GRAIN BIN FAILURE 

Note: The shot at 2:52 was a shot of the inside of the harvestore before we cleaned it out, since we moved corn from the bin to the harvestore to alleviate the pressure on the walls.

A stitch in time saves nine. Older bin system has outlived its safe life. Fortunate to have quotes in place for the replacement bin. Good vid of real life farm management decisions.

A cost that you don't need but at least you found it before it could have got a lot worse. Imagine the cost of it if you didn't see it? 😶

Ryan I have had several bins do that over the years. I repaired the last two that did it. I rented bin jacks and lifted the wrinkles out. I then took Three inch channel iron and drilled holes in it to match the spacing of the bolts in the steel sheets. Starting at the top I bolted the channel irons to the bin making external bin stiffeners. If your over by Cascade, Iowa I can show you one that is right in town there. That has been 4 years ago and the bin is find now.

Word of caution about Sukup; a neighbor of mine has a 20k bushel bin that is about 5 yrs. old. They had about 12k bushel of corn in it last year and it started to crimp just like yours and had to unload it. It hasn't had enough grain run through it to cause the wear to cause the collapse. They called Sukup and were told "it happens" and that was it, nothing else. Come to find out, there is heavier bottom rings that can be used and extra vertical supports as well. May be wise to beef your new one up. I'm sure a lot of bins have this problem and not just Sukup, but it was the "oh well" response that they got that really makes you think they don't give a damn.

Wow! Glad your dad caught it. It would have been a mess if it did go over.

Bummer man, sorry to see it! I'm glad it didn't collapse and everyone is safe.

You must loooove your job 👏👏 I know I do ...I feel tired after watching you work all day you teach me to be calm ..👏

Great working Vid... You've a tremondusly honorable vocation...! From a "city-slicker" angle what comes to mind is: "Nobody said this would be easy...!" Thanks for posting...! Gordon

Hard to "like" this type of video. Glad you fellas caught it early enough with a keen eye. Be safe .

Glad you guys didn’t have a disaster. Good thing dad caught it early enough to prevent it.

The main thing is that no one got hurt.Glad everyone is safe.Seems like the lower the farm prices are the more things can go wrong.Hope things start looking up for all farmers!!!

You guys got lucky to unload enough to save it before it tipped over. I would try an fix myself but that's me. Keep up the good work Ryan

Sorry to see this Ryan

I loved the band-aid you guys put on it for quite awhile. That bin is still standing isn't it?

Oh wow! That could have been a catastrophe. Thinking positive, things will yet again be going up on Kuster Farms. It'll be the excitement of 2015 all over again, minus most of the dozer work. I guess that'll change a few things about parking and machinery displays in the hay field, but I know you'll find a way to figure it all out before the middle of June. Thanks for the video, as always.

That could’ve been bad. Thankfully your dad caught it. A new bin may change parking for the farm day which I hope to make it to this year but I’m sure you’ll figure it out. Good video as always!

Same thing happened to me. When I got older I started to bulge at the middle. And I've been told that I'm full of beans and/or baloney. Peace.

The bins have stress from the cooler temperatures and then warming up in afternoon. This caused the grain to settle as the bin is stretched over time with the cycling of extreme temps.

Wow, so glad your Dad saw it first. That could have been a disaster!!

We have only had bins crimp like that, and they were the ones that had no vertical stiffeners installed. Not as bad on our smaller bins... but on bigger ones it kinda sucks to lose that space.

Holy s**t.. Thanks for sharing Ryan..

Man that absolutly sucks! Tank god you caught it when you did!

Great vid Ryan

A "shit happens moment" right there

Hey Ryan congratulations on hitting 130k subs your vids are awesome thanks for making them

First time seeing your channel. Nice video. Got a new subscriber!

A neighbor of mine had that happen to their 5,000 bushel bin. They replaced the dented panels and put reinforced steel angle irons all around it and its been like that for over 20 years now. Just another option.

Love the vids keep up the gr8 work😁

Sorry that happened but it made for a good video and cant wait to see the new one going up. I've never seen one put up before.

I wonder what would happen if you asked me to watch your farm for say 4 days ...I could only imagine how many things I would mess up .,the point is you are so smart I enjoy watching you 👌👌👌 do you ever take a vacation ?

Love the channel

Drying floor failure perhaps? Have you gotten to the bottom yet? Sukup definitely the way to go, course I am biased since from the Sheffield area and my step dad worked there for many years.

We had a 10,000 bushel bin collapse full of beans we are looking at putting up a 50,000 bushel bin now

When you get it empty you should take channel iron and bolt it to the tin vertically on the outside to stiffen the exterior. Then, cut a bay door into it and turn it into equipment storage! Should be structurally sound enough for that it looks like and would give you more room in the barn/shop.

wow that got my heart rate up I can't imagine what you all were going through

BUMMER, lucky you guys caught it in time, otherwise there would be a lot of shoveling and cleaning of the contents. Good luck men.

Hey I love your content

Looks like you have a new farm office now. Front door with a porch and a few windows. Would be cool

Holy Crap man! Looks like Dwight saved the day.....

