Meal Bin

Durrus Boy

Been thinking of purchasing a meal bin for a while now and was just looking for some opinions and experiences.
Generally purchase coarse rations so was just wondering do people have any problems in the ration 'bridging' in the bin over a period of time? Presume it'll be kept drier once you advise the miller it's being blown to a bin anyways. Also, is there any benefit in getting a plastic coated bin over your standard galvanised? Anything else to keep in mind?
Down south here so it'll probably be between Spirofeed & Crowley's for logistic's sake - any opinions on these or anyone else to consider?

Cheers DB

KCTK

Durrus Boy wrote: »

Been thinking of purchasing a meal bin for a while now and was just looking for some opinions and experiences.
Generally purchase coarse rations so was just wondering do people have any problems in the ration 'bridging' in the bin over a period of time? Presume it'll be kept drier once you advise the miller it's being blown to a bin anyways. Also, is there any benefit in getting a plastic coated bin over your standard galvanised? Anything else to keep in mind?
Down south here so it'll probably be between Spirofeed & Crowley's for logistic's sake - any opinions on these or anyone else to consider?

Cheers DB

I have a Spirofeed, very happy with it, use all nut now but when we used coarse ratio before it would bridge and take a few belts of a post / piece of timber to get down to bottom again, had a Crowley bin previous to Spirofeed one no real issue with that either

loveta

Macree bins
have 3 of them 2 five tons and a 20ton split the first one my father put in 31 years ago still perfect today i put another one in in 98 perfect also and bought the 20ton second hand last year no problem either they are to my knowledge one of if not the most expensive bin on the market but you get what you pay for.As for bridge n with coarse ration being used the feed spout MUST be at the bottom or it wont flow also above 2% molasses your asking for trouble

Farmer Pudsey

I be slow buying a split bin if the top blocks it is messy to get at. Spiro feed are cheap and cheerful have one now about 5 years no real issues. I buy two single bins before I would buy a split bin again. A rubber mallet is useful to tap around bin to keep clean a few times a year. Make sure to place in an open area where it will be fully in the sun as this helps to keep from blocking. If ration is in a bin you must take a bit out every day do not leave ration unmoving in bin. Try not to order more than a months supply during the winter, during the summer if you have a ration in it that will be in it a while have it made into a nut it will only cost 15/ton and you can feed under fence.

Make sure you extend the concrete out a few feet from front of chute for the diet feeder (wheel barrow in my case:D:D:D).

huey1975

loveta wrote: »

Macree bins
have 3 of them 2 five tons and a 20ton split the first one my father put in 31 years ago still perfect today i put another one in in 98 perfect also and bought the 20ton second hand last year no problem either they are to my knowledge one of if not the most expensive bin on the market but you get what you pay for.As for bridge n with coarse ration being used the feed spout MUST be at the bottom or it wont flow also above 2% molasses your asking for trouble

How did you manage to transport the second hand 20 ton bin? Was it a big job?

loveta

huey1975 wrote: »

How did you manage to transport the second hand 20 ton bin? Was it a big job?

Yes it would have being for me got mcaree to move it for me not for the faint hearted as it was very high as to fill into a tub diet feeder but they made it look easy

vinne

Anyone ever make a bin to store 3-4 tonne or would it be cheaper to buy one

jp6470

I've a 4 ton q mac engineering one.3years.top quality.looks the parts. Using a dusty meal ration for few years.looked inside for the frist time this summer.was 1/2 ton stuck to sides.

yellow50HX

vinne wrote: »

Anyone ever make a bin to store 3-4 tonne or would it be cheaper to buy one

My dad bought some old meal hoppers about 15 years ago. They were from the demolition of an old mill. Put one up by the shed and split it in two. It could take about 10 ton of grain. The top of the bin was damaged so we had to cut it down. Split it down the middle to be able to be able to store different feed. It can hold about 9 ton, 4.5 each side. Made almost entirely of scrap and recycled metal. The labour and welding was paid back after the 1 st two fills. Still use it for beef feeding.

td5man

vinne wrote: »

Anyone ever make a bin to store 3-4 tonne or would it be cheaper to buy one

Afaik bins arent very expensive

jomoloney

I#d recommend the Mc Aree enclosed

extra enclosed storage if you want to keep a few bags or whatever

49801

Just bought a 6 ton bin from crowely s for €2270
We went for the crowely over the spirofeed one as the crowely a one has a more square top. Where as the spirofeed bin is more cone shaped on top so is a bit higher than we would of liked.

huey1975

loveta wrote: »

Yes it would have being for me got mcaree to move it for me not for the faint hearted as it was very high as to fill into a tub diet feeder but they made it look easy

What did they charge you to move the second hand bin? They have great ways for moving those bins.

loveta

huey1975 wrote: »

What did they charge you to move the second hand bin? They have great ways for moving those bins.

think it came to round E500 it was so much an hour from when the lorry left the yard till he got back to it.

Brown Podzol

Had a friend on top of a 12 ton bin checking how much feed was left a few years ago when helicopters were a common sight. One passed very low and friend told me later that the pilot was wearing runners.

Milked out

if you're getting one off crowleys ask them to put a ladder on it if you want it as they don't di it as standard afaik

F.D

Think i seen a Vibrating plate attached to a meal bin somewhere before
so basically every time you used it you could switch it on and the vibration would loosen everything up inside it, thought it was a good idea especially for ration,

PMU

Milked out wrote: »

if you're getting one off crowleys ask them to put a ladder on it if you want it as they don't di it as standard afaik

they wont for safety and liability reasons