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Post by kevlar on Dec 4, 2023 22:21:04 GMT -6
Our dry bins are 4000 hoppers, if we put a rocket in it would it not have to be half full before it covered the rocket? Might be better to go with like what our new bins have, just a X that’s at the top of the cone, that way could turn on the fan fairy soon.
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Post by meskie on Dec 4, 2023 22:23:46 GMT -6
Our dry bins are 4000 hoppers, if we put a rocket in it would it not have to be half full before it covered the rocket? Might be better to go with like what our new bins have, just a X that’s at the top of the cone, that way could turn on the fan fairy soon. The the inverted v works better for that. Doesn’t need to be as full |
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Post by kevlar on Dec 4, 2023 22:30:27 GMT -6
Here’s an interesting little tidbit just to put into perspective how much extra work a fall like this adds to a guys workload. I remember someone here mentioned their auger motor has an hour meter on it, the Honda we put on our 8 inch auger has one as well, the other day I looked at it and it was just under 40 hours, and we didn’t put it on the auger until over half way through harvest. That auger has only handled a fraction of the grain handled, most has been loaded onto the trucks with the 10 inch auger or grain vac, now add up the hours on 3 tractors and two tandems and one semi. Would be interesting to know the total number of machine hours since harvest started, the combine would have next to nothing compared to everything else.
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Post by kevlar on Dec 4, 2023 22:32:49 GMT -6
Our dry bins are 4000 hoppers, if we put a rocket in it would it not have to be half full before it covered the rocket? Might be better to go with like what our new bins have, just a X that’s at the top of the cone, that way could turn on the fan fairy soon. The the inverted v works better for that. Doesn’t need to be as full Do you know if they sell those or are they built right into the cone? |
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Post by meskie on Dec 4, 2023 22:35:09 GMT -6
Dwayne enterprises out of melfort was selling the inverted V retrofit kits a few years ago. We had one put in. Not sure if they are still doing it or not.
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Post by victory on Dec 4, 2023 22:35:59 GMT -6
I was probably a little conservative on some of my numbers. Early in the drying season it is not always feasible getting grain cooled off to less than 15C. If it has had good airflow on it for half a day, it will be done sweating. When doing custom drying for guys, they have hauled it out before it is completely cooled, but only if they are putting it into an air bin. Otherwise I won't stand behind my drying job.  |
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Post by kevlar on Dec 5, 2023 16:49:25 GMT -6
Should sleep like a baby tonight, only one bin of canola left to check and it was dried and put on air shortly after so should be good, all the rest have been good with nothing else heated 🙏. Going to start pulling loads out of all the other bins now and should get that done in a couple days. Got the heated stuff dried and cooled, so dare I say again that we’re done with the dryer?
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Post by victory on Dec 5, 2023 20:20:10 GMT -6
You're probably already sleeping well....just from a good workout every day lol
I know what you mean though. The peace of mind knowing the grain is all safe and that there is not a pile of work that still needs to be done.
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Post by kevlar on Dec 5, 2023 21:19:43 GMT -6
I normally am a great sleeper, it bugs my wife that I can crawl into bed and be sound asleep in the matter of minutes! lol. But since I found that bin heating I’ve had a knot in the pit of my stomach and didn’t sleep good at all, and normally I don’t let things get to me to badly.
Was doing a little math today, we estimate that we dried somewhere between 80-90,000 bushels this fall. Not bad but when you start figuring out everything from those numbers, like all that grain was handled 3 times, from field to yard, into wet bin, then to final bin, so handled roughly 270,000 bushels, now if we had just used tandems, that would be close to 490 tandem loads, but some was with the semi so not quite that many, and much of it still needs to be hauled one more time. When a guy starts to break things down like this, it’s surprising how well things like starters and clutches and such hold up!
