I am planning to buy this crib it looks to be in good shap just don't know much about it and the owner doesn't either her husband has passed away. Just wondering if you guys had any knowledge on the crib: size, brand, good crib - bad crib. Anything really. I will have to disassemble it to so any info there would be appreciated. (Thanks)
It looks to me like a Behlen. Good cribs. Local dealer sold a lot of them around here. Most have been scrapped now, though. Figures, now that I need another one, can't find it nearby.
I agree that it is a Behlen. They were available in two diameters, 14' and 18', and three heights, 10', 15', and 20' (as measured to the top of the panels)
The crib in the picture confuses me, as it appears to be taller than 10', but it only consists of one panel. A 10' crib would have one panel, a 15' would use one 10' and one 5' panel, and the 20' tall crib would use two 10 foot panels.
It may be that the small diameter cribs were built differently than the 18 foot cribs. The roof adds another 10 feet. The advantage of the Behlen design is that the roof is at the same angle as the natural angle of repose as ear corn.
It appears that the vertical air ventilation shaft is in the crib, there should be some half round tunnels, that would allow ventilation and the drags to be installed when shelling.
See if the lid is still there, it would be a reddish-orange color, and shaped like a gigantic pop bottle cap.
I would echo the comments posted so far. It looks like a Behlen to me. We used one for over 20 years and it was an excellent crib. Ours was on concrete and we left a passage way in the middle of the foundation that ran clear through the pad so we could slide a corn drag in for unloading. The passage way was covered with 2x6 planks that we could removed one at a time to let corn drop into the drag. Back in 1978 we had a nasty wind storm that came through our area, it took down two cribs of another brand but the Behlen was still standing.
