Buildabin/EB bin

[Lincsman]

That’s fair enough. I would perhaps ask why they don’t have larger feet on the legs?

Concrete is cheaper... where used!

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

Only farmers would quibble another £150 to make a base for a bin worth many thousands that’s going to be filled with hundreds of tonnes of feed worth £150+ a tonne!! Just what Dad would do, lay it on 4” and wonder how the hell it fell over......

You missed out some would use round gravel out of the beck, building sand that was left over from laying some blocks 2 years ago, full of cat shite and other things, and the cement in the bag that's gone hard with the damp, pealing the bag off and attacking it with a hammer to break it up,???
Yes I seen it done, but not for a bin base

 

[MickMoor]

Why skimp? It wouldn’t be the first bingo fall over and kill the feed lorry driver filling it. Admittedly, the most widely known incident was failure of a leg on an old bin. But why even think of risking somebody else’s life for a few quid?

 

[RWG Contracts]

We’re doing a bike shelter on a job at the moment and the engineer has given us a drawing with 200mm of concrete under it... for 6 bikes... it’s like one extreme to other looking at his drawings and then coming in this thread

 

[TheRanger]

I'v got a 9 ton EB bin, on 3 legs. It was put up about 10/15 years ago on an existing 4" concrete yard.

I'm thinking about moving it, what would be the recommended pad for a bin of this size? Has anyone had specs for similar?

 

[upnortheast]

I'v got a 9 ton EB bin, on 3 legs. It was put up about 10/15 years ago on an existing 4" concrete yard.

I'm thinking about moving it, what would be the recommended pad for a bin of this size? Has anyone had specs for similar?

Seen a base spec on a bin companies web site. Not sure if it was EB or Collinson

 

[DieselRob]

I'v got a 9 ton EB bin, on 3 legs. It was put up about 10/15 years ago on an existing 4" concrete yard.

I'm thinking about moving it, what would be the recommended pad for a bin of this size? Has anyone had specs for similar?

I've just put up an 11t tri leg collinson on a 3.5x3.5x0.2m base, I think the next size down was approx 9t and that required a 3.2x3.2x0.2m base

 

[upnortheast]

Collinsons. Select the type of bin, open the pdf file & the base specs are there

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[Hilly]

First thing I’d do is lay 150 mm and tell them is 300.

You qualified ! Your a real farmer ?‍?

 

[Netherfield]

I've only ever seen EB put packers in to stop them rocking, never saw them use a spirit level.

Was said by the driver it was to stop trying to pull the bin out of shape if all four legs didn't touch the base properly.

 

[chickens and wheat]

we put up a 38t bin on a substantial pad built 20 years ago for gas tanks, width was ok but unsure about depth, plenty of concrete guys looked at it and said it would be fine.
bin delivery driver said 'if my drill bit goes through its no good', luckily the bit stayed in concrete and all was well.
If drill had gone through he would still have bolted it down and left the bin but I would have had to sign a waiver.

he said biggest reason for so much concrete is to stop an empty bin blowing over, rather than a full bin sinking

 

[chickens and wheat]

You missed out some would use round gravel out of the beck, building sand that was left over from laying some blocks 2 years ago, full of cat shite and other things, and the cement in the bag that's gone hard with the damp, pealing the bag off and attacking it with a hammer to break it up,???
Yes I seen it done, but not for a bin base

all this worry about the covid app snooping on people ,and it turns out youve been covertly watching me mix a bit of cement.

 

[TheRanger]

I've just put up an 11t tri leg collinson on a 3.5x3.5x0.2m base, I think the next size down was approx 9t and that required a 3.2x3.2x0.2m base

Cheers

Interesting that it’s been sitting on half that thickness for it’s existing 10/15 years. Don’t remember them speccing a base size at the time.

 

[DieselRob]

Cheers

Interesting that it’s been sitting on half that thickness for it’s existing 10/15 years. Don’t remember them speccing a base size at the time.

@chickens and wheat made an interesting point above that it might actually be more to stop the bin moving when empty rather than sinking when full, my farm is on a hill top and the prevailing wind can be a pain, the bin doesn't have any shelter from this

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

all this worry about the covid app snooping on people ,and it turns out youve been covertly watching me mix a bit of cement.

?????

 

[RWG Contracts]

we put up a 38t bin on a substantial pad built 20 years ago for gas tanks, width was ok but unsure about depth, plenty of concrete guys looked at it and said it would be fine.
bin delivery driver said 'if my drill bit goes through its no good', luckily the bit stayed in concrete and all was well.
If drill had gone through he would still have bolted it down and left the bin but I would have had to sign a waiver.

he said biggest reason for so much concrete is to stop an empty bin blowing over, rather than a full bin sinking

I’m not convinced by that. Weight is transferred through 45 degrees. If you have a 200mm pad by the time the weight is transferred to the sub base it’s covering a lot bigger area than a 150mm slab

 

[chickens and wheat]

bit of all reasons but bolting it to a heavy slab will stop it blowing over atleast

 

[RWG Contracts]

bit of all reasons but bolting it to a heavy slab will stop it blowing over atleast

Not sure. They’re lined up outside collinsons yard and not bolted down

 

[linga]

We’re doing a bike shelter on a job at the moment and the engineer has given us a drawing with 200mm of concrete under it... for 6 bikes... it’s like one extreme to other looking at his drawings and then coming in this thread

Yeah but the concrete might have to take the weight of all six owners too !

 

[Tim G]

I hit one with a tractor when I was 15, someone was looking down on my that day because it could have easily been the end of me. It didn't matter how much concrete was under it as it had never been bolted down! The thought of it coming down still scares me 25 years later.