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New drone footage of McCoy Grain Terminal, just outside the small farming community of Rosalia, Washington, USA, provides a bird’s-eye view of SCAFCO bins at their best. This terminal combines three 7885ES flat bottom bins with three 3616SHBT hopper bottom bins for a total site capacity of an impressive 1.3 million bushels.
The facility is projected to save the local wheat industry over $86 million on transport, road damage, and accidents by reducing the need for highway transit. Used primarily for the temporary storage of grain on its way abroad, these bins – and McCoy Grain Terminal itself – play an important role in supporting Washington State’s position as a major wheat exporter.
Sandra Dixon, SCAFCO Grain Systems Latin America Sales Manager received this photograph from a SCAFCO dealer in Venezuela. “When construction is completed,” Sandra informs, “this will be a SCAFCO Grain Systems model 2712SHBTZ1 elevated hopper bottom grain bin.” The diameter is 27’ (8.23 m) and the height will be 66’9” (20.35 m) with a 45 degree cone for storing up to 600 tons of corn. Also included from SCAFCO in this project are an exterior ladder with platform and safety cage, interior ladder, two aeration systems with 3HP axial fans, rack and pinion discharge gate and SCAFCO’s all galvanized catwalk 48” wide x 68’ long (1,219 mm x 20.74 m).
SCAFCO Grain Systems began manufacturing Grain Bins in 1961. Ole Warren became one of the first SCAFCO grain bin dealers. In the photograph at left stands Ole’s Son, Carey Warren, who is continuing to unload SCAFCO Grain bin accessories with a 1947 model forklift that was in his father’s business from a time even before becoming a SCAFCO dealer.