Apparatus for unloading silage from a bunker silo

摘要

A cutter 21 is mounted on a gantry-supported carriage 17 which can be moved along the gantry 10 to cut a "slice" of silage from an exposed vertical face of a stack of silage in a bunker silo 15. Silage from the cutter 21 is conveyed upwardly by an elevator 23 for discharge to a transport belt 30 moving along the top of the gantry structure to deliver silage over one or other side wall of the silo. A hopper 35, 36 at either end of the gantry enables concentrates to be added prior to discharge from the belt 30. Optionally a consolidating vibratory device (not shown) and a grass-spreading mechanism (not shown) can be fitted to the gantry for use during loading of the silo. IMAGE