Dave Hedt, the founder and CEO of Walkabout Mother Bins, grew up on a 6,000-acre cereal farm in Australia. They grew wheat, barley, canola, lentils, and broad beans. 

Mother bins have been a concept used in Australia since the late-eighties because, at the time, farmers were facing labor shortages and trucks were expensive to run. (Read the Hedt Family History of Grain Handling and Storage with Mother Bins). When Dave moved to South Dakota, he saw that North American farmers were facing a lot of the same problems, and so he created new mother bins, specifically designed to suit North American conditions, with the larger auger capacity, the ability to blend grain, and an amazing steering system that will get into any corner or approach. 

Since it’s inception in 2015, dozens of grain farmers nationwide have improved their harvest capacity and speed using our mother bins. It is our mission to help improve the lives of grain farmers, and as a team we strive to do so every day.