Meal Bin

pat73 · 01-10-2016 2:41pm #1

Im looking to get one for the winter to save money v bags.looking to get a coated one to match the colour of the shed.Can they be got coated inside,reason im asking is my neighbour has 2 bins about 5 years old and has had panels replaced on one already and he is starting to see rust coming out through the other one now.I dont mind paying abit extra for quality if it means i have a trouble free bin.A good recommendation on a company who makes a good bin is welcome as well.

whelan2 · 02-10-2016 6:18am

mcAree make good ones, have a 20 tonnes one here this years , no problem with it https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwicvIOKr7vPAhXHI8AKHX0bASoQFggbMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcaree-eng.com%2F&usg=AFQjCNFROmavrx448CtTuTIPipR-KpbUMg&sig2=PcmU4UVhq_GTk2T0TqQKWw&bvm=bv.134495766,d.d2s

farmertipp · 02-10-2016 11:54am

pat73 wrote: »

Im looking to get one for the winter to save money v bags.looking to get a coated one to match the colour of the shed.Can they be got coated inside,reason im asking is my neighbour has 2 bins about 5 years old and has had panels replaced on one already and he is starting to see rust coming out through the other one now.I dont mind paying abit extra for quality if it means i have a trouble free bin.A good recommendation on a company who makes a good bin is welcome as well.

Can you give us a clue as to make of neighbours bins? 5 years seem a bit quick to fail..

pat73 · 02-10-2016 10:25pm

farmertipp wrote: »

Can you give us a clue as to make of neighbours bins? 5 years seem a bit quick to fail..

I don't think it's fair to mention their name on this thread but il pm u

Mooooo · 02-10-2016 10:31pm

Have 3 bins here from crowleys, cant fault them, all galvanised tho. Neighbour has a spirofeed has no issues also as far as i know. Galvanising a better job i reckon. get plenty sight glasses anyway, and get a spout to suit how you'll empty it. the mcaree ones look good with the sheeting on the bottom handy spot to store bags etc

Cavanjack · 02-10-2016 11:20pm

Any issues with these bins with course ration getting stuck and going off or are Ye just using nuts? Still blowing meal into open sheds and lofts here.

Mooooo · 02-10-2016 11:25pm

Get 3 way mixes and coarse ration here in 2 bins during the winter, they go alrite but these just have a shoot at the bottom no augur and they would be emptied rel fast., maybe 2 weeks. sides are flat not corrugated

Muckit · 03-10-2016 12:13am

Hear of lads using freight containers, welding on a pipe to blow meal into them.

Never wrestle with pigs · 03-10-2016 12:18am

Muckit wrote: »

Hear of lads using freight containers, welding on a pipe to blow meal into them.

Was looking into that myself, but a good one cost more than a bin! Plus you have to shovel it all. Feck that if I'm going to spend a few quid on it, it would be nice to not use the shovel!

orm0nd · 03-10-2016 7:18am

Muckit wrote:

Hear of lads using freight containers, welding on a pipe to blow meal into them.

Terrible accident locally when the doors burst open while been filled. Never under estimate the dangers of compressed air.

Reggie. · 03-10-2016 9:41am

orm0nd wrote: »

Terrible accident locally when the doors burst open while been filled. Never under estimate the dangers of compressed air.

Just open the doors. That's what we do

Sam Kade · 03-10-2016 10:09am

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

Was looking into that myself, but a good one cost more than a bin! Plus you have to shovel it all. Feck that if I'm going to spend a few quid on it, it would be nice to not use the shovel!

I'd rather be shoveling than wrestling with pigs

kowtow · 03-10-2016 10:23am

For various complicated reasons including the height of the augurs into the parlour we are going to build a bin / loft of sorts this year.

Torn between building one high up (which we would need to blow into) or building a more complicated setup with an extra augur (we have lots of spare augurs) which is lower down and which we could fill from a bag.

I'm too mean to buy a third set of augurs (flexi ones) and I don't like staring at big steel bins anyway.

Has anyone built a bin or store that feeds augurs? Blow in or otherwise? I was thinking of fiberglass over marine ply inside a timber / steel frame.

Edit: we only ever need a tonne or two in the bin, blow in we'd need to allow 4 I suppose unless we could persuade them to bring less.

Zr105 · 04-10-2016 6:45pm

kowtow wrote: »

For various complicated reasons including the height of the augurs into the parlour we are going to build a bin / loft of sorts this year.

Torn between building one high up (which we would need to blow into) or building a more complicated setup with an extra augur (we have lots of spare augurs) which is lower down and which we could fill from a bag.

I'm too mean to buy a third set of augurs (flexi ones) and I don't like staring at big steel bins anyway.

Has anyone built a bin or store that feeds augurs? Blow in or otherwise? I was thinking of fiberglass over marine ply inside a timber / steel frame.

Edit: we only ever need a tonne or two in the bin, blow in we'd need to allow 4 I suppose unless we could persuade them to bring less.

