Northern Indiana | Illini90 - 2/2/2024 10:41
2. You appear to be undersized on wet holding for modern combines unless you have an oversized (very large) dryer.
4. Having the convenience of dumping dry directly into the bins is not worth it for less than 10% usage.
5. The load out with an overhead bin is an expensive upgrade to save around 40 hours of labor per year (assuming 8" bin unloads)
1. You did not state you electric availability (single/3 phase), but eliminating the tractor and have everything "push button" is a great convenience for the older crowd.
2. If you are not moving your dumping location, set up some type of pit (even a very shallow one) that reduces cranking, tripping hazards, etc.
3, Consider an electric grain pump. Even a 10" version will have more capacity (even with wet corn) than the leg you are pricing. It should only run (ballpark) 25k for materials, 35k on wheels, or 40+ custom installed. 12" would not be a lot more.
Yes and we want to double the height of the wet bin, not really feasible without a leg sitting beside it.
True, but it is nice for transferring corn and if we add soybean storage here. Hard to just ignore one of the big benefits of the leg.
Also true, but it will be an auxiliary wet bin in the fall to help capacity and fill the existing wet bin with dry corn at end of season. Also useful for blending and speedy in general. Seems like a major part of a decent leg setup.
We have a phase converter with room to add 80hp of motors to. Going push button in general is one of our main drives here.
Considered it, but I would have to go 12" to match what we have now. Leg + pit should dump in just under 10 minutes. Also think your figures are quite low and not figuring electrical, towers to support it, or the pit.
Space at the dumping location is limited. If I raise the wet bin 4-5 rings, I would guess it would require an 80' 12" double run that will be near 50 degrees. I think the whole project including a pit would end up threatening $100k, basically to replace my tractor with a push button. Plus like I've stated before any new bins really need to go where the existing dump area and wet auger is now.
In my head a leg has 4 main components. Easing dumping with a pit, reclaim from existing dry bins, fill/blend/store/unload with an overhead hopper, transfer from bin to bin. Get rid of any one component and it will save money but you are limiting what you're capable of quite a bit. A grain pump would solve one of these issues at about 1/4 the cost but limit me in the future.
I don't know, I can talk myself in or out with each one of these responses. |
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