- Location
- Ashbourne, Derbyshire
That's what I was thinking. Looks like they must import them. As you say expensive.
So is putting 300kg of fert through the drillThats impractical
Maybe James shepherd. Could have been for his uncle. Think he sold it last year so couldn't have been a great successThere's a lad up your way is a engineer on the rigs I can't remember his name he's friends with Jamie Mac at cullerlie he made up a tidy looking outfit a few years ago with twin augers for filling a grain and fert pronto
Aye that was him I knew it was James.Maybe James shepherd. Could have been for his uncle. Think he sold it last year so couldn't have been a great success
We are only crofters. Only drilling away from farm ten days a year. Splitting a trailer and fitting auger etc quite a big investment for that period of time.
Could also use bins to fill creep feeders at away land we rent grass on. Save bouncing about countryside with 2t grain buckets of creep
Split front hopper. All on front.Aye that was him I knew it was James.
I think it would be slow ish personally I think an old high lift trailer split down the middle and just a shoot on either side would work if your a split hopper or are you front and rear ?
Trailer auger be fine if grain only. Often putting on over 300kg/ha fertiliser too. Don't want lots of trailers at field.
Just fill a flat trailer at moment. Haul it to field and sorted for day. I like the bin idea. Fill these with auger bucket. Wouldn't even have to take them off trailer.
Would save bags taking up room in shed. Safer and could completely fill drill hopper.
Forklift and bags.Split front hopper. All on front.
What do you use?
Should add previously used grain bins. All of the barley came down a pipe. So was quite straight forward to fill bags off pipe.
It's all stored bulk this year. So be different for filling bags.
Or just modify a potato box with a woven polythene liner? Sounds easier somehow?What about standard IBC tanks and a (possibly modified) potato box rotator?
You need some quick way of filling them at the yard, but cheap enough.