In November 2012, site work began in McCoy, Washington State, USA, on a grain terminal facility featuring SCAFCO Grain Systems storage bins. SCAFCO supplied three model 7885ES flat bottom bins each with a capacity of 378,000-bushels/10,300 MT and three model 3616SHBT hopper bottom bins each with a capacity of 55,000-bushels/1500 MT. Total grain storage capacity is in the range of 1.4 million bushels/38,000 MT of wheat. After nearly 12 months since site work first began, the facility is now complete and receiving grain by truck and by rail.
With the ability to receive grain at 40,000 bushels/1000 MT per hour and ship grain at 60,000 bushels/1,600 MT per hour, the facility is able to load a 110 rail car shuttle train in under 9 hours.
The facility, which is owned by Cooperative Agricultural Producers, Inc. (Co-Ag) and Pacific Northwest Farmers Cooperative (PNW), will benefit local wheat farmers. According to the Spokesman-Review Newspaper (Spokane, Washington, USA), it is estimated that the McCoy project could generate more than US$72 million in transportation savings over the next 20 years, plus another US$14 million in reduced road damage and accidents, since the grain won’t have to be transported over highways by truck. The facility will help Washington State maintain its critical grain export business.