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<blockquote data-quote="tjones96761" data-source="post: 1338186" data-attributes="member: 8955"><p>2 different things being said here, funnel and spout.</p><p>I don't have funnels in mine, but they hold about 20lbs when it's "empty".</p><p>I only built 1 that didn't have a spout, and I plan to correct it this summer. If you just put a hole without the spout the corn falls out too fast and over runs the spinner plate. Without a spout it mostly just drops feed instead of slinging it. the spout doesn't have to be anything fancy, a piece of pvc pipe a couple inches long glued to the bottom will do.</p><p>I personally had bad luck with the photo-kinetic type timers, but the Kenco isn't what I had. It would go off at the earliest hint of light in the morning, which was as much as 30 minutes before shooting light sometimes. On sunny days when a storm would roll in the timer would go off, and if it was overcast it wouldn't go off at all. The programmable timer fixed that, but did add some maintenance. I have mine set for 8 and 5 now, will to change next week for daylight savings. </p><p>As far as hanging the feeder, a come-along is a much easier and cheaper solution, I just happened on the boat wench. If you aren't scared of heights (like I am) you could do away with the pulleys and just hang the come-along of the branch and climb up when you needed to let it down. I designed that one so installation and maintenance could all be done from the ground.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tjones96761, post: 1338186, member: 8955"] 2 different things being said here, funnel and spout. I don't have funnels in mine, but they hold about 20lbs when it's "empty". I only built 1 that didn't have a spout, and I plan to correct it this summer. If you just put a hole without the spout the corn falls out too fast and over runs the spinner plate. Without a spout it mostly just drops feed instead of slinging it. the spout doesn't have to be anything fancy, a piece of pvc pipe a couple inches long glued to the bottom will do. I personally had bad luck with the photo-kinetic type timers, but the Kenco isn't what I had. It would go off at the earliest hint of light in the morning, which was as much as 30 minutes before shooting light sometimes. On sunny days when a storm would roll in the timer would go off, and if it was overcast it wouldn't go off at all. The programmable timer fixed that, but did add some maintenance. I have mine set for 8 and 5 now, will to change next week for daylight savings. As far as hanging the feeder, a come-along is a much easier and cheaper solution, I just happened on the boat wench. If you aren't scared of heights (like I am) you could do away with the pulleys and just hang the come-along of the branch and climb up when you needed to let it down. I designed that one so installation and maintenance could all be done from the ground. [/QUOTE]
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