Will grain heat up in a trailer?

[Selectamatic]

Hello,

I had a plan of keeping some barley in a trailer for a few months, straight out of the combine. It will only be cut when fit, not damp, not for crimping. Trailer would be kept under cover, away from rain and weather.

Someone told me that if it is left in a steel bodied trailer, it will heat, sweat, go mouldy. Whereas in a wooden trailer it would be ok.

Can anyone confirm or deny this?! Will I be ok leaving about 2-3 ton of barley in a trailer for a few months?

 

[HasthorpeGrange]

I’ve also been told in the past it will go mouldy left in a trailer

 

[Ali_Maxxum]

I probably wouldn't entertain it. I'm sure hay would do the same. I had a whole bottom layer go dusty, admittedly it was possibly not the best of hay but it only took a couple of weeks to go dusty.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Put popcorn on it

 

[le bon paysan]

Ummm.... steel corn bins?

 

[Chae1]

It'll be fine if its dry enough. Know a few farmers that keep seed barley for following spring in trailers.

 

[spin cycle]

it will go off ...i once had a small remnant....went off in days

two things you can do...1/get on and shovel it around every day til it cools 2/ buy a small corn fan + ducting...set ducting on trailer...cover joins with hessian sacks....cover with corn....then you can ventilate

 

[Scotter]

Put popcorn on it

It will take any paint off it comes into contact with but will stop it going off. The non corrosive popcorn isn't half as good.

 

[Cowabunga]

If it is fit to store, it will be fine in a trailer. If it isn't, it will heat etc. It's that simple.

 

[Andrew1983]

If it’s sub 17% and cool when it’s cut it will be ok, we have done it before for seed and actually just said the other day I think we will do it this year. If you are worried about it if you can tip it out for a week or 2 then reload once it’s cooled off.

 

[Cowabunga]

It will take any paint off it comes into contact with but will stop it going off. The non corrosive popcorn isn't half as good.

I take it that what you both mean is the generic 'Propcorn' that used to be marketed by BP. Propionic acid in other words.

 

[Agrivator]

Do you have any 1t or I/2t dumpy bags to store it in.

And the you can reserve an empty trailer for emergency use.

 

[Exfarmer]

The only real danger with a steel trailer, providing the corn is dry at harvest, is condensation may be an issue. Parking in a dark shed away from sunlight will help mitigate this, as will putting a tarpaulin over.

 

[nick...]

We have store hundreds of tons in steel bins over the years with no ill affects
Nick...

 

[Bald Rick]

I take it that what you both mean is the generic 'Propcorn' that used to be marketed by BP. Propionic acid in other words.

Popcorn works just fine ..... at least in TFF

 

[Bury the Trash]

Just a suggestion but...

If its fully fit but you cant quite get it to 15 and half% because of the odd shower ...
Line the trailler with plastic sheet and get a few bags of 'home and dry' from your local friendly dairy farmer / neighbour and mix it in with a shovel or add it to the grain tank before emptying to mix it in fairly well
When the trailler is full wrap the plastic sheet over the top and place a few fence rails on it to weight it down.
Sheet can be pulled off after 2 weeks or left on to keep the birds off!



Will be good to feed and with an increased protein level.

Nb. Do make sure the barley is proper fit and there is no or very very little.. green corns or weed seeds in the sample though.

Happy days.

 

[Gone Shooting]

Put some drainage pipe in the bottom and out through the grain shoot and blow air in sometimes

 

[glasshouse]

Best to tip it on the floor for a week, then shovel it into trailer

 

[le bon paysan]

If you're worried, place small bore drainage pipe on the bed and out the spout a add vacuum cleaner to it with tape, or tape up pipe and put up a corner to vacuum
I know clear as mud.

 

[Yale]

Best to tip it on the floor for a week, then shovel it into trailer

Hmm,that way you can make sure the corn draws even more moisture from the floor....

 

[czechmate]

Ummm.... steel corn bins?

Steel trailers were the only grain storage I had here for a couple of years. Kept until the following May. Of course needs to be ripe and dry.