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Madision County, IL | How do I figure the bushels in the peak of a full 36' diameter bin?
The corn moisture would have been approximately 15% at 56lb test weight.
TIA
Jay
Edited by JAR 11/16/2010 18:17
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Gary Edwards Anamosa, Iowa | (height of cone/3)*814.3 example a 12 foot high cone would contain (12/3)*814.3 = 4*814.3=3257.2 bushel of 56# shelled corn. |
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Wy | Interesting, does this work for other crops as well? Would you use the same numbers for other crops such as wheat or sunflowers? |
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SW MN and Gold Canyon AZ | Ok ,trying to measure the peak when the bin is full and running out the hatch is hard. What is the normal grain height for the peak on a 18, 24 and 30 ft bin?? |
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Ottawa, Ontario | General rule of thumb is 3 feet of grain in a larger bin, 2 feet in the smaller ones.
Example - 24 foot bin is roughly 400 bu/foot - 20 feet to the eave plus 3 feet for the cone = 23 feet x 400 = 9200 bu
Not precise but will give you a quick figure. |
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South Central Illinois | A peak or pile is 1/3 of a cylinder of the same measurement.
An inverted cone, like what is left when you remove corn from a bin is 2/3 of a cylinder. |
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Here in the USA | Bu. in the peak
18' is 550 bu.
24' is 800 bu.
30' is 1575 bu.
36' is 2700 bu. |
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39.48, -82.98 | The "angle of repose" for dry corn is about a 40% slope. So a 30-ft diameter bin has about a 6-ft cone. (15-ft radius × 0.4 = 6 ft)
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central MN | http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/app19/calc/volume/roundbin.jsp |
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| You start with the angle of repose for corn which is 23 degrees for a standard bushel at 15% moisture. Using trigonometry, the tangent for 23 degrees is .4245. With a base of 18 ft, the height calculates to 7.64 ft. Using the formula for a cone, the volume of the cone is 2591 cubic ft, or 2073 bu. |
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Madision County, IL | Thanks for the feedback. It was very helpful. |
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| Here's the formula for determining peak height & capacity that my ins. company uses
cone = Dia. x Dia. x .2618 x Height / 1.25
determining peak height:
corn peak height = .42x(0.5xdia)
beans peak height = .47x(0.5xdia)
F>S>A.'s formula for determing bin capacity & pack factors
Dia. x Dia. x .7854 x Height x .8 x pack factor = Bushells
pack factor for corn
56# TW = 1.018 61# TW = 1.093
57# TW = 1.033 62# TW = 1.108
58# TW = 1.048 63# TW = 1.123
59# TW = 1.063 64# TW = 1.138
60# TW = 1.078 65# TW = 1.153
Edited by boog 11/17/2010 00:48
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| I always just add what a ring would hold(32" ring) ad its always close.. |
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Hoffman, IL | This always works well for me.
http://www.farmnetservices.com/calc/index.html |
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Leesburg, Ohio | As was said above, just figure it as a cylinder, and divide by 3. |
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