Pics of silo unloader

Brown Swiss · May 4, 2016

off camera today! This is a Madison sealed silo with a Laidig unloader, had to take the floor pan off then dig 8 feet to get to the end of the sweep arm and replace the shoe that rides on the track, will add more photos later, computer is slower then molasses on a flat rock in January!

K Effective · May 4, 2016

So, you were tunneling into the sileage in a loaded silo to fix the bottom unloader? Sounds like the basis for one of my worst nightmares. I guess I'm probably glad I don't have a silo after all.

Brown Swiss · May 4, 2016

Here is the new shoe and new drive sprocket, them two items come up to 1300 dollars! Last pic is the track inside the silo the shoe and drive sprocket need to run on all bolted to the end of the sweep. The shop vac provides air to breath. Fun Fun it was! LOL

Spook · May 4, 2016

(quoted from post at 17:40:36 05/04/16) off camera today! This is a Madison sealed silo with a Laidig unloader, had to take the floor pan off then dig 8 feet to get to the end of the sweep arm and replace the shoe that rides on the track, will add more photos later, computer is slower then molasses on a flat rock in January!

Never been in one, but don't you worry about getting buried in there?

jeffcat · May 4, 2016

NO blank blank blankin way! I thought it was bad when I was a teen and had to climb up in the silo and bust off the solid chunks on the walls so the Badger could chew it up and feed the girls. Don't miss it one little bit.

Bruce from Can. · May 4, 2016

Yep ! no tower silos for me , life is to short.

showcrop · May 4, 2016

I suppose one can take great comfort in knowing that bottom unloaders are much more trouble free than top unloaders.

casecollectorsc · May 4, 2016

Yep, the only way you would get me in there was if I was dead and someone shoved me in!!

ErnieD · May 4, 2016

How long was the unloader out of commission?

tomturkey · May 4, 2016

Now I know why so many silo's sit unused around the country. Makes those silage bags look better with every picture you post. gobble

GregCO · May 4, 2016

Man be careful in there. That thing drops a load of silage on you and you may be late for dinner. No doubt there are some gasses in there that aren't good for you as well. Good luck and keep us posted.

Greg

Brown Swiss · May 4, 2016

Man where is the fun in you guys? LOL I grew up working on this silo, you need to keep an open mind what you are doing. It was more dangerous working at an underground sand mine then all the times I have tunneled into this silo. The center is the spot you need to worry about, the silage domes up over the hopper, the silage is looser in the center and will break down at any time, the sides are far more stable. I have only been buried in the center once, makes you panic some! LOL Was able to dig down through the hopper to get out.

Brown Swiss · May 4, 2016

A few months, I opened it up a month ago to start digging, worked on and off on it when I could find time between chores, other priorities and field work!

GregCO · May 4, 2016

Not trying to give you a hard time or anything. Just don't want to see you get hurt. Take care and be careful and you will be fine.

Greg

Dick2 · May 5, 2016

Same way for me.

Part Time Pete · May 5, 2016

The guy I worked for as a kid had a seal store - he only used it for high moisture corn, so we didn't have much trouble with it.
He had two 24'x60' top loaders for haylage - one had a ring drive unloader, but the other one was surface drive. I had to go up the silo almost every day with that one
Pete

BarnyardEngineering · May 5, 2016

No bleeping way would you ever catch me tunneling under a silo like that. I'm panicking just thinking about it now.

INCase · May 5, 2016

absolutely no way. be careful.

not crazy about even looking at these pictures.

friend of mine has 2 harvestores.

i think the lower plate wore out in one. had a guy come out to fix it. tunnelled in and had no issues with the hay-lage but he was a big fellow and laying in the puddle of sweat on top of the same piece you are welding on with the ground behind you was not good. he unfortunately didn't make it. wasn't working alone but they couldn't pull him out quick enough to do CPR.

i've seen a few harvestores converted to top unloader.

for me top unload or bag.

dr sportster · May 5, 2016

I work in manholes and have confined space training. You should study up on this. Even a dead rodent can give off enough hydrogen sulphate to gas out and kill you. Air should be sniffed constantly. I know some farmer is not going to listen to some high voltage splicer but when one man goes down in confined space the rescuer usually goes down too.

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