Posted by another doug on January 03, 2008 at 04:38:12 from (4.224.222.198):
In Reply to: grain aeration posted by Dan-IA on January 02, 2008 at 16:57:32:
Dan, I am using only the fan portion of a cork screw aerator in a 12 foot hopper tank, the beans are nearly full, and that's going to be more screwing than this old man can handle,a pipe handle normally slides into holes on the air tube, then after the tube is down into the grain , you remove the pipe handle and throw it down to the ground trying not to injure your helper... it will not be reasonable to put this thing in that deep especially in the top hatch as close clearances while working there up on top of the bin roof and I don't want the fan assembly to stick outside in the weather or interfere with the hatch lid .... so I am just interested in the top portion, a small crust has formed as these bins have no eve vents or otherwise, I guess after the weather changed, some moisture collected in the top and could'nt escape,I did as you and ejected several buckets worth as best I could, yes a few "blue" beans still in there, some are a little "rubbery" , and some air up there will help, I don't think 14 percent moisture is bad, 15 would be ok, maybe but anything over.....no. The other guys said on this topic that these screw in aerators don't help much, they are right, but perfect for this situation, just don't try to think a guy can dry an entire bin using one of these things, maybe tractor supply has one, or check with an old farmer, I took one fan motor apart and oiled it last week, as it was sluggish when first plugged in.
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