Reading about the Harvestore silos reminded me of when my Dad had a wooden silo built in the mid 60's. It was only 40 feet but I remember the crew that put it together was walking around the rim before the roof was attached like they were on flat ground. I think they were 2 inch staves so that was all they had to stand on. Put a lot of loads of silage into that as a teenager and with no unloader with my Dad forked it back out over the winter.Had a W9 running the belt on the blower and later a Cockshutt 50.
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When I was maybe 11 years old 1961, my dad put up the third silo. Concrete sections that were like really big interlocking dominos. They used a bowsen chair on ropes. NO. Inside scafolds. You brought this back up and it still gives me the willies!!!! Those guys had to be part spider or gehco!
What did they hook the bosun"s chair too? And where did the builders stand? I"ve only seen inside scaffold, with a jacking device that they added pipe to as it went up. The staves were lifted by a fast winch, hanging over the side of the silo. Rope had a scissor like clamp with leather facing to grip the staves.
With all this talk about silos, does anybody have a silver shield silo from Clayton and Lambert? My grandmother and uncle worked there, and we still use one of their silos. Made in Buckner Kentucky, I drive by the factory every day, still in business, but less production than Yeats ago. They make swimming pools too
Well then they were using the chair when they were puttin the rings on. I had to go to school and i do remember they put that thing up really quick. Guess I didn't get a look inside cause my dad wouldn't have allowed any messing around a prodject like that. I do remember guys hanging off of the sides, so that must have been the rings.
A guy I work with used to build concrete stave silos when he was younger. I think he said it was his first full time job when he got out of high school, he said he was 18. Not too long after he started, someone or something above him dropped a concrete stave and it come down and hit him just below his neck between his shoulders as he was bending over to pick something up. He said the lights went out immediately. Broke some vertebrae and really messed up his back. You can tell when it is bothering him, makes me feel bad for him. Not sure how much a concrete stave weighs, but I'll bet from any height it could have killed him.
Al Baker(pumpman)
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I have a steel Martin brand silo here on my farm. They were very popular around these parts in the 60s. Galvanized gray color. They were built with the scaffolding on the outside. It hooked to the bolts sticking through the sheets. Most are gone today. They would start to rust out if the unloader made a scratch in the side while spinning. Mine is starting to get some holes in the bottom. Time to repair or replace. Been thinking of a used blue one. Always thought they looked pretty. Sounds like if you do maintenance right on them they are a good investment.
coonie minnie
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The barn across the street from us has an old, stone, square silo. It is a very impressive structure, and still owned by the original family. The story goes that a worker was killed when a fieldstone fell from the top of the wall, and hit one of the laborers on the ground. The Lord has ways of finding you when your number is up!
crooked rows
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These picture kind of go along with this silo discussion....the guy in the picture is working on a re-seal and then he pressure tested it with a sprayer full of soapy water....
farmerwithmutt
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Neighbor kid got hit with a stave and naturally being Amish no hard hat it didn't kill him but fortunately it cracked his skull so the pressure didn't kill him he lived. One story I heard was a crew building a silo lowered a guy over the edge to tighten the bolts went spastic old guy grabbed a wrench and banged him on the head knocking him out so they could haul him in . When he came to he crawled to the silo door went to the chute then he walked to town he didn't even trust them to drive him to town.
notjustair
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My neighbor is the granddaughter of the original owners of my dairy. She's in her 80's now but remembers as a young girl when they put up my silo. Four brothers came and did it and got into a brawl and were throwing skimming cement at each other. After the silo was up the oldest boy got called into the war and died on his first day abroad. The second oldest didn't go because he worked on the dairy and farming was a priority job.
The doors are long gone from mine. It's got a horizontal crack all the way around about 10 feet from the top. One of these days I will wake up to find it down.
The doors are long gone from mine. It's got a horizontal crack all the way around about 10 feet from the top. One of these days I will wake up to find it down.
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