Bulk bin pad

Bkpigs · Mar 7, 2017

I am getting a used bulk bin but not absolutely sure on where I want to put it. So a concrete pad or individual footings are out of the question for now. I think it is a 7 foot diameter AP bin with three rings and six legs. I am going to remove two rings to make it a 4 ton bin. Would I be ok with laying some 6x6 under the legs and bolting them too it? They would be laid around the perimeter and I would use some anchors and cable to keep it from blowing over in the high winds when near empty.

Bruce from Can. · Mar 7, 2017

It will be fine, right up until it blows over.

hydro70guy · Mar 7, 2017

Yes and use about 2 or 3 ground anchor and heavy wire to anchor and keep from tipping.

rockyridgefarm · Mar 7, 2017

We had two 6'6" Pax 4 leg 2 ring bins that sat on railroad ties for decades next to the barn. They were roughly 4 ton bins. They weren't anchored, but they were pretty protected from the wind.

If you're concerned about them tipping over, mix up some concrete and fill six 5 gallon buckets. Bury them in the ground where the legs will go, and anchor the legs. They'll be easily dug up and moved if you decide to change the location of the bin, especially if you put a re-rod hook in them to hook a chain to pull them up.

coonie minnie · Mar 7, 2017

Be careful with this. Had a neighbor who put a bin like that in a concrete barnyard to feed a continuous flow drier. Needless to say it tipped over, hit into the barn etc.

Money on a pad won't be wasted. Money spent on a tipped over bin is wasted.

fixerupper · Mar 7, 2017

I used rail ties on a six ton bin. Worked fine till it blew it over, then I poured a pad. If I remember right I kicked the dent out while the bin was still horizontal. If I would have used a few of those anchors that screw into the ground to hold the bin down the rail ties would have worked OK.

Roger Tomfohrde · Mar 7, 2017

Had a four ton bin on concrete and sold it to my brother. He came in with a very large skid steer and picked up one end ad I used a three point and we moved it a half mile down the road, so pour the concrete
with loops for moving and move it around if necessary.

kruser · Mar 7, 2017

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VicS · Mar 7, 2017

About 25 yrs ago I cut the bottoms out of
4 five gallon buckets. Dug 4 post holes
put the buckets in them and and leveled
them. Poured sackcrete in them stuck a 8
inch x 1/2 bolt in the dry sackcrete. Set
the bin immediately. Still there. Full of
horse corn.

Tony in SD · Mar 7, 2017

I poured 2 16"X16"X6' concrete skids and bolted my bin to the skids. I can pull it around the yard with my IH 1086 if I need to move it. It has never tipped over in 17 years, even empty.

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