[AT] Moving a grain bin

James Yost jnyost at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 20 09:21:21 PST 2007


Do not forget to get all new bolts, washers and nuts.

How far do you have to move it? 

We moved one from a neighbors farm just down the road.
It was an 18'dia. We left the top ring and roof
together and moved it. We put it on a wagon, cross
braced it and went down the road.

Good luck, Jim




--- Chuck Saunders <gooberdog at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks H.L.,
> You directions really cleared up my vision on how
> this is done. I might be
> able to do this without turnig it into a pile of
> twisted scrap metal. Guess
> I need to invent me some jacks now.
> Chuck
> 
> On 2/20/07, H. L. Staples
> <hlstaples at mcloudteleco.com> wrote:
> >
> > Just remember that with a grain bin the first
> thing you build is the roof,
> > with one ring. If the bin is equipped with a grain
> spreader put in while
> > the
> > top is at ground level. Next the jacks are
> attached ( takes three jacks
> > evenly spaced around the bin) and the assembly is
> raised to a level that
> > will allow the next ring to be assembled and
> attached to the top ring.
> > Some
> > manufacturers use lighter gauge metal in the upper
> rings. So It would be
> > wise to number the rings to put them back in the
> proper order. For taking
> > a
> > bin apart attach the jacks raise the whole bin and
> disassemble the bottom
> > ring then lower the bin and take the next ring
> apart. Depending on the
> > type
> > of jack you may be able to work two of three rings
> before reattaching the
> > jacks.
> > Hope this is clear.
> >
> > Impact tools sure make things simpler and easier.
> >
> > H. L. Staples
> > McLoud, Oklahoma
> > USA
> >
> >
> 
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Jim and Janna Yost
Utica, Ohio
USA
jnyost at yahoo.com



 
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