Weather forecast, yikes!!

[Hamloc]

For central Alberta, starting Monday highs of -3 and snow. Monday through Saturday no warmer than -3. Up to 6 inches(15 centimetres) of snow. Winter like weather, not looking forward to it.

[fjlip]

OMG! it's phucking Climate Change, chucky et al want it COLDER! Long time till May...

[Hamloc]

Woke up to 2 inches of snow and -4. More snow predicted for this afternoon. Glad we got all the cattle home yesterday.

[Taiga]

5” yesterday, -15C forecast tonight, winter is here.

[ColevilleH2S]

Minus 20 forcast for Wednesday night. A great time to fire-up the bin fans. A shitty time to still have Fierce to apply.

[furrowtickler]

Should get done early afternoon, the ole set up has covered a lot of ground the past few days

Giver a quick wash this afternoon and park er till spring

[Blaithin]

First train of the season with frozen lids.

Not as much snow here as Hamloc has. We’ll see if it kicks in during the day.

[Sodbuster]

Time to fire up the fans again, knock the temps down to 0.

[Guest]

Time to fire up the fans again, knock the temps down to 0.

Gonna wait for a bit
Hard to believe, but it costs about $25/day to run a 5 hp fan !

[ColevilleH2S]

Gonna wait for a bit
Hard to believe, but it costs about $25/day to run a 5 hp fan !

That's some expensive electricity.

At 14 cents per kwh (SK farm price) it works out to about half that cost here. And that is only if the fan is moving max air and max rated power, which a bin full of grain will not allow a fan to do.

[Guest]

I will check again , maybe I’m wrong?

[TOM4CWB]

That's some expensive electricity.

At 14 cents per kwh (SK farm price) it works out to about half that cost here. And that is only if the fan is moving max air and max rated power, which a bin full of grain will not allow a fan to do.

Here the "electrical distribution cost" is twice the electricity consumption cost.... Fans all got turned off last night... no more "carbon free drying" this year... so wonderfully blessed we got 80% of our crop...carbon free solar... wind powered ...dried grain!!! Patience was a virtue this fall!!!

Blessings!!!

[Sodbuster]

Gonna wait for a bit
Hard to believe, but it costs about $25/day to run a 5 hp fan !

Yikes,😮😱 I hope you’re wrong.
Running 2-5hp 1-7.5hp and a 10hp fans today.
25 amps x 240V X 24 hours/1000 X $0.15=$21.60?
If my numbers are correct.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Gonna wait for a bit
Hard to believe, but it costs about $25/day to run a 5 hp fan !

I haven't done the math.

All I know is having the crop in the bin, regardless of moisture or ambient temperature, and being able to monitor and maintain the grain is infinitely cheaper than having the crop sitting out in the snow all winter because I was waiting for ideal harvest conditions which rarely occur around here.

[TOM4CWB]

Yikes,😮😱 I hope you’re wrong.
Running 2-5hp 1-7.5hp and a 10hp fans today.
25 amps x 240V X 24 hours/1000 X $0.15=$21.60?
If my numbers are correct.

The Swather turned out to be the best wind powered solar collection grain drying machine on the farm this year!!!

With no frost… the swathed wheat turned out #1 13.5px12.6 moisture… can’t get more a efficient zero carbon system than this!!!

Swathed Canola dry… same results!

Cheers