We had to do some quick fabrication on the loader and boom to make it work. We rigged up a long boom on the 4230 to have enough loader clearance to handle the bins, which are 16 feet in diameter. We borrowed my bestie’s lowboy semi trailer and pulled it with our little Mack truck. About 5 years ago, Farmer and I undertook the task of bringing them home and turning them into useful structures again. They aren’t actual ‘government bins’ he bought them brand new, but they are the same size. My grandpa had two empty bins on his place that he gave to me. He is seriously the most organized man I have ever met, which is super admirable to me because my workshop is piles of tools on the bench with no obvious rightful place on the wall or in drawers, and my junk shed is a wreck even if I just cleaned and organized it because I’m like a tornado when I’m creating. My friend Leonard has a super-organized grain bin that is full of spare parts for his farm equipment. And many of them stand perpetually empty. I actually reached out and touched my computer screen because I love pretty old paper.īecause there are more efficient means of grain storage available these days, most of the government bins in the landscape are used for storage of other things: tools, junk, and a few are used annually for fescue storage. Like, the history is there in fo’real typewriter font. Seriously, you should check out the link for the simple fact that it’s all scanned copies of ancient documents. You can read more about the history of the program at. The program began in the 1930s and ended in the early 1970s, when farmers were allowed to purchase the bins from the CCC for on-farm storage. They’re called government bins because the Commodity Credit Corporation, or CCC, a federal program, purchased and built them to offset the grain storage crisis that ensued when farmers’ crop production overran storage capacity available for crops. ‘Government bins’ dot the landscape of the entire country. And the information that is relevant to my junk is fascinating to me, so I love researching all the stuff relating to it. It’s part of my personality…one of my top five strengths is Input, which means I collect information. I love knowing the history behind ALL the junk. Repurpose an old grain bin into a gazebo, outdoor kitchen, bar, family hangout, whatever you want to call it.įirst, a bit of a history lesson.
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