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FREEDGUY ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 Apr 2017 Location: South West Mich Points: 5396 |
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How did the manufacturer/erector get the concrete roof on an 80' silo ??
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Coke-in-MN ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Afton MN Points: 41817 |
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Scaffolding -
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FREEDGUY ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 Apr 2017 Location: South West Mich Points: 5396 |
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Thanks Coke, so the roof wasn't brought on-site and elevated as the forms went up ?
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klinemar ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Michigan Points: 8045 |
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Helicopter!
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steve(ill) ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: illinois Points: 85443 |
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seen a LOT of equipment set on the roofs that way !!!
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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klinemar ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Michigan Points: 8045 |
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Poured silos were more expensive than cement stave silos. Poured silos were formed and poured so many feet a day as the concrete had to hardened to support the next pour. Roof was formed and poured in place unless it was an open top silo then a metal roof could be installed. Not many poured silos in our area mostly cement stave and Harvestore Blue Monuments!
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Calvin Schmidt ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Ontario Can. Points: 4529 |
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I've spent more than 50 years in the poured concrete silo construction business. We have used a Weaver system since 1975 which consists of 3 rings of forms each 4' high. Normally pour 12' per day unless the weather is real cold or the silo is a large diameter with lot of rebar. Conical concrete roofs (17 degree) have a self supporting form that can easily be setup and the roof poured in one day up to 24' dia. Concrete is usually hoisted with a crane. Usually stripped the next day.
Grain storage silos typically have a flat concrete roof supported by steel beams and decking. The next generation has taken over. We sold the farm silo division in 1994 and since have been building mostly commercial grain storage with the largest diameter to date being 86' x 132' . This silo holds 570,000 bu. There is over 100 yards on concrete on the roof. Some silos are drive through etc . Also built a 24' x 312' chimney and 15 or so municipal water tower pedestals for something different!
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Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed
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Tbone95 ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Points: 11964 |
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Huh! I can't say as I've ever noticed a concrete roof. Interesting.
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jaybmiller ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 24334 |
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hmm... do they paint or otherwise cover the concrete roof to protect it from rain/snow melt ?
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nella(Pa) ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Allentown, Pa. Points: 3113 |
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No type of covering, just the bare concrete. My 20x72 Weaver Star silo roof has about a 2-12 pitch to it with about 3-4" i beams for reinforcement in the concrete.
Edited by nella(Pa) - 09 Feb 2021 at 7:47am |
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Lars(wi) ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Permian Basin Points: 7697 |
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Around southern WI, where I grew up, and worked for neighbors, there were a few poured concrete silos in the area. Generally none were painted, except for those that were close to a major highway, those had a painted advertisement facing the roadway. Usually ‘Red Man’, or ‘Mail Pouch’ chewing tobacco.
Edited by Lars(wi) - 09 Feb 2021 at 8:20am |
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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DMiller ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Hermann, Mo Points: 33108 |
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Silo across from our farm on county road is poured, unused and no intention of doing anything with it except watch it corrupt over time.
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Tbone95 ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Points: 11964 |
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I've seen several poured silos. Seen the Red Man or Beechnut ones (or barns) in the KY TN area. Not any nearby that I can think of but maybe one somewhere. Always seen metal roof or open, can't ever remember a poured roof anywhere. Around here, stave silos like ours was, tile silos, or Harverstore. Not that there's anything wrong with it, but poured roof seems like an unnecessary pain in the butt to build. JMO.
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allisbred ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 28 Mar 2015 Location: Hanover Pa Points: 1011 |
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I have never seen a poured roof on a silo in the area. That is very interesting.
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klinemar ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Michigan Points: 8045 |
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Most poured silos with concrete roofs in our area were Grain Elevators.
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nella(Pa) ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Allentown, Pa. Points: 3113 |
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The poured silos with a poured roof are sealed silos with a bottom unloader like a Harvestore silo for silage and high moisture corn also.
Edited by nella(Pa) - 09 Feb 2021 at 3:41pm |
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FREEDGUY ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 Apr 2017 Location: South West Mich Points: 5396 |
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Thank you VERY much for the reply Calvin
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FREEDGUY ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 Apr 2017 Location: South West Mich Points: 5396 |
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Travel US 31 south of South Bend between the SR 4 exit and the Plymouth Parkway exit and look right
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Calvin Schmidt ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Ontario Can. Points: 4529 |
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Most of the poured concrete farm silos built since the late 1950's that are 16'-24' dia are in eastern Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, PA, and Ontario. The first system that I started with was built in Milwaukee and the rings were 2' high. The Weaver 4' system was invented and built by a silo builder in PA looking for a better system in the mid sixties and quickly adapted by the industry. The big flat grain silos roofs are not actually flat. The beams have a slight built in camber so the water runs off. We have had roofs with as many as 46 openings. Multiple fill points, vents, power vents, temp cable boxes, etc. Typically grain silos have a coating on the roof about 30% or the time or at the owners request. Farm silos usually do not have a coating.
