Grain coolin

[daveydiesel1]

Does them grain cooling speers dry moist grain in the pile? How affective are they

 

[spin cycle]

they won't dry...but good for cooling

 

[daveydiesel1]

So would they keep moist untreated grain from heating? Would it have to be kept goin the whole winter then?

 

[spin cycle]

no would be the short answer....how moist is moist though

 

[daveydiesel1]

Havent harvested yet. Seen them on done deal and thought it would mabe dry the grain. Any 1 any experience of using a drying floor with a rough wood burner as iv been thinking recently about a new shed with couple of bays with the concrete heads with air slots

 

[spin cycle]

batch drier......martin lishman used to do 'pile dry pedastels....c/w fans with little heaters,,,,,don't hear much about them though

 

[Renaultman]

So would they keep moist untreated grain from heating? Would it have to be kept goin the whole winter then?

Pedastals would be better. There are controllers out there which will switch the fans on and off for you to help with efficiency.

 

[daveydiesel1]

Tjem jeater would be hard to run though. Thought if had a burner burning farm waste and skip yard timber heatin water would be cheap way of drying

 

[Dennis]

Trying to dry beans here with perforated twin wall drainage pipe underneath and pedastal fans blowing hot air from a space heater.

 

[daveydiesel1]

Trying to dry beans here with perforated twin wall drainage pipe underneath and pedastal fans blowing hot air from a space heater.

Hows it goin with the drying? How long will it take and how cost affective is it compared to running a dryer?

 

[robbie]

We recon to be able to take 1% out of grain by using pedestals/spears.
You'll need the right weather though it wants to be cool and dry.

 

[Dennis]

First time we have tried it, got a continuous flow dryer but don’t like to use it for beans as feel rightly or wrong they don’t do it any good. Not sure how long it will take, cut at 17-18%, the bottom will dry more than the top as haven’t got a stirrer, so not ideal but minimal cost to set up.

 

[daveydiesel1]

Ok. Just considering ways of dryin grain cheaply. We currently use propcorn but want to move away from that in the future

 

[David.]

Trying to dry beans here with perforated twin wall drainage pipe underneath and pedastal fans blowing hot air from a space heater.

Careful not to burn out the fan motors running them like that, I'm afraid you will struggle with warranty if you do. They want a 6mm cable and 16a socket all to themself.

 

[Dennis]

Only running one fan at a time at the moment because of this, planning on getting more leads/ sockets sorted this week.

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

they won't dry...but good for cooling

agreed!!!

 

[Fuzzy]

Trying to dry beans here with perforated twin wall drainage pipe underneath and pedastal fans blowing hot air from a space heater.

I would seriously consider a much bigger fan connected to both pipes, neighbour uses 2 x 24"" pipe connected to a tractor fan with space heater for heat. (30 x 40ft shed)

 

[Cobblers]

Anybody had any success taking couple percent moisture from wheat using pedestal fans ?

 

[Boysground]

Cut quite a heap last year 16-16.5%, original plan was it was all going to be fed as caustic wheat so not worried too much about moisture. Ran the pedestals into January to get the temperature down. What with one thing and another ended up selling and not feeding, last 100t went in July it was in great condition but still 16-16.5%, I just popped it through the dryer.

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[SilliamWhale]

You will never reliably dry grain by cooling with pedestals.

However if you can keep it cool enough then you have a chance of keeping it safe. If you only need to take a couple of % off then you may have a chance of keeping it ok if you can keep it cool enough