Are old cement silos worth anything ? Guy had one here on Craigs list. Metal rings and cement leaning pretty good. I thought he would end up paying to get it removed .
 
The right silo in the right location the Amish will give a little for them to take down and put back up. People like to advertise them but very few sell. The Amish have even started taking down Harvestore silos and putting them back up as smaller top unload silos. Tom
 
That's about what happens here. You may get a few bucks for one from the Amish but no on else wants em. Few guys around here still use em but most are either bagging or went to bunkers so they really have no value.

Rick
 
It depends on the silo....if it is the style that has interlocking "blocks", then yes - the others - no. The Amish in Northern Missouri are always on the outlook for one. They tore down an 80x 24(?) a couple of years ago, brought it home and used it to build THREE guys a silo, with parts left over. They usually don't get TOO happy with the cash, but give more than "just a little".....
 
Our Amish neighbors took one down for us and have done several for other folks around. We were happy that they took it away before it became dangerous and we didn't ask them to pay for it. They got it all down in about 3-4 hours with a large crew and numerous wagons and teams to haul the staves away. They haven't set it up yet but they did set up another one that they got from someone else and they have said they want to set the one from here up too, they just haven't found the time yet.
Zach
 
I bet he would be real lucky to get it torn down for the materials, no value in it, I would not want the liability of letting someone tear it down for the materials.
 
Locally the block type get repurposed by the propane company"s as the blocks work great for the tanks to sit on, I have not had a silo here in 40 years but if you look around closely you will see the blocks under everything even still used today around the grain bins for everything including truck stops for backing up to the grain auger dump
 
The Amish will take them if there not jet creted. What the do is somebody sits on the edge wiggles the stave loose then tosses it into a sandpile. There also taking blue silos and adding doors and chutes. It's usually kids that are doing it to earn cash to get started.
Saying that check your insurance before they start one kid got killed in a fall from a silo and the neighbor's got his skull split open he was lucky it split because it took the pressure off the brain when it swelled apparently he didn't look up when they dropped the stave. Both these kids were under age and no safety equipment. I grew up on a farm and took more than my share of chances but sometimes you wonder . A safety harness could have saved one and would a hard hat have helped the other. I have nothing against kids working if all means is done to protect them
 
So it it easy to tell the interlocking block types from those that have been "jet creted"? I Googled both but did not find much info. To make a long story short, I am going to rebuild an old barn on a farm property I own to look as close to the original as possible. It had a really nice concrete silo next to it which the last owner decided it would be fun to knock down. It was in great shape. I have a good solid foundation and would like to replace the silo. There are a lot of them in the area. I just don't know which are moveable or not. It was not a huge silo. If the blocks are interlocking and not mortared together...
 
From my farm I can see 10 silos that have not been filled in 15 years or longer.I know of a hundred or more that sit empty , and will never be refilled. Both stave and Blue monuments as well. Livestock farming has died off , and big round bales rule for those who still keep stock. Most Dairy guys have bunks.
 
Jet creted is basically cement sprayed on the blocks to reseal the silo. It will look like it's spray painted they can't break them apart. I've seen silos moved while upright check you tube cool video
 
I have seen the metal ones moved. The video where they moved one from back to front of farm standing upright was pretty cool. I obviously cannot do that. The nearest candidate is 1/4 mile away. There are two really nice ones across the road from me. Do not know if they are cemented or no. The one the fella took down on what is now my property did have a troweled cement product on the inside that covered the block. I will have to look around for one that is just block...and fits my foundation.
 
Folks advertise all sorts of strange things on Craig's List. But, be warned that a lot of them are for the wrong reasons....

A guy advertises a "free" silo. That is AFTER he has checked around for prices to get it removed and finds out that it will cost him a small fortune to get it taken down and removed.

Another guy advertises a "free" tree on his property. Seems that he had already contacted several tree removal services and found out that the price to get it removed was over $1000. Now, he thinks that some sucker will want the firewood and will come and take the tree for nothing. Better yet, the guy with the tree insists on insurance and bonding. Hmmmmmmmmm........what is wrong with this picture???

How about the one that offers a "free" tree that fell down on his property. He again tried to get a professional to remove it, BUT.... they wanted a LOT of money to do it. So, he advertises on Craig's List that he has "free" firewood available, but it is PINE!!! Not firewood!!And after that another insists that you "must take all" to get it "free."

Be warned that FREE is NOT ALWAYS FREE!!!
 
That's one thing the Amish are good at resizing silos. In other words that they can make a bigger one fit your foundation. There is certain types that there more fond off . The Groove inside makes them adjustable.
 
I have seen tearing down a silo on a couple youtube videos of idiots sledging around the bottom and then running fast when it starts to fall.
 
I watched my neighbor and his semi husky 18 year old daughter knock down a 40 footer with 2 sledge hammers busting staves one after another until they were knocked out about exactly half way. When it just stood there with day light half way through it I started backing up. He hit it once more and it collapsed in a huge cloud of dust.
 
Ahhh, that is good to know. I figured I would have to find one the exact size. Not sure how that works geometrically, but I believe it must be possible.
 
Grab a piece of paper and roll it in a tube basically you can adjust the size by how tight you roll it. I'm thinking but not sure if you can get some staves and then set them in a circle you can tell how many you need . I'm thinking that there all a standard size.
 
I have a sealed Madison here that I would like to have a box of C-4 and a case of beer! I should mention it has corn silage in it now, once empty hope to never in my life put any silage back in it, if I do, lend me some rope! LOL
 
Had a guy do that in the neighborhood. When it started to go he took off running and tripped I think he set a crawling record. The Amish knock a lot down its like dropping a tree if everything works right its ok. They knocked a silo down for a guy next to a busy highway asked if they were going to stop traffic the answer was no . The owner then did it himself and didn't ask them back again. Imagine what some city slicker would have thought having that drop in front of him . It landed on the edge of the road.
 
The time to take a silo down is the last time you empty it. Stand on the silage and knock the block off after every days feeding. When the silo is empty, it is down.
 

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