I have just acquired a 12' dia. x 8-10' tall + roof galv. corn crib. It is in great shape and I can't wait to get it moved to my farm. It is missing some of the brackets in the door that hold the wooden boards that you put in when youstart to fill the crib. Does anyone know where I can get some of these brackets? Thanks.
Probably have to make them, or have them made, using the existing ones for a template.
The ones I can remember, were a wood frame, with wooden strips that allowed a 1 X 4 to be inserted at a 45 degree angle.
Undoubtedly the company who made your crib is long gone, and although Behlen still makes their galvanized cribs, I never remember seeing anything like you are describing listed in their brochures, or in actual use. Their door panels were removed by removing the bolts holding them in place, and then removing the sections of tunnel as you got further back into the crib.
-- Edited by Art From De Leon on Thursday 19th of July 2012 08:56:08 AM
On my late 70's Behlen crib they look like 1" angle iron about 14ga thickness spot welded to the door frame. Would be pretty easy to make replacements.
-- Edited by rustyfordgarage on Thursday 19th of July 2012 10:46:37 PM
I believe I 'misremembered' how the door panels were held in place. Now that I think about it there were 'several' pieces of galvanized rod, about 8-10 inches long, that had a bend that you put behind one of the vertical rods and pulled down to hold the door panel in place. The other end, IIRC had a loop that was around one of the vertical rods on the door panel.
