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Eldridge, Iowa | I have a used 15 ' diameter, 3000 bu., cone bottom wet bin completely disassembled sitting on two pallets waiting to be put together. I was gong to put it together with a neighbor, but not sure how. A crane would be the easiest, but not sure I want to hire one for all day while we fumble around. Anyone got any better ideas? Thanks in advance. |
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NW illinois | how tall is the bin? |
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Near-north Ontario, French River | WIth proper planning you will only need the crane there for the minumum 3 hr period. Get your pad poured with the anchor bolts place appropriately> While you are waiting for the concrete to cure assemble the upper portion of the bn as you would any other bin.. When you have the bin finished make the call to the crane guys. Before he arrives attach a number of the 'legs' with a single bolt to the appropriate bin sheets. When the crane arrives he will lift the tank straight up and the legs will swing down into the vertical postion, line up the legs with the anchor bolts and gently set the bin until the legs almost touch the pad. Once things are positioned you can start adding more bolts to the legs to help stiffen things up, dont tighten them down just yet, just snug enough to the bin cant move around on the crane. Get all your legs attached ,and let the bin down on the pad. Once things have settled tighten all the bolts on the legs securely and then the crane is free to go. Shouldnt take you more then 2 hrs to get the legs all fastened down and the bin anchored. The fun part is putting the hhopper floor together ( dang theres a pile of nuts and bolts LOL ) We ended up renting some scaffolding to help with the floor. As with the legs dont tighten anything down until you have all the sheets of the hopper fastened together. Nothing more annoying then having to loosen a row of bolts you just tightened because the next sheet doesnt line up exactly. We put up a 21ft hopper a few years back. working in the mornings I think we spent 3 days on the bin,another 3hrs with the crane getting it anchored and probably 4 mornings putting the hopper on.
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Springfield, MN | Do you have access to an old heavy elevator? You can use one of these to lift if the bin isn't too heavy. |
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Lenawee Co Michigan | Good gravy! Is that a grain auger?!?!
If I tried that it'd be sprung after hitting the first bump! |
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Alton, Ia | No Kidding!! I wouldn't try that with an auger I intended to ever use again. But if a guy could find an old worn out commercial one, cheap, now there's an idea.............. |
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| to me it looks like an old auger that was beefed up, I don't think that is the tube either...the axle is also heavier. I think it was a pretty clever idea. |
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Near-north Ontario, French River | Interesting setup you have there wheaties, but it wont really work in Holsters case. His bin is it bints on pallets, and he's gotta lift it high enough to put a hopper bottom on it. |
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Alberta Canada | Its a special bin crane for building grain bins, I think you can build up to a 18ft diameter bin with them. |
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| it is not mine, but I wish I had one a few years ago. Got the picture off this site, not sure who it was from. |
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Anyone ever assembled a wet bin?
