Cleaning the inside of a nut bin?

Dot Cotton

Hi

Getting mouldy nuts from the feed bin. Only got a load a couple of weeks ago into two separate bins & the newer one is fine. This particular nut bin is about 20 years old. Is it possible to clean the inside?

Thanks :-)

whelan2

What type of bin is it? I give it a few wallops from the outside with a fencing post

Say my name

There's usually an inspection panel that you can unbolt off if you think you have a serious problem.

Cattlepen

whelan2 wrote: »

What type of bin is it? I give it a few wallops from the outside with a fencing post

Had an auld ODwyer steel bin and this is what I use to do. Sometimes a few light taps of a sledge all around. Stay away from the mound dust. Not good for the bronchials

Dot Cotton

It's a spirofeed bin. If I go banging the sides will I only dislodge the mouldy nuts further? Am I best to wait until the current feed is gone & then work away?

Thanks everyone for your replies

gozunda

whelan2 wrote: »

What type of bin is it? I give it a few wallops from the outside with a fencing post

Wonderful picture - Whelan going demented at the nut bin with a large fencing post :pac:

Buford T. Justice XIX

Dot Cotton wrote: »

It's a spirofeed bin. If I go banging the sides will I only dislodge the mouldy nuts further? Am I best to wait until the current feed is gone & then work away?

Thanks everyone for your replies

Yeah, wait till it's empty and give it a few gentle belts with a piece of timber to dislodge anything stuck around the inside, bag it up and keep it till you're spreading slurry later in the year and fire into the tanks when agitating.

Pkiernan

What ever you do, Do not open this thread in the After Hours forum!

Bonzo Delaney

Pkiernan wrote: »

What ever you do, Do not open this thread in the After Hours forum!

Or worse the sex and sexaulity fourm not that i do be on it just heard about it from a friend

foxy farmer

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

Or worse the sex and sexaulity fourm not that i do be on it just heard about it from a friend

The what now?

ganmo

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

Or worse the sex and sexaulity fourm not that i do be on it just heard about it from a friend

Not bulocks anyway

whelan2

gozunda wrote: »

Wonderful picture - Whelan going demented at the nut bin with a large fencing post :pac:

Taking out all my frustrations on the poor meal bin

wing52

Confined space entry!!!!

Be careful. Nasty gases can build up.

Don't go in side on your own.

lalababa

There is a hatch in my bin where you can gain access to clean it out. But I don't go in 'coz I have a phobia of large spaces 'coz me bin is v. big 'coz me nuts are that big like.

whelan2

lalababa wrote: »

There is a hatch in my bin where you can gain access to clean it out. But I don't go in 'coz I have a phobia of large spaces 'coz me bin is v. big 'coz me nuts are that big like.

I have no nuts so I might go in

Bass Reeves

Wait until it is empty. Then get a rubber mallet and a ladder and wallop the ****e out of it. You may need sewer rods to clean out the chute part of it. Then get a load of nuts blown into it. Repeat during the summer if possible

freedominacup

Pig farm near me has an offset bearing attached to each bin that vibrates bin whenever auger is engaged. Stops any build up occurring.

pms7

Have a 3 year old Spirofeed, use coarse ration, there is some sticking to the sides. Have patch of rust on the cone about 3'' across. Presume ration stuck inside causing it, but was shocked to see rust on the galvanise of a newish bin. Must obviously clean it out, but what to do with rust??

whelan2

pms7 wrote: »

Have a 3 year old Spirofeed, use coarse ration, there is some sticking to the sides. Have patch of rust on the cone about 3'' across. Presume ration stuck inside causing it, but was shocked to see rust on the galvanise of a newish bin. Must obviously clean it out, but what to do with rust??

Go back to manufacturers, it shouldn't rust after such a short space of time

Dot Cotton

Thanks everyone 😊

Muckit

Don't have a bin but l reckon the mild damp weather prob not helping things.

cute geoge

could rain be getting in ?

alps

The very hot weather and intense sunshine on bins caused sweating and moulding in many instances, some where this mild caused antibiotic problems in milk.

The question of course is why were the rations sweating so much? Hmmmm...

charolais0153

alps wrote: »

The very hot weather and intense sunshine on bins caused sweating and moulding in many instances, some where this mild caused antibiotic problems in milk.

The question of course is why were the rations sweating so much? Hmmmm...

When you cut barley or whatever you have to turn it every day for a forrnightso it doesnt heat. I suppose in the summer barley was cut from field and straight into some lads bin and it started to heat. It was moved by the merchant for only a few days and it started to hear when it settled in the bin

Brown Podzol

alps wrote: »

The very hot weather and intense sunshine on bins caused sweating and moulding in many instances, some where this mild caused antibiotic problems in milk.

The question of course is why were the rations sweating so much? Hmmmm...

A dry matter analysis could answer that question for you. Propcorn treated grain, molasses and a dash of H2O to speed up the processing of hard grains and a lot of feed could be a lot wetter than you think. A lot of profit in selling water for €300 a ton.