A grain bin cover opening system for remotely and safely openinggrain bin covers. The grain bin cover opening system generally includes anupperarm adapted to raise or lower a cover, a lower arm connectable to a fixedbracketon the grain bin. The grain bin cover opening system also may include anactuatoroperably coupled between the upper arm and the lower arm to move the upperarm away from or toward the lower arm, in order to open the cover. The Systemmay also include an inner stiffener coupled to the lower arm, configured toslideinto and out of an outer stiffener coupled to the upper arm to maintain asubstantially constant angle between the upper arm and the lower arm.
