After using multiple makers over 30 years I recommend you not buy just on price.....make sure it's sturdy against live stock and big hogs......stand and fill.....and not varmit cage because it doesn't spread the corn out efficiently causing it to pile up next to the feeder......go with varmit plates and you will see more deer feeding at your feeder because it spreads it out and it doesn't pile up....

A few years ago I bought a feeder from a guy who made them in Greenville. They were about $550-$600 if my memory
serves me right. That thing was built like a tank and real heavy. He used his tractor to load it up in my truck bed. Hogs couldn't tear it up.
I really liked it and tried to stop by his place and get another one but it seemed like no one was ever home so I never got
a second one. I live up North and couldn't seem to connect with Ramball to get one of his feeders but they sure looked
like good feeders and were also well built. Back then his prices were good too but inflation has skyrocketed prices.
Here is that feeder:

^^^^Good advice here, especially about the plates and not cages.

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And 12v over 6v.

^^^^^^^This and one other reason for the paltes is that with any varmint protection the feed will accumulate at the bottom, as previously mentioned. The dug out spot under the feeder will become a small pond after every rain. It's a nasty mess.

Heavier gauge box is better to keep pigs from camping out and bumping it all...night...long when it gets low. Of course, you can stake the legs down (if you're not in a rock garden, like me). Heavier gauge is also better if aoudads are around. Not unlike some Dodge drivers, they'll just RAM it!

Now if certain idiots in the hill country would stop stocking aoudads to make a quick buck.

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Bought one of these last year . First stand and fill . Seems very heavy duty with quality timer. Hogs haven’t fazed it . Will know in time how it holds up.

They make some good feeders too. I talked to Logan several times on whether I should just be dealer for him vs build our own.

Looks stout for sure, but doesn't look like it has much to defend against the varmints, though...

I like the Treeline especially for the price. Thinking of getting another this year. All metal and with the spin plate no issues with racoons or cows bumping all the corn out. I did have to drill out the spiner bracket per customer service and had no issues since. Great customer service too.

Saturday when I filled the feeder I noticed water had leaked into the feeder by the timer box again even though I sealed the base of the solar panel on the outside.
So I hope you are right about the great customer service, I left a message for call back on leak and other issues that I have had with mine.

That’s not good. I need to double check mine next trip.

my SIL has a few GreenGo feeders that he has been really happy with. Only issue he's had on one was rats eating the wiring to the motor between the shield and motor.

I have one of Ramball's, been running great for 6? years. I also have an All Seasons Stand and Fill timed protein feeder. I don't feed protein for rack development but as an attractant for does as well bucks from September-November.

Best for the $, for me without a doubt the one's I build on 55 gal barrels. I buy components from West Texas Feeder Supply and for about $350.00 I have a solar 12v that's 100% varmint proof with no cage, slings corn 90' and made from the same components that all the best feeders are built around.

Just yesterday I ordered a 12v complete control unit, accessory solar panel to mount to the barrel with a metal protective cable and battery. It was delivered today. Very well constructed housing, The Timer, good motor........I also have a source for a varmint proof kit. A hunter I recently met has a patent on these and a good fabricator for a really good design. It's an assembly of two plates that attaches to the bottom of a barrel. The bottom plate has a series of reliefs that are bent up to propel corn up and way out. Genius design. He sells these on FB market place and word of mouth from his home. It does take some time to put everything together but when I'm done I have exactly what I want that works really well. (Like my blinds)

Lamco and done.

I have Lamco stand and fills and love them.

If you want more capacity and don’t mind climbing a ladder to fill. Then check out the Atascosa Wildlife Supply feeders.

Agree with the Lamcos. Ten years now and not a problem.

Yup, Lamco. Standing on a tailgate or climbing a ladder, the juice just isn't worth the squeeze anymore... even if you save a few bucks. Within reason, I'm more interested in value vs price.

Only thing I don’t like about lamco on both the trough and low is they need springs on all four sides, or a lockable latch. Either wind blow lids off or illegals left them off or both

I have 6 of different makes and models. Most of them work well. Grandsons do all of the filling for the old guy. Helps to have a tractor with a front end loader.

I know there is always a 1st time but, I have never had an issue. If ty be an issue, they make things called rocks.

I don't know if I have seen a feeder lid with latches on all four sides.

Same. Never had an issue in the panhandle, and it don't get much windier than that. Now, I do think it's important to stay on top of replacing the rubber latches before they get brittle, but that's not a frequent chore either. But if a fella wanted to, he could easily craft up some solid latches to withstand anything really, on any feeder, that requires human manipulation to remove.

I lost lids in both Brady and Laredo, Laredo could have been illegal opening taking corn and then leaving unlatched. Brady could have been cows, but I did have to replace one in Brady

Big Rocks ended up on all of them but prefer not to have too, ASF stand full protein is same way it’s got stupid spring hooks

I thought yotes eating corn was pretty desperate, now illegals are too, pounding it into tortillas? Lol

I have had lids blow off my Lamco and EZ-Feeders, therefore I started putting
stones/rocks (similar in size to a cinder block) on top of most of my feeders.
If my feeder is in an area with a lot of trees with some wind protection then
those won't have a heavy stone/rock on the lid. Awful windy in West Texas
and western Oklahoma.