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Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed
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Lars(wi) ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Permian Basin Points: 7697 |
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The older poured silos in our area had poured roofs, the old 12x40, 14x40 types that decades ago was on a farm that had 35-45 or so dairy cows. The larger ones poured in the 60’s or early 70’s, that were 20x70, or larger with multiple silos, those had metal(or tin) roofs.
The old ones had a open channel from the ground to the roof about 2ft wide that you needed to stack the doors on end to end as you filled the silo. The newer ones actually had a door on a hinge that stayed in place, much like a stave silo. |
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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Tbone95 ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Points: 11964 |
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Maybe....I've seen the grain elevator style. There's an elevator not too far from here (40 miles), that I've never done business with, but have seen many times. Definitely an installation of poured silos....honestly can't picture the roofs clearly enough to remember if poured or not. But, commercial grain installation, not a "farm", as I was originally thinking.
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tadams(OH) ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Location: Jeromesville, O Points: 10605 |
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About 10 to 15 years ago a poured silo caught fir and the fire deptarment was on top pouring the water to it when it blowed up killing the fireman that were standing on top. To must steam pressure inside
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Orangeinwisco ![]() Bronze Level Access ![]() Joined: 13 Sep 2018 Location: NE Wisconsin Points: 41 |
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I have 4 of them. Three have poured roofs, and one never finished. I just moved in a year ago, so only know of a story why the last one wasn't finished. Alot of poured around NE Wisconsin, but most have metal roofs. If I can figure out pictures, I will post.
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TramwayGuy ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Location: Northern NY Points: 11623 |
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I’ve worked with the Sky Crane on a large Ski Lift...
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Robert0s ![]() Bronze Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 Apr 2021 Location: UK Points: 3 |
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Usually there are 2 options for them: Ski Lift or helicopter. Each of them has both advantages and negative sides but usually depends on the type of building. Recently we had a situation with silo roof failure not far away from my work. It was reported that the work was done incorrectly by the construction company and the roof failure was the matter of time. Too good no one was injured during that. Of course, they wanna change the company and I heard they wanna hire Concrete Contractors. I've recently seen their description at https://www.concretecontractorsfortworthtexas.com/ and they provide different concrete services. Maybe I gonna hire them to repair my roof too, :D
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DaveKamp ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Apr 2010 Location: LeClaire, Ia Points: 5957 |
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The walls of most concrete silage towers were built with slip-form process... inner and outer rings as noted. I have not SEEN those form ring setups, but my neighbor explained how his two concrete silos were built using those forms. The inner ring form 'walked' up the interior of the silo as each successive lift was poured, and the inner ring's center area was basically a large 'wheel, with the center 'hub' being a pivot point for a gin-pole jib boom which reached over the edge to lift up concrete. The 'spokes' of the wheel went to the forms below as 'flat' but above were inclined upward, to support the jib's pivot. once the finished height was reached, the 'spokes' of the center were covered with plywood, and a THIN layer of concrete was poured, and rebar sections placed atop this concrete, with another thin layer placed atop the rebar. Once the layers began to set up, they started pouring more concrete around the root (the wall tops), and steadily working upward to the jib boom pivot. Then they allowed it to fully set up, the lifted up the (relatively small) concrete precast 'cap', and set it on the side of the lid in some convenient place, dismantled the jib, and lowered it's pieces down through the center hole, then slid the cap into place, and used the platform's jacks to lower the platform back down to the ground, disassemble it, and pass the framework and plywood out the access portal in the bottom.
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shameless dude ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 10 Apr 2017 Location: east NE Points: 13607 |
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had a family that did poured grain bins/silos that lived near my town. they were poured and had peaked poured concrete roofs. the guys son built his house out of them, conected by poured walk ways in between them, think there are 3 or 4 of them all connected. the dad also made his 2 car garage out of one, they rode out a tornado in the garage one night. no damage. others in our area and around the state have ones he built. they to are unpainted except a blue star on them. the guys last name was Burmiester, he has passed a few years ago, son never continued the business.
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Dick L ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Edon Ohio Points: 5087 |
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I had a uncle in the 1940's that worked for the contractor that poured silo's for Stocks Mill in Hilsdale Michigan. They had elevators that brought the cement to a scaffolding and dumped it into wheelbarrows that was dumped by hand into the forms. The scaffolding was raised as the forms came up. I was to young to remember much except the stories my uncle told. His stories were not technical as you might expect. My uncle was a wheelbarrow operator. (:^D
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Dusty MI ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Charlotte, Mi Points: 5058 |
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Had a glass company move into town and built a plant, and poured a couple of huge silos, using slip forms. If I remember right they worked on those silos 24 hours a day.
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