Grain Handling

By: Tom Miller, Grain Handling Equipment Sales

Two seconds is the time you have to react when an auger starts to turn. In four seconds, you are trapped and need assistance to escape. After an additional 18 seconds, you have been fully engulfed by the moving grain. At this point, unless a successful rescue is had, suffocation will occur. A Purdue University study shows that there were 29 grain entrapment cases in 2016. Of those, 38% were fatal. When it comes to fatalities, one is too many. More

By: Dave Miller, Bin Sales and Service Manager

Nothing compares to the frustration of putting harvest on pause to fix an issue with your grain bin setup (especially when maintenance could prevent it). Even worse, a full bin that refuses to unload come spring time. Before we start pulling augers up to the grain bins this harvest season, we need to do some house cleaning. More

By: Tom Miller, Grain Bin & Equipment Sales

Regardless of industry, safety continues to be a major force behind change. Unfortunately, it usually takes an accident of some sort to catalyze improvements. Often overshadowed by more fatal accidents like tractor rollovers, grain entrapments or entanglements in PTO’s, falls are still a hazard of the job that plagues producers of all ages. More

Spring is just around the corner and temperatures are starting to rise (very slowly). Now is the time to start thinking about warming stored grain. Keeping stored grain within 10 to 15 degrees of the ambient temperature outside will help the grain keep longer. Tom Miller has shared three tips that he suggests you consider and incorporate into your spring grain management. More

With the rising temperatures in the spring, stored grain can deteriorate quickly if not kept within 10 to 15 degrees of the ambient air temperature outside the bin. Cold grain will collect moisture from the warmer air just as moisture forms on the glass of a cold beverage. This moisture aids in mold growth. To prevent any deterioration, I suggest these simple Spring grain management tips. More

As we inch closer and closer to fall, it’s time to do a pre-harvest inspection of your grain bins, augers, heaters, fans, and dryers. Pre-inspections can fix problems before you’re ready to fill the bin, saving you valuable time (and headaches) during the rush of the season. More

Have problems remembering how to get your portable dryer running at the beginning of harvest? Good news, GSI’s new Auto Start feature helps simplify that process, saving you time and a headache.

Whether the dryer is started up for the first time in the season or being restarted after a few days of rest, Auto-Start does the initial setup work for you. The dryer will properly cycle each fan and heater to dry the grain currently in the dryer and then will begin to discharge at the correct speed. After the dried grain passes through, and the dryer is properly staged, it is ready for automatic operation. The days of searching for charts and babysitting your dryer through start-up are over! More