Pallet Coal Bin
- ASea
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Has anyone built a coal bin on top of a standard 40"x48" pallet. About how much coal would that hold? Thinking of building one to keep in my garage or basement and be able to move it around with a pallet jack.
- 2001Sierra
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4 x 4 x 8 holds 3 tons, you are close to half.
- McGiever
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IBC Totes are ready made for a bin aside from cutting the plastic top for loading. Pictures have been posted here previously.
Remember that for gravity loading the delivery truck dump bed must be situated at a high elevation.
At a coal yard a front end loader could raise scoop loads higher also to low trailer mounted IBC.
At a coal yard a forked bobcat could move IBC to ground level if required for filling.
These 275 gallon hold ~2000lbs...330 gallon hold a bit more. Craig'slist will be a source.
Here is some discussion... IBC Tote Users ...
Remember that for gravity loading the delivery truck dump bed must be situated at a high elevation.
At a coal yard a front end loader could raise scoop loads higher also to low trailer mounted IBC.
At a coal yard a forked bobcat could move IBC to ground level if required for filling.
These 275 gallon hold ~2000lbs...330 gallon hold a bit more. Craig'slist will be a source.
Here is some discussion... IBC Tote Users ...
Last edited by McGiever on Mon. Aug. 20, 2018 12:38 pm, edited 4 times in total.
- freetown fred
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- ASea
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Fred the idea was to build on top so I could move it around. Ill check out the totes. Maybe bagged for now
- lsayre
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If you are scooping or shoveling the coal off the top, open top super-sacks are way easier to use than IBC's (plastic totes). And super-sacks are made to reside upon pallets. Way less expensive than IBC's also.
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Getting them empty is only half of the solution.
Gravity flow from a added slide gate from a tote.
And I get totes from $15-$30. each.
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holds approx 6300 ponds full. can make yours higher to hold more or add two more pallets for length.
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I used two pallets that had stackable sides. they sides were half inch thick but the floor was only quarter inch plywood on top of the pallet slats. they were 4x3 foot pallets and I would get a little more than a ton to a one and half tons per run to the yard. I had a 550 dump truck that i would dump into both the bins, then use a pallet jack to move them from the drive way into the garage. I just scooped the coal out in buckets and took the stackable sides down as the level decreased. two years i did not have any breakage issues and moving them was a breeze unless the pallet jack found the tiniest of debris on the floor.
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Just a standard pallet, built 2x4 walls with scrap lumber. I simply remove the front loose fitting 2xs or plywood as the coal level drops. Very easy and cheap. 1 ton of bit seems to fill it up and it only takes 20-30 minutes if I hand shovel at a mild pace. I had planned on making several, setting them side by side on trailer then have coal yard fill them with loader and I could simply use a skidsteer on my end to offload. I haven't got that far yet and probably never will.
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Probably not what you're looking for, but i hastily threw two small areas together before surgery to store some "backup bit" i bought for a quick test run way too early in the season. Each one is two pallets and the one with coal is holding a half ton of bit, sloppily as you can see. Had to grab the pics with recycled pellet bags for the inevitable ecological destruction accusations for switching to coal i assume are coming.