Liquid fertilizer storage

**furrowtickler** · Nov 9, 2020, 12:03

Stainless probably best rout for N storage long term .
Poly and fiberglass ones are just fine as well for lower volume products and may be cheaper .
Depends on how much storage you need

**Bowerpower** · Nov 9, 2020, 12:43

Originally posted by Robertbarlage View Post

What are guys using were new to liquid just wondering should guy bite the bullet go stainless?

Yeah I would go stainless. Last forever

**Bowerpower** · Nov 9, 2020, 12:45

anyone ever price out stainless steel dry fertilizer bins?

**tubs** · Nov 9, 2020, 13:34

bought 42000 gallon stainless for 28 00 and have 10gallon tanks for phos

**farmaholic** · Nov 9, 2020, 14:26

How long are you going to be in this gig? Take that into consideration.

Grain bins hold value pretty good(up to a certain point before size or too old) until...

Maybe the same can be said for liquid fert storage. Probably not easily moved either.

**fjlip** · Nov 9, 2020, 14:29

Everything gets either TOO old or TOO small or OLD tech and resale goes to sh*t. BG 5710 is a classic example.

**blackpowder** · Nov 9, 2020, 14:48

Assuming nursing of some kind a no go?
Trailers re sell too.

I know, I know, not everyone within 20 miles of dealer

**STR1** · Nov 9, 2020, 14:50

We have a combination of Stainless, mild steel, and poly fert tanks.

The advantage of stainless is it last a long time, looks great, large storage volumes in a single tank. The disadvantages are price, and if you have to move them around because stainless welding is more brittle they can crack. With lots of tons stored in one tank you can lose allot of product if something goes wrong.

Mild steel advantage is price, store large volumes in one tank. Disadvantages are corrosion (we inspect ours yearly), need paint on exterior, even interior coated ones we inspect yearly, if large tank starts to leak you can lose allot of product.

Poly west Fert tanks, advantages each tank holds one Super B of product 42mt, we put sight glasses on all ours so truckers can see how full the tank is, if one tank leaks you are only exposed to losing 42mt, lite and can be moved to various locations without special equipment. They are a good tank and some of ours are 15 years old with no signs of failing. I also think they circulate better in the spring because of smaller amount to circulate? Also nice to have smaller tanks so you can have different products on hand for blending,
Disadvantages are they only hold one load so you need several and take up a bigger footprint on yard.

All tanks are good as long as they are kept in good shape.

If I was to give advice Iâ€™d go with stainless but Fert Tanks (poly) come out to a little over half the price for storage per MT last time I priced.

**biglentil** · Nov 9, 2020, 14:59

Originally posted by STR1 View Post

We have a combination of Stainless, mild steel, and poly fert tanks.

The advantage of stainless is it last a long time, looks great, large storage volumes in a single tank. The disadvantages are price, and if you have to move them around because stainless welding is more brittle they can crack. With lots of tons stored in one tank you can lose allot of product if something goes wrong.

Mild steel advantage is price, store large volumes in one tank. Disadvantages are corrosion (we inspect ours yearly), need paint on exterior, even interior coated ones we inspect yearly, if large tank starts to leak you can lose allot of product.

Poly west Fert tanks, advantages each tank holds one Super B of product 42mt, we put sight glasses on all ours so truckers can see how full the tank is, if one tank leaks you are only exposed to losing 42mt, lite and can be moved to various locations without special equipment. They are a good tank and some of ours are 15 years old with no signs of failing. I also think they circulate better in the spring because of smaller amount to circulate? Also nice to have smaller tanks so you can have different products on hand for blending,
Disadvantages are they only hold one load so you need several and take up a bigger footprint on yard.

All tanks are good as long as they are kept in good shape.

If I was to give advice Iâ€™d go with stainless but Fert Tanks (poly) come out to a little over half the price for storage per MT last time I priced.

Poly will split out of the blue on ya. Saw it happen this spring. Luckily they were nearby when it happened and were able salvage half.

Liquid fertilizer storage