Wheat

[flea beetle]

Check your bins before getting excited about a rally. Rusty’s and heated are making more and more frequent appearances. Nothing worse than the balloon of a mediocre trigger getting popped with a heated diagnosis.

All grains? Or just wheat?

[furrowtickler]

Check your bins before getting excited about a rally. Rusty’s and heated are making more and more frequent appearances. Nothing worse than the balloon of a mediocre trigger getting popped with a heated diagnosis.

we had two bins , just a pocket in each . These were non aerated with no roof vents, with warm grain
anything with air that was cooled is not an issue .
Caught them quickly, and treated into other bins
this was dry wheat , but very warm when stored . Generally can happen between mid November to Mid December if those bins not moved of at least turned . If cooled , generally never an issue

[Blaithin]

All grains? Or just wheat?

Wheat. Haven’t seen or heard about anything in other grains so far.

[countryguy]

we had two bins , just a pocket in each . These were non aerated with no roof vents, with warm grain
anything with air that was cooled is not an issue .
Caught them quickly, and treated into other bins
this was dry wheat , but very warm when stored . Generally can happen between mid November to Mid December if those bins not moved of at least turned . If cooled , generally never an issue

Every bin should come standard with a Gatco air tube

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Every bin should come standard with a Gatco air tube

Do they work with aeration? Or only in non aerated bins? It seems to me that the air would take the path of least resistance out the air tube, and bypass the majority of the grain in the bin.

[furrowtickler]

Every bin should come standard with a Gatco air tube

Do they work that well ?
they seem worthwhile

[wade]

We had a couple of 4000 bu flat bottom, non-aerated bins with temp cables that we put them in. Extended the bins so just took them out.

The way ours worked- Installed a vent on bin lid and the tubes were supported from the bin lid ring with 3 chains and had an adjustable base. If not careful and lowered fill auger too low, the top of aeration tube would restrict at downspout. I changed the chains so that the tube kinda hung to one side more- helped. We also use a bin sweep, so had to remove bottom section as we got to it.

They did help with temperature.

[fjlip]

Just remove a load or two before winter, open lids and doors, cools down, never a problem. Best haul before spring. Hot and full till warmed in spring caused our infestation.

[Tucker]

Tubes never worked for me in flat bottom bins. Even small 2000 bu bins of canola that weren't worth putting air tubes and a fan in. Take all the moisture in the bin and now concentrate it at the very top of the pile where it's most likely to heat anyway. Even with the lids propped partially open for venting. Recipe for heating. Threw them all away. Huge waste of money. Even if the bin didn't heat almost every bin when you emptied it had a grey mass of heated canola sticking to it at the very top of the tube.

[blackpowder]

Interesting.
Haven't used myself.
Thinking they're for a problem that has aged out anyway.
I've wasted enough money fixing bins. New money should go to new builds, new tech. No one would build a bin without air today.
Should've sold my small bind when they were worth something.

[countryguy]

Tubes never worked for me in flat bottom bins. Even small 2000 bu bins of canola that weren't worth putting air tubes and a fan in. Take all the moisture in the bin and now concentrate it at the very top of the pile where it's most likely to heat anyway. Even with the lids propped partially open for venting. Recipe for heating. Threw them all away. Huge waste of money. Even if the bin didn't heat almost every bin when you emptied it had a grey mass of heated canola sticking to it at the very top of the tube.

this is not my experience. Did you fill the bins full? lids have to be wide open from harvest till now unless raining or snowing. you didnt let them do their job properly