Buying something like this is very expensive if existent so Looking for ideas on smaller scale two bin fertilizer hopper to load into a three point spreader and a small garden tractor pull behind. Found it much cheaper pd per pd to buy by the ton vs 50 or so lb bags, but requires a careful/gentle finesse of controls and is time consuming loading with use of mini x to load 3 pt spreader at least without tearing the bag open. After testing the soil on the 10 or so acres I hobby farm it's in need of potassium aka potash and nitrogen which I use granular urea to supplement, Anyways curious if anyone ever thought of or built something like this? Good control of gates to discharge into spreaders is important. I have old steel plate ready to be repurposed, and a few pieces of old square tube, channel and smaller I beams to elevate estimate 3 or so feet pending measurement of how low I can get three point spreader to load. Hopper would be used and stored inside my barn, may consider buying a material vibrator to assist in discharge if i build this. Id Probably like to design it for 500 lb capacity per each bin and will be loaded with mini x from 1 ton bags when fertilizer in hopper gets low. I apologize in advance but I'm guilty of asking for advice on some of my hairbrain ideas only to find a different route cuz of either cost of components I feel I need, inability to find or repurpose junk in what I want it to do, much more knowledgeable insight from others than me, lack of finding time, or frustrations attempting to electronically document during building etc. Thanks.
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