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glennster

11-21-2007 03:43:41

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just saw on the news this morning that a 500,000 bu bin collapsed in iowa and crushed a house. bin was new last year. 4 people in house escaped injury. bin was full of corn. must have been an elevator, cause half a mil bushel bin is a little big!!!!!

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buickanddeere

11-21-2007 19:29:02

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Re: grain bin collapse in iowa?? in reply to glennster, 11-21-2007 03:43:41

There has been a rash of silo and grain bin collapses in Ontario recently as well. The usual suspect is erecting a silo or bin on unstable soil around a barn. Or where there is water collecting or running on only one side of the structure. Or who is putting up the structure Figures it's ok to level six inches of gravel on top of the lawn, barnyard etc. Don't bother with drainage,call it a foundation then build upon it. Silos or bins in a row too close together is also looking for trouble.

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Spook

11-21-2007 18:11:49

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Re: grain bin collapse in iowa?? in reply to glennster, 11-21-2007 03:43:41

I read that witnesses heard the bolts popping like "rifle shots"!!

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notadeere

11-21-2007 13:43:53

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Re: grain bin collapse in iowa?? in reply to glennster, 11-21-2007 03:43:41

my guess would be the house owner will get all his medical & any bills paid for plus i bet he gets a brand new house where ever he wants with all new everything in it plus a settlement for stress & worry ( u know how that is) he wont have to work again he will be loaded.....

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marlowe

11-21-2007 13:25:27

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Re: grain bin collapse in iowa?? in reply to glennster, 11-21-2007 03:43:41

it looks more like beans in the photes on the net. at 8.00 a bushel that home owner is rich

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1936

11-21-2007 13:16:28

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Re: grain bin collapse in iowa?? in reply to glennster, 11-21-2007 03:43:41

A really small town in Iowa. Been by it many times. Just out side of Salem and Oak land Mills. Great deer country.

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4010guy

11-21-2007 09:10:24

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His ship just came in. in reply to glennster, 11-21-2007 03:43:41

Corns pretty good price this year.....I would just take the half million bushels of corn and sell it to another elevator and buy me one he$$ of a nice new big swanky house with some acreage to go with it. ;o)

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Cliff Neubauer

11-21-2007 05:51:08

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Re: grain bin collapse in iowa?? in reply to glennster, 11-21-2007 03:43:41

I'm only about 20 miles away from that and Saturday morning I drove within a couple miles of it on my way to pickup some parts. The neighbor did try to stop the bin from being built but there are no zoning rules in that town so from a legal standpoint the elevator did nothing wrong and the bin company should be the one held liable.

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Triplerange

11-21-2007 11:21:12

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Re: grain bin collapse in iowa?? in reply to Cliff Neubauer, 11-21-2007 05:51:08

Even if there are no zoning rules for the town the county should have some lot setback lines. Unfortunately, most side yard setbacks are only 10 to 20 feet.

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R. John Johnson

11-21-2007 04:59:35

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Re: grain bin collapse in iowa?? in reply to glennster, 11-21-2007 03:43:41

When I was in university, studying engineering, one Professor had film of a bin at an elevator collapsing. It was somewhere in the midwest in the late 70's. The news crew had been out several days before filming the workers up on the side of the bin shoving rags into the seams where the bolts had sheared and corn was leaking out. It was a slow news day so the news crew flew back to the bin in their chopper. They were filming as they approached. I guess the vibration from the rotors was the straw that broke the camel's back. Started at the eaves and tore down the side just like it was made of paper.

The end result buried semi trucks, derailed freight cars and was 3 feet deep over the highway. No part of the bin looked recognizable. Luckily no one was killed.

John

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iowa_tire_guy

11-21-2007 04:43:17

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Re: grain bin collapse in iowa?? in reply to glennster, 11-21-2007 03:43:41

Well no one was seriously hurt. The father and son were trapped for several hours in the rubble and corn since the house was moved 20 feet off it's foundation. The father was trapped between a bed and the wall and had to have his feet treated at the hospital. This was the first time the bin was filled. I sure wouldn't be happy having someone else's 1/2 million bushel bin 20 feet from my house, even if it didn't burst open.

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IaGary

11-21-2007 04:27:32

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Re: grain bin collapse in iowa?? in reply to glennster, 11-21-2007 03:43:41

Yes the bin looked fairly new in Hillsboro IA.

Gonna be a lawsuit over this one.

At least no one was hurt,but it did destroy the house.

When the bin was built the resident did complain to the City Council that the Elevator Company built to close to his house.

Is that what they call a bin buster yield?(:~})

Gary

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Allan In NE

11-21-2007 05:09:43

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Re: grain bin collapse in iowa?? in reply to IaGary, 11-21-2007 04:27:32

The house owner will probably end up owning that outfit. :>)

Allan

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