Four Leaf needs help with grain storage

[jwaldrip]

I need some help with my grain storage. I dont know hwo much storage i should have and dryer size and pretty much everything. We run 2 semis and a straight truck. we run a 9650 JD Walker combine with an 8 row corn and 25 grain head. on the average year we have 475 acres of corn, 365 acres of soybeans.

Here is wat I am thinking:
corn: 3 standi model 30s for about 66,000 bushels of storage
beans: 3 standi model 21s for about 22,000 bushels of storage
as far as a dryer i was thinking a 1 high dryer

the real problem i am having is with how to set it up. i dont know how to set it up to be able to unload into it and get it to the dryer and such. besides getting a lineup this is where i really have trouble.

Thanks
Justin

[jwaldrip]

or i could store less and use augers to fill instead of a leg.

[70ds]

A leg would make everything run smoother. You don't have to move augers that way. Bins always get full in the middle of the day and you have to stop and move the auger. We do very little drying here so I can't really help you out on that. We try to use air on our grain instead of a dryer. Our dryer at the coop is set up to where it is fed by an overhead bin and then it runs into a pit in the elevator. If you are receiving grain you have to stop every once in a while to run the dried grain up into the dry bin. I think if you did a lot of drying 2 legs would be beneficial. I would also be very costly though. I guess it all depends on how much your farm wants to spend.

[farmerguy]

Hey Justin. I would set your system up using an auger to fill the wet bin, and an auger from the wet bin to the dryer, and then an air system to move grain to the storage bins. The wet bin would be a #21 hopper bottom. Set up like this:

[nix]

To make it look realistic, I'm guessing that corn will average 250 bushel the acre (maby) and the soybeans will average 30

475 x 250 = 118,750 bushels
365 x 30 = 10,950 bushels

118,750 + 10,950 = 129,700 bushels total
that is roughly how much storage space is needed if my calculations are correct

that in my mind would be big enough for a leg

[jwaldrip]

Thanks nix but i think the estimate on the corn is too high. the average for indiana corn in 07 was 146 bushels.

also the farm wont store everything but thanks for doing the math

[nix]

Sorry about that, We have some freinds from Illinois and when they were up here theyre corn averaged 250.... but their fertilizer bill is also higher