Loose meal

270WIN

Does anyone know of merchants/co ops that sell loose meal/nuts in the limerick area. Have just got a jfc meal bin from a neighbour but found out that crecora mills dont fill bins. They sell 1/2 ton bags only.

orm0nd

270WIN wrote: »

Does anyone know of merchants/co ops that sell loose meal/nuts in the limerick area. Have just got a jfc meal bin from a neighbour but found out that crecora mills dont fill bins. They sell 1/2 ton bags only.

Tom O'Neill, Castleconnell


could you open the bag at O'Connells and let the meal flow in ?

270WIN

I suppose i could do that but id rather get it filled directly. It would save a lot of messing and hardship.

raindodger

mid west farm nutrition near charleville

Dozer1

Dairygold have bins in their yards and you can fill direct into the tubs there. I buy the half tonne bag in crecora mills theres always around 850kgs and use the loader to lift it over the bin and fill it that way. The tubs will take more nuts than ration so have a few small bags handy.

I only cut a little square out of the bottom of the bag so its useful for another job.

270WIN

Dozer1 wrote: »

Dairygold have bins in their yards and you can fill direct into the tubs there. I buy the half tonne bag in crecora mills theres always around 850kgs and use the loader to lift it over the bin and fill it that way. The tubs will take more nuts than ration so have a few small bags handy.

I only cut a little square out of the bottom of the bag so its useful for another job.

I'm kinda stuck cos i dont have a loader...i can move the bin with a bale handler but i wouldnt like to move a full bin on the road. It barely holds on the handler. I was hoping to use the trailer. I will try dairygold they are near enough in raheen.

kk.man

270WIN wrote: »

I'm kinda stuck cos i dont have a loader...i can move the bin with a bale handler but i wouldnt like to move a full bin on the road. It barely holds on the handler. I was hoping to use the trailer. I will try dairygold they are near enough in raheen.

Surely the grain merchant has a loader ? You won't need a loader in that case.

270WIN

kk.man wrote: »

Surely the grain merchant has a loader ? You won't need a loader in that case.

On the phone it was a case of take a big bag or leave it...i will ask if they would empty it into a bin. they have a habit of calling them "half ton" bags but putting 750 kgs into them and charging for 750 kgs obviously. Id be afraid it would not all fit in the bin and spill all over the place.

Say my name

270WIN wrote: »

On the phone it was a case of take a big bag or leave it...i will ask if they would empty it into a bin. they have a habit of calling them "half ton" bags but putting 750 kgs into them and charging for 750 kgs obviously. Id be afraid it would not all fit in the bin and spill all over the place.

I changed merchant there once this year and I brought in my jfc bin presuming they sold loose.
To cut a long story short they only sold those half ton bags of meal you're describing and it fitted into the bin at the merchant.

_Brian

270WIN wrote: »

On the phone it was a case of take a big bag or leave it...i will ask if they would empty it into a bin. they have a habit of calling them "half ton" bags but putting 750 kgs into them and charging for 750 kgs obviously. Id be afraid it would not all fit in the bin and spill all over the place.

Don’t know your bin but we have often got meal in an IBC with top cut off. 750kg would near fill it but not just.

270WIN

Theres only one way to find out i suppose:)..its one of those yellow top bins. Thanks for the help

charolais0153

270WIN wrote: »

Theres only one way to find out i suppose:)..its one of those yellow top bins. Thanks for the help

Yellow top bins hold 660 ish ration and 800~820 or so nuts

893bet

Arabawn coop in Newport (tipperary technically)

kk.man

270WIN wrote: »

On the phone it was a case of take a big bag or leave it...i will ask if they would empty it into a bin. they have a habit of calling them "half ton" bags but putting 750 kgs into them and charging for 750 kgs obviously. Id be afraid it would not all fit in the bin and spill all over the place.

Cant see a problem with a sharp Stanley knife if they want a sale:pac:

_Brian

kk.man wrote: »

Cant see a problem with a sharp Stanley knife if they want a sale:pac:

We’ve done this, lads on the forklift don’t care.
Waste of a good bag though.

MickeyShtyles

_Brian wrote: »

We’ve done this, lads on the forklift don’t care.
Waste of a good bag though.

Depending in what yer using it for after, a small hole isn’t going to matter.

TheFarrier

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Depending in what yer using it for after, a small hole isn’t going to matter.

A small hole in the center of the bag, I often stick an old election poster or a big of plywood in the bottom of the bag before filling it again. Good as new

_Brian

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Depending in what yer using it for after, a small hole isn’t going to matter.

Yea.
Gather it up on the inside and a decent tie wrap is a good fix.

Bass Reeves

_Brian wrote: »

We’ve done this, lads on the forklift don’t care.
Waste of a good bag though.

Would the wife not sew it up for you:rolleyes:

_Brian

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Would the wife not sew it up for you:rolleyes:

Some chance!!

We reuse the meal bags to hold plastic wraps and netting, nothing wasted in a Cavan mans farmyard !

Bass Reeves

_Brian wrote: »

Some chance!!

We reuse the meal bags to hold plastic wraps and netting, nothing wasted in a Cavan mans farmyard !

I buy a few to put netting in plastic is kept in a corner behing a broken round feeder

6480

270WIN wrote: »

Does anyone know of merchants/co ops that sell loose meal/nuts in the limerick area. Have just got a jfc meal bin from a neighbour but found out that crecora mills dont fill bins. They sell 1/2 ton bags only.

I have a steel pipe going mid way up into a barn and a 130 degress bend to blow meal into the far cornor of the shed. Works a treat .i usually get from 2.5 tonne to 3.5 tons .

kk.man

Bass Reeves wrote: »

I buy a few to put netting in plastic is kept in a corner behing a broken round feeder

I use the half ton fertilizer bags for netting. Absolutely nothing wasted!

Odelay

kk.man wrote: »

I use the half ton fertilizer bags for netting. Absolutely nothing wasted!

I use the netting!

Westernrock

The co-ops at home (Tyrone) use bags with a sewn in dispense shoot, never see them used here in the north west. They would be ideal for the job your after.

Bags are like the ones in the link:

https://sackmarket.co.uk/bulk-tonne-bags-and-builders-bags/builders-bags-with-discharge-spout-en/

270WIN

just an update on this..crecora mills will now fill bins in their yard at crecora.