Feed Storage Bins

Are you feeding a lot of horses? Would you try and keep the feed in bags? I would have thought it would be difficult to get down to the bottom.
 
I have a big metal feed bin that I inherited from former livery and used to keep my feed bags in but I find it kills my back trying to get feed out. Mine may be deeper than the one pictured though.

I’m still trying to think of a cheap non back-breaking way of storing feed. Anything square shaped seems to be 10x more expensive than round bins. Currently just in bags on a pallet!
 
I use a medium sized plastic box and it fits four feeds in if you stack it up! It's also not too long so you don't have to reach too far down to get them!
 
superpony said:
Does anyone use the bulk feed storage bins? I am looking for a different method of storing my feeds. Something like this?

https://feedbins.uk.com/bulk-storage-bins/7528-5-compartment-bulk-storage-feed-bin.html
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I used to when feeding alot of horses. We emptied the feed bags into them. I was younger then and didn't mind so much turning myself upside down, hanging over the edge with my feet off the ground to get all the feed out and then brush them clean before the next load of feed went in. I wouldn't want to do it now. I have 3 plastic dustbins with a sack of different feed in each. I keep the feed in the bag and then it's easy to lift out to use up the remnants and easy to clean the bins too just by flipping them over.
 
I have used all sorts over the years but now have a traditional type galvanised corn bin it has two compartments in one I keep the open bags I am using in the other the spares so atm I have three bags linseed ,a grass cubes and a top chop zero in storage side and I will get two more bags in tomorrow when my delivery comes .
It’s much the best thing I have used and the most expensive .
 
I use large old chest freezers. They are the right height for a bag of food upright and they are rat proof! I get them free from Freecycle or very cheaply as of course they don’t need to be working.
 
Plastic dustbins here too
Pink Mash and grassnuts go in in their sacks; I don't like the idea of having old stale stuff at the bottom
Chop goes in a 110l bin which holds half a bag at a time, and the other half stays in the bag with the top tied up
 
I do but 3 compartments and it’s also used for sheep feed. Keeps everything tidy, easy to move and keeps my horses out of the tuck (one of my mares opened the tack room catch by playing with it I suspect, got stuck in and ended up with bad choke).
 
I use the Ikea stackable boxes - very handy when you don't have much space. I can get two bags of cubes into one and a bag of Happy Hoof in the other - as long as you put it in carefully and squidge it down every so often. We did have mice start to chew through one of the lids but we taped up the chewed bit in the short term and bought a new lid - that was years ago and they haven't tried again. We did have another, shallower one which can take one bag of cubes/mix stacked on top again but we've simplifed their feed now and don't need it so we just have it at the bottom with stuff in it like spare scoops (I still don't know how we have so many scoops!) feed stirrers etc.
 
I inherited an old corn bin and am really happy with it. I use one side for the feed in use and the other (smaller side) for any supplements, in my case limestone flour. I keep the feed in the bag and when I get to near the bottom of the bag I do have to lift it out to put the scoop into it. When it gets to this stage I buy next bag and this sits in the bin with the opened bag on top. Really safe from vermin, I make great efforts to sweep up any spilled feed.
 
I just use plastic dustbins, £7.99 from B&M! Easy to move for sweeping and take a regular bag of feed easily, and about 2/3 a bag of chaff.
 
Plastic dustbins here but it does annoy me that I'm left with 1/4 bag of chaff that I can't fit it! I LOVE the look of the JSW ones but I'd need a large and 2 x small and I can't justify spending nearly £300 on feed storage!

Not a fan of the galvanised boxes, I used to feed a friends horse who had one of these and it was a leap of faith getting to the bottom of the bin (I'm 5'9 so not a height issue) and for the one horse owner I think they are usually unnecessarily large.
 
If you are wanted a large storage bin like the ones advertised then just look out for old big chest freezers that people need to dispose of. Work great. Cheap or free. You help the planet by recycling. Keeps the rats out. Insulated so sugar beet etc rarely freezes or ferments.
 
Littlewills said:
I use these

https://direct.asda.com/george/home...d/050460414,default,pd.html?cgid=D26M21G01C01

They take a full sack of nuts etc and stack on top of each other. Chaff needs two bins, although ikea do bigger ones that take a full sack. I love them. So easy to use and take up much less space. I store my supplments and scoop etc on the lid at the back
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i use these too. god it makes life easier especially if you are short of space for things. Mine are stacked in the bottom of a set of shelves with supps/etc on the shelf above. easy to clean too.
 
AFB said:
Plastic dustbins here but it does annoy me that I'm left with 1/4 bag of chaff that I can't fit it! I LOVE the look of the JSW ones but I'd need a large and 2 x small and I can't justify spending nearly £300 on feed storage!

Not a fan of the galvanised boxes, I used to feed a friends horse who had one of these and it was a leap of faith getting to the bottom of the bin (I'm 5'9 so not a height issue) and for the one horse owner I think they are usually unnecessarily large.
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You can get it in - You need to put the chaff in very slowly (preferably keep it in big chunks as much as you can) and squidge it down really well every couple of inches. I put a feed bucket on top if it and stand on it. I view getting the whole bag in as a personal challenge / achievement!
 
SEL said:
I use these after a recommendation on here when rats and mice were a problem. They're great. No vermin and when the rain came through the feed room roof the other night everything was totally dry https://www.bigdug.co.uk/storage-bo...LpGiKchIS9tO3jffT3nM4VwtvfOBKxYBoCDwAQAvD_BwE
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I use those too - theyre very thick plastic, rats and mice due to cats minimal but still around in small amounts, especially in the food barn, but they dont attempt thick plastic.

The only trouble i’ve had with any food bin is that if i empty dry pellets directly into them, the mass of them is warmer than the external air so condensation forms and pellets go soft/off quickly. Ok if you’re using a binfull a week for many horses, you use it up before they get too affected, but for 3-4 week storage, there’s mould growth danger.

So now i use a large black bin bag and the complete paper bag pellets of 25kg i put into the plastic bin bag and put into the bins. I see the condensation clinging to the inside wall of the bins but at least i know the pellets remain dry.
But others might not have this issue, air moisture here is rarely below 80%, so everytime lid is taken off the damp air gets in.
 
I had 10kg galvanised tins of kalamanti olives in my food barn and rats chewed through the thin metal to get to them!
kilo’s of the most sublime olives completely ruined!
 
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