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Latimer Iowa | These tanks are coming from Storm Lake, Iowa. We also have 25 1625 grainmax bins that will come from Storm Lake that will go on farms for storage of oats.
Our raw oat tanks are coming from Meridian in Winkler, MB up by you and Jeff. I might have to help you guys help me sneak them across the border at night!! They are a 23 foot diameter with 50 foot sidewall smooth wall tank. With the diameter, they bolt together with flanges on the outside. I liked these over the corrugated bins available locally because of the smooth wall, no bolt protrusion through the sidewalls, more complete cleanout for product segregation, the aeriation system, and less need for employee entry. These will be the first ones of this design in the U.S. I went up to Winkler and looked at one on a farm about 3 miles east of Winkler in December 24 before all of the tariff drama broke out. We made the order, did the down payments on the 1.5M order and then all the drama happened. We have been holding off importing the bins as long as possible due to tariff conditions. They were subject to a 50% tariff so about 600K US dollars (tariff is on materials only, not assembly). I had a call with Meridian Friday about trying to get them here now. They need to be stored inside until they can be put up so we may be emptying a machine shed so we can keep water from getting between sheets until assembly. Delivery direct to the site would be preferred but we can't put them up till foundations are done when the ground thaws and tariffs are such a wildcard. The 15% current is better then the 50% it was before but 0% would be better. It sucks the government can just impose tariffs on products that are already ordered and are not available for local manufacturing.
A few pics of similar bins at a facility in Canada.
Edited by Green Acres Guy 2/21/2026 12:37
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mill pics 2-20-2026
