Low-Cost Commodity Bay

Low-Cost Commodity Bay LIVESTOCK Feeding Equipment Jay Boldt Manitowoc Wis bought a used shipping container last winter and converted it into a low-cost commodity bay for high moisture corn He paid $1 350 for the 20 by 8-ft shipping container He set an electric-operated WIC hammer mill inside one end of the container and built a short wooden wall in front of it An auger delivers shelled corn from the silo through one side of the container and into the hammer mill The hammer mill unloads the ground corn into a pile on the other side of the wood wall Boldt uses a skid loader to unload the feed “I’m happy with how it turned out because it works fast and I saved a lot of money ” says Boldt “It didn’t cost much to get this system up and running compared to pouring concrete and putting a roof on a conventional commodity bay The only limitation is that the biggest thing I can use to load the feed is a skid loader I may move the bucking wall closer to the end of the container so I can use a loader tractor or telehandler instead ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Jay Boldt 7120 Co Rd C Manitowoc Wis 54220 ph 920 323-0987; boldtdairy@lakefield net

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