Description: Westeel's CT Series of grain augers offers dependable service and performance in a proven "time-tested" design. Notable features include a gear box that can be positioned on the left or ...

In 2019, in Minnesota, fire and rescue departments dealt with 12 grain bin entrapments, 11 of them ending in loss of life. One of those entrapments occurred on a farm near the small town of Gibbon.

“The entrance to get in and out was a fairly small-diameter hole,” Hughes commented. Hughes added that they’re required to have multiple employees inside the grain bin and one observer ...