Gary Fowler
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- Joined
- Jun 23, 2008
- Messages
- 11,998
- Location
- Bismarck Arkansas
- Tractor
- 2009 Kubota RTV 900, 2009 Kubota B26 TLB & 2010 model LS P7010
Brother in law wanted some sorghum fodder from a syrup mill to use for compost so I took my 20 foot trailer over to the mill which was about 40 miles away, loaded it up and brought it home. I used some old scrap lumber and made a side board frame about 12" high and we mounded up the trailer from there.
I had an idea to put two chains in the floor of the trailer and lay some post, boards etc across the chains about every 18" to use it to drag out the fodder when we got home. It worked like a charm. Took the P7010 and hooked the two chains together with a tow strap and strap to the FEL and backed slowly backward. Got my BIL to remove the boards from the fodder as it rolled back off the trailer. He got all but one and I found it when I was pushing the pile up to cover it with dirt. All the fodder came off except may a tub full that I raked off with a board. We are hoping to compost it over the winter and use it in the garden for organic matter next spring. It is already pretty moldy and going thru a heat (steaming pretty good) so we will see what happens.
It took me about 10 minutes to break out some dirt from our dirt pile and cover the large pile of cane fodder at least a foot thick with dirt. Those microbes should work good in the absence of light and air.
I had an idea to put two chains in the floor of the trailer and lay some post, boards etc across the chains about every 18" to use it to drag out the fodder when we got home. It worked like a charm. Took the P7010 and hooked the two chains together with a tow strap and strap to the FEL and backed slowly backward. Got my BIL to remove the boards from the fodder as it rolled back off the trailer. He got all but one and I found it when I was pushing the pile up to cover it with dirt. All the fodder came off except may a tub full that I raked off with a board. We are hoping to compost it over the winter and use it in the garden for organic matter next spring. It is already pretty moldy and going thru a heat (steaming pretty good) so we will see what happens.
It took me about 10 minutes to break out some dirt from our dirt pile and cover the large pile of cane fodder at least a foot thick with dirt. Those microbes should work good in the absence of light and air.