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Brian806

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Anybody have a ruff idea what it cost to put up a 5
to 7500 bushel grain bin! not a drying floor! Just
for storage of small grains!
 
Once you have gone as far as putting up a bin a drying floor is cheap insurance. In any event the neighbor recently bought a used 5000 bushel bin and with the labor and concrete he had around ten thousand dollars in it. If you bought new you could erect it yourself but it is time consuming and you need to figure if your time is more valuable elsewhere. Most employers don't give a rat's tail whether an employee who farms has time to get that employee's farm work done so you may have no choice in hiring somebody to set the bin up.
 
you also need a air drying floor ,,. without it you are just kiddin yourself and runnin a risk of moldy grain ..spent over 4500 and was major part of w ork cre w ,, that was 25 yrs ahgo , movin a 3500 bu bin , adding a drying floor, 7 hp fan , new bolts , concrete pad /// sumthin to think about ,hoop tarp buildings are being used by some with field tile serpentinie thru the pile and fans hooked to them ,,
 
I have a grain bin that you can have, with drying floor, if you come get it. But, you are prob too far away. LOL. Located in Virginia.
 
It depends on a lot of variables. Type of roof vents, stairs verse ladder, size of unloading auger, Ect. But a rough idea is $3.50 per bushel.
 
I just put up a used 6000 last fall. The bin without floor cost $750 for a good Butler bin. Mine was a 21 ft diameter and we did all dirt work and concrete ourselves which cost another $2000. My bin was on the farm next door so we hired a tellahandler to pick it up and carry it across the feilds to our pad, this cost $750. I have also bought a used floor and 8inch unload setup that cost about $1000. Also bought a grain spreader and a used sweep for about $400. I still need electric to finish it right. Tom
 
You saved a lot on labor by being next door to the bin. It seems all too often you have to go a couple of counties away and be in a situation where the farm has been sold and the new owner will only give 30 days to get the bin out. More often than not it is going into winter or is winter where you have to worry about a heavy wind twisting a partially disassembled bin rendering it into scrap metal.
 
I should point out the neighbor's bin came with fan, floor and stirrers. He also needed to route an electric line from an adjacent bin.
 
We are getting four 28,000 bu bins put up this summer. They will be Superior bins. Three fans per bin, drying floor, bin sweeps, and railing all the way around the bin to the lid. Cost is $2 per bushel. Superior came in with the lowest bid out of 7 bin companies. A few others probably would have matched Superior or come close if we dickered with them some more.
 
I know when I was out in kansas thier was nice looking small bins everywhere wish I had a couple here in pa were I'm at thier are very few grain bins except the few built the past 10 years! So used isn't really a option for me!
 
Put in the drying floor. Being able to pull a point or two of moisture out will pay big dividends. The bin will last longer, too. No floor equals wet grain along the edge equals rusted out bin sheets.
 
I am about 30 miles east of Richmond.
I am not sure of the size.
My dad bought this thing and never used it.
I have no plans in doing anything with it at all.
I just want it gone .
 
(quoted from post at 14:07:02 03/23/15) I have a grain bin that you can have, with drying floor, if you come get it. But, you are prob too far away. LOL. Located in Virginia.
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I gave away a 10,000 bushel one with drying floor, fan and propane tank, and stirrers to a local farmer many years ago. Had no use for it. Took them several weeks to take it down and haul it away
 
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