Re: anyone ever moved a grain bin?

Posted by paul on October 13, 2003 at 06:03:45 from (66.60.196.190):

In Reply to: anyone ever moved a grain bin? posted by markct on October 12, 2003 at 19:47:44:

I moved a 13' by 11' high bin. We lifted it with a loader & skid steer, I backed a wagon running gear under, chained it down, and drove 7 miles.

I also moved 2 18' by ~20' high bins. We used the bin jacks and removed the lower 2 rings, set the remaining bin part on top of my car trailer, and drove the 1/2 mile to my place.

On such a small feed bin (this is only 200 bu, I have small out-dated grain wagons & they hold 210 bu, most neighbors have wagons that hold 600-700 bu!), I would never unbolt it, too much trouble!

Is there any way to move it out from where it is, all you need is 8' of space to slide it out? I'd lay it down on a trailer, you didn't mention the height but could probably set it on a car trailer & tie it down good. This is a pretty small project.

You might be uncomfortable trying to move this whole, but I am equally uncommfortable with trying to take it apart & scaffolding and all - lot more work than you realize, and you need new bolts to reassemble - old ones are probably rusty & don't want to be removed. I vote for moving it whole if at _all_ possible! :)

--->Paul

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