Brokenbear
Active Member
I have an 18 hole grain drill ...blow it out with a leaf blower every year after planting season ...BUT as clean as I can get it there are still 3 to 5 cups of beans or whatever distributed in the bottoms of the pay out chambers ...that last few cups just moves around from hole to hole as I blow
This year ...I had a liquid mouse (dead gooey) in a pay hole/chamber ...what a mess ....
So I started thinking about ways to blow out the pay hole/chamber then plug it ...leave the plug in until next planting as a block to mice to 18 entry ports to my drill grain box ...the big problem of course is some treated seed will kill the mouse messing up the box with unwanted residue
My UNTRIED fix ...blow out each pay hole and stuff either a coarse Brillo pad in it OR oil up some coarse steel wool to become the plug ...then place a piece of sheet metal on one end like a ramp and after all holes are plugged blow from the opposite end to fully clear the box of grain
But why reinvent the wheel ...if someone has a simpler solution to leftover grain cleanout OR an "ACME" system to repel mice ...I am all ears as I have tried about every "wive"s tale" I've heard without much success !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bear
This year ...I had a liquid mouse (dead gooey) in a pay hole/chamber ...what a mess ....
So I started thinking about ways to blow out the pay hole/chamber then plug it ...leave the plug in until next planting as a block to mice to 18 entry ports to my drill grain box ...the big problem of course is some treated seed will kill the mouse messing up the box with unwanted residue
My UNTRIED fix ...blow out each pay hole and stuff either a coarse Brillo pad in it OR oil up some coarse steel wool to become the plug ...then place a piece of sheet metal on one end like a ramp and after all holes are plugged blow from the opposite end to fully clear the box of grain
But why reinvent the wheel ...if someone has a simpler solution to leftover grain cleanout OR an "ACME" system to repel mice ...I am all ears as I have tried about every "wive"s tale" I've heard without much success !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bear