Moving A Grain Annex

rusty6 · Feb 6, 2017

I recorded this video almost 15 years ago when they moved our last grain elevator out of town. I was there to watch them build it in 1974-75 too but no video cameras around in those days.
Grain Elevator Move

Jon Erickson · Feb 6, 2017

Very interesting video. Thank you for posting it.

gtractorfan · Feb 7, 2017

If that doesn't look top heavy I don't know what does. A gust of wind and it's all over. Good photography.

rrman61 · Feb 7, 2017

Why did the grain elevator cross the road?.......... lol

cumminspuller · Feb 7, 2017

Thanks for posting. That is very interesting to watch. Never seen anything like that in person. I wonder what the cost difference is between moving that thing and the company building a new one???

rusty6 · Feb 7, 2017

(quoted from post at 06:42:14 02/07/17) Thanks for posting. That is very interesting to watch. Never seen anything like that in person. I wonder what the cost difference is between moving that thing and the company building a new one???

It made the news all over the country at the time and I suspect the story is online somewhere even now. I don't know about the cost. Either option would be a major expense I'd think. A lot of machinery and man power went into the move. But I recall watching them build it in 1974-75 and seems like it took all winter.

centash · Feb 7, 2017

I've seen barns moved, but never anything that big! A lot of worrying til that thing
was back on the ground, I bet. My dad worked on a farm near Kilally around 1950, is
that near your area? Ben

rusty6 · Feb 7, 2017

(quoted from post at 08:02:03 02/07/17) I've seen barns moved, but never anything that big! A lot of worrying til that thing
was back on the ground, I bet. My dad worked on a farm near Kilally around 1950, is
that near your area? Ben

I'm about 50 miles Northwest of there.

J.Wondergem · Feb 7, 2017

WOW. That sure took a lot of planning.

ArleninOr · Feb 7, 2017

And people thought it was silly for me to move a 12x16 office building 12 miles. Set down on ground, hook electricity to it and move in. Crazy, functional yes. Cost just time and fuel. Cheaper than building from scratch and did I mention I'm cheap!!! Great video.

jeffcat · Feb 7, 2017

Rusty,nice video. They had good solid ground and some of those tires were pretty squished from the load. Now can you give us a little more information? Why did it need to be moved, how far, is it still in use today. I know an awful lot of those smaller elivators are gone now.

rusty6 · Feb 7, 2017

(quoted from post at 10:24:28 02/07/17) Rusty,nice video. They had good solid ground and some of those tires were pretty squished from the load. Now can you give us a little more information? Why did it need to be moved, how far, is it still in use today. I know an awful lot of those smaller elivators are gone now.

I guess it was just time and progress had rendered wooden elevators obsolete for fast train loading. The grain companies moved out and the elevators had to go. Nobody bought the others but this one did survive the move and can be seen today at Markinch, Sask. The rail line disappeared a few years later.
In this photo the old original UGG elevator was being demolished and you can see the newer annex that got moved later behind it. This old original dated back to the early 1900s and was the North Star grain company originally.

Dick2 · Feb 7, 2017

There are tons of nails in all that cribbing, plus the weight of the lumber! They can move just about anything these days. Watched an episode on TOH where they moved a big house in Boston. Used wheels with hydraulic drive and a rather small (I thought)power unit to supply the hydraulic power; no trucks were used at all.

Moving A Grain Annex

rusty6

Well-known Member

Jon Erickson

Member

gtractorfan

Well-known Member

rrman61

Well-known Member

cumminspuller

Member

rusty6

Well-known Member

centash

Well-known Member

rusty6

Well-known Member

J.Wondergem

Well-known Member

ArleninOr

Well-known Member

jeffcat

Well-known Member

rusty6

Well-known Member

Dick2

Well-known Member

Similar threads