180 miles, I'd take them apart. I have moved 2 for myself, a 21' and a 18' and helped a bin crew move many bins. Take a can of spray paint and paint a line straight down from the roof to the floor. Then mark the sheets in each ring, 1-1,1-2, 1-3 etc, then 2-1,2-2,2-3 and so on. Number the roof sheets so everything goes back just the way it came apart. Makes the job a whole lot easier. We take the roof apart in 3 sheet sections, not that heavy, they stack OK like that. Before you start putting them back up, find center of the pad and mark it. Measure out 1/2 the diameter of the bin from center and make a mark every 3' in a circle. When the bin is erected, just line up the edges of the bin with the marks and you are round again. We ALWAYS use new bolts!! The washer on the old ones will be shot when you get it apart. If they have unload augers under the floor, the fan and transion need to be almost straight across from each other to keep even air flow under the floor. If the sheets are rusty inside, clean them up good and use a GOOD rust preventer paint on the bad spots. You didn't say if they have stirrators in any of them. If they do, pull the down augers and leave it hang in the bin until you are down to where you can remove it standing on the cement, put it back in the same way. Consider upgrading to larger unload augers, the old 6"ers are real slow unloading unless you are hauling the grain out yourself. When I moved the 18' bin, I didn't put a unload auger in it, the trucker has a grain vac and uses it to unload. It ain't rocket science, just be careful and try to think ahead to when you go back together. Everything you mark when dismanteling will make reassembly that much easier. You definately need a electric impact wrench and some long tapered punches to line up holes and hang the sheet to start bolts. The punches are handy to carry the sheets also.A man on each end, stick a punch in a top hole, pick it up and go. When reassembling, put a whole ring together with the bolts loose. Start anywhere and tighten all the bolts in the ring.On the vertical seams, put your punch in the bottom hole and keep it lined up as the other guy tightens the seam. If I think of anything else, I'll add it later. Chris
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