Sand/grit storage for spreader

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I picked up drop in spreader for plow rig couple months ago. Couldn't find dry bulk sand so I had to mix in salt to keep from freezing.

Plow rig is not road worthy to take to yard to have loaded. I shoveled 2400# from pickup to spreader. I need to to come up with something I can load dry sand in this summer and easily transfer to spreader.

Bout the only thing I can come up with is one of those caged pallet liquid containers. Cut a fill hole in bottom and cut a lid off. I can have them filled in yard in pickup then load in spreader with backhoe.

Any better ideas?
 
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Sounds good to me. The only thing close to that is the way they move corn around here in "totes". They are big collapsible bags that are moved with a fork lift.

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Redfin said:
I picked up drop in spreader for plow rig couple months ago. Couldn't find dry bulk sand so I had to mix in salt to keep from freezing.

Plow rig is not road worthy to take to yard to have loaded. I shoveled 2400# from pickup to spreader. I need to to come up with something I can load dry sand in this summer and easily transfer to spreader.

Bout the only thing I can come up with is one of those caged pallet liquid containers. Cut a fill hole in bottom and cut a lid off. I can have them filled in yard in pickup then load in spreader with backhoe.

Any better ideas?
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Have a load of sand delivered and tarp it?
 
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Barneyrb said:
Sounds good to me. The only thing close to that is the way they move corn around here in "totes". They are big collapsible bags that are moved with a fork lift.

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I’ve seen these used at a place that makes soy based products. They lift with a hoist and transfer to a hopper. Would probly work fine for sand as well, but how do you stop flow once started? If possible
 
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How much can you lift with your loader/backhoe?

Does the place you get sand from have an overhead bin to load out from, or is it loaded with a big wheel loader?

Just trying to get a better handle on your situation.

Those bags for instance, hold about a ton of seed corn and probably wouldn't put up with much more wieght than that. They'd be mighty hard to fill from a 6 yard loader bucket too.
 
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Redfin said:
I picked up drop in spreader for plow rig couple months ago. Couldn't find dry bulk sand so I had to mix in salt to keep from freezing.

Plow rig is not road worthy to take to yard to have loaded. I shoveled 2400# from pickup to spreader. I need to to come up with something I can load dry sand in this summer and easily transfer to spreader.

Bout the only thing I can come up with is one of those caged pallet liquid containers. Cut a fill hole in bottom and cut a lid off. I can have them filled in yard in pickup then load in spreader with backhoe.

Any better ideas?
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Buy road worthy plow rig.
 
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Steve NW WI said:
How much can you lift with your loader/backhoe?

Does the place you get sand from have an overhead bin to load out from, or is it loaded with a big wheel loader?

Just trying to get a better handle on your situation.

Those bags for instance, hold about a ton of seed corn and probably wouldn't put up with much more wieght than that. They'd be mighty hard to fill from a 6 yard loader bucket too.
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I can pick way more with hoe than the spreader will hold. Local yard just has corse sand for their concrete trailers.

Loaded with a fel.
 
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I thought you used a sock?
 
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