Tote bin for seeds

quattro

Member
Location
scotland
I can’t see how people think it’s dangerous emptying bags in a drill, yet then complain at the price of a alternative safe method
is life/disability not more important
fwiw I would never lean or go under a bag and if it looks dodgy I put on a pallet and cut it open
 

Chae1

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Location
Aberdeenshire
I can’t see how people think it’s dangerous emptying bags in a drill, yet then complain at the price of a alternative safe method
is life/disability not more important
fwiw I would never lean or go under a bag and if it looks dodgy I put on a pallet and cut it open
How do you empty bags without going under them?
 

quattro

Member
Location
scotland
How do you empty bags without going under them?
Got long arms if you have bag well forward towards tractor and your arms stretched out if the loop bust it would drop mostly on the front edge of the hopper and at worst trap your arms
did see someone bent double reaching into the bottom of a drill while a bag was hanging above him suspended by a piece of pipe over a muck fork tine made me cringe!!
 
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Flatlander

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Arable Farmer
Location
Lorette Manitoba
Isnt a trailer with auger better
Many years ago when bulk hoppers weren’t common on drills they use hydraulic augers on a tipping box. It converted a trailer or lorry into an easy way to fill a drill. Cheap safe and quick with next to no spills. I use a tender truck with two compartments. Can load 10 tons of seed/fertilizer in a few minutes.
 

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farmerfred86

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BASIS
Location
Suffolk
I think the plastic ones are the way to go. Happy to store 50-100 over winter when they are folded down. New seed bags are now >£15 per bag and I like to get my moneys worth so squeeze 7 years/uses out of them but they really should be changed after 4/5.
 

Nearly

Member
Location
North of York
I've a .75t grain bucket with a hydraulic chute on that might see service this autumn.
Friend has a galv pea tub (hopper) with loadall brackets on the back and a cutting edge on the front.
Easy.
Everything is expensive now. :(
 

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