Shop Dump Pit Speeds Up Grain-Hauling

Shop Dump Pit Speeds Up Grain-Hauling FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 19-4-33 "I was spending a lot of time hauling grain home and I wanted to streamline the process," says Terry Bell. In 1993, the Hopkinton, Iowa, farmer found a way to cut unloading time down to virtually nothing by putting a pit under one end of his new shop. "The 800-bu. grain pit is under the west end of the 32 by 60-ft. shop," explains Bell. "The shop is close to my 6-ft. holding bin and 27-ft. drying bin. It used to take 20 or 25 minutes to unload each load into an 8-in. auger. Now I just dump the whole load into the 12 by 12-ft. pit. "I had 14 by 20-ft. doors installed on both ends of the shop so I can drive in from either side with the tractor, unload, and drive right out the other end in a minute or two. I don't have to wait around until the pit clears, since I have an automatic shut-off, controlled by an electric eye, on the pit. The eye automatically shuts off the switch on the auger when it determines there is no more grain in the pit. "A 26-ft., 8-in. auger carries grain out of the pit and through the side of the shop wall to a 38-ft. auger that carries grain up to the bins." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Terry Bell, R.R. 2, Box 105, Hopkinton, Iowa 52237 (ph 319 926-2328).

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