“Facer Bucket” Unloads Bunk Silos Fast

“Facer Bucket” Unloads Bunk Silos Fast CROP STORAGE Silos 50 A nifty new “facer bucket” from E Steiner Mfg Dalton Ohio has hydraulic-powered rotating teeth that fold out to tear silage off the face of a bunker silo and then fold back in so the bucket can be loaded with the loose silage The 6-ft wide bucket is capable of holding 800 to 900 lbs of feed depending on moisture A single direct-drive wheel motor turns the cutterhead The rotor has hardened teeth for long life and the bucket attaches as easily as a normal loader bucket The arm that folds the cutterhead in and out mounts outside the bucket on the back side Just one auxiliary outlet is used to power both the cutterhead and the arm that moves it thanks to some extra valving on the hydraulics No electronic controls are needed The custom-built facer buckets sell for about $6 500 depending on price of materials at the time of sale Contact: FARM SHOW Followup E Steiner Mfg 342 N West Lebanon Rd Dalton Ohio 44618 ph 330 466-3966

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