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E ND | I would agree converting to bottom unload at this point with an older silo is probably not a good investment.
I do think the upright vs. bags argument is totally dependent on the rest of your feeding setup. If you have a fairly automated feeding barn, where you're unloading directly into a bunk via a traveling conveyor or auger system, it's pretty nice to flip the switch and go do something else or walk the pen while it runs and the calves line up. This approach does obviously limit you from a TMR style approach to a ration but for a fat finishing barn feeding ground corn or similar, it's pretty slick. Very little flexibility also but again, if your setup like this it is an easy decision to continue using the upright.
If you're trying to unload corn silage from an upright into an elevator out into a TMR or feeding wagon to feed in fenceline bunks, it would be painfully slow compared to bags. It made sense on a dairy where the majority of the feeding was all happening inside and a load or two went out the door to feed other groups but not as the main event. | |
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converting a stave silo to bottom unload
