fiberglass meal bin

yog1

can anybody tell me why fiberglass meal bins aren't as popular as the conventional steel bins, what is there main draw backs, i would have thought they would be better than steel as they wouldn't rust, so what am i missing

grazeaway

yog1 wrote: »

can anybody tell me why fiberglass meal bins aren't as popular as the conventional steel bins, what is there main draw backs, i would have thought they would be better than steel as they wouldn't rust, so what am i missing

Most bins are filled by blowing in the meal. There is a fair amount of pressure to do this and fibre glass bins may not be suitable for this kind of filling. I would say they would be ok if you were loading in big bags to a hopper but propably not by blowing.

if the fibre glass breaks and gets into the meal it can be easily taken in by cattle.

PMU

structural integrity. steel has it but fiberglass dont. its brittle and needs reinforcing.

yog1

ah, right, if they weren't designed for meal what was the thinking behind them, what would they be used for?

PMU

only ones i ever saw were in the 2-4 ton size, small and squat. hard to make them bigger without making them more expensive than steel