Building Grain Bins - Concrete Foundation

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[@KenworthK100]

From Brazil, The world does not live without agriculture, it is the basis of everything, God bless the United States

[@augustreil]

From the U.S Thanks !

[@budburr66]

With all the abandonment of american farms lately, it's encouraging to see a farm expanding! Bless you!

[@tomkeating65]

I couldn't wait to see how bins were set up. I do know now that bins like this make good homes. Don't want to pour salt into an open wound, but got 3 inches of rain yesterday in a 45 minute span. Thank you thunderstorm. Have a nice day.

[@fredivory4304]

Dad is the man! He can do anything.

[@michaelcostigan2838]

Good 👍

[@Steelrailbearing]

Wow, I know you put an extraordinary amount of time into these videos from start to finish, but I sure do appreciate it. With the informative commentary, and the super quality camera work, watching these videos is such a pleasure!

[@HowFarmsWork]

TJ Bearing thanks TJ!

[@aidenpedro4819]

InstaBlaster.

[@laughter8252]

Hello, My name Viet, I come from Vietnam, I am really like your chennal, and i see alot of your videos, it is really excited.

[@HowFarmsWork]

Glad you like them!

[@52SCHUELKE]

My favorite part is the Oshkosh cement truck! I more then likely painted it! Nice to see something I helped build here in Wisconsin help you!

[@switzerblitzer2701]

And that's how it's done....great video Ryan!! Would like to see the grain bin when it is all finished.

[@jamesperkins3076]

I have recently found your channel and have been binge watching a lot of your videos. Thank you for sharing your life with us all. You do an outstanding job on all the video and seem to improve all the time. Concrete! enough said. Hated working concrete right out of high school, now I just work in the aviation world.

[@stevemondal.]

Thank you Ryan for a well done video and commentary. You are a good educator. Look forward to rest of the build.

[@kennyklinger6839]

You've outdone yourself with the editing on this one. Great job Ryan!

[@davidvincent3010]

Your off to a good start ! I didn't expect that you and your brother and father were going to be in on the building. That's nice that you get to pitch in and save some bucks! Looks great

[@mrgreekfarmer]

A lot of useful information about grain bin's base. Good luck with grain bin's build.

[@wiserguyer]

That 79 calf is so cute .

[@SaginawGS]

Ive always loved watching concrete being worked. Idk why

[@karlbrohammer9105]

Looking fwd to the construction steps. Grain leg and more bins in the future years and $ available. Build as much as possible own your own, yes!

[@kevinwillis9126]

Looking forward to seeing the finished bin.. Thanks for sharing Ryan..

[@claytonbatten7317]

Great video. Hope everything goes good. And the rain stays away when not needed

[@jrice1091]

Very nice video Ryan! Love all of the cool camera angles and shots of the process.

[@sawyerfitch3692]

This is soothing to watch

[@andydeyoung8813]

I pour agricultural concrete for a living, and we have bin pads down to a science, but I absolutely NEED to know the style of those forms. We use steel forms but staking them is a little different with us. Also, we trench a 16 inch "rat barrier" where the bin walls sit. That's a life saver for the farmer. And we also set our center about a half inch high so water won't sit under the center sump. Just giving u some ideas if u ever put up another bin. Looks good tho!!

[@blarfneggs3728]

What does it cost to have a foundation done for a grain silo that's 15' across? Just curious

[@leol1682]

Thanks Ryan for the video .

[@Diddley-js6lf]

Pretty cool way of screeding your stone base, that’s exactly what i do for a living Concrete so i always look for better or shorting time frame in prepping the base. So i. Like it pretty easy to do it that way.

[@KLRead1]

Very impressed with the 8

[@B.E.Long.63]

Good looking slump ya pouring. Peace, God Bless America...

[@rogerwilson9361]

Ryan and Travis and Dad nice video and dad has the skills in the family he was smoothing out the pad for the equipment to run the bin.

