Grain Handling

This isn’t the first project that Cedar Ridge has trusted us with. In fact, they purchased their first grain bin from us nearly seven years ago to hold 1,000 bushels of grain.More

By: Roger Slaughter and Tom Miller, Grain Handling Equipment Sales

You know how frustrating it is to have a dryer break down in the heat of harvest. While all malfunctions can’t be stopped, a great deal can be prevented with a pre-season dryer check. Getting maintenance done in the summer can help keep you running when it’s go-time this fall.More

By: Roger Slaughter and Tom Miller, Grain Handling Equipment Sales

Whether you utilize a drying bin or have a stand-alone dryer, they both can cause some headaches if they are not operating efficiently. More

Spring brings about the much-missed warmer weather, but with it also comes the risk of spoiled grain. As the outside temperature increases, moisture can condense and migrate in the cooler bin, leading to spoiled grain. Ultimately, the goal of spring grain management is to prevent this from happening. If you are storing grain through the spring and summer months, here’s what you need to know to maintain grain quality.More

Although most every grain bin project we do has some level of customization to the grower’s specific needs, we had two projects in 2020 that were truly unique. It’s certainly not an everyday occurrence to have grain bins that will be used for something other than storage.

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If you’ve ever climbed a bin or dryer, you understand that heart-dropping moment when your foot slips. Odds are, you’ve also experienced making repairs while clenching multiple tools and somehow holding on to the bin at the same time. Although typically overshadowed by other ag hazards like bin entrapments, PTO entanglements, and machinery accidents, falls still plague producers of all ages. Over the past few years, grain bin safety improvements have become a higher priority for many of our customers.More

By: Roger Slaughter & Tom Miller, Grain Handling Equipment

Odds are you know the phrase “don’t put off for tomorrow what can be done today”; this couldn’t be truer for grain bin and dryer maintenance. With the brief break between planting and harvest, as well as the likelihood of bins being empty, summer is the perfect time to make sure your grain handling system is good to go for fall. As you make your maintenance rounds, be sure to check out the condition of your bin floors.More

The 2019 crop year downright sucked. But if there is any relief in sharing the misery, I can promise you weren’t alone in on-farm storage struggles. The wet crop not only wreaked havoc on dryers but it could cause problems with storage quality. If extra storage precautions aren’t taken now, the wet crop could cause just as many headaches coming out of the bin as it did going in.More

We’ve been blessed with many advancements over the years that have made us more efficient, more productive, and most definitely have made our lives easier. One of the newer technologies gracing the on-farm storage sector is the ability to remotely monitor (and some cases control) drying systems. Night checks can now consist of checking your phone/app instead of dragging yourself out of bed and heading outside.More