Where would a person find a grain silo?

SkizzlePig · #1 09/13/14, 01:51 PM

... buuuuut not, like, a nice one. We want one *only* for the idyllic look of it. We want to place a classic silo next to our red barn. It doesn't have to be functional, it can be salvage, since we're not going to *use* it.

I've searched online for grain silos and grain bins, but I only seem to find brand new industrial storage behemoths.

Any ideas?

copperkid3 · #2 09/13/14, 02:02 PM

I believe this one could be picked up rather cheaply . . .

https://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=u...molition&type=

or this one? https://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=u...molition&type=

But whatever way you decide to go . . . don't try this one: http://www.break.com/video/ugc/silo-...lldozer-385033

SkizzlePig · #3 09/13/14, 02:05 PM

Ha!

Yeeeeeeah, but I think I'm really thinking something a little more (how do you say?) not in bits spread all over God's creation. I'm looking for something that still poses it's ... vertical-ness.

sammyd · #4 09/13/14, 02:36 PM

If you want a stave silo I have one out here that you can get for pretty cheap. Will cost you almost 20,000 to have the Amish take it down and put it back up though....

SkizzlePig · #5 09/13/14, 02:48 PM

A stave silo is exactly what we're looking for ... I just didn't know the proper name for it.

It looks like there's plans online to build one also. Would likely be cheaper than having one disassembled and shipped.

Thanks, Sammyd!

Yvonne's hubby · #6 09/13/14, 04:34 PM

If I was looking for a silo I would look for a tall stack of grain... the silo should be wrapped around it.

SkizzlePig · #7 09/13/14, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Yvonne's hubby

If I was looking for a silo I would look for a tall stack of grain... the silo should be wrapped around it.

That's really funny!

FarmboyBill · #8 09/13/14, 06:33 PM

First off, and time for a little education. What you call grain silow, ARENT called grain silo in the farmer world. There called GRAIN BINS. They ONLY hold grain. SILOW, whether stave, block, fiberglass, ONLY hold forage.
If you figure out how to build a stave silo, let me know. For your further information, the first silo were square, NOT round, and they stayed square for 10yrs or more after coming over here from Europe,.

Gretchen Ann · #9 09/13/14, 06:55 PM

Drive around and find an old Harvestore. Dairy farmers aren't using them anymore. They might even give to you, but you'll have to tear it down and transport it.

My father paid thousands of dollars for a brand new one back in the 70's. Three years ago someone paid him $1000 for it. He didn't want to take the offer, he thought it should be worth more. My brother told him to take it, otherwise dad would have had to pay to have it removed.

FarmboyBill · #10 09/13/14, 07:16 PM

I think there wanting a nostalgic old looking wood one.

FarmboyBill · #11 09/13/14, 07:17 PM

Ive seen pics of wood stave silo that were standing at a 45@ angle after a stout wind.

unregistered353870 · #12 09/13/14, 07:18 PM

Drive around until you see one, knock on the door and make an offer. Repeat until you find one you can buy. Don't call it a grain silo though...that might tip off the owner to give you the "sucker price." Do you want concrete or wood?

sammyd · #13 09/14/14, 12:09 AM

what is a

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SILOW

?

And a little education for you bill, silos can also hold grain not just forage. We put a lot of high moisture corn in our 14x40 over the years.

idigbeets · #14 09/14/14, 05:33 AM

Err.. sounds like a huge waste of money if its just for show.

FarmboyBill · #15 09/14/14, 12:57 PM

How would high moisture grain dry out in a silo?

ALRIGHT, Let me say that Im sticking by what I said about description, but appairantly some people have put grain in silos.

FarmboyBill · #16 09/14/14, 12:58 PM

Im always subconcously amazed by silos. See them anywhere I go. Not one used that I know of, and never were in the last 50yrs therebouts.

sammyd · #17 09/14/14, 02:56 PM

you don't want high moisture corn to dry out in a silo.

the 24x80 I have out back has a lot of extra hoops, the guy that put it up would put dry shell corn in it
We put up a brand new 20x70 in 80 there were still lots of silos going up around here till the 90's.
Now you can usually get em for free if you pay to move them.
Or buy the staves at 2 bucks each if they are all ready down.

FarmboyBill · #18 09/14/14, 03:36 PM

What are the widths of those staves. I assume there all tongue and groove, or shiplap

fffarmergirl · #19 09/14/14, 04:13 PM

Why don't you just build a storage shed that looks like a silo?

FarmboyBill · #20 09/14/14, 04:19 PM

I think you better take a good look at a REAL silo, to answer your question, OR look at the deminisions that Sammy had put up above. 24 X 80. 20 X 70. That's diameter, AND highth. Most of the old ones wernt 1/2 that highth tho, but still there way up there.