grain storage - gallon capacity to pounds of grain?

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subfuscpersona on 9 Nov 2007 at 05:23

Storage bucket capacity is given in gallons. Grain is purchased per pound.

QUESTION: How many pounds of grain will a one gallon container hold? Thanks.

The weight of one gallon of grain depends on the type of grain and the moisture content.  Typically wheat at 13.5% moisture weighs 60 lbs./bushel which converts to 6.44 lbs./gallon.

Drifty Baker

=== QUESTION: How many pounds of grain will a one gallon container hold? Thanks. ===

I am sure you will get usable practical advice, but for the record (and having done a bit of work on silo storage in a previous life) there are entire mechanical engineering graduate school programs on this topic!

sPh

It takes 3 - 5 gallon buckets for 100lbs of grain.  33 lbs. of grain per bucket.