Nice video Jake, Its interesting to see mixers in action.

That TMR was built a few miles away from my farm. Petrolia, Ontario. Glad to see it's doing a good job for you.

@ghenry85

4 жыл бұрын

I was pondering if Penta was Canadian.

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Hugh MacKellar cool! I’ve never heard of them until I started looking a couple months ago. Turns out our agco dealer sells some of their tillage equipment

Enjoyed this video Jake. It looks good enough to eat!

Never been around a TMR mix wagon. When I worked at the feedyard we had Roto Mix feed wagons that had a paddle in the center of the wagon with 2 augers on the discharge side. We were feeding fat cattle so we had a finishing ration. Fed corn, corn silage and hay.

I bet that’ll be easier feeding. Looks great!

Huge upgrade to your operation

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Got that right. U bout ready to send some backgrounded calves up?? Lol

when that hay was mixing during time lapsed it looked like the hay blob monster was coming to life. thanks for showing how it works Jake..

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Soybean Farmer lol yes I should’ve added the grain sooner to keep it weighed down. Thanks for watching

Looks good Jake. It'll be interesting to see how well it works out for you. I think by adding the water, that will also help your ingredients stay more evenly mixed

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Northern Wisconsin Farming thanks! That’s true I could prolly get by with a little wetter than 20% if it was December.

Looks like that TMR does a pretty good job making Cow Chow. To hear the old Oliver talking there, sounds like the TMR really works the PTO unit. Stay safe.

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

crslyrn lol thanks ya that’s actually the gear box on the mixer that has that whine. I’d worry about it but I watched a video of another one on KZread and it did the same thing. Thanks for watching

Howdy Jake. Those Penta mixers are pretty well made. Built here in Ontario lol. We tried one out when we had the dairy but we could buy a patz cheaper from the U.S. Feed looks great, cattle look great. Hope the mixer works good for ya. Have a good one.

That's cool Jake. We use to feed barley straw to our cattle a little bit. Thought we were the only ones to do that.

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Howard Younger good deal. I was needing something cheap to blend with the alfalfa. Corn stalks are cheaper but it would be hard to get the cattle to eat much of those and not sort through them. Thanks for watching

Moving up in the world, got ya a TMR mixer. Next thing you know you'll be chopping silage. You did the right thing going with a vertical instead of a reel. At the scale you're at 1 machine that does 2 jobs makes you money. If you are mixing 10 batches a day then processing the hay separately would be faster.

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Dale Cornelius yep lol. I’d like to have enough head where I could feed every day then I could feed wet gluten (cheaper) and silage. Thanks for watching

Oh boy that is a nice.mixer!!

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I hope it’s big enough for my heard lol

That's pure luck. I'm the first to see and comment. Really promising formulation and a TMR mixer is the way to go. I have seen Hartung's doing something different, ground feed in a pan below a hay rack. I'm really glad to see you posting again.

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Bill Whitman ya I’m happy with the mix. The 46 starter ration I had was almost to much roughage to where they sorted it. This 50 is working good. I did 50 last year also and was happy with it. Thanks for watching

It did real nice on the hay 👍. A 2255 sure would look good on the front of that mixer

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Ya that would be nice lol. I almost need more weight on the tractor for moving it around. Thanks for watching

We bought the Jay lor mixer in 2006 and it's been a good mixer. They recommend that we use synthetic oil in the gearbox. We put the grain and minerals in first then the bales chop for half an hour, then corn silage. Takes about 90hp to chop un processed hay. That thing should run for a long time. I can see an ag bag full of corn silage in your future. Lol

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

massey man I gotcha this takes Synthetic to. I’ll have to try that to process hay faster. How many and what bales are u putting in? Haha if I got to about 80 head I’d probably start mixing every day and use silage

@750masseyman

4 жыл бұрын

@@jakeziegler599 we chop 2 4x4 hard core round bales with it when we bought it and broke all the bolts off the gearbox on the bottom. Did that twice in about a four year period. Since then we put up silos and that fixed that problem. We put 1400 lbs of haylage in and 2300lbs corn silage 220lbs of ground soybeans 400 lbs of ground corn for the dairy cows

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

massey man I gotcha. I bet that makes a racket when those break. Probably can be a little more precise with the silos too

I really thought the TMR mixers are for the huge feedlots. I didn't know they made smaller units like this. My neighbor has a big beef feedlot and has a TMR mixer, but I don't have a clue about what ration he uses. Really neat video and thanks for sharing!

@ghenry85

4 жыл бұрын

Jaylor builds small units you can pull with an atv and are powered by small engines(like lawnmower motors). I'm sure there are others, that build simular.

@dougschmitii6165

4 жыл бұрын

@@ghenry85 thank you for the info!

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Doug Schmit II ya Greg is right. There cute little mixers. Thanks for watching

Looks like it works good lol. I have no idea about those mixers. Back in our cattle days we must had a Kelly ryan feederwagon lol. Next thing we know you'll have 150 head of cattle lol

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

C&J FARMS ya I’m happy with it. I’ve seen those were those used mainly for silage?

That did a real nice job mixing! How about some sheets of 3/4" plywood connected together to create a "floor" to push/store your finished ration on?

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

DeHaven Family Farm thanks! That might work too. If I fell into about $1500 I might just poor some concrete lol

Maybe to avoid having to push the feed back, you could buy a small conveyall elevator to your storage area. You may have to make a hopper for narrower conveyors, but that would be easy. Where did you get the large straw bales?

