Rona, thanks. I would love to use a straight auger. I have to make a turn at a basement door to get to the bin. I have about 15ft from the driveway through the sunken walkway to the basement door. the storage bin sits to one side of the door. I currently vac the corn in using 1 1/4" grounded electrical conduit. Just thinking of ways to speed up the process. I can pick up a feed auger fairly cheap with a roughly 100 bushel metal bin. The bin needs a little work but not much. I am just trying to talk the wife into letting me put the bin in her flower bed.If I can I'll just gravity feed the corn/pellets into the basement from the bin outside.