Chopping silage with a 2 row

jD 3940 2 row chopper

[@AgricultureINDIA-91]

Perfect video & looks like amazing 👍 👍 👍

[@Masseydriver]

Looking good Blake, I hope you get plenty of feed for your cows!

[@Theblindfarmer]

Wish I had 100 more acres lol

[@calumanderson5617]

Glad it's working out for you buddy 👍looking forward to day 2 video 🍻🚜👍

[@Theblindfarmer]

Thanks

[@elmcustomharvesting1072]

Thanks for the video hope you have a great evening.

[@Theblindfarmer]

Same to you

[@prattsgreenhousefarm9473]

I saw enough green in that corn that I believe it will keep just fine. And it doesn't look to wet out there. Good video

[@Theblindfarmer]

I found a few soft spots but never got stuck I let a little rain show fall o the pile before I covered it to help with the dry on top we see how that turns out

[@birdsnestfishing698]

Great video hope to see more of this I’ve been following along on Instagram also keep it up!

[@Theblindfarmer]

Thank you 👍👍👍🍻

[@lukestrawwalker]

Nice! Good to see yall are getting it done and things are working well. Know that view well-- I drove an International straight truck with a DT-466 and a 13 speed for my BIL for several years during harvest. Sure beat the heck out of any of the old gasser trucks we used to have! I drove an International school bus for 9 years with a DT-466 and an Allison automatic behind it... Pretty good old bus, even if it was a 1992. So what's the truck you were running got in it? Later and KUTGW! OL J R :)

[@Theblindfarmer]

That truck has the DT 466 with a 5+2 if it had air brakes it be a awesome truck

[@lukestrawwalker]

Ah ok... Yeah, I drove my BIL's brother's truck after he got killed in a car wreck when I started coming up to Indiana to help with harvest... It was a GMC Brigadier with a 360 V-8 and a 5 speed with a 2 speed rear end. It had air brakes on it which was it's only redeeming feature IMHO. Air tag axle too (raise and lower it). 500 bushel box on a hoist. Of course it DRANK the gas... Drove it the first year I came up for harvest, the following year he put me in the International with the 13 speed... I LOVED that truck! The DT-466 could have used a little more "pep" when you had 600 bushels on it, but it did okay. Once you got used to shifting it, because it had deep gears as it was a former mine or forestry truck, it beat the pants off anything we had. You're absolutely right-- air brakes make a TON of difference! I love air brakes-- wish I could get them on a pickup LOL:) My other brother-in-law is a truck driver and mechanic. He bought a good older International semi at auction that had been jackknifed, and he replaced the cab on it. It's an N-series Cummins 10 speed twin screw with a day cab. It had been used to haul a mail trailer between Fort Wayne and Indianapolis for several years before the jackknife on an icy road. Chuck (BIL I help on the farm) bought it for $11,000 after the other BIL fixed it up. Repainted it and bought an older Drake steel hopper bottom for $10,000, so he moved up to a 1,000 bushel semi for $21,000, but he sold the International DT-466 the following summer for $16,000, so it actually only cost him $6,000 to nearly double his hauling capacity. Now I drive the semi. Once you get used to the size and turning radius and stuff, it's great... rides like a new Cadillac compared to anything we used to have, that's for sure. That 855 cubic inch N-Series Cummins will just flat take off and RUN with it, even if it's up around 92,000 lbs gross! Just amazing! My old 56 Fords and 66 Chevy grain trucks were maxed out at about 30,000 lbs! Later! OL J R :)

[@Theblindfarmer]

I really like the DT they sound good and pull pretty good they last for ever because of the low power but for a silage truck it’s just right they could use a little more power but they get the job done

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@Theblindfarmer agree completely... OL J R

[@JamesOBrien2253]

Good video nothing like putting up some feed for the cows

[@Theblindfarmer]

amen 👍

[@LSUfan-mn3oc]

0:10 *is the apocalypse happening*

[@Theblindfarmer]

Could have been

[@auaiao9]

Stupid question but do you get corn out of this or does it just pulverize the stalks?

[@Theblindfarmer]

It cuts everything stalk cob and kernels

[@lukestrawwalker]

Silage is the chopped up stalks, shucks, cobs, leaves, and the corn itself, all mixed together. It is packed tightly to squeeze out all the air possible (to exclude the oxygen) so it will naturally ferment. As natural yeasts and bacteria consume the sugars in the chopped up plant material, they give off ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide as by-products, some of which turns into ascetic acid (vinegar), which essentially "pickles" the fermented corn and plant material for the cows to eat later in winter. Silage that is chopped up like this can be stored in large vertical silos, like stave silos made out of concrete blocks, or sealed steel glass-lined blue "Harvestore" silos, or in "pit silos" or "bunkers" which is essentially a large hole dug in the ground, which is what Blake is using here. The silage, once packed in, is then covered with a tarp and weights, usually old tires, to press the tarp down tight against the surface and exclude as much air contact as possible, to prevent the silage from rotting (which is what happens when oxygen in the air gets to it)... later! OL J R :)

[@auaiao9]

Wow, that's quite a lesson learned here. Thanks!

[@lukestrawwalker]

You're welcome! OL J R :)

[@menohernandez335]

So i have a question. About how long does it take to chop 1acre of corn with that 2 row chopper?

[@Theblindfarmer]

30 minuets on average I chop 2 acres per hour

[@menohernandez335]

@@Theblindfarmer thank you for your fast response.

[@Theblindfarmer]

Welcome

[@bcfarms1660]

How many acres of silage do you chop?

[@Theblindfarmer]

Not a lot about 12-15 acres for me then what ever I get for custom