Bin Rings Used For Temporary Grain Storage

Bin Rings Used For Temporary Grain Storage CROP STORAGE Grain Storage 27-4-19 Bob Schuler of Zearing, Iowa is able to store 13,500 bushels of corn for only a $700 investment using three steel grain bin rings. When another farmer decided to make his bin taller, he traded in the bottom rings for stronger ones, leaving three used 30-ft. dia. rings available for Schuler to purchase. "I set one down outside on a slab of cement foundation left after an old building was dismantled, and put the other two on top of plastic inside machine sheds on my farm," Schuler says. "Each ring holds 4,500 bushels of corn and is a lot cheaper than buying more bins or hauling it to town to store at the elevator." He cut a hole in the bottom of each ring to insert aeration tubes. A grain vac is used to clean out the bins. Schuler says he sells corn stored in the outdoor ring within a month, so weather isn't a big concern. The shedded rings provide indefinite storage length. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bob Schuler, 15796 û 710 Ave., Zearing, Iowa 50278 (ph 641 487-7815).

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