Dividing grain wall specification

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They are very heavy ,(3.5m = 3.25t ) , their shape means that the weight of the grain against them presses down on the sloping base and adds to the weight and resistance further.
The trouble with some designs is they are a true "A" shape and the grain is solely pushing them away , not trapping them so to speak.
We have sold thousands and never heard of them slipping, except of course when machines push to hard against them.
Yes, they were a true A shape, when they were put in I questioned their suitability. Took a long time to move, but when they did it made a right mess.
 
I've got the freestanding walling from @Unbrako precast and they haven't moved yet, even if loaded on one side on a power floated floor. If you're still worried about them moving and they will be semi permanent, you could always rawl bolt or resin anchor a strip of 20mm high flat iron to the floor where one of the gaps in the bottom of the sections are for the loader forks. They won't slip then.
 

spikeislander

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bedfordshire
done one with sockets in the floor and drop in rsj's works well 20ft x1.5 m panels dropped in.
going to do another and instead of digging up floor Im thinking of a rsj with a plate rag bolted down but extend the rsj post to a main roof truss . and maybe drop a bit of channel over the top of the panel and fix it to either end.
 

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I am coming to the conclusion that the movable ones may be best for me, after all when I need more cattle space in the Spring before turnout I could use some of them to wall off the front of a straw shed to keep the cows and calves in - or is that a very silly idea?
 
There is a lot to commend an inverted "tee" of plywood using bolted tie bars on each side and a few 4" x 2" battens strategically positioned and bolted.
A fraction of the cost of concrete panels and held in place by the self-weight of the stored crop.
They may bend a little but will not "give" without warning, but there will be a little hand work involved when clearing the store.
 

Pan mixer

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There is a lot to commend an inverted "tee" of plywood using bolted tie bars on each side and a few 4" x 2" battens strategically positioned and bolted.
A fraction of the cost of concrete panels and held in place by the self-weight of the stored crop.
They may bend a little but will not "give" without warning, but there will be a little hand work involved when clearing the store.
I have had those before and I hate them.
 

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I'll hazard a guess and say it's not the lifting eyes, but the threads for locking to the uprights in the side of the panel not the top ones.
 
I said before I was pretty sure, actually someone once told me they had done a wall like this, they were panels supplied for that purpose and came with some sort of steel frame which they sat in and was concreted in the ground.
 

trook135

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Purpose made panels with lift bolts in the end so they can be put into position, need to get a pic when I get a chance, far easier to understand, shame I didn't take any when we were putting them in, would make better sense then, either way we have a 3m high dividing wall with no staunchions to catch with the bucket, lovely to load grain out from and hardly any lost space @Unbrako precast Shed any light on the specs?
 
Purpose made panels with lift bolts in the end so they can be put into position, need to get a pic when I get a chance, far easier to understand, shame I didn't take any when we were putting them in, would make better sense then, either way we have a 3m high dividing wall with no staunchions to catch with the bucket, lovely to load grain out from and hardly any lost space @Unbrako precast Shed any light on the specs?

Are they L shapes that you concrete in or flat panel?
 
Purpose made panels with lift bolts in the end so they can be put into position, need to get a pic when I get a chance, far easier to understand, shame I didn't take any when we were putting them in, would make better sense then, either way we have a 3m high dividing wall with no staunchions to catch with the bucket, lovely to load grain out from and hardly any lost space @Unbrako precast Shed any light on the specs?

They do make the very best dividing wall when used in that way except of course it is permanent and requires extensive ground works.
The panels are made with about 5 no 1 1/2" diameter holes in a row equally spaced about 300mm from one end .
The panels are buried 450mm below the finished floor level , a wide "V" shaped trench needs to be dug approximately 700mm deep and 4' wide . A level base should then be poured in the bottom to 500mm below floor level , upon which you sit a supplied 50mm deep box section stools with upright's which assist in aligning the panels at each joint and allowing cranked pieces of rebar to pass under the panel , these then tie to other rebars of 3'6" in length which pass through the preformed holes in the panel .
During installation the panels have to be propped upright with " Accro's" making use of one of the lifting holes specially placed on the top end of the panel to gain a fixing.
Once this is done the trench is flooded with concrete to floor level .
The finished result being similar to a submerged upside down concrete "T" shape.
Whilst it makes a good wall , due to the labour involved it is more used where steel is not a good option such as a slurry store or a silage pit dividing wall.
 

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