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Grain Cart Companion​

A grain cart and a mother bin form a winning combination that maximizes efficiency, reduces downtime, and increases profitability. 

Grain Carts: Always Necessary for Harvesting

Here’s why grain carts are indispensable:

1. Efficiency: they enable combines to unload on the go.

2. Flexibility and Speed: The ability of modern carts to maneuver through fields, and their high-speed unloading capabilities, ensure that the grain is transported away from the combine swiftly and efficiently.

3. Capacity and Versatility: Grain carts come in various sizes and capacities, making them suitable for different farm sizes.

A grain cart empties into a Walkabout Mother Bin as the two work together to keep harvest moving.

A Mother Bin: The Perfect Companion

While grain carts are workhorses during the harvesting process, mother bins play an equally crucial role in harvest grain management. These large, portable storage bins are placed at the end of the field to act as a transfer station. Here’s how mother bins complement grain carts and why they are the missing link between grain carts and trucks:

1. Increased Storage Capacity: Mother bins provide a large storage capacity right at the edge of the field. This means any size grain cart can unload completely and return to the combine, keeping the harvesting process moving smoothly.

2. Time-Saving: By using mother bins, farmers can significantly reduce the time their operations are shut down while waiting on trucks to return from the elevator. Trucks don’t have to be present in order for the grain cart to unload because of the mother bin.

3. Flexibility in Logistics: Mother bins offer flexibility in managing logistics, especially during peak harvesting times. They act as a buffer, ensuring that the harvesting operation can continue without interruptions even if there are delays in transporting grain to the elevator.

4. Reduced Soil Compaction: Mother Bins allow farmers to use smaller grain carts, thereby reducing soil compaction, which can have long-term benefits for soil health and crop yields.

5. Enhanced Grain Quality: By minimizing the time grain spends in the field, mother bins help maintain grain quality. Quick transfer from the combine to the mother bin and then to permanent storage reduces the risk of grain spoilage and loss.

The Winning Combination

When combined, grain carts and mother bins create a seamless, efficient grain handling system. Grain carts ensure that combines are able to unload on the go while mother bins provide the necessary storage and logistical support to keep operations running continuously, efficiently and smoothly.

Using your existing grain cart and investing in, and strategically utilizing, a mother bin can make a significant difference in the efficiency and success of your harvest. By understanding the unique roles each piece of equipment plays, farmers can optimize their grain handling processes and achieve remarkable results.

Optimize Your Grain Harvest in 5 Steps

Over the next few days, we’ll send you 5 steps to optimize your grain harvest, including how to source excellent local labor and not-so-obvious savings.

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Fast-forward this podcast to 1 hour and 2 minutes to hear Ray Bohacz form Farm Machinery Digest Radio talk about Walkabout Mother Bins.

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