How much will it hold?

40x40x52 Joeknows built this feeder.I say 700 # he says 1000#.

need better pic from diff angles to really be able to tell

How much does a sq ft of corn weigh?

if not corn, you need to know how much a sq ft of whatever product weighs. you could both be right depending on the product.

Ok we will put golden nuggetts in it by record rack co. not sure on the weight of a sq ft would be but if someone knows please let us know thanks

Ok, it's 46.8 cu ft. If the filler weigh's 15 lbs/sq ft, it's 702, plus the volume of the pryamid at the bottom.

No idea what it will hold but I sure do like that idea.

If I remember right corn weight is 45#/cubic foot. So I am guessing closer to about 2000#. Fill it and let us know. Just at first glance I was thinking way over 1500#s. Either way you gonna have to take out a loan to fill the first time with corn prices this year.

So glad I don't have to fill that thing

Fill er up and lets see.

I'd hate to have to climp up and down that latter totting 50# bags to fill that thing up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well he's got the welding gear I guess he could make a corn conveyor belt or tube with an auger in a bin and put it in the back of a pickup or a flatbed and just drive up to the feeder pop the top and have the machine do all the work of loading... Just like feeding cattle. Heck if it worked well he could start a business charging people to keep their feeders filled

Headed down today so to set up will let ya know tomorrow on what it take to fill it & Echo Thumper there a guy in Eden that has a rig to fill feeders like this his charge is 30.00 an hour + the corn

That strap ain't going to hold it back,needs a cross bar at the top and middle.......or bam 1000# on the ground.

You beat me to it. Nice feeder anyway.

It has a 1 1/4" strap weld to the top now this pic was taking earlier in the day plus the deck was also finish & inside of the box has cross dividers welded in place too should have a pic of it in the field up late tomorrow of it completed & with a total lbs it holds

I have the LAMCO 1000 lb feeders and looking at yours I tend to agree with stxranchman, it will hold 1500-2000 lbs.

http://www.lamcofeeders.com/cornfeeders.html

I'd be more worried about weight than volume. It may be able to hold that much volume of corn, but can it hold that much weight in corn? Hellova nice feeder though. Good luck

That should hold, but if there is a catastrophic failure, you absolutely, positively have to take pics.

looks alot like the one I built... Mine will hold 1,000 lbs of corn. and mine is 30x30x42

Yeah that big SOB prolly hold a pallet of corn easily... 1750-2000lbs.... I agree, if it fails I want pics too... thats a lot of corn. Exspecially at $9/40lbs...

If corn is 45# a cubic foot. Cubic foot is 12"X12"X12"= 1728". Feeder is 40"X40"X52"= 83200". 83200"/1728"= 48.15'. 48.15' X 45# = 2166.75# pounds of corn. If my math is correct. A lot of $$$.

40lbs=$8.5, 2166.75#/40#= 54.168#*8.5= $460.43+tax= about $500 every time you fill up....

At the same time you save on gas, saving yourself 5 or 6 trips to the lease just to refill feeders...

Your feeders are like ol' whats his names Rotisseries... just set it and forget it!!!
Good luck

Ok any failures I will have pics and you can believe there will be plenty of game cameras on that much corn laying on the ground But let's hope not !!!!!

five gallons of corn weighs 25#.... do the math.

looks like about 1800#..... hope my math is right.


I did

40*40*52= 83200 cubic inches

83200ci= 360 gallons

360g/5g =72gallons

72gallons*25#corn=1800#corn

1800#corn= $300 per fill up


hope u made that thing strong, nearly a ton of weight in it


( if my math is wrong, dont tell me, just let me feel smart for a little while)

Take out a loan to fill that thing, lol.

( if my math is wrong, dont tell me, just let me feel smart for a little while)


Funny chit right there.

i called a grain elevator co. to buy bulk corn last wk.. a ton cost's 300 thats a big bag o'corn

I agree with the others I wouldn't want to Climb up & Down Filling it up!! But it is a Nice feeder Nice job 8point!!

Meet in the middle and say 850 LBS

I did some similar calculations and compared to a 55 gal drum. The volume is 5 times more than the 55 gal drum. So, 1500lbs+ sounds right.

I just hope your feeder legs will hold up to that much weight.

Ok guys here you go this feeder is 40 x 40 x 42 just the box & the hopper is 10" tall. The hopper held 175lbs we put another 475lbs in the box a total of 650 lbs the box was filled to about 8" from the diamond point in the side panel so that leaves 29" to be filled I did the math it should hold 1700 lbs if I'm right but I do need to go back to the drawing board on design the top held up good but a little more leg size & some more bracing would make me feel alot better having that much weight in the air BTW I will have to take that loan out when we take the new & improve feeder out will post pics as soon as possible

How much will it hold? The answer is ENOUGH.

Very nice

To damn much!

He still has not filled it all the way up.

To damn much I couldn't afford to keep it full.