Use: 1 round roll or several small square bales
Weight: 75 kg
Assembly Time: Depends on the experience of assemblers and the tools available to them. Please call Advantage Feeders to obtain a time estimate for assembly.

Assembled Dimensions: 1850 x 900 x 1380 (LxHxW)
Flat-packed Dimensions: 1850 x 140 x 900 (LxHxW) 
 

Price: $590+GST, $649inc.GST.
Assembly: $20+GST, $22inc.GST.

Note: for small orders, prices may depend on quantities purchased and exact location of delivery

Volume discounts are available for multiple purchases of 4 or more feeders!

Use: 2 round rolls, 1 large square bale or several square bales
Weight: 120 kg
Assembly Time: Depends on the experience of assemblers and the tools available to them. Please call Advantage Feeders to obtain a time estimate for assembly.

Assembled Dimensions: 1850 x 900 x 2730(LxHxW)
Flat-packed Dimensions: 1850 x 200 x 900 (LxHxW) 

Prices: $990+GST, $1089inc.GST
Assembly: $40+GST, $44inc.GST 

Volume discounts are available for multiple purchases of 4 or more feeders!

Cradle Hay Feeders

• Large savings in waste (often up to 38%, see below)
• Large labour saving (explained below)
• Suits round and square bales
• Roll loading system (no FEL required)
• Sheet floor catches spilt grain and leaf matter
• Feeder keeps the hay and silage off the ground and out of the moisture
• Great access for feeding sheep, lambs, calves and goats, etc.
• Positions the bales in natural rain draining position
• Simple assembly
• Fully galvanized, quality components

Feature: Waste Saving

Benefit: The hay and silage is contained within the sides of the Cradle Hay Feeder. This prevents the feed from being wasted by trampling, soiling and urine. A study by the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Sheep CRC found that, when feeding lambs, similar feeders that contain hay and silage in this way saved 38% of the bale compared to feeding the bale on the ground (read the article). These savings aresimilar for goats, calves, mature sheep and other livestock. Significant savings can also be made for cattle even though they tend to waste less. The amount saved can vary through out the season depending on the condition of the soil (whether damp or not), the weather (how often the feed is rained upon) and the availability of feed in the paddocks (as feed may need to be contained for long periods when the season is starting).

Feature: Labour Saving

Benefit: Feeding a whole bale means allows up to 450kg of hay or 800kg of silage to be fed at once. Livestock can be supplemented or completely fed hay for several weeks by attending the Cradle Hay Feeder just once. The loading of hay into the Advantage Feeders Cradle Hay Feeder is very quick (in comparison to rolling the bales out in paddock), often just cutting the strings or mesh and rolling it in a feeder off the side of a utility or trailer. These combined factors can save labour costs by a dramatic 80%. Another benefit for commercial farming enterprises (where there are often several mobs to be fed) is that a utility and trailer can be loaded with 4 or so round bales and then attend the feeders, compared to otherfeed out wagons that can carry only 1 or 2 bales at a time.

Feature: 75mm wide plate skids

Benefit:The Cradle Hay Feeder comes standard with two 75mm wide skids. These allow the feeder to be towed in wet and dry conditions. The skids hava a bar between them with 2 loops which allows a rope or chain to be attached to them for towing.

Feature: Flat Packing Feeder

Benefit: The ability of flat packing has a double saving effect:
1) transport costs; and
2) assembly costs.
The transport costs are dramatically reduced because each feeder is flat-packed into a space of 1850 x 915 x 100 mm. Assembly costs are also saved, the assembly of the Cradle Hay Feeders usually takes between 15 and 30 minutes.