55 gal DRUM = X bshls, ear corn

olgentdc · Oct 19, 2009

how many bushels of earcorn is there in a 55 gallon barrel?. based on 32 lbs makes a bushel . someone wants to hand pick ear corn before I shell.. they want 6 to 10 barrels full .. I have always held that 32-35 Bu of earcorn ,level full on a modern Flareside 8 ft pickup.. the guy don think he wants that much and wants to do barrels instead , don't want to mess with scales .. and I don't want him to either , I want to help him . but not wear myself out .. and BE FAIR

BCnT · Oct 19, 2009

6 bags fill my 55 gallon feeder...real 50# + bags from feed house.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 19, 2009

Jim, I looked up a couple of conversion factors. One gallon = 231 cubic inches, and 1 bushel = 2150.42 cubic inches.

So a 55 gallon drum will equal 12,705 cubic inches...divide that by 2150.42 cubic inches per bushel, and you get 5.908 bushels per 55 gallon drum. So 6 barrels =35.45 bushels, and 10 barrels = 59.08 bushels. [And that makes your 8 foot flareside pickup bed level full equal to about 6 barrels, using your estimate.]

Hope that helps.

JHH · Oct 19, 2009

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hardscrabble · Oct 19, 2009

Since gallon and bushel are both units of volume, and there are about 8 gallons in a bushel, I would guess a 55 gallon drum would hold roughly 7 bushels.

IaGary · Oct 19, 2009

For pricing purposes right now corn is $3.75 for 56 pounds of shelled #2 corn.

It takes about 72 pounds of ear corn to get 56# of shelled corn.

Then you have the moisture dock if you want to get it right on so no one gets took.

A bushel of ear corn is 2.5 cubic feet.

IaGary · Oct 19, 2009

That would be correct for shelled corn. Ear corn takes 4320 cubic inches to make a bushel.

ohiojim · Oct 20, 2009

i buy mine in barrels,...7 bushels will get you real close..

Anonymous-0 · Oct 20, 2009

if it holds 7 bushels then it would have 3.5 bu of shell corn in it as ear corn takes twice the area as shelled corn figuring in the cob, I would pick it into as wagon weigh it then let him put into barrels,your time is worth something. I would think it would have to be pretty dry to keep in a barrel.

PJH · Oct 20, 2009

Gary - if a bushel of ear corn = 2.5 cu. ft.

I think there's 7.48 gallons in a cu. ft.

2.5 X 7.48 = 18.7 gallons per bushel

55 gallon drum divided by 18.7 gal per bushel = 2.9 bushels per drum???

That's way off from all the other posts.

What am I doing wrong??

Paul

olgentdc · Oct 20, 2009

Shucks Gary ...72 lbs is So correct , and my intent to print , My bad ,, Should a proof read ,,,

Gene Stevens · Oct 20, 2009

Google "convert" it is a program to convert many, many questions of quanities, volums etc. 3.3 bushels = 1.00524 Barrells

BDT in Minnesota · Oct 20, 2009

Buzz,, one other factor to include is that 55 gallons is the liquid rating of the drum... these drums, when filled with 55 gallons of liquid, still are not filled to the top... You will also gain about an inch of height which is above the top of the drum... I believe they will hold close to 60 gallons with the top removed.

Hobbyfarmer71 · Oct 20, 2009

4 Quarts to a gallon, 220 quarts to a 55 gallon drum = 6.875 bushel.

Clefus · Oct 20, 2009

find cubic foot volume
multiply by 0.8 for grain bu
multiply by 0.4 for ear corn bu
usually can cram close to a bu in a feed sack ... not tied....I sell some to the animal feeders...

beau5278 · Oct 20, 2009

I'd find a barn scale and weight a barrel full or 2,I believe the fellow that estimated 2.9bu is pretty close,there is no way that you would get 6 or 7 bushels of ear corn in a 55gallon drum,maybe shelled corn but not ear corn.

PJH · Oct 20, 2009

55 gallon drum divided by 7.48 gallons per cubic ft, times 0.4 bushels of ear corn per cubic ft, equals 2.9 bushels.

Paul

El Toro · Oct 20, 2009

Its about 3.3 bushels. Hal

El Toro · Oct 20, 2009

Here's a web site for online conversion, select volume. Hal

www.onlineconversion.com/

IaGary · Oct 20, 2009

You are right only 2.9 bushel of ear corn in a 55 gallon drum. The others are figuring shelled corn not ear corn.

Gary

MirageFlatter · Oct 21, 2009

We used to pick 500-1000 tons of ear corn per year to sell to area ranchers, and it was always priced by the ton. To account for variations in test weight, etc., we always figured, on average, that a bushel of ear corn weighed 70 lbs, and 150 bu. corn yielded 5.25 tons/acre. Personally, I don't see how you can NOT weigh the corn, and be fair to all involved. $85.00/ton or $.0425/lb. equals $2.975 per 70 lb. bushel. My 2 cents worth. Good luck!!! :wink:

Anonymous-0 · Oct 23, 2009

Take one empty barrel and a bushel basket out to the corn.Pick into the bushel and count the number of bushels it takes to fill the barrel.This will give you the right answer.Write the figure down on the barn wall,you will forget it.While we are at it,an 8 foot pickup bed will hold 1/2 cord of sawed firewood packed in tight.

IaGary · Oct 23, 2009

(quoted from post at 04:21:05 10/23/09) Take one empty barrel and a bushel basket out to the corn.Pick into the bushel and count the number of bushels it takes to fill the barrel.This will give you the right answer.Write the figure down on the barn wall,you will forget it.While we are at it,an 8 foot pickup bed will hold 1/2 cord of sawed firewood packed in tight.

A bushel basket is a measure of shelled corn. A bushel of ear corn is the amount of ear corn it takes to make a bushel of shelled corn after removed from the cob. Thus a bushel of ear corn will not fit in a bushel basket.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 23, 2009

A bushel is a unit of space not weight.It varies in different states.Ear corn is not a good way to buy feed for stock.My cattle will eat cobs, chickens wont.

Clefus · Oct 23, 2009

corn is sold on weight which was derived from the amount it took to fill a certain volume (ie bushel) at a certain moisture percentage.....like Gary said it takes so much ear corn to shell out to make enough weight to constitute a bushel by weight ...not volume...

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