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 Re: New Deer Feeder
[Re: EwingOil]
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01/22/18 12:02 PM
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I have an All Seasons Stand & Fill protein 600# on skids. It works well with corn or protein or both. I would also recommend Green Go feeders.
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Re: New Deer Feeder
[Re: Curtis]
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01/22/18 11:18 PM
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therancher
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I have an All Seasons Stand & Fill protein 600# on skids. It works well with corn or protein or both. I would also recommend Green Go feeders. I have a couple I’ll sell you, one small one large. Just a couple of years old. Hogs and deer mess with the exposed flex conduit. And a high % of the feed doesn’t get spread far enough.
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Re: New Deer Feeder
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01/22/18 11:23 PM
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therancher
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Alamo is same design as Lamco.
I would put lamco over Alamo via price, materials and height.
Ramball’s is actually a better design, lot easier to switch out motors.
The all seasons you still can have squirrel issues and the control unit is a pain to get to compared to lamco and ramballs. I have been adapting all of TWS to a side mounted control box. Done with cages also going to the varmint plates like Ramball and Lamco. Lamco is not the same design. Same varmit protection design as The Judge and Alamo who they obviously copied. And then Ramball copied Alamo on the varmit plate design, lol. Those 12v motors are sealed and I've never replaced one in over 25 years of using them. Sure the 6v motors fail all the time; much cheaper and not sealed. Alamos price is the same as Lamco. IMO better design than Ramball because none of the components are exposed to the weather. I can also load and unload the 1000 lb. model Alamo by myself from the back of my pickup. Everything is welded, nothing to screw together so nothing vibrates loose. The same cannot be said of Lamco. Lighter weight cheaper metals and it is not all welded construction. The Ramball has the motor box and solar/power conduit exposed for coons to hang off of and pull on. I do like the lower height of the new Lamco that copied Alamo and the Judge varmit plate design. No he/Alamo wasn’t the same price on 5 feeders, Lamco beat him but $70 a feeder Lamco has had their stand and fill out for almost 4 years. The whole varmit guard on all of them is actually just a mod’ed knock off of the Diamond/Lamco’s 18 year varmit proof design. Lamco is galvanized and I have trough feeders from them that are 25 years old and look brand new, infact nothing has vibrated loose either.. Weld vs bolt isn’t always stronger especially on 16 ga material. Most military trailers are actually bolt and rivot. A bolt is stronger then a spot weld on 16ga all day and every day and doesn’t require paint or sealant All motors eventually go out. It May be two years maybe be 20 years. On both Lamco and Alamo you have to get inside th bin to replace them(if they are full of corn that’s not going to be fun). The Lamco actually have blue plastic box around motors for what ever reason atleast on troughs/standing varmit , I pretty sure it’s same motor design on stand and fill. Any way 23 feeders on two ranches and I replace atleast one motor and timer a year, and we have just about all brands of feeders from Lamco, AWS, Acadamy, TWS, and even Lehman. Actually none of Ramball are exposed to weather either. Motor is protected via a housing Anyway my experience is the two best things for a feeder are varmint plates and external box for controls/battery This feeder design goes back well past the amount of time Alamo and Judge have been in business. Basically just took sloped panels off and extended the cone.  I’ve owned about 35 of those lamcos over the years. They perform poorly against the new designs. The Alamo spreads the most evenly and farthest of the stand and fills. But the new spin tech is performing great for me too. And at $399 you simply won’t beat it. I have them in pastures with bison cattle and hogs and have had no varmint or livestock problems.
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Re: New Deer Feeder
[Re: EwingOil]
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01/22/18 11:38 PM
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Where would you recommend purchasing the Alamo feeders from near DFW? My farm is in Red River County, so anywhere from Hico to Clarksville is no problem. BTW, thanks for such a nice review. Look in the classified section for Alamo feeders. PM rsthomas about your question. His name is Roger.
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Re: New Deer Feeder
[Re: therancher]
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01/22/18 11:41 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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Alamo is same design as Lamco.
I would put lamco over Alamo via price, materials and height.
Ramball’s is actually a better design, lot easier to switch out motors.
The all seasons you still can have squirrel issues and the control unit is a pain to get to compared to lamco and ramballs. I have been adapting all of TWS to a side mounted control box. Done with cages also going to the varmint plates like Ramball and Lamco. Lamco is not the same design. Same varmit protection design as The Judge and Alamo who they obviously copied. And then Ramball copied Alamo on the varmit plate design, lol. Those 12v motors are sealed and I've never replaced one in over 25 years of using them. Sure the 6v motors fail all the time; much cheaper and not sealed. Alamos price is the same as Lamco. IMO better design than Ramball because none of the components are exposed to the weather. I can also load and unload the 1000 lb. model Alamo by myself from the back of my pickup. Everything is welded, nothing to screw together so nothing vibrates loose. The same cannot be said of Lamco. Lighter weight cheaper metals and it is not all welded construction. The Ramball has the motor box and solar/power conduit exposed for coons to hang off of and pull on. I do like the lower height of the new Lamco that copied Alamo and the Judge varmit plate design. No he/Alamo wasn’t the same price on 5 feeders, Lamco beat him but $70 a feeder Lamco has had their stand and fill out for almost 4 years. The whole varmit guard on all of them is actually just a mod’ed knock off of the Diamond/Lamco’s 18 year varmit proof design. Lamco is galvanized and I have trough feeders from them that are 25 years old and look brand new, infact nothing has vibrated loose either.. Weld vs bolt isn’t always stronger especially on 16 ga material. Most military trailers are actually bolt and rivot. A bolt is stronger then a spot weld on 16ga all day and every day and doesn’t require paint or sealant All motors eventually go out. It May be two years maybe be 20 years. On both Lamco and Alamo you have to get inside th bin to replace them(if they are full of corn that’s not going to be fun). The Lamco actually have blue plastic box around motors for what ever reason atleast on troughs/standing varmit , I pretty sure it’s same motor design on stand and fill. Any way 23 feeders on two ranches and I replace atleast one motor and timer a year, and we have just about all brands of feeders from Lamco, AWS, Acadamy, TWS, and even Lehman. Actually none of Ramball are exposed to weather either. Motor is protected via a housing Anyway my experience is the two best things for a feeder are varmint plates and external box for controls/battery This feeder design goes back well past the amount of time Alamo and Judge have been in business. Basically just took sloped panels off and extended the cone. I’ve owned about 35 of those lamcos over the years. They perform poorly against the new designs. The Alamo spreads the most evenly and farthest of the stand and fills. But the new spin tech is performing great for me too. And at $399 you simply won’t beat it. I have them in pastures with bison cattle and hogs and have had no varmint or livestock problems. You talking about the old model above or are You talking about the low boys vvvvv 
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Re: New Deer Feeder
[Re: EwingOil]
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01/22/18 11:52 PM
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I like that new model low boy. I can see where they could make you a better deal on five. I think Roger probably makes em in much smaller numbers than Lamco.
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Re: New Deer Feeder
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01/22/18 11:53 PM
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therancher
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I was talking about the old ones, and after thinking I’d owned over 60 of those. I’m sure that new design works well. But it’s almost twice the cost of the new spintech.
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