Outdoor silage pit designs.

[RWG Contracts]

Who built the one at Haighton that fell over last year? Thought you'd seen that one?

Oh yeah that @Rimjob rebuilt this year. I'm not sure who built it, do you know @Rimjob?

 

[Unbrako precast]

For absolute piece of mind we recommend elongated foundation blocks extending into the clamp area , with a sheet of mesh reinforcement in the slab area above and around. It is then very difficult for the wall to lean as the same weight is also holding it upright , like a big "L" shape , the footings don't have to be massive . I have gone to around 6m high in waste bays with a large tracked machine compacting it and not had a problem. Obviously the steel and panel thickness need to be correct as well.

 

[Rimjob]

Oh yeah that @Rimjob rebuilt this year. I'm not sure who built it, do you know @Rimjob?

Originally a sleeper wall, then had to have bracing all the way round as was leaning. Was re done with 12" girders sunk 4' into the ground in 15' bays and shuttered 14' high. (All done by the farmers themselves)
Did 10 yrs like this but in the last couple had shown signs of movement, breaking point was going 30' high with 2 loadalls and a tractor on the clamp while a self propelled and 2 forage wagons hammered on the grass [emoji15]
Now sites been cleared bar the floor, 60m3 of concrete as a ring beam for one side wall and the back wall with 14' high l panels set into it and l bar/ double meshed into the floor.

 

[willwilson100]

SJH -

there is shingle between the panel and the walls and a seating channel design which we have a patent over to accommodate the SSAFO regulations.

For anyone looking at silage clamps there is an excellent guide here - www.ciria.org/farms. (you have to register and download the free PDF's)

This covers everything from asphalt bases to drainage and vertical walls and covers slurry lagoons and muck stores as well.

I would recommend reading this.

We will be at Cereals and the livestock event if anyone wants a chat.

If not please get in touch on the email [email protected]

Will

 

[Hawthorne]

We priced doing one with panels and beams, in the end we where getting more bang for the buck with shuttering, not big silo mind you will hold approx 250 ton we done founds for the walls then 2 rows mesh on 300mm wall then floor being poured this sat hopefully.

 

[Rookeryfarm]

Updating are silage pits and just wondering weather we need a effluent tank or can it go into slurry lagoon

 

[RWG Contracts]

Updating are silage pits and just wondering weather we need a effluent tank or can it go into slurry lagoon

As far as I'm aware you can use slurry lagoon

 

[Agri Design]

As far as I'm aware you can use slurry lagoon

This is ok as long as you have adequate storage as required by EA regs. Only thing to be careful of is putting effluent into tanks in buildings as it can really increase the gasses and be deadly to stock and farmer.
SEPA up here are now also requiring the rainfall on the clamp be factored into the storage calculations you need to collect 6 months. This can add in large water volumes into already limited storage, they would however allow most of the winter rainfall to be directed to a constructed farm wetland, only thing with that is the area of land require is double that of the treated area so the clamp area and possibly apron area x2.

David
Agri Design