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dave from MN

11-30-2005 16:52:33

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doing planning/ options for next year. I was planning on picking corn to avoid all the cost of drying and having custom combining done, but realize I will have more corn probably than I will need. New corn bin prices in my opinion are very high so., has any one converted old round corn cribs into bins using steel panel, or corrigated steel like they use for pole sheds. I can get quite a few around here and it seems to me like it would work. Any one done it, Pros/cons. Your knowledge is all our future.

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JMS/MN

12-01-2005 10:28:34

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Re: changing cribs to bins in reply to dave from MN, 11-30-2005 16:52:33

As long as you have most of a year to plan this- plenty of time to watch for used bins that are for sale. Sometimes you can find 2-3000 bushel bins for a few hundred dollars, certainly under a grand. Not hard to move that size intact. Others cautioned about the side pressure of shelled corn- under-engineering gets pretty spendy when the corn is on the ground.

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johndeerejon

12-01-2005 07:57:52

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Re: changing cribs to bins in reply to dave from MN, 11-30-2005 16:52:33

This is going to sound crazy, but it worked. Several years ago we had the same problem. We wrapped the crib with 1/4 inch cable at various heights and snugged them down for added support strength. We lined the inside of the crib with hog pannels and wired them down. Then we wired chicken wire to the hog pannels. Then we zip-tied those cheap blue tarps from the local farm store to the hog pannels and chicken wire. We filled the crib slowly and it actually worked! It tore up a couple of the tarps pretty good, but it beat putting up the rings in the machine shed that year. The blue tarps also breath pretty good and we have practically no spoilage.

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LeJo

11-30-2005 18:32:31

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Re: changing cribs to bins in reply to dave from MN, 11-30-2005 16:52:33

I changed an old wooden crib built in 1946, inside elavator, in 1960 to a shelled corn crib. Using
wire mesh on the inside. Removing the outside board and reusing them only closed. Adding 3/4 pluwood on the outside. Then cabling with two 3/4
cables running lengthwise,about 5 feet from the floor.Plus same size cables running every 6 foot on the sides. Used special home made steel WASHERS as the cable went outside the 2 by 8 , original boards and the 3/4 plywood. Filled bins to about 12 feet high. Used this system for about 20 years , with no major problems. It was a lot of work when unloading the bins when it would stop rolling out the doors. Was dried to 15% moisture when put in,came out 14.1 to 3. Figured the wood took a point.

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paul

11-30-2005 18:01:44

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Re: changing cribs to bins in reply to dave from MN, 11-30-2005 16:52:33

I have no experience at all, other than what I hear at the coffee shop & see as I drive to farm auctions..... So take it for what its worth.....

Shell corn puts much more force on the sidewalls than ear corn does. Be sure you have a good strong frame to begin with. Might need to cable around the bottom a few times to increase strength.

Wind plays heck with your bin when it is empty. The sheet tin doesn't get supported much, and a strong wind will push in one side of the new tin - when empty.

Typically one hangs vertical sheets insid the bin. As the pressure of the corn expands the tin, the seams like to leak, as well as water in under the bottom - we don't make as good a seal on the bottom with this type of construction as we think we do. Have to be careful or water seeps in, lots of spoilage along the outside.

Those are the items I notice from a distance.

--->Paul

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Dixieland

11-30-2005 17:53:19

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Re: changing cribs to bins in reply to dave from MN, 11-30-2005 16:52:33

What ever will keep it dry, allow easy access, and keep the varmints out!

Rex

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