I worked at Louis Rich for a couple years and was trained how to clean these, I have seen larger, 10,000 lb hoppers ,you literally had to go inside and once in the walls on both sides were over my head, scary but since the auger was removed like shown in the pic it was not so bad.
It looks like the screw is being supported by one of those car engine jacks I would guess that screw might weight 200 lbs.
and the stairs and the catwalk on the side to me looks to be at least 4 feet in height then add another 3 feet to the top of the pan. Just my guess but I would say this thing weights about half as much as a Sherman tank.
-- Edited by fdarn on Tuesday 3rd of September 2013 09:05:24 PM
-- Edited by fdarn on Tuesday 3rd of September 2013 09:13:20 PM
