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western WI | I wanted to fill it so my kids get a chance to experience forking silage and know what their grandpa and great grandpa had to do. Fork is the unlaoder. The roof is starting to leak and not sure if we will try and keep it around or not? The perlins are all very solid, but its at that point where something needs to be done, so it was a last minute decision.
Yes it was a bit of hassle getting it ready. 2 feet of water in the pit, had the pipe up and down 3 times because we couldn't find the right blower pipe to use, (been probably 20 years since we used it last.) Broken cable that needed to be repaired, etc. We put 7 loads in it, topped it off last night and filled it right up to the rafters. The corn was some late planted stuff, probably 45-50%, we added water and seemed about just right.
We filled it 3-4 times that I can remember and the silage always turned out good, very little spoilage. My dad says that the wood soaks up the moisture and swells tight blocking air. Would have liked to be earlier than this, but its been a rough year, we still have one bag to chop yet.
Usually always used the 730s on the blower, but their both down. We have filled many a silos with that 830, including 18x70 and 20 x 80.
And a question for anyone that may know!?? Was there a company that built these silos? Was their a brand? It seems their had to be some kind of standard for engineering these things. When you look at the craftmanship, somebody had to know more than the average person as to what they what they were building.
Edited by grainbinder 11/5/2019 19:32
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85 year old wood stave silo filling