[@oldpackfan]

Great video . Taking the time to do the pad right pays off in the end with a structure that last and function properly.

[@technician413]

Great video, thanks!

[@oldtimeengineer26]

Back when I was a kid I remember when my dad built one we used all the rocks we picked up out of our fields to fill the center that was a workout. Job very well done

[@madox76]

Corn-crete!!! Great vid always enjoy these builds

[@TWLML420]

Thanks for uploading, I've always wondered how this was done.

[@narutoxsauske4570]

I can't wait till the harvest videos!!!

[@WorldsOkayestFarmer]

Great video I want to build one some day and its great to see how its done! Thanks for the great shots and showing how it is accomplished!

[@daviddodier8845]

Nice work! Bard is a customer of the company I work for, BASF, Bard are great people. You should put a soaker hose on that pad and wet cure for seven days or as long as you can stand it. The longer the better, and this will reduce cracking and increase strength.

[@TheJadeStorm87]

I remember the last bin pad i made. 20'x100'x16". A little thicker than I would have wanted to pour it, but it's was I was told had to be done. 100 yards of concrete later we finished it. loved the work and the pad turned out great, but that was a lot of concrete.

[@philiplogemann314]

If you are worried about not being able to stir the grain, I would look into a Shivvers mfg. dryer system. We have three bins with them in them at three bin sites, excellent grain quality and near perfect moisture percentage.

[@skipjackjohnson5528]

I had to always be the guy to pull the striker around the slab while the cement was wet. What a work out.

[@thomasmarti5856]

Great video ! With no stirator in this one ,you just go up once a month with a rake and break up the crust and then turn the fan on if needed to keep the air flowing .

[@PietschFarms]

Awesome! That’s always an exciting feeling!

[@grassfarmer42]

Nice slump !

[@tgh117]

base looks great. i helped a buddy do a foundation very similar to yours about 5 yrs ago. holding up good so far.

[@patkelly7999]

Great stuff Ryan, turned out very well:):)

[@MisterTee2010]

Looks perfect guys.

[@Jose-qg1qc]

Your youtube channel is more interesting than Discovery Max hajaj From spain 🇪🇸

[@clinthochrein888]

That's a pretty slick leveling device.

[@marcth37]

Great video Ryan! About ten years ago i helped my uncle and my cousin level the concrete foundation for their 40X90' machinery shed;we didnt install rebars in the concrete! they put instead small fibers in the concrete and they (the concrete company)said that fibers are stronger than rebars...We wernt so sure of that and today there are cracks in the foundation...

[@bobsmith1814]

Very interesting. I never knew how they put up the gain bins.

[@andrewbusshardt4533]

Videos keep getting better and better. Between u and Travis u guys have the best channels out there. Keep up the great work guys!!! Slow motion shots are outstanding

[@ralphstrucking]

Your dad does everything

[@ResidentEngineer1]

When placing concrete at that depth a concrete vibrator should always be used to consolidate the concrete. I did however like seeing the rebar being raised to allow the concrete to flow around the rebar. Looks great!

[@bradyschwartz6303]

Great video Ryan your editing skills are superb.

[@thejolleyfamilyhomestead344]

Really nice job. Good job on the eight I did not know as well if i would have gone left to right or right to left on the eight.

[@klugfarmsklug9323]

One should dig the out side foundation below the grown level, 2 feet deep would be ideal, instead of build what they call a floating slab. Hold up much better in the long run.

[@austinb2021]

Also keeps mice out better

[@oleasheim]

Great video😃, looking foward to harvest season now😃

[@Dale.Nienow]

That is a nice start, but their is a lot of more work to do! Good luck my friend!

[@jeremiahfisher6994]

I'm working for a farmer pulling corn to our local ethanol plants. I've become so intrigued by how things get to where they are and how they're built since working with them. I've always been told to work for a farmer when it comes to getting trucking experience. I understand why now. If they like you they'll bend over backwards for a guy. I started at harvest this year and thought I was only temporary..... nope..... lol i've become a fixture since october. But I wouldn't have it any other way. My hats off to you guys. Kill yourselves day in and day out and gotta be a jack of all trades!

