How long should a 55 gallon feeder last?

[Trailerman3]

An eliminator spinner plate sure will though...and cows too!!! Worth their weight in gold IMHO...

I put one on this past season payed for itself first fill went from coons emptying for the pigs gone in 2 weeks to I filled New Years weekend went back to fill April 12th and still had a hundred pounds in it 5seconds twice a day.

[brushtrooper]

12v motor, 5 seconds @ twice a day I average maybe a month..tops

[roysmoke]

Like others have said, Eliminators work great. The only way to determine how long the feeder will last is to start by making sure it is coon/bird proof. I have had 55 gallon feeders last over 2 months when they are coon proof feeding 5 seconds twice a day. IMO the best thing to do is buy a 700lb or 1200lb Krivoman corn feeder and you can feed for over 6 months without touching it.

[Slick8]

Also depend on how much the birds, squirrels & coons get. And don't even think a coon cage will stop a coon.

I have a varmint cage on a winch up tripod feeder and never have any waste due to critters. Having said that, I only sling corn from August till it runs out from the last deer season filling sometime in January.

Then it's back on the protein. Now there's a never ending problem....coons on the protein feeder.

To the op, as others have said it varies by spinner gap from barrel and run time. You need to measure what you're throwing.

I do have a question, are you trying to make it last a certain length of time or just an idea as to when you should return. I adjust my feeder based on what the deer are eating. I have a fairly low deer density and if I feed too much it will become a free choice feeder allowing then to go nocturnal. If there's corn piled up under the feeder I turn it down. If none under the feeder I turn it up.

[coop]

Mine will hold 300 lbs. I have a Triple C feeder set on 20 seconds in the morning and 15 seconds in the evening. It will feed almost 3 weeks to the day.

[White Falcon]

Set spinner plate as close as you can and still through corn, about 2 months as said above. With 300 lbs. of corn.

[Black Ice]

I am at 3 seconds morning and night and get about 8 weeks out of mine.


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[DuckDogTrainer]

Think I'm going to catch the corn and do the math to be sure.

[Big pig]

We have six feeders on my lease with four types of feeders
I try to coordinate all of them to throw the same amount for trips for refilling
We feed 5-6 seconds twice a day and the last 5-6 weeks.
PVC pipes on each and no coon photos on the cages.
Trick is to feed early enough and late enough to feed deer instead
Hot batteries throw more corn.

BP

[Big pig]

We have six feeders on my lease with four types of feeders
I try to coordinate all of them to throw the same amount for trips for refilling
We feed 5-6 seconds twice a day and the last 5-6 weeks.
PVC pipes on each and no coon photos on the cages.
Trick is to feed early enough and late enough to feed deer instead
Hot batteries throw more corn.

BP

Feed deer "instead of turkeys" Is what I meant. We are overrun with corn buzzards

[ReydonPete]

3 months for me at 4 seconds twice a day.

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[Mertzon Man]

12v motor, 5 seconds @ twice a day I average maybe a month..tops

Same hear!