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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Anyone ever assembled a wet bin?
