Haylage “Push-Off” Blade Designed For Bunker Silos

Haylage “Push-Off” Blade Designed For Bunker Silos CROP STORAGE Silos 50 This 11-ft wide 4 1/2-ft high “push-off blade” is designed to move alfalfa haylage and ryelage into bunker silos and then push the material off a line of long steel forks at the bottom The push-off blade was built by machinist Amos Hoover of Manheim Penn for a local dairyman who owns a Case MX 4-WD tractor equipped with rear dual wheels It consists of 2 separate parts - a 3-ft high 1/4-in thick blade with an expanded metal section at the top; and a stationary frame behind it that quick-taches to the tractor’s front-mount 3-pt hitch A line of 4-ft long bale spears spaced 11 in apart bolt onto the bottom of the push-off blade The top of the push-off blade is hinged and by extending a pair of hydraulic cylinders the operator can move the blade forward off the stationary frame to eject the haylage from the forks “Ryelage and alfalfa haylage is somewhat gummy and tends to slide around or underneath a straight blade The combination of the forks and the push-off blade keeps that from happening ” says Hoover “The forks poke grab the material and the blade pushes it off them The operator can see through the expanded metal as he works ” It took Hoover 2 weeks to build the push blade at a cost of $4 000 to $5 000 Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Amos Hoover 1818 Lebanon Rd Manheim Penn 17545 ph 717 665-7156 or 717 449-6121

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