One-Wall Bunker Simplifies Silage Storage

One-Wall Bunker Simplifies Silage Storage CROP STORAGE Bunk Silos 24-5-29 Chris Judd knows a bargain when he sees one. So when a construction company started rebuilding a local highway, he paid close attention. "They chipped off the asphalt and needed a place to dispose of it. I had them bring in enough to cover about an acre. "The chipping process heats up the asphalt and it was still warm when the trucks dumped it in the yard. We leveled it with a skidsteer and packed it with a tractor. Then I had it surfaced with new asphalt. Once the yard was paved, Chris set some pre-cast bunker sections which he had also obtained cheapùalong one edge of it. He didn't have enough walls for both sides so it was a one-walled bunker. To form a second wall, he uses a 10-ft. dia. plastic bag stuffed with silage. "We use Ag Bags for a lot of feeds. The paved yard is a great place to put them. I place one of the bags parallel to the bunker wall and we fill the area between with corn silage. I can make the silo as wide or as narrow as I want this way," he says. One of the best features of this one-walled bunker is he can start filling his bunker while still feeding out of it. "I start filling at the opposite end of the silo from where the previous year's silage is stored," he explains. "That way, I can make new silage while feeding up all of the old silage". Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Chris Judd, Box 629, Shawville, Quebec J0X 2Y0 Canada (ph 819 647-5966; E-mail: gcfeeds@cmw.ca).

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