snowblower for silage

[joeycad]

i am from texas and not much snow here, not ever been around a tractor mounted snowblower. My question is if silage can be loaded from the pile into trucks with snowblower of similar device instead of using front end loader.

[eppie]

Yes it can be loaded, but since you're also moving a lot of air, its not very energy efficient. Next to that, you need a method of loosening it first, vacuum wont pick up hard packed silage.
Some sort of slatted conveyor would be more efficient, if you want a continuous loading method..

There are plenty of self loading TMR wagons in Europe. Google Faresin, Trioliet, AGM, von Lengerich just to name a few.

[kevanos]

Our snowblowers have an agitator that would break up the silage, just as it breaks up the snow. Would you construct a tube of some sort to guide the silage into the wagon/truck? Otherwise it would be difficult to control the blown silage's destination with much accuracy.

[pascal]

Here is a machine that seems quite efficient for that job :

www.ropa-maschinenbau.de/ci/index.php/page/index/2/Produkte/97/NawaRo-Maus

It is used in Germany to load wood chips.