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SHALER

11-21-2023 08:20:49

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Most of the tower silos around my area are no longer being used. Would imagine the ones around you are not being used as well. My question- do any of you have an unused tower silo and does it cost you anything annually in real estate taxes?

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caterpillar guy

11-24-2023 03:45:00

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to SHALER, 11-21-2023 08:20:49

Never saw one torn down.Heard they have a seal release they spray on the joints when they start and by the time they get the ring unbolted the sheets will let go so they can separate them from the rest of the structure. I've thought they would make a great grain bin if you could get one of the shorter ones with a larger diameter something more like the old slurry stores with a roof. Just not as big in diameter. Something in a 30 foot or so diameter would work well. IF used as an upright silo like they were in tended for feed you would need a stair drop deal to keep the grain from shattering as it hit the bottom and maybe then it would not work well at 60to 80 feet tall. If not then how do they keep it from that in these big bins I see at some farms and elevators and the old slip poured silos for grain.

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tall german

11-23-2023 13:09:03

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to SHALER, 11-21-2023 08:20:49

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I have a daughter that lives in Chicago. When we drive from western Iowa (10 miles from South Dakota Border), we probably see at least 100 Harvestore silos sitting unused. There are probably 4 or 5 that have vertical legs connected to store grain in. If you google how to tear one down, they have pictures of the Amish doing that.

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caterpillar guy

11-23-2023 07:19:10

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to SHALER, 11-21-2023 08:20:49

There were several around here and some went broke and some prospered with them. There are even some with the solid blue top instead of the white top. Lots of Cement silos both staves and asbestos sections. One of those was on this place before I bought it. Grew up with it here as a kid across the road. Never thought anything about the asbestos then.

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INCase

11-22-2023 08:50:17

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to SHALER, 11-21-2023 08:20:49

on harvestores there still alot of small/mid size dairies around here (they are getting fewer though) that still use them if they had them.

many other ex dairies are using them for grain storage now.

Have seen a few come down for scrap.

i thought they were easy to move compared to a concrete silo (have seen them moved too)

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David from Kansas

11-22-2023 07:36:54

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to SHALER, 11-21-2023 08:20:49

Neighbor widow had her's removed about 3-4 years ago. It was starting to deteriate and she was afrain it was going to fall on the house. Yes, it was that close.

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INCase

11-22-2023 08:42:48

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to David from Kansas, 11-22-2023 07:36:54

ours is still up and is still on the taxes. I think i can petition the county to drop is as it is obsolete and has not useful value. I would guess its only about $30ish per year but they don't need it.

Still has 6 feet of corn silage in it. Wife's grand-dad's last milk license was 1985 so I suspect that silage was put in in 85 or 86. nice crust of pigeon craap on top.

took an old granary down and need to get that off the books too.

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Robert (ID)

11-21-2023 18:35:22

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to SHALER, 11-21-2023 08:20:49

Ah poverty monuments are what they are know by out here... seems like everyone that put em up was headed to bankruptcy court not to long after it..

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Tony in SD

11-22-2023 00:53:48

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to Robert (ID), 11-21-2023 18:35:22

I remember a Harvestore salesman asked me when we were going to modernize our farm with a Harvestore silo? I told him about 3 years before we go broke. He didnt think it was funny. I didnt either because I was serious.

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sandcastle1

11-21-2023 17:59:07

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to SHALER, 11-21-2023 08:20:49

NorthEast Ohio here, they do not affect my property taxes. I had the one here knocked down about 5 years ago. Third Party Image

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4520BW

11-21-2023 15:59:45

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to SHALER, 11-21-2023 08:20:49

My father in law took his down and when it fell the aluminum top just floated down. My wife wants to make some sort of a gazebo out of it. So far i have been able to avoid doing it.

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RedMF40

11-21-2023 12:19:07

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to SHALER, 11-21-2023 08:20:49

[quote="CVPost-Tom in TN"](quoted from post at 11:55:07 11/21/23) As improbable as it sounds, some guy who lives about 5 miles from me converted his silo into a ''house''. Last I knew, we was still living in it.

Sounds like a creative use of space. Wonder if he built a curved framework or just squared off the inside? Must have gotten very good with a power saw making all the cuts.
Gerrit

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Tom in TN

11-21-2023 10:55:07

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to SHALER, 11-21-2023 08:20:49

As improbable as it sounds, some guy who lives about 5 miles from me converted his silo into a ''house''. Last I knew, we was still living in it.

Tom in TN

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Geo-TH,In

11-21-2023 13:03:21

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to Tom in TN, 11-21-2023 10:55:07

I read where someplace a farmer turned his grain bins into AirBNB. There is a special name for the round houses too.

Old grain bins.

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Butch(OH)

11-21-2023 15:02:50

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to Geo-TH,In, 11-21-2023 13:03:21

I had never heard of Airbnb until last week and now that's the 3rd time since, guess I don't get to town often enough? LOL

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Tom in TN

11-21-2023 14:02:30

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to Geo-TH,In, 11-21-2023 13:03:21

Geo,

Strange, but obviously. more prominent than I had ever heard of.

Thanks for the post.

Tom in TN

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Bob Bancroft

11-21-2023 08:53:33

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to SHALER, 11-21-2023 08:20:49

NY state is the 'Land of Taxes'. But, to keep us alive, we farmers get many breaks. One of them is 'silos'. I took down the old tile silo that was here. My grain bins are considered 'silos' for property tax purposes- not assessed, not taxed.

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ADB-Ia

11-21-2023 08:46:25

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to SHALER, 11-21-2023 08:20:49

Mine haven't been used in the last 10 years. That's when I quit finishing my cattle out and started selling them as feeders. I haven't had any cattle for about 5 years now. They cost me a little in property tax but I doubt that I'll take them down. They kinda symbolize the farm as it always was - a dairy farm/cattle farm/now retired farmer farm.

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504

11-21-2023 16:44:51

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to ADB-Ia, 11-21-2023 08:46:25

You might be surprised at how much that flag will bring if it was on the ground. The plain blue panels are for sale on FB for $50.00 each.

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oliverplow

11-21-2023 08:44:23

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to SHALER, 11-21-2023 08:20:49

I have three Havestores I no longer use. Two 20x80s, and a 20x42. I talked to the County Assessor and they took them off my taxes. However I did lease one out for ten years to the local technology company and they installed wireless internet radios on it that feed internet to most of the farms and homes in my area. The farthest one is 11 miles away.

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EFV

11-21-2023 12:02:59

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to oliverplow, 11-21-2023 08:44:23

Local farmer uses his for a wet bin in the grain drying setup.

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fastfarmall

11-21-2023 13:42:46

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to EFV, 11-21-2023 12:02:59

The blue tombstones were a good idea, but too expensieve !!!

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Eagle Beagle

11-21-2023 16:34:59

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Re: Obsolete Harvestore/Upright silos in reply to fastfarmall, 11-21-2023 13:42:46

Father in law called them the Blue Mortgage

Beagle

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