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| Does any one know if a gravity grain spreader is made for a 48 foot grain bin? And does it work? I have to replace an electric spreader and it doesn't do a good job of spreading any way. Thanks for any information. |
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| We purchased one for our 48' but never installed it, the salesman said it would work......
If you were closer I would give you a heck of a deal on it.
Edited by Smoothlander 10/21/2012 09:01
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wc mo | I have one in a 42 that works good enough, better than fooling with an electric. It is not perfect when it gets to the top of nine rings, but it does a nice job |
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Eastern Iowa | I might potentially be able to facilitate a transfer between you two. I am heading toward Smoothlander's area in a couple weeks, but I am not sure yet what kind of time I will have. Definitely going as far as Wilmar, potentially as far as St. Cloud.
Edited by GangGreen 10/21/2012 09:16
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North West IA/western AZ | How do they do in smaller bins? I have a 30' and a 24' seed soybean bins and am getting tired of the wet pods going to the wall and spoiling. Electric spreaders are frowned upon. |
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| Buster 50 - 10/21/2012 08:21
How do they do in smaller bins? I have a 30' and a 24' seed soybean bins and am getting tired of the wet pods going to the wall and spoiling. Electric spreaders are frowned upon.
I have 2 24' bins with gravity spreaders that work marginally well. I have a 30' and a 36' that work better. Auger placement into the top makes alot of difference in how they spread. If the grain is hitting the spreader on the side the bin will fill unevenly. It takes some trial and error but can be made to work. |
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Chebanse, IL..... | First question, what are you spreading....wet corn, or already dried?
If you're spreading dried corn I'd get one of the Spin-Level gravity spreaders. I believe their largest model shows being capable of a 36' bin. But, to me, that really doesn't matter. It just won't distribute corn (they don't "throw" corn anywhere) to the outer edges of the bin immediately. However, unless you have a terribly shallow pitched roof, but the time the corn piles up under the center of the spreader when the bin is full, the corn will have neatly run to the eaves of the bin anyway. The gravity spreaders may spread a little unevenly in the beginning, depending on how you're feeding them, but as the bin fills, gravity helps even things out. The main thing is, the spreader will spread the fines & beeswings so they don't just accumulate in the center of the bin & block airflow or get hot. Electric spreaders do a good job of initially throwing corn to the outer circumference of bins, but they can keep piling the bin enevenly causing corn to run out the eaves (or vents) on one side, while being as much as a ring below the eaves on the opposite side. They don't allow gravity to help out much. Also the gravity spreader will probably spread for 100 yrs or more. Depending on your situation, you might check them for birds nests initially in the season, since that would block them & if there's no corn going thru, they won't turn to fling out the birds nests. Also, gravity spreaders turn on the minute you send corn to them. You don't have turn remember to turn on a switch, or check a c.b., or plug it in...it just goes. Also, you won't walk by the bin on a quiet day 2 months after filling it & wonder what that "humming noise" is that you hear coming from the bin, which will be the electric spreader that you (or probably someone else more blamable) forgot to shut off.
I'd go for the 36' gravity. I can almost say w/certainty, it will be the last spreader you buy for that bin. Now, the bad part, the company doesn't seem to have a good website, which is a mistake in this day & age. If they have one, they have it well hidden. So, here's a link to the smaller model with a photo, then a link to the 36' model from SloanEx ( in IL) w/a price but no photo. I also can't figure out why Sloan can't post a photo of the spreader. They certainly have the computer savvy to complete the job.
Good luck!
smaller model w/photo:
http://www.enasco.com/product/C09434N?ref=recentlyViewed
36' model from Sloan:
http://www.sloanex.com/cx54qy7wgw-national5000bushelhrmeduimspinlevelgrainspreader.html
A final "tip". You can't install the larger model from the top of the bin that I'm familiar with. You'll have to pull it up (they're not that heavy) after carrying it in thru the door. This means the bin will almost have to be empty. |
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Valley City, North Dakota | I have 3 of these in 48' diameter bins.
http://www.agridryllc.com/products/grain-spreaders
They do equally distribute any fines amongst the grain mass. As others have mentioned, it does take a while to adjust them so they will fill the bin evenly. |
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| I have one in a 48 foot bin. They told me when i bought it that it wasn't really rated for that big, but guys were getting by with it. It's doing a good job for me. It has been a challenge getting the bin even and we always have a big mound in the middle which actually works to our advantage to stuff the bin since there is no way to turn it off like an electric spreader. |
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North West IA/western AZ | mpf - 10/21/2012 10:04
I have 3 of these in 48' diameter bins.
http://www.agridryllc.com/products/grain-spreaders
They do equally distribute any fines amongst the grain mass. As others have mentioned, it does take a while to adjust them so they will fill the bin evenly.
Can you give us an idea on prices? Thanks |
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IA | Expensive i priced one for a 42' bin this winter and i was thinking it was about 3000 |
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Southwest Illinois | Dmc makes a great high volume gravity spreader. Have 4 of them in bine 30 to 48' diameter and they are very good. Flow under 500 bph will strugle to spin them but if you have at least that they will work fine. Bought a spin level and after two years replaced it. They are worthlezs in anything bigger than 24'
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| Marv,
I am not a fan of any grain spreader that is not electric. We have 3 electric gear motor gravity spreaders in our 48'bins. We use them for spreading corn that is dropping hot out of our dryer. An angled trough catches the grain coming in and spins slowly distributing the grain to each leg. I believe the legs on ours are for a 36' bin (8 footers I believe), but they sold us those so we can peak the grain up in the 48' bins. They are built and sold in Arkansas. Here is their contact information:
Grain Diverter
(870) 335-9921 |
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Hutchinson, MN | I had a DMC Gravity spreader in one of our 48' bins, filling it with a 10 in auger and it worked great. I still have it, but fill with an air system now. I'd sell it if made a reasonable offer.
http://www.dmc-davidmanufacturing.com/english/spreader.html#gravity
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| JR:
Why are you selling it? A spreader is used to distribute the grain and fines. An air system will not do anything different than
an auger.
Tell us more?
Edited by Wheat77 10/21/2012 22:09
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Hutchinson, MN | I am selling it because it is to big for the air system. Not enough flow from the air system (4") to make it turn properly. We core our bins every year after harvest, and monitor them throughout the year. |
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Gravity grain spreader?????
