Grain Handling

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

As we prepare for harvest, I can’t help but think how this unusual spring will impact growers and not just from a yield perspective. Between a pushed back fall and the itch to get in the field, there will likely be higher than normal moisture levels harvested, making dryer efficiency more important now than ever. To ensure your drying equipment is running at peak efficiency and to prevent any downtime, check out these five simple tips. More

Benjamin Franklin once said, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Although we always advocate for preseason maintenance on your grain drying system, the cool and wet spring we were dealt has put us on track for a later harvest. This could also bring with it wetter than normal harvest moistures. With this looming, it’s even more important to have your grain handling system ready to go before the season hits. Regardless if you are taking care of issues from last fall, doing a preventative check-up or even toying around with some upgrades, now is the time to cross it off your to-do list. More

By: Tom Miller, Grain Handling Equipment

This spring’s weather conditions may make harvest seem awfully distant, but after the rush of planting is through, it’s a good idea to reflect on dryer setup. Seldom as we imagine our upcoming fall, do we remember the hassle of setting up the dryer. That is, of course, until the time actually comes to fire it back up again. Amidst the busyness and anticipation that comes with harvest the last thing you want to do is spend hours setting up your portable dryer. Thanks to GSI’s Auto-Start, what used to take 2-4 hours can now be done in minutes. More

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