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cowkicker
Silver Level Access Joined: 21 Mar 2010 Location: Ky Points: 499 |
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Posted: 20 Mar 2020 at 7:16pm |
Anybody have an idea of something to apply to a perforated grain bin floor to keep feed from sifting through the perforations. For years I have had it covered with geotextile fabric cut and taped to fit but was always having trouble when cleaning out with a sweep auger. Have decided to do something more permanent. Thought about truck bed liner but wouldn't it crack when the floor flexed (30ft dia bin). Is there some type roofing tar material that might work? Just need to apply a thin coat of something to stop the sifting through the holes.
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shameless dude
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take the floor out
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Unit3
Orange Level Joined: 17 Oct 2009 Location: NC Iowa Points: 5529 |
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You might think about plywood. If you seal it up or take it out, 5 or 10 years later you will want a drying floor again. It never fails.
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Dusty MI
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Galvanized sheet metal.
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cowkicker
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jaybmiller
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OK, please humour me,if the unloading auger is UNDER the perfs and you UNperf, HOW does the grain get augered out ?? I would not use steel, it rusts, galvanised tin or tar...both could be toxic. Some kind of plastic sounds good....untreated wood might be ok ?
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Dakota Dave
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: ND Points: 3935 |
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The small bin we use for mixing protien pellets and ground corn we put down plastic sheeting and layed plywood over it. It only takesabout an hour after its empty to conver back to an air bin. Wevev saved the cut plywood and used it in a couple different bins. The plastic is just that vapor barrier from menards we used it a couple times also. Itnot taht hard to clean uned the air floor i just take a couple floor panels out and stick a vacuum under there.
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shameless dude
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how much do you put in the bin?
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DanWi
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I would say wood also unless the feed you are putting in it is very dry such as something like dry distillers grain then maybe tin. The wood stills allows moisture and air to move a little
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Ray54
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Jay the whole sides of the bin are galvanized steel already. An tar I hope it doesn't give off to much toxic stuff. All the water I drank as kid came out of a tank with tar for the bottom. This hot dry country I have never seen bin with way to blow air under the pile so I cannot help you with that answer.
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cowkicker
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[QUOTE=jaybmiller]
OK, please humour me,if the unloading auger is UNDER the perfs and you UNperf, HOW does the grain get augered out ?? I would not use steel, it rusts, galvanised tin or tar...both could be toxic. Some kind of plastic sounds good....untreated wood might be ok ? [/QUO A door in the center of the bin floor allows grain and feed to fill bottom auger by gravity After gravity flow stops, a sweep auger is put in bin, on top of the floor, to move the grain to the center door.
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cowkicker
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ac fleet
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The poly truck bed liners will work for you! We had them in dump trailers at Meltons and they stand up to about anything except demolition use. I hauled hundreds of loads of hot mix in them with no ill affects to the floor. Also hauled 1inch whiterock , sand, gravel, etc.in them. Your weight would be spread over large area, trailers had 30 tons in 8 feet by 32 feet.
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jaybmiller
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followup dumb question.. if you get rid of the holes, how can the grain dry out or air flow ?? |
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FREEDGUY
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You guys really need to read the original posts more throughly !! Nowhere did the OP say he's "DRYING" !! To the OP, look into 1/4" Masonite panels(4x8). A pretty tough panel, VERY smooth texture and can be re-used for future projects
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jaybmiller
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OK, may not be drying but I've got a picture of a 'grain holding bin' in flames on my slideshow here. I was thinking the grain might catch on fire internally so having air flow 24/7 is a requirement to prevent fires ? I know coal piles have to be turned otherwise they'll 'self ignite', and my 8-12 yd compost piles( pony poop and pine chips' get really,really HOT if not turned every 2-3 days.
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ac fleet
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put vertical vents in it with fans on top to suck the heat out of the feed.
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FREEDGUY
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He's putting FEED into it!! Have you ever fed livestock? The FEED better be dry to begin with or the OP should be talking with his processor. My guess is 12% moisture and below. |
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jaybmiller
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Only time I ever fed cattle was tossing bales off a wagon for friend's dad 5 decades ago.... missed the 'feed' word in the post and a picture of the flaming bin was on my screen seconds before I read the post, so I was thinking about that... I just thought a 'grain bin' always needed ventilation.
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Dakota Dave
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none of the old solid bottom bins had air circulation unless you added air tubes. as long as the grain is dry when you put it in the bin its fine wet grain will self combust. As i said before we put poly sheets in the bin and covered with thin plywood. keep the plastic and plywood for use later when you remove it. we run a sweep auger on it the sweep dosent touch the floor and leaves about an inch behind. I just sweep that out with a broom. when using a air dry bin for feed. we use 50% protien pellets with ground corn. the ground corn will go thru the preforations in a air floor and some of the protien pellets come apart into dust when you auger them. if your feed isnt dry when you put in a bin it'll mold and you'll have sick or dead animals. we use a dual auger set when filling the feed bin one truck dumping pellets the other dumping ground corn. we only fill with a semi of each when you auger it out of the bin into the feed mixer its already mixed and we can just go to feeding.
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