Priced up a few 10 ton meal bin silos with 6 inch auger at the ploughing, got quotes from Q mac, crowley and mc aree. Has anyone used these or anyone else? Will be used for bulk meal. So comments and suggestions welcome.
The 6 inch auger is more expensive than the silo.!!! But yes I agree, if I go ahead it'll be a 6inch. Do it right, do it once.
shear bucket, crimp you barley and stick in the silage pit? Wholecrop you barley? Make better silage and fed no meal.Was going to use it to fill a diet feeder, its either that or concrete a shed and then I be swapping bucket and fork on the 3cx the whole time
€2800 including VAT spirofeed MallowWhat's a 10ton silo costing. 1 for ration
You could get someone in with a mill n mix lorry but is more cost againWouldn't be my area of expertise, but would concreting the floor of a shed not be a better long-term investment? Apart from having a shed that could have a variety of uses beyond feed it would give a lot more scope for handling different feedstuffs in the future, you could buy grain direct from a farmer and treat it on-farm for example. If you put up a bin not only is it a one-trick pony but you're also restricted to buying from a merchant who has the ability to blow the meal into it.
I don't think there is anyone this side of the water with that kind of setup .You could get someone in with a mill n mix lorry but is more cost again
NooneI don't think there is anyone this side of the water with that kind of setup .
How much per tonne as a matter of interest? Couldn't see much demand for it here, everything just gets thrown into the diet feeder and mix away. I seem to remember someone making a tractor-drawn mixer unit a few years back but it didn't seem to take offNoone
Guy come here every 2 weeks come winter
Can make pretty much any ration
Straw grinder,hammer mill,add molasses straights etc
Can suck n blow or elevator discharge
Was going to use it to fill a diet feeder, its either that or concrete a shed and then I be swapping bucket and fork on the 3cx the whole time
To the best of my knowledge no .Do concrete floor stores pass QA inspection for all feed still?
About £20/tonHow much per tonne as a matter of interest? Couldn't see much demand for it here, everything just gets thrown into the diet feeder and mix away. I seem to remember someone making a tractor-drawn mixer unit a few years back but it didn't seem to take off
I cut out enough blocks with the shear grab every morning and load everything with the front bucket. All the meal is tipped in a shed here. Ive thought about a bin here but the added costs of getting it blown in puts me off.
Just curious is it much dearer to get meal blown in rather than tipped in a shed/yard.