[@arnaucanto6020]

Such a satisfying video!

[@MrQwertyman111]

Great vid, subscribed and will stay tuned!

[@jankotze1959]

This is a great video, never seen a concrete truck like that, it is massive.

[@canvids1]

Jan For some reason they have them like that in USA and UK I don't know where else.

[@jankotze1959]

Thanks Wayne, yes it was a first for me, we have the traditional back deposit of concrete ones and the type for casting first level floor casting with the long spout, but this one looks futuristic.

[@hossblake]

Works out a lot easier because the driver can move the truck as needed and control the pour at the same time.

[@jankotze1959]

Thank You

[@augustreil]

Jan Kotze, It depends where you are in the U.S.A. Here in Ct, most of the concrete trucks are front discharge and they are the best option in my opinion, the driver can pull up to within inches with no help, stop the unloading with just eyesight, quicker to move into position, etc.

[@markallen3293]

As a Civil Engineering Inspector, to much concrete will crack with out expansion joints, we also need to consider expansion and contraction of the concrete due to weather conditions. I would recommend concrete tests such as air entrainment, slump tests and compression cylinders. Also a couple of compaction tests on the fill would be a good idea to ensure there would be no excessive settling after the bin is constructed and filled with crops. There will be a lot weight on that concrete depending on the moisture content of the stored crop. Food for thought. Good luck buddy, great video, Thanks. Mark, Bemidji, MN. subscriber.

[@Foxman876]

mark allen you realize they are putting 10,000 pound cylinder on 120,000 pounds of concrete with. 30 inch thickened edge where are you suggesting this thing will go?

[@robertreznik9330]

Mark did you know that the dryer the grain or soybeans are the more dense. Specific weight or lbs per bushel volume. The psi of the grain column is about 14 lbs/inch. If grain gains moisture in storage it expands and can rupture the bin.

[@markallen3293]

Ya know I didn't think about that but that makes perfect sense. All my testing experience was in soil, concrete material testing for roads, highways, buildings etc. Thanks for expanding my farming testing knowledge. :) m

[@lyleandpeggy]

Larger bins typically require some excavation and packing of appropriate fill material clay etc. most often we will dig a footer as well to deter rodents from burrowing etc...

[@myrodeofarmlife3317]

Love the video best KZbin channel ever

[@JussiValkila]

We start harvesting barley in next few weeks. Yay!

[@hampcham]

nice job, and congratulations on the new bin

[@Ronaldo7cr8]

Keep up the goood work! And video is, great as always :) Greeting's from Croatia!

[@thetwiztedsnowman]

Awesome stuff right here. Learned a few things as well. Thank you

[@farmallskittle]

travis has a great sense of humour

[@esbeckner]

Awesome vid Ryan

[@sundramagrawal2978]

Great video I'm also a farmer from india

[@raymondj8768]

thats one big ass pad lol

[@tedwpx123]

Good job one and all!

[@harveybauer4607]

Next time ~ consider removing the top soil with vegetation before starting your gravel subgrade foundation pad.

[@blainejobin1039]

great job and the world is watching lol,,,making and 8/ useing a cup the needed size lol,,,great vid gays

[@mato1943]

Concrete will be fine houses in europe are build like this and theres no issues at all after hundreds of years however its weird that you didnt compacted that rock it would be really solid if you compact it before concrete

[@shanerussell8894]

the rock he used is in the 90 percent range compaction look up 57s compaction charts some but surprised he didn't pour a footer if water gets under it and freezes it will try to lift but don't know how the ground is there so cant say if it will or wont looks like its gonna be fine for the 20yr plan

[@tebfarms939]

That's satisfying to watch

[@farming4g]

I was hoping you would sign and date on the foundation... looks like we all love to leave our signatures in the base lol

[@bigunone]

LOL Wes was just commenting this morning about how he doesn't like grain bins with concrete floors

[@HowFarmsWork]

This bin won’t have a concrete floor, the cement is the foundation and the floor will be steel.

