Grain stores and dryers

[JC]

Does anyone have any pictures of Grain stores and grain dryers they can post up please, any design or style so I can get an idea what they should look like.

Thanks,

F-P

[NewHolland2]

I'm still having a look for you FP...... :)

[JC]

Thanks NH2. 

[Tractorman810]

i'm out in grain growing land  tommorrow will try and get some for you to mate

[Gav836]

I can get you some of our grainstore tomorrow F-P, will be loading wheat out of it all day 

[JC]

Thanks fellas!

[Phil P]

I will  see if I can get you some pictures of the grain dryer and store at Hatton Estate, Aberdeenshire, be warned, you will need a fair bit of space for it...

[JC]

Don't worry, I'm running a fleet of lexions and I need a good capacity!!

[Guest Fendt pwr]

I'm a fish arss farmer..........I wait for the grain to drop down to 13% before I combine,that way I save on drying.

[FB]

I'm a fish arss farmer..........I wait for the grain to drop down to 13% before I combine,that way I save on drying.

theres always one!! :D :

what you planning then FP? ???

[Tractorman810]

got a few pics of one for you doc,while out on me travels,will post them when i get home,in this topic ok?

[JC]

got a few pics of one for you doc,while out on me travels,will post them when i get home,in this topic ok?

Thats fine TM, thanks a lot for that. 

[Phil P]

I'm a fish arss farmer..........I wait for the grain to drop down to 13% before I combine,that way I save on drying.

You'd be a long time waiting for that in the UK mate , our summers usually consist of three fine days and a thunderstorm, by the time the moisture dropped the black clouds would be gathering. :'(

[Tractorman810]

doc sorry mate captian dumb arse has left his camera in the van,will post them tommorrow ,your not desperate for them are you?

[Tractorman810]

doc sorry mate captian dumb arse has left his camera in the van,will post them tommorrow ,your not desperate for them are you?

[Gav836]

Heres the pictures of our grainstore as promised. It is a bulk store holding between 500 and 600 tonnes each side. The floor is a raised wooden floor with galvanised vent slats for drying and cooling. Sorry if its not very clear but there was alot of dust floating about in there at the time!!

[Gav836]

Here's one of the diesel engined blower we use for drying the grain or cooling it down if it comes in warm. It has a 6 cylinder Ford engine on it and to be honest is getting very unreliable and needs replacing. The fan is about 3 feet across and we were told that if you parked a double decker bus at the other end of the drying tunnel it would blow it over if you had the tunnel door open.

[MJB1]

http://www.allmet-dryers.co.uk/

http://www.hosiersltd.com/graindriers.htm

http://www.masterfarm.co.uk/?id=2

http://www.rekord.com/grain%20pages/rekord_logo2_gif.gif

http://www.alvanblanch.co.uk/graindrying.htm

http://www.bdcsystems.com/images/comprof_on.gif

[Gav836]

Heres one of the store taken from the front, shows the 2 sides which are split by a central tunnel, the fan blows the air down the tunnel and then through ducts which we open and close depending on how full the store is or which part of the store we wish to blow. Each duct covers a 3 foot strip across the width of the store (approx 30')

[Guest Fendt pwr]

Thanks for the pictures,thats one big shed,the rats would be out of breath by the time they got to the other side of it.

[JC]

Thanks for those Gavin, they will be a big help...... I'm beggining to realise that you don't need a great big whopping drying plant to cope wih the large tonnage of grain coming in from a big cutting fleet..... quite simply tip it in the barn/store and let the fans do the work.

[Gav836]

anything to help. We have 2 stores like this, the 3rd one is a wierd bin storage system, didn't have camera with me when i was over there this morning. It throws the grain into open bins using conveyers and elevators feeding an electric blower head, tis a pain in the ar$e as it struggles to keep up with our Lexion 460 in good wheat

[Tractorman810]

here you go doc,couple of the ones from down here,not as big as gavins first one is about 25m x 15 m heated by the old fordson in the lean to ,they run a pto driven lecy generator of it as the barns are in an old quarry right out in the middle of no where,powers a similar heater to gavins,via under floor piping i think,second smaller one is 15m x 10 m and has an auger pit built in so they unload at the rear below the floor level,hope these help

[Tractorman810]

last 2 of the smaller one

[JC]

Thanks for those TM, just looking for ideas at the moment.  

[Tractorman810]

no prob smate, i do know of a steel clad one down here,if i get that way i'll get some pics of that to