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Post by victory on Dec 6, 2023 20:13:51 GMT -6
I normally am a great sleeper, it bugs my wife that I can crawl into bed and be sound asleep in the matter of minutes! lol. But since I found that bin heating I’ve had a knot in the pit of my stomach and didn’t sleep good at all, and normally I don’t let things get to me to badly. Was doing a little math today, we estimate that we dried somewhere between 80-90,000 bushels this fall. Not bad but when you start figuring out everything from those numbers, like all that grain was handled 3 times, from field to yard, into wet bin, then to final bin, so handled roughly 270,000 bushels, now if we had just used tandems, that would be close to 490 tandem loads, but some was with the semi so not quite that many, and much of it still needs to be hauled one more time. When a guy starts to break things down like this, it’s surprising how well things like starters and clutches and such hold up! Your grain should be worth a lot after all that attention!  |
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Post by kenmb on Dec 9, 2023 12:16:01 GMT -6
You don't need much grain in a 19ft bin with rocket. The recommended size would be a 4ft tall and 5 hp but you may as well go 6ft rocket and 7.5hp. The rocket sits right on the bottom of the cone and a 6ft is probably 8ft tall total. Gets you to a level maybe a bit above base ring. The 4 ft rocket works fine with as little as 900bu in a 19ft hopper. To get full drying potential (ie maximum airflow to shorten time) you likely wouldn't fill the bin half full. Two tiers is pretty good, but I was doing one tier when using a burner to dry grain. A 6ft rocket and 7.5hp in 19ft bin and would probably do ok at 2.5 to 3 tiers full and still have ok airflow.
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Post by bob123 on Dec 9, 2023 12:28:05 GMT -6
We have found anything less then 7.5 hp to be a waste of time on the 4000b hoppers. We have all the horizontal tube style and cut a row of 5 inch holes along the bottom which helped airflow a bunch as well, the perforations seemed very small and restricted flow
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Post by Oatking on Dec 9, 2023 13:50:24 GMT -6
 try and enlarge this cycle chart. It sure starts to make sense when you look back in history. I would be happy with the b level or second peak! looks like some lean years till 2026. Interesting while at the poga meeting in Winnipeg last week the weather expert said drought to persist for at least 1 or 2 years. Also the Hunga Tonga volcano effect will wear off by than. i have a funny feeling this coming year might be like 2021! Remember drought and poor crop insurance levels! crop insurance levels are sure to nose dive when mb producers see them in February! Low prices , high inputs plus bad crop! Yikes ! it’s amazing to hear of guys in their early to mid 50s with good acres pulling the plug. They say they have no help so its time to collect the rent check! Land rent that is in the range between 160- 200 in my area it is no wonder !!! Good for them!!!! I locked in 105 000 bushels of oats the other day for 5.65 a bushel next September. started locking in beans at 15.20 and got some canola locked in for 17.25 for sept 2024. i hope after Christmas we get some positive movement in canola prices for both new and old crop. I am sold out of canola now. Got rid of my last three semi loads for 15. The rest averaged around 19 with the help of the call options. I sold a lot on the swather and during the growing year. The price was still over 18 at the beginning of swathing. I think I will try call options again this coming year. If it does turn dry again at least it protects you from crazy contract buyouts. |
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Post by iamwill on Dec 27, 2023 20:41:02 GMT -6
Well I finally finished baling up second crop barley green feed today so harvest is done. Have never baled in December before, combined yes, but never baled. Was almost dry mostly between 16-18%. Will try putting in some drainage till in a couple days not sure if it will work but the lake is still open in spots so there can't be much frost in the ground. Very dry here, not much for snow in the mountains, getting worried about irrigation water for next season. Other than for a few days after some snow earlier this fall we have still not fed the cows any hay. If it doesn't snow soon they should have enough to graze in the fields until calving starts in February.
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Post by gleanerl on Jan 6, 2024 15:24:13 GMT -6
Guys still trying to wrap up corn harvest here. Helped a neighbour finish Tuesday. Still 28-30% grade 5. Just refused to drop moisture this fall. Some are just going to leave it till spring. Last time I did that it was such a struggle to plant soys. Stand was poor. Figured I lost more on the soys than if I just went ahead and dried the wet corn.
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