GSI brand is a cheaper brand grain bin. I almost fell off of a neighbors GSI bin when the handle on the roof pulled through the thin roof tin. It was just a few years old.
$3000 each is too much to pay and have to still move them. The 6 inch unloading equipment is worth zero on resale. 21.5 foot bins are small ones too. They would not bring much around me here in Iowa. I have seen them sell at sales and they usually bring $1000-1500.
As for lifting them you DON"T lift them by the roof. You go down through the center hole and then have chains hooked to the sides. Then you need cross bracing to keep them from pulling together. I have moved two that we just lifted with a crane. The crane guy had a single ring that had four chains on it. We made angle iron attaching points that we attached to the sides under the bin section bolts. Then we cross braced with 2x6 lumber nailed into an angle shape. We took them into two sections. To get them apart you have to remove all of the bolt around the bin plus two row of the vertical bolts to let the over lap come apart.
I have move several where we just rented a set of bin jacks. We then just took them clear apart just like you would put them up but in reverse. For bins the size you are talking about it will take 2-3 days each to get them down. Then about that to get them back up. That is with 3-4 guys working together. It will take a good long day to get the floor out, fans off, and the bin jacks set. Then it is jut raising it up a little and removing bolts. The roof is the hardest part to take apart or reassemble. You really need a roof jack top do that with safely.
If I was going to move one today that I had to transport very far I would rent jacks and take it back apart. Then buy a new bolt kit and seal kit. The new bolts have plastic covered heads and they don't rust. The seal kit is new tar/rubber seals. If you do this then the bin will be just about as good as new less any rust they may have.
I would not reinstall an 6 inch unload system. When you have the floor out it is simple to update to a larger 8-10 inch unloading system. When we have to load at a slow loading auger with the semis we charge $50 bucks a hour after the first hour. With one hour minimum after the first one too.
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