Department of Agricultural and
Biosystems Engineering
Iowa State University
Curry-Wille and Associates, PC
Ames, Iowa USA
Platform Example Layout
Paths for
Unloader (4 m)
Roughly 3.5 rows
537 m3/row
1,880 m3 /platform
Roughly 2.5 m3/hh-month
15 m3/hh-6 months
125 hhs total for 6 months
With adequate composting,
increases to about 320 hhs