Always something, just when you think things are going smooth-“bam”.😫

An expense I'm sure ye could well do without, but well done on 130k Ryan:)

Thank Gawd your dad caught it in time to advert a disaster and no one was killed! a grain bin collapse is no joke

It lived it's life, time to replace. Repairing the bad panels will only last until the next panel fails.

Made me nervous when you were walking in between the bins bud when they go... they go fast be careful I like having both sides of the story on how farms work lol

The roof and floor/foundation will be double a 10 kb bin but at the same height a 20kb bin only has about 40% more sidewall. Looks like the hoop under the false floor failed in compression. The grain storage volume is stiffened by the internal pressure of the grain, just like a beer can.

That was very interesting. No farmer here but I'm wondering why the force from the grain isn't outward and not downward as the failure seems to be? Thanks for the video.

We had the same problem on our bin. We have stiffened bins now. Run air every time the outside temp moves 10 degrees...

whel I woud have never in my life guessed that it was colapssing from that video you made befor this one.

I love farming🚜🐄🐄

Prado Storage Solution got good quality bins. Those they can last:)

Dad saved the day.

Usually when this happens is bc some people pull out of intermediate gates before the center is pulled all the way down and this is bc the center sump plugs and they start drawing out of intermediate gates

Glad you were able to get the bin unloaded before something catastrophic happened. Sucks that this had to happen... and in the middle of the cold. :/ Was the quote a lot higher for a Brock than a Sukup?

Well, looks like you are gonna get a bin this year

can you take the lower sheets out and lower the bin?

Did you plant in the dust last spring? Plant in the dust the bins will bust.

Are those grain bins protected with sacrificial anodes against corrosion?

Sukup manufacturing is 10 miles from where I live and I have family that works there.

Could you cut in half the old bin the long way too make 2 barns for the cattle on pasture? They are called kwanzit hut by me. It’s nothing fancy just a shelter for the cows.

This might be a stupid question but with it being filled why does the dents go in instead of buldging out? I notice most was on the bottom was it the weight on top pushing down?

will your insurance not cover the replacement, I know 2 farmers here had that happen and they replaced it, one 5 years ago and 1 7 years ago

if you don't mind me asking what would the cost of a new bin be?

Need any bins taking down call greenwood bins they do an amazing job there out in greenwood Wisconsin

Ryan is this going to be a bin dryer?

Are all your bins the same size?

Thank God your Dad saw the failure in time. This could have been really bad. GOOD LUCK

If your farm is growing think about where you want to place your bin and you should put a leg up

Glad it didn't collapse an or exploded.

Let's see you said before filling last fall when inside pin holes where letting sun light in, hmm, but obviously the farm made the decision to get quotes for a new one. Maybe I'm old but seeing those pin holes would of made me loose sleep till was empty this spring. Think about moving those fuel tanks, piping not that expensive. Even with those safety features in place could of creative a huge mess & loss.

I have seen folks in GA make houses out them.

I would have put a new 20k-bushel bin on the 10k-bushel bin concrete slab or on the cement silo slab if you dont have use for it;my uncle did put a bin on his old cement silo slab.

If that was built in the 70s that was one of the first series grain bins we built. We started in 1972

Never seen that before

It would make a interesting quonset hut.

I'd keep the 10,000 bushel bin and put a couple new rings on plus ring stiffeners. Also i'd take a good look at a brock bin over sukup. Ive built both for a living and give brock the upper hand.

Looks like dear old dad saved the day on this one.

So glad you didn't loose your corn and no one got hurt. Why couldn't you take the metal down and use the cement slab?

This is your second collapsed bin right? You all had a Harveststore do this a couple years ago but from the top?

Have a Bin giveaway!! :)

I was so happy to see this !!!! But I'm sorry for you !!!!😵 but very interesting!!👌👌👌 but sorry 🤓

My uncle cut a door in one of his bins like that. He parks his skid loader and attachments inside the grain bin

approx. how much will it cost to have a new bin?

I love RU-vid canal

I am hopeful to have my neck repaired so I can make it to the Farmday.

Have y’all considered maybe tearing it out and rebuilding the new one in the same spot ?

All I use is a sukup bins definitely the best priced bin on the market you ought to think about there million bushel bin my dad thinking about putting one in with others

those propane tanks are really close to the grain bins. If for some reason the propane tank relief valve vents and a it ignites then your bins and storage product could go up in flames.

I never saw that happen before

new bin now for a batch dryer and leg

Glad it wasn't a full scale disaster

Is the new bin going to be a drying Bin or just a storage?

Cut a larger door in the side and use it as a shed.

Is the pad that the bin is old and falling apart cant you put another bin there.

It's is old - i may have misunderstood - but what caused that

So what happen to the bin?

Need to put a leg pit and overhead bulk tank in.

Considering how much you sold your GMC badge for, you should cut up the tin, sign the pieces and sell them on Ebay.

So the new bin is the size of the smaller bin or the larger bin

Are you going to get a new one