I moved two 24 ft dia by 18 tall bins using a crane from the local precast concrete company. Used an old combine tire and rim in the center hole to lift the roof and two rings. (pull most of the bolts out of a vertical seam to allow it to pop over the bottom rib)
Made some brackets to bolt to the side of the bin to lift the remaining rings. Used 4 inch channel iron, some 1 1/4 pipe 4 inches long, split in 1/2 and the pieces were then welded to the channel iron at the rib (or corrigation) spacing. Drilled some holes below each pipe (3 pipes used, top, mid, and near bottom) to fasten the bracket to the bin sheet. Welded some eyes to the inside of the channel iron for lifting. After the 4 channel iron brackects were bolted to the bin, used some long 3/8 wire rope to make some fairly long slings. Attached one end to the channel eyes, the other to the hook. Did not need to brace the bin as the slings were long enought to not side load the bin sheets very much.
Transport....used an old trailer house frame and made a cross beam. That way, the sides of the bin were supported as well as the front and rear. Used the lifting brackets to bolt the bin to the trailer frame to prevent the edges from rolling under and bending. Also attaches the bin to the frame so it wont slide off.
You could also use a squirt boom fork lift but you would have to come-a-long the combine tire up into the roof on disassembly and let it down on reassembly.
I used a crane to disassemble and a forklift to assemble. Do it again? forklift for both......
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