looks like a real "Grind"...

That things has the munchies Rob

That grinder has a 600hp Cat engine, and it has more than the munchies.

The trailer that it's going into have a walking floor in it ?
Frank

Chain floor. It has a small Yanmar diesel under the trailer right behind the rear tires on the semi. That is what runs the chain.

Makes me sneeze looking at that. Every time I grind barley straw I sneeze for a couple hours after must have an allergy to the barley LOL.

Mark

Mark Laczo wrote:must have an allergy to the barley LOL.

Mark

I do, After 2 dozen beer i puke my guts out.

schmitty wrote:That grinder has a 600hp Cat engine, and it has more than the munchies.

better stock up on chee tos and cam gears. I understand CAT's eat those too.

I've had three cat 3406's, and 2 3208's and none have given trouble with anything internal yet. The E model Cat in the truck in the pic has 1,300,000 miles on it and to my knowlege hasn't had any of the front gears put in it.

Rob, I thought everyday was a hay day for you

Curt wrote:Rob, I thought everyday was a hay day for you

Seems like that in the summer months. Irrigate for 3-4 hours a day, and put up hay for 10-12 hrs, then spray for 4 hrs. Just living the dream.

That looks like the same machine that we use for wood chips. We have a few companies that buy scrap wood (skids etc.) then grind it all up into 2" poeces and then we haul it to green houses for bio-fuel.

We use walking floor trailers. They work pretty slick. http://www.keithwalkingfloor.com/how_it_works.html# We can pump a load off in about 20 minutes.

Bill

Aaaaaahh...... Aaaaaaahhh....... AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHCHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

OK. Can you tell this city boy just exactly what you're grinding the hay for?

We grind the hay for feeding in mixed rations at a feedlot. It is loaded in a giant mixer on a truck and fed in bunks with corn, silage, and other feed components. It has to be ground fairly fine to mix and feed. Here is a link to a truck mount feed box. http://www.rotomix.com/commercial-series.php

Pretty cool. I guess you do learn something new every day.

John, as an end user, it cuts down on waste. The bigger the bale, the more that ends up trampled into the ground. You can also control the amount of feed going to each animal so that they don't over eat. With baled hay, it is just a guess.