What crops, and how much drying do you need? What climate are you in, do you have a long dry warmer fall after harvest, or does it get humid, or does it get real cold real fast?
It makes a difference on the design. Makes a -big- difference.
Drying for small amounts of grain is the most difficult spendy part of small grain growing.
Will you have the same amount of the 2 crops, or do you need 2/3 storage of one crop, and 1/3 storage of the other? Will both crops need drying? So will you need one storage bin, one drying bin? Will one need to be bigger, or both the same size?
It will cost you a lot to build a small storage, and then rebuild it bigger or throw it away and start over. It is much cheaper and more efficient to build one big bin vs several small ones, you will regret building a few small to get started, and then have more and more added. It will cost much more each year as well.
Build one 3000bu bin if that is what you can afford, and then build a second later. Do not plan to rebuild a bin in a short time, that is badly expensive.
Bin with an aeration floor (perforated metal) with a fan to blow air through is pretty common and affordable. This will keep grain in condition, and will allow very minor drying of a crop.
However, if you are getting 20% or more corn and need to dry it down to 14%, then you need a much more complex and expensive system. You need to heat the air, and you need to mix the crop to bust up hot spots that develop.
There are many ways to do it, but all are expensive and need a lot of maintenance. Do you want a stand alone drier, or an in bin system, or a top of bin system, an electric setup, or a tractor pto powered setup? Many options, all have good and bad points, really depends on what your conditions are.
A cone bottom bin as you reference are much easier to empty, but they cost a lot more, are a lot taller, and are very difficult to dry or blow air through in the bin.
What are you trying to do, and are you looking to be fast, cheap, or easy with it?
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