Ag-Bag MB7010HyPac - Manual (Page 124)

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Appendix B
Ag-Bag International, Ltd.
MB7010 HyPac November 2003
Proper Bag Feed Out Technique
For Large Operations
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Cut when the plant still is over 20 percent protein.
This is no later than the late bud stage (before any
flowers appear). Go to the field and grab that
flowering point. You can tell when the bud is getting
very hard. In fact, at the very late stage you actually
can see that small, little will become the flower.
Start as early as midbud if you have a lot of hay to
put in, especially with first crop. Once blossoms
show, quality drops off very rapidly. Don’t wait until
the perfect time...it never seems to come. If it isn’t
raining and the weather looks acceptable, go ahead
and cut.
! Cut the Ag-Bag bag open down the top
center of the bag and lay it out flat on the
ground.
Prevent the plastic from hanging
up in the loader bucket, drive the front
wheels onto the plastic.
! Tip the top of pile.
This will
loosen it up.
Lower the bucket 1 inch above the plastic.
! Skim doze
directly
from the front.
! Lift the plastic edges and shake
product back to the center of the
bag.