New grain silo build.

[Daniel]

It occurred to me that I should stop sticking pictures of our silo build on @Woldgrain Storage excellent silo thread and start my own!

Pics of the build of a 700ton Sukup drying and stirring bin to feed our poultry feed mill. Stirrers will be used to blend wheat/barley/rye etc together which will feed into the mill, fingers crossed.

First the ground workers dug an obscenely big hole to shore up the side of an old dry pond and filled it back up with crushed limestone.

Then they set up the form work and poured the concrete:

 

[Daniel]

That got left to set for a few weeks and now a gang of chaps have turned up in a caravan to start building.

Lorry load of bits:

Laying stuff out:

Ring one being assembled, I headed off spraying mid afternoon, so not sure how far they got on day 1.

 

[Woldgrain Storage]

Great pics,

Looking forward to seeing how the discharge and ventilation works, wasn't expecting a solid floor.

 

[DieselRob]

Will you have to fill it methodically or are you just going to load it up as it comes off the combine and the stirers will give you an even blend of whatever goes in?

 

[pellow]

What sort of mill are you using? Our roller mill doesn’t roll mixed corn very well

 

[Daniel]

Will you have to fill it methodically or are you just going to load it up as it comes off the combine and the stirers will give you an even blend of whatever goes in?

Load it all in in approximate quantities, mix it and then test the resulting sample for protein/fibre etc I hope.

If we have a catchy harvest it should also be possible to blend wet and dry grain to an extent, we shall see.

 

[Daniel]

Silo raisin’ day 2:

 

[Zebbedee]

Looks like a decent size glamping pod

 

[vantage]

Is that it, or do they lift it up to add panels from below?

 

[Lincsman]

Is that it, or do they lift it up to add panels from below?

They lift it, thats how all silos were built.

 

[Daniel]

Is that it, or do they lift it up to add panels from below?

Winch it up with the yellow frames. Seems they put two rings on with a few bolts per panel and then go round with the buzz guns putting hundreds of bolts in.

 

[Daniel]

Main structure done and it blends in well from the main road.

 

[Lincsman]

Whats going to load it?

 

[nelson]

Main structure done and it blends in well from the main road.

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it does look over big to hold 700t

 

[Daniel]

Nice view up top.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1406183845246947329

 

[Daniel]

Whats going to load it?

An augur, yet to be assembled.

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Nice view up top.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1406183845246947329

Is that so you can look at what @Sonoftheheir is up to ?

 

[Daniel]

Is that so you can look at what @Sonoftheheir is up to ?

Exactly that!

 

[Daniel]

All done mechanically, wiring next.

Grain augur minus hopper

Space heater to aim at fan intake, will also heat the workshop in about 30 seconds in the winter!

Perforated floor and sweep augur.

 

[Steevo]

All done mechanically, wiring next.

Grain augur minus hopperView attachment 968981

Space heater to aim at fan intake, will also heat the workshop in about 30 seconds in the winter!View attachment 968982
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Perforated floor and sweep augur.View attachment 968983View attachment 968984

That silo looks bigger inside with you standing there…..