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<blockquote data-quote="novaman" data-source="post: 725473" data-attributes="member: 2744"><p>I've been thinking of building a small one to hold my calf feed. Unfortunately it takes time and that is something I always seem to be short of. I think the materials would be relatively cheap compared to buying a bin because these smaller bins are very expensive. I haven't found a hopper bottom that will hold a few ton priced under $2000. In fact I needed an 8 ton bin to hold my premix for the milking cow ration so I went to buy a steel one from the local manufacturer. They wanted over $4000 for an 8 ton bin. I got lucky and found one at an auction sale that I landed for $2600. Still very expensive but it was better than buying new. I have seen the plastic bins made by PolyDome. A 6.5 ton bin was $1900 the last time I looked. After you add the extras you'd likely be close to $2500. I've decided that if I had the time I would build rather than buy. You can buy a lot of materials for $1000 and you'd still have spent less than half of what it would cost to go out and buy the bin. Let us know if you do make one jbar. I would be interested to see how you ended up making and some pics would also be great.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novaman, post: 725473, member: 2744"] I've been thinking of building a small one to hold my calf feed. Unfortunately it takes time and that is something I always seem to be short of. I think the materials would be relatively cheap compared to buying a bin because these smaller bins are very expensive. I haven't found a hopper bottom that will hold a few ton priced under $2000. In fact I needed an 8 ton bin to hold my premix for the milking cow ration so I went to buy a steel one from the local manufacturer. They wanted over $4000 for an 8 ton bin. I got lucky and found one at an auction sale that I landed for $2600. Still very expensive but it was better than buying new. I have seen the plastic bins made by PolyDome. A 6.5 ton bin was $1900 the last time I looked. After you add the extras you'd likely be close to $2500. I've decided that if I had the time I would build rather than buy. You can buy a lot of materials for $1000 and you'd still have spent less than half of what it would cost to go out and buy the bin. Let us know if you do make one jbar. I would be interested to see how you ended up making and some pics would also be great. [/QUOTE]
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