Feed bins

[holly smoke]

I am after a 5-6 ton feed bin dose anyone know what price they are new a ball park figure is fine. Thanks graeme

 

[Six Dogs]

On the same subject,has anyone had any experience of Simms wooden indoor bins?

 

[Benr]

On the same subject,has anyone had any experience of Simms wooden indoor bins?

We have got 2 of them. They are good value and work well, but obviously got to be kept indoors

 

[Slippery Slope]

On the same subject,has anyone had any experience of Simms wooden indoor bins?

Got one of the ones without legs here. It's a good bin for what it is. Needs to sit on a solid floor to keep rats etc out. We also added about a foot high piece of flat tin around the outside of the wooden panels to keep them out as we'd heard of the wood being chewed through. Had ours for 10+ years now without any trouble.

 

[Highland Mule]

Got one of the ones without legs here. It's a good bin for what it is. Needs to sit on a solid floor to keep rats etc out. We also added about a foot high piece of flat tin around the outside of the wooden panels to keep them out as we'd heard of the wood being chewed through. Had ours for 10+ years now without any trouble.

Roughly what does a Simms bin cost? Haven’t looked at their website recently but seem to remember it was POA.

 

[Spartacus]

On the same subject,has anyone had any experience of Simms wooden indoor bins?

Got one without legs but have it on top if some 3x3 timbers to keep it up and avoid damp. Was fine but rats have got themselves in the last year so got a 4.5 tonne collinsons feed bin that's high enough to get the slacker under to load up. Carrs billington had an offer for 0% finance over 12 months (but that was ordered in Jan and delivered in march).

 

[Slippery Slope]

Roughly what does a Simms bin cost? Haven’t looked at their website recently but seem to remember it was POA.

Ours is a 3t bin and as said was a while ago now.I've got a feeling it was about 350 - 400 ish. That was in a flat pack and collected mind, as they are based not a million miles from my in laws so we made a day trip of picking it up!

 

[Highland Mule]

Ours is a 3t bin and as said was a while ago now.I've got a feeling it was about 350 - 400 ish. That was in a flat pack and collected mind, as they are based not a million miles from my in laws so we made a day trip of picking it up!

It’s about £20/tonne difference between blown and bulk bags, so would need to have at least 20 tonne through it to break even. That’s probably four years for me - would it last that long in a dry shed, and could it be moved about if empty when I clear everything out at lambing?

 

[Benr]

I think the 4t bin on legs was about £700 ish

 

[Benr]

Yep last for years and easy to move with pallet forks.

 

[Quaddog]

Had a big Simms about nine tons on legs, had it for about twelve years. It’s OK but only problem I’ve had is that the feed can build up in the corners inside. It’s as if the funnel at the bottom is not steep enough. However I’d have another.

 

[Slippery Slope]

It’s about £20/tonne difference between blown and bulk bags, so would need to have at least 20 tonne through it to break even. That’s probably four years for me - would it last that long in a dry shed, and could it be moved about if empty when I clear everything out at lambing?

yes and yes!

I done the same calculation when I bought ours and haven't regretted it.

 

[Dan@JF]

i like my simms bin, 4.5 tonne around £700. make sure you have some help to build it though especially if you're tight on space.

 

[Jonny_2]

Thinking of getting one to put rolled barley in, are they open at the top so i can auger it in?

 

[Slippery Slope]

Thinking of getting one to put rolled barley in, are they open at the top so i can auger it in?

Not open but they do have a gap to act as a vent for when cake is blown in from memory. It’s only ply boards though so you could soon alter it to suit.

 

[Jerry]

Thinking of getting one to put rolled barley in, are they open at the top so i can auger it in?

there is a trap door on top, about 80cm square so easy to flip that up to auger into.

 

[Benr]

Top is just an .8x4 sheet of ply you can take off. We use ours for rolled barley a lot or put lid back on and have cake blown in

 

[Moors Lad]

Symms bin on legs here (about 4.5 tons) . Had it for years and use it for ewe cobs. 2 problems had to be solved here - firstly it`s "tied" together with threaded rods, vibration from the cobs being blown in was undoing the nuts at the ends (it could have bulged out DANGEROUSLY), this was easily solved with lock nuts! (I think they should have been supplied as standard.)
The second problem was that the cobs were wearing away the ply where they hit the wall opposite the entry pipe to the extent that a hole was appearing - once again some kind of re-inforcing material should have been fitted as standard. Gave a very nimble young fella some cash to climb in the little hole at the top and we fitted something to take the "sting" out of the cobs!
Paid for itself many times, a budget way to get in to "bulk buying" for not a lot of money but as has been said earlier can hold a bit on the bottom slopes - a rubber hammer on the outside can help. Plus there are some small ledges inside which hold a very small amount of feed.
You need a monkey inside when building it!!

 

[Full of bull(s)]

It’s about £20/tonne difference between blown and bulk bags, so would need to have at least 20 tonne through it to break even. That’s probably four years for me - would it last that long in a dry shed, and could it be moved about if empty when I clear everything out at lambing?

In our area firms are £40-50 extra so it would soon pay for itself. You either get bags cheap or bulk dear!

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Bulk feed seems to come in a minimum of 3 tons, so buy a 4 ton bin, so you can order more when there is still some left in the bin, not a 3 ton bin as I did