Australia
Grain Handling - Barry Smith Grains
Temora, New South Wales, Australia
Barry Smith Grains is a leader in Australian grain handling and
operates a grain storage complex located at Ariah Park in South
Western, New South Wales. Ariah Park is 40 km south of Temora, and
Temora is 450 km southwest from Sydney.
First Hutchinson Grain Pump
Barry Smith's grain handling and storage system was the first ever
Hutchinson Grain Pump installed in Australia and it was completed
in late 1997. The system was sold by Skyway's Australian representative,
Geronimo Grain Systems PTY Ltd, of Cowra, NSW (see Dealer
information).
Barry receives product from a wide area (about 100 km radius) of
Ariah Park. Temora is a progressive country town positioned in the
Riverina, South West of NSW.
Barry Smith's system has been used for commercial buying, selling
and storing many different kinds of grain since 1997. It is a 10"
Grain loop
with 2 - 30 HP drives. The grain pump loops around 8 - 22,000 Bu.
(600 metric tonne) flat bottom bins. It has a truck drive-through
area at one end of the line of 8 bins, where grain is either in-loaded
to the loop and then to any of the 8 bins, or, where grain is out-loaded
to trucks from any of the bins. All this grain movement can be done
at a rate of 6000 Bu. per hour (160 metric tonnes per hour).
Grain Bin Features
Each bin is equipped with a Hutchinson 8" bin
sweep for cleanup, after gravity feed from the bins to the
grain loop, stops. Each silo has an OPI system installed to allow
temperature monitoring. The loop is also frequently used to "turn"
grain from bin to bin and to blend different grains from one, two,
or even three bins, as it is being out-loaded to trucks. Barry has
a slick and simple system that has withstood some rugged use over
the past years, with many more years to come.
Barry has constructed a further six, 1000T silos at this Ariah
Park complex that are to be fitted with pump systems at a future
date.
Barry also has storage complexes located in Temora and surrounding
districts and sells to private independent buyers, feedlots, millers,
etc, as well as larger multinational companies.
The company owns their own fleet of trucks that allow them to trade
throughout the eastern states with promised delivery dates.
Agri-Culture District
The district is an agriculture showcase with grain and livestock
dominating the landscape to the far horizons and features the 22
hectare Lake Centenary
Its not only the gold rush history and the historic Edwardian and
Federation architecture which will enthuse history buffs. Classic
country villages such as Ariah Park once known as the town of Wowsers
Bowsers and Peppercorn trees and the place of the first bulk wheat
haulage, will remind you of how things used to be. The Temora Rural
Museum, showcases Sir Donald Bradman's first home, an extensive
agriculture machinery display.
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