Why using silage scraper

Based on equipments, money, knowledge and facilities, most of producers choose below method to make their fodder to silage:

- Concrete bunkers

- Drive-over piles

- Plastic bags



Concrete bunkers

In bunker silo, farmers unload their silage in these ways:

1- Loader unloads some silage from bunker and labors load the feeder wagon manually.

2- Front loader unload silage and load the feeder itself.

3- Silage cutter shave the silage and fill the feeder automatically.




A well designed silage scraper help producers mange their silo as well as possible through reducing expenses of silo losses and increasing profit with higher milk yield.


What must be observed in a silage scraper?

In a well designed machine, defacer and electromotor are covered with a plate. Also, there is a plate under the chain conveyor. The cover under the conveyor supports the engine from dust and dropped silage in windy days.


Why using a scraper is profitable?

With a scraper, farmer saves his money with:

-Less waste of silage (as the operator can manage the unloading amount)
-Only pay one operator (the scraper load the feeder automatically)
-Pay less energy expenses due to the faster TMR mixing time and less required machines
-Earn more profit with more production and less abortion by better feeding

Why using a silage scraper is important?

• Smooth silage face (with no crack)
• Less silage losses
• Minimizing TMR preparation time
• Less required labor
• Minimum silage exposure to oxygen
• Less spoilage & undesirable fungi and bacteria growth
• Increasing TMR quality
• Less abortion and more milk production
• Less risk of avalanches
• Less water caught during rainy season
  

How much MONEY does a farmer LOOSE when he doesn’t have a scraper ?




DANGER of AVALANCHES

Yearly, many specialists and workers are killed because of not-using a silage scraper.




Please watch this short clip to find how a silage scraper work:


Caution:

There are sharp knives on rotor and it rotates with high speed,so the operator and staff must be trained for working with this machine.