Splitting a silage clamp with L shaped panels

[Rob Holmes]

We've got a silage clamp which is too wide and needs narrowing down, we have some L shaped panels which will do the job. This clamp will only be loaded on 1 side, and about 8ft high.
The plan is to put 2nd silage in the clamp and buckraking would be done with a telehandler (not a big loading shovel).
My question is, would the panels be ok just placed on the concrete floor, or would they need anchoring, and if they need anchoring, how would you do it?

 

[yin ewe]

We've got a silage clamp which is too wide and needs narrowing down, we have some L shaped panels which will do the job. This clamp will only be loaded on 1 side, and about 8ft high.
The plan is to put 2nd silage in the clamp and buckraking would be done with a telehandler (not a big loading shovel).
My question is, would the panels be ok just placed on the concrete floor, or would they need anchoring, and if they need anchoring, how would you do it?

Should be OK as long as the toe is below the grass.

 

[Skintagain]

Is there any reason to not split it with h section and panels?

 

[Nearly]

Is there any reason to not split it with h section and panels?

£?

 

[Rob Holmes]

Is there any reason to not split it with h section and panels?

It’s on a rented farm and we already have the panels from a different job

 

[Blue.]

L panels will be fine,I use A panels and Rocket walls to split my clamp.

 

[Skintagain]

It’s on a rented farm and we already have the panels from a different job

Fair enough I thought you were buying them

 

[Rob Holmes]

Forgot to mention, I want to put the feet, facing away from the silage, so the clamp floor is smooth

 

[robs1]

Forgot to mention, I want to put the feet, facing away from the silage, so the clamp floor is smooth

Doubt it will work that way round the grass will push them away , do you have any square straw bales about or round silage bales ? We used to extend our put by using either of those and line it with plastic sheet one year we didn't even wrap the silage bales but ran the sheet over them when we covered the clamp.

 

[yin ewe]

Forgot to mention, I want to put the feet, facing away from the silage, so the clamp floor is smooth

Not sure the manufacturer would stand over them being loaded that way. At the very least would need anchored.

 

[Rob Holmes]

Not sure the manufacturer would stand over them being loaded that way. At the very least would need anchored.

In their previous life they were a back wall in a clamp and loaded with feet facing outwards, they were standing I anchored on compacted stone and never moved an inch over 10 years, just wondering whether they’d behave the same when placed on concrete

 

[Mouser]

Forgot to mention, I want to put the feet, facing away from the silage, so the clamp floor is smooth

That won't work unless silage is very dry. If it's semi permanent you could put something along the outside edge to stop them sliding out.

 

[yin ewe]

In their previous life they were a back wall in a clamp and loaded with feet facing outwards, they were standing I anchored on compacted stone and never moved an inch over 10 years, just wondering whether they’d behave the same when placed on concrete

More likely to slide on the concrete I'd think without being. We anchored some to a concrete floor at a recycling place a few years ago. Drilled a hole, pumped resin into it, hammered threaded bar into the resin and tighten nut once the resin hardens.

 

[Skintagain]

More likely to push out on sides i would say than the back if everything else was equal

 

[onesiedale]

they are designed to have the L facing inwards. The pressure down on them holding them in place better

 

[AlCapone]

As I see it the panels might move or they might not
If they do move it will cause problems
But then subject to weather conditions you don’t know how much of the pit you will need
Should you be thinking of a way of holding the panels in place with some sort of adjustment

 

[Forever Fendt]

There is a good chance the l panels will only be designed to have the load to one side and reinforced accordingly ,

 

[AlCapone]

There is a good chance the l panels will only be designed to have the load to one side and reinforced accordingly ,

Have you finished big trailer?
Perhaps I missed it

 

[Skintagain]

We've got a silage clamp which is too wide and needs narrowing down, we have some L shaped panels which will do the job. This clamp will only be loaded on 1 side, and about 8ft high.
The plan is to put 2nd silage in the clamp and buckraking would be done with a telehandler (not a big loading shovel).
My question is, would the panels be ok just placed on the concrete floor, or would they need anchoring, and if they need anchoring, how would you do it?

What do you want to use the other side for?

what about tipping soil on inert along the feet and grading it with a digger?

 

[Forever Fendt]

Have you finished big trailer?
Perhaps I missed it

Not yet its had to be side lined we have some very big buildings on at the moment , I will put some pictures on when I get back on it but its few months away