You say you've an extra auger, why not build the bin up high and use the additional auger just to fill it, similar to a fill auger on a corn drill, just a small hopper on the bottom of auger that you can open the bag over. You could also add a pipe to it so you could get it blown in if ever needed

kowtow · 04-10-2016 9:46pm

Zr105 wrote:

You say you've an extra auger, why not build the bin up high and use the additional auger just to fill it, similar to a fill auger on a corn drill, just a small hopper on the bottom of auger that you can open the bag over. You could also add a pipe to it so you could get it blown in if ever needed

Was kind of thinking that way... just wondering had anyone done anything similar.

Need to figure out if I can reverse some of the right angle joints in the augurs as well..

MikeSoys · 10-07-2018 10:24am

just looking at the V-mac there it seems to be popular ... but wondering what size to get? I've a 4 bay single shed[store cattle], and see i can get 5t, 6t,7t, 8t, 9t etc...im thinking a 5 tonne would be enough any suggestions?

Cavanjack · 10-07-2018 10:40am

MikeSoys wrote: »

just looking at the V-mac there it seems to be popular ... but wondering what size to get? I've a 4 bay single shed[store cattle], and see i can get 5t, 6t,7t, 8t, 9t etc...im thinking a 5 tonne would be enough any suggestions?

How many cattle will you be feeding and how much meal will they be eating? Then get a bin that'll hold enough meal for a month or 6 weeks.

wrangler · 10-07-2018 10:46am

Cavanjack wrote: »

How many cattle will you be feeding and how much meal will they be eating? Then get a bin that'll hold enough meal for a month or 6 weeks.

Merchants usually have a minimum delivery amount too, so I suppose that plus 25% so you don't run out

MikeSoys · 10-07-2018 2:11pm

ok thanks, roughly it was 52lbs per pen and ive 4 pens..

Mooooo · 10-07-2018 3:21pm

Depending on if it's in nut or meal form or what you are getting a bin may not hold it's advertised weight. E.g. a 4 ton bin may hold 4 ton of nuts but not of meal so get a bin that is 20% bigger than what you would normally order in a load. Also there tends not to be a whole lot of price difference between bigger and smaller bins so price em up before deciding

orm0nd · 10-07-2018 4:14pm

I think less than 100€ between 5 ton and 6 ton ,

6 ton a no brainer imo, you can get them on legs or sheeted to ground for storage if ypu wish

lakill Farm · 10-07-2018 4:20pm

wrangler wrote: »

Merchants usually have a minimum delivery amount too, so I suppose that plus 25% so you don't run out

some are 3t minimum others are 4t minimum

sheeted to the ground is a lovely job. keep the elements off and put a little light in and work away on dark mornings or evenings

Dakota Dan · 10-07-2018 4:24pm

What's the story with this? Surely just some messer on donedeal.

https://www.donedeal.ie/feedingequipment-for-sale/feed-meal-bin/19221600

older by the day · 10-07-2018 4:48pm

Dakota Dan wrote: »

What's the story with this? Surely just some messer on donedeal.

https://www.donedeal.ie/feedingequipment-for-sale/feed-meal-bin/19221600

Forgot a zero probably. I had slabs left over and insulated the walls of an old pig house and covered under the roof with plastic it did fine for blowing in small amounts of meal. But you can't beat a bin the best investment you can make, very clean

MikeSoys · 10-07-2018 4:50pm

Dakota Dan wrote: »

What's the story with this? Surely just some messer on donedeal.

https://www.donedeal.ie/feedingequipment-for-sale/feed-meal-bin/19221600

i guess its actually a rocket near ready to take off just looking as a meal silo...i rang V-mac its 2,906 for 5t and 6t is 100 more...sheeting to the ground. was looking at the 'accessories' section like the meal barrow... are they worth considering? or just using a normal considerably cheaper wheel barrow..

Dakota Dan · 10-07-2018 8:11pm

older by the day wrote: »

Forgot a zero probably. I had slabs left over and insulated the walls of an old pig house and covered under the roof with plastic it did fine for blowing in small amounts of meal. But you can't beat a bin the best investment you can make, very clean

Doubtful, it would hardly sell that fast when you factor in the cost of taking down, transport and erecting it would cost the same as a reconditioned bin from a manufacturer.

TooOldBoots · 10-07-2018 9:57pm

How do you know how much or what tonnage of meal you got from the merchant? Is their some type of scales on the Bin or is it a case of when full it contains X amount of nuts?

Hard Knocks · 10-07-2018 10:26pm

TooOldBoots wrote: »

How do you know how much or what tonnage of meal you got from the merchant? Is their some type of scales on the Bin or is it a case of when full it contains X amount of nuts?

It’ll be on the docket

Dakota Dan · 11-07-2018 10:11am

TooOldBoots wrote: »

How do you know how much or what tonnage of meal you got from the merchant? Is their some type of scales on the Bin or is it a case of when full it contains X amount of nuts?

You measure it with your old boots.

Mooooo · 11-07-2018 10:23am

Do anybody ye have a tote bin?

fastrac · 11-07-2018 1:11pm

Usually you will get a discount for 8tonnes and up so id be going for that

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