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Greg Henry I thought about that and I have a few ideas but it might be a summer or next winter project. I bought them at a local hay auction. Thanks for watching

Looks like it was rolling the mix pretty good. When I first looked into vertical mixers I was reading on the dairy forums about them and the only brand people complained about was the kuhn knight. One guy said he didn't think it would make a good mix if it ran all day. I think they have improved them since then though.

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

mr Bill thanks I’m really happy with it! Lol ya I wasn’t a fan of them in the videos I watched. Seems like most of the bigger ones with multiple screws would take a long time to move ingredients from front to rear. Thanks for watching

@mrbill4187

4 жыл бұрын

@@jakeziegler599 I agree, I didn't care for the looks of any of the twin screw rigs. Kuhn had two in a lot of there little mixers too if I remember right which makes no sense.

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

mr Bill ya I don’t get it. I don’t know why they didn’t make a single screw with a bigger base like this penta. I know there single screw ones are pretty tall. Do u know much about the jaylors? That square screw looks like it would work good on tearing a bale up but I don’t know how they would be for mixing grain

@mrbill4187

4 жыл бұрын

@@jakeziegler599 I looked at them before I bought mine at the local Case Ih dealer and thought they looked good but they didn't have many knives and weren't real aggressive. They were pretty pricey, seems like about ten grand more. A guy I know bought one and he said he can drink a 30 pack of beer in the time it takes to mix. Lol I said if I drank 3 I wouldn't even care about feeding cows anymore.😂

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

mr Bill lololol good to know! I was gona look at a jaylor if this penta fell through. Patz look like they do a nice job of mixing but terrible on hay

Looks like you got yourself set up nice with that mixer. How do the kids like the mix. Thanks for the update.

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

They love it! Thanks for watching

I'm impressed with what a good job it does mixing. How often did you say you're mixing? Very interesting stuff!! Thanks for the demo and the info at the end!

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Ya I’m real happy with it! About once a month with 8 head. Maybe a little longer if I can get 5 or 6000lbs in it. Thanks for watching

need an update video jake!.....

@jakeziegler599

Жыл бұрын

It’s more worn out than it was there lol. I get all the beef sold this year I will probably put a liner in it

Looks like the TMR mixer is working good for you. How do you like your Skidsteer, they are a pretty handy machine’s.

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Monty Bussard I love it! This one is about the perfect size for what I use it for. Always got the back hoe if I need something bigger. Thanks for watching bud

Now you just need a Oliver 830 silage chopper or the 840 self-propelled chopper

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

I’d love to have an 840! I see them come up for sale bout once a year. I would have to get to about 50 head before I’d try to chop silage tho

@mcleanfarmsryan3897

4 жыл бұрын

@@jakeziegler599 I found a 840 in a salvage yard last year I want to buy it but It was to far gone to bother buying it

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan McLean was that at welters in Missouri

@mcleanfarmsryan3897

4 жыл бұрын

@@jakeziegler599 I think it was I can't remember

I may have missed it but what is your target weight and how long do you expect it to take to reach it? Good video enjoyed it as always

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

About 1300 give or take. I always sell them in January. I bought them a little smaller this year hoping to get better gains out of them

I'd love to be set up to use a mixer!! I suppose I could do like you, make a batch and store it. I like the vertical mixers, there are a lot of them around and less moving parts than the old ones!! Maybe I need to find one?? But used are still almost new price here😪 Thanks for the video Jake!!

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Gosselin Farms Ed Gosselin ya I love the simplicity of the vertical mixers. I got fortunate with this one. The other ones that were in the same price range as this i would’ve had to put a liner in them before I used them. There sure isn’t much under 10k that doesn’t need work as soon as u bring it home. Thanks for watching

@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin

4 жыл бұрын

@@jakeziegler599 ya.. all worn out, need $30k in repairs.. Only ones around here are on dairies.. should be some for sale, all the dairies going out. I looked around the internet last night, there is one used horizontal mixer, it looks good in the one picture.. but they all look good from the front and side 😂🤣 $8k.. I don't know what would be better, vertical or horizontal?? I know if we were to get something, I want to be able to put three big bales in at a time, plus some ground feed.. It's the 3 big bales that I wonder about..

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Gosselin Farms Ed Gosselin ya they ain’t cheap. I was watching auction time every week and checking several sites for them. Unless u have a bale processor I’d stay away from horizontal ones. This video I had 13 small squares and 2 big squares. The grain really helps hold the hay down so u can fit more in. I don’t know about cow calf but for growing and fattening I can’t believe how much hay I save.

@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin

4 жыл бұрын

@@jakeziegler599 I'd like to be able to mix poor quality hay or grass seed straw with the better hay and add some ground oats and maybe other grains. We have plenty of bales to make it, but half are poor quality grass seed straw.. they won't touch it. If I could mix it and add some yummy stuff 😁

@ThatOliverGuyChris

4 жыл бұрын

How much of a batch does it have to make to effectively mix the ration?

You gonna have some fine beef there man ! Where’s the cowboy hat!

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

Scott’s Small Farming and Things . Thanks bud! My ears get cold easy so I have my winter hat on lol

None of your videos are loud enough to hear. No offence, thanks

@jakeziegler599

4 жыл бұрын

I know I mumble lol. Thanks for watching