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<blockquote data-quote="MarbleEyez" data-source="post: 317183" data-attributes="member: 1292">There is several reasons why a farmer would go in a grain bin. When grain is harvested at a higher (wet grain) moisture level, it creates storage issues. One of those issues is it will not &quot;flow&quot; properly out of the floor auger. Grain can stick to the sides of the bins or &quot;bridge&quot;, which causes it to not flow through the auger right. So what a farmer will do is go in the bin and knock it off the side walls. Reason being is that if you were to empty it all the way, you can't reach up to the top of the sidewalls beings you don't have anything to stand on once it's empty.Now here's the &quot;Why would a farmer do that??&quot;.All of these new bins that you see have unloading augers built in the floors. There's usually 3 open slots in the floor that have sliding doors. When you unload, you slide the door open and the grain gravity feeds into the &quot;holes in the floor&quot;.&nbsp; If the grain doesn't flow through all of the holes evenly you end up with uneven pressure on the sidewalls of the bin and if it's too much weight, it with tip your bin. If the grain is wet or you have issues and you clog the &quot;holes in the floor&quot;, you literally have to cut a hole in the sides of the bins and try to get it unloaded with a grain vac.&nbsp; Hope this helps understand a little bit of it!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MarbleEyez, post: 317183, member: 1292"] There is several reasons why a farmer would go in a grain bin. When grain is harvested at a higher (wet grain) moisture level, it creates storage issues. One of those issues is it will not "flow" properly out of the floor auger. Grain can stick to the sides of the bins or "bridge", which causes it to not flow through the auger right. So what a farmer will do is go in the bin and knock it off the side walls. Reason being is that if you were to empty it all the way, you can't reach up to the top of the sidewalls beings you don't have anything to stand on once it's empty. Now here's the "Why would a farmer do that??". All of these new bins that you see have unloading augers built in the floors. There's usually 3 open slots in the floor that have sliding doors. When you unload, you slide the door open and the grain gravity feeds into the "holes in the floor". If the grain doesn't flow through all of the holes evenly you end up with uneven pressure on the sidewalls of the bin and if it's too much weight, it with tip your bin. If the grain is wet or you have issues and you clog the "holes in the floor", you literally have to cut a hole in the sides of the bins and try to get it unloaded with a grain vac. Hope this helps understand a little bit of it! [/QUOTE]

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