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| I would like to know which companies build silage trailers(different styles?) for semi trucks and their advantages/disadvantages?Maybe somebody can sent a couple links to websites.Thanks in advance,
Hans |
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Eastern Montana | We are currently using Aulick trailers with 54 in belts for silage. They have worked well for us in silage and earladge and we have no problems using them for wheat, soybeans and beet pulp in the other months. I have see the H & S widebody trailers used too for strickly silage and it seems they will have a faster unload. Not sure if this is what your looking for but opinions are free. Not sure what canada has for length trailer rules. here in eastern MT we are using 48 ft triple axles along with 51 ft quad axles. |
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Southeast Alberta | http://www.ptrailer.com/index.php?action=page_display&PageID=48
http://courtneyberg.com/agri_products.html |
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| Lots of options to choose from. Belt trailer, chain floor, and dump. Lots of advantages and disadvanages to each.
Belt trailer. Popular brands are Trinity, Aulick, Red River.
Need at least a 42" belt to unload corn or sorghum silage very well. The Aulick with the 54" belt nice. Trinity now makes a silage special belt trailer, 63" belt I do believe. Haven't been close to one running, know a couple of guys that have tryed them out. Aulicks and Red River are lead sleds. Can haul the tons, but they are heavy. Regular Trinity are pretty light and hold up very well, very good design. Silage Trinitys are heavy. Unload times run between 3 and 10 min. depending on hydrualic pump setups, how good the driver is, and crop. Corn will unload faster than sorghum which is faster haylage etc. Belt trailer are verstile. Able to haul grain, chicken litter etc.
www.trinitytrailer.com
www.aulick.com
http://www.pinnacletrailers.com/trail_king.asp
Chain floor. Hitchcock, Aeroswint, plus several other makes out there. Pretty straight forward. Almost all have good capacity and are fast.
Not as verstile as the belt trailer. Would work good for chicken litter, manure. Still a lead sled. Artex is also one to look at. HUGE capicity. Better have a tough truck to pull one.
http://www.hitchcockinc.com/
http://www.aeroswint.net/
Dump trailers. Aeroswint and Hitchcock here again. Not always as much capacity as a belt trailer or chain floor, but they can be when set up correctly. More verstile than the chain floor. Can haul grain, fert. manure etc. Fast in the pit, but a good fast chain floor will still beat them.
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Drumheller, Alberta | I pulled a side Dump that Courtney Berg built and it work Pretty Good. Unloads in less than a minute and faster if the pit is big enough to turn around in. Just put it in first and dump as you turn or drive by.
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Chilliwack BC | http://www.hansenmfg.com/highwaytrailers
http://www.jbscanada.ca/Default.aspx They make silage trailers even though the website doesn't list it.
http://redwoodmetalworks.com/trailers/tr-series-silage-trailers/
Advantages: Having full width chain means that they don't bridge, unload fast, and stay upright. |
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Columbia Basin, Ephrata, WA | Chain unloaders work best when bagging, and can be very fast if set up right.
Versa Corporation makes both baggers and silage trailers. Versa Corp
Another company here making very nice silage and spreader trailers is FSI Fabrication. FSI
There is also Parma in Idaho.
I have modified 5 trailers and made them chain unload silage trailers. I'd post some pictures but I don't know how to resize them for this site.
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| We have the H&S Wide Body units. One unit has the right side deflector which is great when side loading. The little bit that it is used when opening up a field, it cuts down on the target area when the truck is directly behind you, but its still worth the deflector. One thing I wish they would change is the air unit for holding the gate open when cleaning out the last little bit should be on the right side instead of on the left side - gets in the way once and a while when loading.
Unload time is extremely quick - 45 seconds or less and they work great for table baggers and pits. I recommend super singles for the ground unless you have short, local hauls and can get away with some Alliance floater tires.
http://www.hsmfgco.com/forageboxmain.cfm
EDIT: If you choose an apron chain unload, go with the poly sides as opposed to the galvanized ribbed sheet metal sides. Makes a world of difference in unloading power and speed. The ribs will pack with silage and require more power to unload and pulls apart the load requiring longer unload times.
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Saskatchewan | We have 2 JBS boxes on straight trucks, we have had no down time with them in 4 years we have had them. I'm not sure if Artex is still in business, but there is a number of their spreaders around here that also get used for hauling silage. Versa has a number of nice options for air powered lids to keep silage from blowing out, we have a bagger built by them, super guys to deal with. We also have a homebuilt 30' trailer, based on a mix of JBS and Artex boxes.
http://www.cim-ltd.ca/ We have had a number of CIM dump boxes, they worked well for the time we had them.
But, going to live floors was one of the best decisions we have made in our situation. It limits your hauling capabilities, but we can unload quicker and easier both into the bagger and bunkers. We have barn doors on the back of our live bottoms instead of the swinging gate, that is the only option we needed to have. |
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Germany | not a recommendation just because I like the idea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB6yhsxtiAg
they nake semi trailers with this new conveyor bottom as well since lately. |
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Sunnyside, WA | Ben,
Post you e-mail in your profile and I'll send you a link to a picture resizer. Either that or click on my name and it will show my email address.
Usually the FAQ and Support page has instructions on how to resize and post pictures.
http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=115057&mid=814... |
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Columbia Basin, Ephrata, WA | If this works it'll be a picture of three trucks we were running last year. Right is a trailer I built, middle is a FSI 30 foot spreader/silage trailer, and left is a 40' shipping container with chain unload system installed back in '03.
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Sunnyside, WA | Worked great! Always fun to see pictures. |
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Semi silage trailer question
