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<blockquote data-quote="DrWazzock" data-source="post: 7056283" data-attributes="member: 2119"><p>There is truth in what you say, I acknowledge that.</p><p>I’d agree that loading it onto boats and taking the hit for up to 2% over at or a month or two after harvest is probably no more costly than drying it myself provided the price for spot movement at harvest isn’t ridiculously low and I have done that many times to save the hassle of pushing it through the system.</p><p>Some years we haven’t needed to dry anything, other years we would have been stuck without it. In 2017 a lot in this area really struggled to get late cut spring barley dry quickly enough. Beans always seem to need drying here.</p><p>I certainly can’t justify spending much on an updated set up, but a s/h opico and some pedestals won’t break the bank and just gives us that bit more flexibility. Cleaning within the system can also make the difference for us with having a claim for bushel weight. Surprising how taking just a small amount of light grains out of 10 ton will get you back up within spec.</p><p>It’s a mindset I suppose. And though I moan, I find it quite satisfying handling grain. I like our old Almet dryer. It’s quite efficient as it pulls a partial vacuum as well as heating the grain. It’s just quite slow and all the augers and paraphernalia around it can be troublesome. I’d be sad to see it broken up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrWazzock, post: 7056283, member: 2119"] There is truth in what you say, I acknowledge that. I’d agree that loading it onto boats and taking the hit for up to 2% over at or a month or two after harvest is probably no more costly than drying it myself provided the price for spot movement at harvest isn’t ridiculously low and I have done that many times to save the hassle of pushing it through the system. Some years we haven’t needed to dry anything, other years we would have been stuck without it. In 2017 a lot in this area really struggled to get late cut spring barley dry quickly enough. Beans always seem to need drying here. I certainly can’t justify spending much on an updated set up, but a s/h opico and some pedestals won’t break the bank and just gives us that bit more flexibility. Cleaning within the system can also make the difference for us with having a claim for bushel weight. Surprising how taking just a small amount of light grains out of 10 ton will get you back up within spec. It’s a mindset I suppose. And though I moan, I find it quite satisfying handling grain. I like our old Almet dryer. It’s quite efficient as it pulls a partial vacuum as well as heating the grain. It’s just quite slow and all the augers and paraphernalia around it can be troublesome. I’d be sad to see it broken up. [/QUOTE]
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