FEED CONTAINER

[RICHARDL]

Does anyone know how much feed (in pounds) can fit into a 300 gallon conatiner Yea i know 300 gallons. But i have (2) 300 gallon tote tanks i'm thinkin of making into bulk feed containers just not sure how many pounds of corn/feed i can fit into them. I can get a ton of feed here for $280 or 1/2 for $140 etc.. etc... has anyone done this before :cowboy:

 

[novaman]

I went to the online conversions and 300 dry gallons converts to 37.5 bushels. If you use liquid gallons it converts to 32.2 bushels. I don't know how accurate that is but it should give you something to go on. 35 bushels of corn is roughly 1 ton by the way. Just out of curiousity, what kind of feed is this that costs $280/ton? Straight corn is $130/ton around here.

 

[RICHARDL]

THANKS, i looked for a conversion and couldn't find one. i almost got to the point of weight a gallon of corn. but never got around to it. the feed i was told was a "All stock" 12% protein 5% fat? They have another one called "Red Spring Grower" ITs 15% & 5% straight corn, last time i checked was $12o per ton but a long haul for me. I think the first time i go i'll get 500 lbs to see howmuch actully fits. than go from there and see how it goes when i get home, as far as unloading it and storing it. if all goes well i'll get more if not it will be spring by than with hopefully warmer, & drier weather.
:cowboy:

 

[TexasBred]

THANKS, i looked for a conversion and couldn't find one. i almost got to the point of weight a gallon of corn. but never got around to it. the feed i was told was a "All stock" 12% protein 5% fat? They have another one called "Red Spring Grower" ITs 15% & 5% straight corn, last time i checked was $12o per ton but a long haul for me. I think the first time i go i'll get 500 lbs to see howmuch actully fits. than go from there and see how it goes when i get home, as far as unloading it and storing it. if all goes well i'll get more if not it will be spring by than with hopefully warmer, & drier weather.
:cowboy:

Different feeds have different densities depending on ingredients. A high fiber feed will weigh a lot less than a low fiber feed with a lot of corn in it. If it's 120 a ton you can bet it's light weight and not much to it either.

 

[dun]

5 gallons of our generic 13% mixture weighs 22 lbs. It consists of cracked corn, soy hull pellets, corn gluten pellets whole cotton seed and dical

 

[stockman12]

a gallon of your feed weighs ___ X 300 =______

 

[cypressfarms]

Richard,

The feed place your purchasing from should be able to tell you about the weight/density. This year I've bought 4 super sacks of corn gluten -I thought the first one wasn't filled enough but the feed is really heavy. 21% protein. 2,000 pounds of it is about 80% full on a regular super sack.