Sounds like that $4-5 a bushel for them fully setup was not far off. I was curious if that was still a reasonable estimate.
Dave you did not say what diameter the used bins were??? I have taken down some smaller bins in sections and not taken all the sheets apart. Lets say an 18 foot diameter bin. You can move 18 foot wide stuff on most country roads a distanced without too much trouble in many places. So get the air floors taken out, remove the fans, remove the unloading systems. So all you have left is the bare bin. Hire a crane or boom truck. Bins are not that heavy. Unbolt the bottom from the slab. Then rig the crane/boom truck to lightly lift on the bin until there is not much weight on the bottom section. IF you can reach three rings high remove all the bolts holing that ring to the fourth ring. In several places remove about a foot of the bolts on the bottom of the fourth rings sheet seem. This lets the lower rings drop out of the fourth ring. Then swing the top rings left around off the lower rings. Then set the fourth ring down to ground level. Repeat the early steps. (IF these are seven ring bins.) When your done you should have two sets of three ring circles and the top ring/roof left. Do both bins this way. I you can then lift these sections easily with a tractor and loader that has a boom section or even bin jacks. you would just need a low trailer to haul them. I have an old Donahue Implement trailer that is only about 18 inches off the ground to haul these sections. Haul all the sections to your site. Then when you have the foundations done hire the crane/boom truck to come back and start stacking the sections back up.
Now some tool suggestions. The first bins we moved we used a portable air compressor and impact wrenches. That works fine but is NOISY!!!! Also dragging the hose around the bin is not fun. We then tried cordless impacts. The common 18volt Dewalt or Milwaukee cordless batteries will not charge as fast as you will use them up. Also the impacts themselves got hot with the high duty cycle. The last three we moved we used corded electric impacts. One Dewalt and one Milwaukee. Smaller generator ran them fine and they will hammer just to loosen the bolt and then spin like a drill. So they are not near as noisy.
You the one signing up for more work. LOL So your the only one that can decide what is a good deal for YOU. The only thing I will add is good quality bins or equipment WILL not sell cheap very often. The low price your hearing for many of these bins are NOT for good clean bins with all the toys. IF they where there would be someone already buying them and taking them down to resell.
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