Grain Bin Converted Into Hoop-Type Storage Shed
Old grain bins can be used to make low-cost hoop buildings, says Brent Brueland, Boone, Iowa, who took down a neighbor's 5,000-bu. grain bin piece by piece and converted it into a 20 by 30-ft. hoop building that's 14 ft. high at the center.
The bin was originally six rings high, with 11 sections per ring. He first built two 3-ft. tall wooden "knee walls" spaced 20 ft. apart. He bolted five bin sections together on top of the walls to form the roof. He closed off one end of the building and left the other open for easy access for storing hay and machinery.
"My total cost was about $300 for the walls and end and $200 for new bin bolts and caulk to assemble the roof panels," says Brueland.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Brent A. Brueland, 1653 Magnolia Road, Boone, Iowa 50036 (ph 515 275-2551; E-mail: bbruelan@iastate.edu).
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Grain Bin Converted Into Hoop-Type Storage Shed BUILDINGS Miscellaneous 26-6-12 Old grain bins can be used to make low-cost hoop buildings, says Brent Brueland, Boone, Iowa, who took down a neighbor's 5,000-bu. grain bin piece by piece and converted it into a 20 by 30-ft. hoop building that's 14 ft. high at the center.
The bin was originally six rings high, with 11 sections per ring. He first built two 3-ft. tall wooden "knee walls" spaced 20 ft. apart. He bolted five bin sections together on top of the walls to form the roof. He closed off one end of the building and left the other open for easy access for storing hay and machinery.
"My total cost was about $300 for the walls and end and $200 for new bin bolts and caulk to assemble the roof panels," says Brueland.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Brent A. Brueland, 1653 Magnolia Road, Boone, Iowa 50036 (ph 515 275-2551; E-mail: bbruelan@iastate.edu).
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