Mobile material handling and metering system

A mobile storage module for providing granular material to an adjacent delivery module, the mobile storage module configured, in a mobile storage module operational configuration, to hold and dispense said granular material downward to the adjacent delivery module, and to receive said granular material for holding via a continuous belt loading system operatively coupled to an input port, the continuous belt loading system being separated from the adjacent delivery module, wherein the mobile storage module comprises an integrated actuating system for moving a container portion thereof between a lowered position and a raised position, the raised position corresponding to the mobile storage module operational configuration, the mobile storage unit comprising:

• a. a frame;
• b. the container portion supported by the frame and pivotably coupled thereto, the container portion configured to store said granular material and comprising the input port for receiving said granular material and an output port for dispensing said granular material;
• and
• c. the integrated actuating system configured to pivot the container portion between the lowered position and the raised position, wherein, in the raised position, the input port is located above the output port.

A method for handling granular material, the method comprising:

• a. providing a delivery module configured in a delivery module operational configuration, to receive granular material and to convey said granular material to a predetermined delivery location via a continuous belt conveyor;
• and
• b. providing one or more mobile storage modules adjacent to the delivery module, each of the one or more mobile storage modules configured in a mobile storage module operational configuration, to hold and dispense said granular material downward to the delivery module, and to receive said granular material for holding via a continuous belt loading system operatively coupled to an input port, the continuous belt loading system being separated from the continuous belt conveyor by the mobile storage module;
• wherein the delivery module is mobile and reconfigurable between said delivery module operational configuration and a delivery module transportation configuration and wherein each of the one or more mobile storage modules comprises an integrated actuating system for moving a container portion thereof between a lowered position and a raised position, the raised position corresponding to the mobile storage module operational configuration, and
• wherein each of the one or more mobile storage modules comprises
• a. a frame;
• b. the container portion supported by the frame and pivotably coupled thereto, the container portion configured to store said granular material and comprising the input port for receiving said granular material and an output port for dispensing said granular material;
• and
• c. the integrated actuating system configured to pivot the container portion between the lowered position and the raised position, wherein, in the raised position, the input port is located above the output port.