[@ardenrouth3555]

Great video Ryan

[@jprestige0073]

I love your videos Ryan!

[@groversuarez6811]

good job

[@piperdoug428]

So is the new bin close enough to link the 2 bins with a walkway at the top to save putting on a second staircase? it saved us a pile on our 25k

[@eddeetz493]

I'm betting you get the inside the bin connecting job. Dont forget ear protection. Hell of a crew, most contractors dont want help but you guys are elbow to elbow and made it look easy. May the rain wess doesnt need come your way to have a bumper crop and our president nudge NATO countries we defend to buy American or pay for Blackwater private contractors. Great upload.

[@herrlyb]

Wow your camera looks great!!! Nice work!!

[@cl112688]

Ryan, the bin that was starting to collapse, will you all be dismantling that one and rebuilding on the foundation?

[@cl112688]

I gotcha. thank you.

[@mikeysgarage3697]

No plastic and regular wetting down to slow the curing for a stronger result?

[@Sicktrickintuner]

Adding all that gravel is just as strong if not better as long as it is packed down properly in 8-12” lifts.

[@user-mh6nl2di1w]

Not as much rebar in the footer as we do but i guess if it works.

[@IHVA-ir9gp]

Kuster Elevators & Grain Storage Potosi WI. You guys are going start pushing the big guys (e.g. AM, Cargill, etc.) Easier watching somebody else put concrete down then doing yourself. Nice Job Dad, Travis, and Ryan

[@westfarming2444]

Good video Ryan i like it

[@rk3739]

Wow! I’ve never seen a grain bin built like this before! Is this more common? Would a thought you would need to dig down to the frost line for footings! Especially for the amount of weight you put in these things!!???

[@timleix951]

Can't believe you did not take top soil off and replaced with 1/1-2 rock. Can always use good black dirt Plus have solid base Just a thought

[@norWISequipment]

Just wondering if you guys removed the topsoil before adding gravel?

[@steveclyde8955]

building g grain bins

[@grantflavel9822]

Wow another wanabe knowit all.

[@chasesblog]

Send that rain down to tx we need it badly

[@donstravelsandrants.]

Great job.

[@blight4282]

Great work

[@storm4498]

Nice work

[@TheFarmingLife]

I was wondering why you didn't remove the topsoil like 6 to 8 in in the area where you put the stone on. I would think they would settle when it the ground is wet and do you think the concrete would crack. Here in Pennsylvania we have to go down to the frost line and start from there otherwise are concrete won't last long. Thanks for the video have a great day

[@attiarachid8735]

[@koolman2021]

That's really cool awesome video working with concrete is very hard work have a good day

[@HowFarmsWork]

koolman2021 thanks!

[@koolman2021]

How Farms Work welcome all your videos bring back lots of great memories of when I was farming Ray

[@FiremedicGross]

Great video thanks for sharing

[@chucklesx]

You don't compact the gravel or use vibratory consolidator on the concrete?

[@rightsideofthegrass8114]

My thoughts exactly. A vibrator is always used to consolidate freshly poured concrete to insure most of the air has been removed. Air pockets reduce the strength significantly.

[@koolkats724]

I was surprised that they didn't remove the top soil before putting down the stone.

[@dozer130]

Can't pack washed stone and it's a grain bin

[@austinseubert6047]

rock creek fabrication it's a grain bin so yes it should have a would base under it not gravel on top of top soil we are putting up a bin 1/3 the size and are removing all the dirt down to the clay

[@tysondickman4133]

You most certainly do, you should do it in lifts of no more than 6" and the sod should be removed from the ground.