meal bin for twentyfive

tomieen jones

Finishing about twenty five to thirty Angus this winter! Usually sell them in sept but gonna go with finishing them for the factory myself this year! They will be out wintered in a dry shaded paddock there is a solid base around where I plan to put two ring feeders! And feeding troughs! Any advise? Worth trying or wasting my time? Can get good finishing nuts from a local mill for 230 a ton ! Minimum order is 3 tonnes! For convenience I am looking at buying a meal bin as it will be right beside the feeders and the yard as I work full time ! Any advise on yea or nah please

dzer2

Meal bin is the way to go if you can get a lorry to it. but is it only for one yr what would the cost be.

tomieen jones

dzer2 wrote: »

Meal bin is the way to go if you can get a lorry to it. but is it only for one yr what would the cost be.

No every year! Instead of keeping 50 suckers and selling off the yearlings reduce to 30 and keep the stock an extra year finishing myself meal lorry would have no problem getting to the bin good road ways and yard were put in in my fathers time so i'm lucky that way

Miname

tomieen jones wrote: »

No every year! Instead of keeping 50 suckers and selling off the yearlings reduce to 30 and keep the stock an extra year finishing myself meal lorry would have no problem getting to the bin good road ways and yard were put in in my fathers time so i'm lucky that way

Buy the bin, it's one of the best investments I've made round my place and they aren't as surprisingly dear as you might expect.

tomieen jones

Miname wrote: »

Buy the bin, it's one of the best investments I've made round my place and they aren't as surprisingly dear as you might expect.

looking on done deal but maybe I should just go new? How much roughly are they and any problems with condensation or nuts forming lumps and getting stuck? I'm west Limerick area

dzer2

If you are feeding every day the wont be a problem with wet nuts or lumps

Go new you will get 20 yrs from it

visatorro

5 tonne bin is 1800 + vat im fairly sure. have bin for the dairy but used to by rooting around with half tonne bags. its a good investment, and get one with the bottom of it closed in, with a door on it. handy storage for doses, medication and the like.

Good loser

One was featured on the IFJ a few weeks ago. Steel wound spirally rather than bolted and enclosed base. Have troughs on concrete if possible.

orm0nd

tomieen jones wrote: »

looking on done deal but maybe I should just go new? How much roughly are they and any problems with condensation or nuts forming lumps and getting stuck? I'm west Limerick area

I advise you go new

http://www.crowley.ie/farmsystems.shtml

http://www.spirofeed.com/our-bulk-feed-bins/

I bought a spirofeed bin at the ploughing last year, IMO crowleys make a better bin but were about €400 dearer,

you will have no issues with nuts, just don't leave any unused meal in the over the summer

Farmer

If I was setting up something permanent for meal feeding, I'd try and do it in a way that the feed can be got into the troughs without the cattle crowding around you, something with a few gates or electric fence. Feeding small numbers in a field is manageable but 25 would be in a stampede I think

severeoversteer

v mac silos in monaghan are the best in my opinion
thers at least a 2 month waiting list is the only problem but I suppose that would give you an idea of how sought after they are

http://www.vmacsilos.ie/index.php/products/silo-range

you wouild be talkin 1800 for a 5 tonne and 100 per tonne the bigger you go
ie
6 tonne = 1900
7 tonne = 2000
etc etc


I am no relation to them in case you ring them demanding a silo for that money ! :D

tomieen jones

Farmer wrote: »

If I was setting up something permanent for meal feeding, I'd try and do it in a way that the feed can be got into the troughs without the cattle crowding around you, something with a few gates or electric fence. Feeding small numbers in a field is manageable but 25 would be in a stampede I think

Troughs on hardcore just inside electric fence ? its daunting seeing them stampede toward me in the creep area a calves not to mind 25 half tonne hungry beasts

_Brian

OP, this is a trial run finishing these lads, and I think your right, where possible lads should be finishing their own stock.
But, I'd question if it's wise investing in a bin until your sure your going to do this regularly. It would be an awful waste if you decide that it's not for you. Then you've tied capital up in a bin.

blue5000

Don't forget to sign up for one of the AA premiums groups as well. If weather turns bad, a shed would be an advantage. Watch for long dose withdrawal periods as well, eg ivomec is 7 weeks.

skoger

visatorro wrote: »

5 tonne bin is 1800 + vat im fairly sure. have bin for the dairy but used to by rooting around with half tonne bags. its a good investment, and get one with the bottom of it closed in, with a door on it. handy storage for doses, medication and the like.

Would this be allowed from a QA point of view in case of spillages etc?

friesian13

there are grants in TAMSii for meal bins!

tomieen jones

friesian13 wrote: »

there are grants in TAMSii for meal bins!

Yes but I think its only for the dairy men!