Roy_H
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Our bins went up in the 1960's but they had 6" augers even then.Exactly the same reasons that bins / silos are so popular here - except for the snow loading that is
Sheds or bunkers are ok for short term bulk storage, but are crap at long term quality, hygiene & segregation
It's amusing that most who are critical of bins & augers seem to think that innovation & development ended with flat floors, shovels & 4" augers
I remember one lorry driver telling me that he went to one farm that had a similar situation to ours, ( 4 x 60 ton bins, a 6" drag auger and 6" elevator auger but with a sweep auger that wasn't worth tuppence ) One day he went for 3 20 ton loads but when he got to the farm there only appeared to be one chap there, well in his 70s .It turned out everyone else was busy in the fields. So loads 1 and 2 were ok, but when he came back for the last one the all to familiar sound of the clattering augers meant he had to go in with the shovel. Just as he climbed he was totally surprised to see grandpa with 'An enormous shovel and no face mask' who had come in to help. After they had emptied the bin he said " I was sweating like a pig, totally knackered out and gasping whereas this old lad having switched off the augers, calmly took off his cap, bashed it against the wall to knock the dust off it, lit his pipe and then taking a couple of puffs said : "D'you know lad, l right enjoyed that!"