harvestore silo question??

Al Baker(pumpman) · Oct 3, 2016

What is the smallest dia. harvestore silo built back in the day? I see 20 footers and bigger. Was there a 16 foot? With a cement silo you need to feed 3-4 inches off the surface each day to stay ahead of spoilage. Is a bottom unload harvestore the same?

Brown Swiss · Oct 3, 2016

I don't have a harvestore, I have a stave sealed silo. As long as the silo is sealed the silage will be good. I am feeding 2 year old corn silage out of now and is as fresh as can be. I don't have an answer for the size of Harvestore.

Farmer Ron · Oct 3, 2016

(quoted from post at 16:34:12 10/03/16) What is the smallest dia. harvestore silo built back in the day? I see 20 footers and bigger. Was there a 16 foot? With a cement silo you need to feed 3-4 inches off the surface each day to stay ahead of spoilage. Is a bottom unload harvestore the same?

Know a neighbor who has a 15' for high moisture corn.

2150man · Oct 3, 2016

Yes there was and still are I have a 16 that I feed corn out of and a bottom unload also it is 20 by 100 but the bottom unload is a completely sealed silo and if I had to do it again I would never have put this system in its very dangerous to work on if it is not empty and it takes a long time to fill. But it gives off way better feed for my milk cows than the bunk seemed to. But I don't haft to feed out of the bottom unload every day I can seal it off and come back in a week if I wanted to hopefully this answers all of your questions and I am in western pa

neverfear · Oct 3, 2016

Well, I don't have any answers for you, but your question reminds me of every time we travel with the FIL he points out every single Harvestore silo he sees as a "monument to stupidity". Not sure myself what the problem was, I'd imagine terrible to work on and poor dealer support in central MN, but there's still a few around. Must work for some operations?
For what it's worth, he lost his farm in 85' so doubt he had all the answers then either.

coonie minnie · Oct 3, 2016

Your father in law must be related to mine. He likes to point out that Harvestores are why his neighbor lost his farm. In reality, the neighbor isn't much worse off than my father in law. I guess that is what happens when you get married- you get the whole family.

Mark-Mi · Oct 3, 2016

My Uncle was a Harvestore dealer in the 1950's. I was unaware they made 15 and 16 footers. I know the old ones we had were 17 foot. Harvestore has not made a new unloader for for those small diameter silos for 40 years.
Feed quality is great. Put the cover back on the unloader when done feeding. Through the 1940's - 50's my family made good money feeding cattle from Harvestore silos.

Bill in IL · Oct 3, 2016

17 foot was the smallest I knew of but most were 20 footers and very few 25 footers out there but I think I have seen more 25s than 17 footers but sometimes it's hard to tell from the road at highway speeds.

Lazy WP · Oct 3, 2016

All I can tell you are that the 2 I am trying to use as dry grain storage, leak rain water in at each joint. I have had to vac both of them out now.

Brown Swiss · Oct 3, 2016

My little pioneer book has the steel silo down to 12 foot, but does not specify if that is a harvestore or not, seems there was another steel silo company.

farmerwithmutt · Oct 3, 2016

The Amish tear down and rebuild harvestores into small ones . Complete with doors and chutes. Some like them because they think it won't freeze and gets better silage .

jicaseman89 · Oct 3, 2016

In my opinion silos of any sort is a waste of money around here they are expensive to build and are worthless if you wana sell them the scrap guys won't touch the blue ones there are two north of me they built two new ones and also had a brick one feed cattle for maybe five years then sold out the new owners want them gone I would like to tear them down no idea how to go about it or time.
We use baggers easy sale if we want to sell my two cents
Loren

coonie minnie · Oct 4, 2016

Any harvestore is not as big as stated- a 20 foot is 19' 6", etc. The comparable concrete silo will actually be 20' ID.

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