cropgrower
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Post by cropgrower on Mar 19, 2022 11:30:52 GMT -6
 . This week built a floor for a grain bin ,about 120 feet of welding with stick welder ! odd size bin and could not find a hopper to fit , had a company booked to make a floor , promised to have it made last june ,they phoned to say it was made just when harvest started !! had no time to pick it up right away ,later on when i had time to go get it they had it sold to sombody else ! |
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Post by carlos on Mar 21, 2022 9:06:31 GMT -6
Chief Westland bin?
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Post by cropgrower on Mar 21, 2022 11:43:23 GMT -6
its an old rosco bin ,19 foot 5 , i was very tempted to squash it with the backhoe ! but bin is perfect and it will be useable now again , had to move it when i built workshop and did not want to put it on cement again |
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Post by carlos on Mar 21, 2022 15:36:49 GMT -6
Looks good! I bought a steel floor for a chief couple years ago. 18'6" or something size. If I had to do over, probably would either sell or demolish it.
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Post by SWMan on Mar 21, 2022 17:02:50 GMT -6
its an old rosco bin ,19 foot 5 , i was very tempted to squash it with the backhoe ! but bin is perfect and it will be useable now again , had to move it when i built workshop and did not want to put it on cement again I know cement is expensive, but steel can't be cheap either. Looks like decently heavy steel, what does it cost for that floor material? Bonus I suppose is it would be portable with that on there.  |
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Post by cropgrower on Mar 21, 2022 17:16:29 GMT -6
its an old rosco bin ,19 foot 5 , i was very tempted to squash it with the backhoe ! but bin is perfect and it will be useable now again , had to move it when i built workshop and did not want to put it on cement again I know cement is expensive, but steel can't be cheap either. Looks like decently heavy steel, what does it cost for that floor material? Bonus I suppose is it would be portable with that on there.  yes its not cheep !spent about 2000 on steel for that but at least i can move it now if i want , it still would be better than putting grain on the ground if i run out of space , have a grain vac ! |
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Post by Beerwiser on Mar 22, 2022 20:32:53 GMT -6
What thickness did you use on the floor cropgrower? 2000 is not bad considering it is a forever floor. I have a couple of weststeels that need new floors and I don't think I can afford hoppers for them.
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Post by kevlar on Mar 22, 2022 20:42:57 GMT -6
How do you anchor that down, did you weld hooks for anchors? I assume it needs to be held down?
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Post by meskie on Mar 22, 2022 21:08:50 GMT -6
How do you anchor that down, did you weld hooks for anchors? I assume it needs to be held down? Wouldn’t it be the same as being on a wood floor? Never had any of those anchored |
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Post by kevlar on Mar 22, 2022 21:21:30 GMT -6
I don’t know. We’ve never had a wooden floor either, all our bins are hoppers or on cement. We anchor our hoppers, and assume that the cement keeps the other ones from blowing away. 2000 bucks isn’t too bad of price for a bin that could be fairly easily moved and no hassle of screwing in anchors. Just seems to me a bin without cement would be prone to blowing over.
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Post by cropgrower on Mar 22, 2022 21:26:54 GMT -6
What thickness did you use on the floor cropgrower? 2000 is not bad considering it is a forever floor. I have a couple of weststeels that need new floors and I don't think I can afford hoppers for them. the floor is 10 gauge ,about 3.2 mm , and the band in 6 by 1/4 , i think its heavier than the floors that can be bought ready made , hopper for that size bin would be serious money now |
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Post by cropgrower on Mar 22, 2022 21:40:28 GMT -6
How do you anchor that down, did you weld hooks for anchors? I assume it needs to be held down? i have welded on three eyes , and when im making gravel pad i will burry some anchors ! i have used old grader blades i get at dump , or any other good size chunk of scrap steel i have , with chains atached and then i bolt chains on to bin |
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