Re: Storage bin prices?

Posted by OldTimeFarmer on August 17, 2006 at 15:44:22 from (207.96.47.130):

In Reply to: Storage bin prices? posted by Dave from MN on August 17, 2006 at 08:07:46:

You can buy used bins for relatively low prices, but it will involve work. I've seen several real good condition bins, 10,000 bu., with complete floors, fans, stirators and some with floor dryers, for $3000-$4000 bucks, some cheaper. First, you'll probably have to hire someone to move the bin. Second, you'll have to bust out the ventilation and fan from the existing bin pad. Third, you'll have to pour a new concrete pad at your site.

A 2000 bushel bin is too small to store much grain. Say your corn goes 150 bu/acre, that's about 13 acres you can store.

The good thing about drying your own grain is (1) you get to keep your own corn; and (2) you can dry it down to 13-13.5 percent moisture for long-term storage.

Make sure you have a distributor in the bin opening when you fill, or you'll get all the fines/dust in the center of the bin and you'll get compaction in the middle of the bin, both of which will lead to the grain to heat in the center of the bin.

If you had a batch dryer (not in the bin), many of these did a good job of screening the corn. Otherwise, I'd try to rent or pick up a grain screener. It's a challenge to move air through corn that's full of fines, because the fines and dust "fill in" all around the kernels, making difficult to move air through it.

Don't fill the bin above the "shoulder," where the roof meets the bin side, and make sure to level the grain off once you get the bin full, especially if you don't have a distributor.

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