Another grain cart? Nope. You need a Mother Bin instead.
The situation: recently a farmer bought another grain cart for a price similar to the Walkabout Mother Bin. He did this even though he doesn’t have anyone to drive it. Now that grain cart is sitting in the corner of his field with a high dollar, high horsepower tractor on it. He’ll use it like a Mother Bin and dump his other cart in it, but it doesn’t have near the capacity and he will still be stuck waiting.
Grain farmers constantly strive to optimize their harvest efficiency. In the rush to ensure that crops are harvested at their peak and transported swiftly, the temptation to invest in additional grain carts (auger carts) can be strong. However, it is just going to sit idle, along with the other one(s), waiting on trucks so they can empty out. The Walkabout Mother Bin, with its impressive capacity and innovative design, will streamline the harvest process and negate the need for extra grain carts (and also reducing soil compaction because there are fewer machines running around the field).
The Walkabout Mother Bin’s huge storage capacity is a game-changer. With the ability to hold up to 4,000 or 6,000 bushels of grain (see Specs here), it serves as a central holding area for grain, and the risk of combine downtime due to full grain carts is minimized. The auger cart offloads fully into the Mother Bin as needed, maintaining a steady pace of harvest. The Mother Bin, in turn, offloads into the trucks when they are available. This continuous operation is essential for maximizing productivity during the critical harvest window.
Operating multiple grain carts typically requires additional personnel, increasing labor costs and complicating harvest logistics. With a Walkabout Mother Bin, fewer operators are needed because the central bin can serve multiple combines, simplifying operations and reducing the need for extra labor. This not only cuts down on costs but also eases the management burden during the busy harvest season.
The durability and design of the Walkabout Mother Bin ensure it can handle the rigors of harvest season year after year. Built to withstand tough field conditions, it represents a long-term investment that provides reliability and efficiency without the recurring costs and maintenance associated with multiple auger carts.
Walkabout Mother Bin user Travis Miller, Deschler, Nebraska said “Before the Mother Bin we’d have both combines full, all three grain carts full and have to stop and wait for at least an hour, an hour and a half. With the Mother Bin on the edge of the field the grain carts would come up, dump and then go right back out and unload that combine again.”
While additional grain carts might seem like a viable solution for increasing harvest speed, the Walkabout Mother Bin offers superior efficiency, logistical advantages, labor savings, and durability. For farmers seeking to optimize their harvest operations, investing in a Walkabout Mother Bin eliminates the need for multiple auger carts, ensuring a smoother, faster, and more cost-effective harvest.
