The only problem with having them filled on the trailer, is having something to get them off with at the other end. Each barrel takes about five bags and they are hellishly heavy.
The only problem with having them filled on the trailer, is having something to get them off with at the other end. Each barrel takes about five bags and they are hellishly heavy.
If you can get them with the snap-on lids on you can roll them more easily, our pig food on the farm is in those, filled from a hopper at the milling shed.
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The smaller one's, like in Bodgers photo, are a bit more manageable, but they are a bit more pliable too which may be a disadvantage, depending upon where you're rolling them. The rigid plastic ones, or even better the metal ones have more substance to them. The flip side is that they also dent easier, so if you're throwing them about...
ETA there isn't one in Bodger's photo - I imagined that bit.
That would certainly make life a lot easier for me. I'll have to see if I can get some.
I'm in the process of making a cold smoker out of two steel 45 gallon oil drums. The design calls for the two of them to be stood one on top of the other with the steel band ( not the West Indian type) holding them in place. After months of trying to lay my hands on some, I finally got one just the other day but the other is still proving to be elusive. Apparently, there a £12.00 deposit to be claimed back on such oil drums these days.
The smaller one's, like in Bodgers photo, are a bit more manageable, but they are a bit more pliable too which may be a disadvantage, depending upon where you're rolling them. The rigid plastic ones, or even better the metal ones have more substance to them. The flip side is that they also dent easier, so if you're throwing them about...
ETA there isn't one in Bodger's photo - I imagined that bit.
They were quite rigid but I had to actually cut the top off to make them serviceable and quite a bit of the thickened rim was lost in the process.
They were quite rigid but I had to actually cut the top off to make them serviceable and quite a bit of the thickened rim was lost in the process.
We did have one for corn, well originally it had molasses in, anyway, the best use for was as a manhole bottom, concreted in place with the manhole rings on top.
I suppose a tonne or two. Would that fit in a chest freezer?
A tonne would be 40 sacks-worth. I don't know - it's one of those visio-spatial puzzles that I can't do.
No it wouldn't. A tonne of spuds is roughly 5'x5'x5'. I realise that grain's more dense but it's not going to fit in a freezer unless it's a seriously big one.
Also (and this is from a position of ignorance about grain) storing spuds needs decent ventilation around them. Is grain going to keep OK in something airtight like a freezer or are nasty anaerobic things going to start happening?
don't think so.
remember reading about recreating ancient grain storage methods, including clay lined holes in the ground. they would get some germination on the outer layer that would create anaerobic conditions in the rest of the store, that would keep the rest sound.
They were quite rigid but I had to actually cut the top off to make them serviceable and quite a bit of the thickened rim was lost in the process.
We did have one for corn, well originally it had molasses in, anyway, the best use for was as a manhole bottom, concreted in place with the manhole rings on top.
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