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68340 | Measuring the test weight of corn in the old days was done by filling a small round container, maybe 1 qt in size. You then weighed the corn. The small round container was part of a balance scale. You could hold this scale in your hands and do it on or over the trucks as they came in. They did not do it every load. They just did not want to get grain in less than "normal" test weight and be paying to much.
It also means you can get more bushels in a grain bin for storage because you have more weight per cubic foot.
Also you would have to put a smaller physical volume of grain on a truck to be loaded legal.
Think of the difference in volume between hauling gravel/rocks or oats to get to the same legal weight on the truck.
59 test weight corn will take less volume than 56 test weight corn to equal the same bu. at the elevator. | |
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What is good corn test wt
