Can you hit 60' bins with augers?
Dust88
Posted 1/30/2026 10:22 (#11532950 - in reply to #11532875)
Subject: RE: Can you hit 60' bins with augers?


If you have nothing and are trying to get done before '26 harvest you should probably get the bins built and use an auger. You could probably throw a used leg up with wires and use it later as a secondary or dry leg if you wanted to go that way and all the labor and crane costs didn't bother you.

I guess it's interesting to me you seem to be going from no storage to a commercial sized setup overnight. Your stage 2 project that you describe is probably a $2 million project everything hired out. You didn't even mention a drying setup. This probably isn't possible if you don't have 3 phase.

I don't know your background but if you're starting from nothing grain handling wise and have the means and needs for what you're describing I would try to pump the brakes a little and possibly hire a professional to help you layout this bin site and get a plan together to build in stages. There are a million little things that someone experienced can see and point out that will make life easier and can't be undone once the structures are up.
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