METHOD FOR PROVIDING FEED TO CATTLE, COMBINING RESPECTIVELY A PULLING VEHICLE OR CONTROLS AND A VEHICLE CARRIAGE, AND A PORTABLE CARS AND A PULLING VEHICLE AS SUCH.
The invention relates to a method for providing feed to cattle (3), comprising the successive steps of A. moving a mixer feeder (6) coupled to a tractive vehicle (7) via coupling means, which mixer feeder comprises a tub (10) and at least one mixing element (8, 9) for mixing feed in the tub, to a storage location for feed, or at any rate for at least one feed component, by means of said vehicle, B. deactivating the coupling means for uncoupling the mixer feeder from the vehicle, C. loading the tub of the mixer feeder with feed, using loading means that form part of the vehicle, wherein the mixer feeder takes up a fixed position and the vehicle moves between the storage location and the mixer feeder, D. activating the coupling means for coupling the mixer feeder to the vehicle, E. moving the mixer feeder to a cattle location where cattle are present by means of the tractor vehicle, F. unloading the mixer feeder at the cattle location for providing feed to the cattle from the tub of the mixer feeder. The invention also provides combinations of a tractor vehicle or control means and a mixer feeder, as well as a mixer feeder and a tractor vehicle as such.
