He was about 10 years old when the project was being built. Son Corey, 51, now of Camano Island, Washington, was watching a move near Petersburg, North Dakota, on Aug. They fitted it with styrofoam padding 10 inches thick so the bins aren’t scratched up. The Grottes back up to the bin and run a strap around the top, the bottom, and fix a chain to the front to the machine, to do the vertical lifting. He has modified numerous times, was designed to move expensive Harvestore silos in the 1980s farm credit crisis, but today is primarily used for large hopper bins. His grandfather, Walter Grotte, built the machine in his farm shop 40 years ago. 2, 2021, bin job at Petersburg, N.D., stands in the bay for the Mighty Mover, which is equipped with a 200-gallon oil tank that feeds two 100-gallon hydraulic cylinders. “So, we felt that was a challenge, so we built this machine,” he said. Smith (Harvestore’s parent company) and asked, ‘Does anyone move them in one piece?’ And he says, ‘No way, don’t even try it,’” Walter recalled. "I got thinking, I should make something to move Harvestores. “I talked to a fellow that worked for the Harvestore company out Fargo, and he said to move a Harvestore was $24,000,” Walter said. Some farmers who were forced out of dairying wanted to sell and move them. The low-oxygen silos featured molten glass fused to both sides of the steel sheets They keep contents in an oxygen-free, high-quality state, preventing mold and decay that can occur in concrete stave silos or bunker silos. They weren’t cheap, but they offered “push-button” feeding, attractive to smaller dairies with less labor. The iconic blue Harvestores had became common in the 1970s. “It was a savior of many years - the moving of the grain bins,” he said.Įventually, he eyed a growing demand for Harvestore silos.
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