Reading through the comments. Just a couple thoughts from first hand experience..... 1. A Fieldline blower absolutely will not keep after the large forage harvesters out there. 2. spoilage is not an issue with a properly managed bunk. 3. Forage must be very dry to avoid "juicing" such a large silo. With a bunk you can chop wetter and sooner, or grow longer season corn for slightly more yield. 4. My least favorite job on the farm is climbing up a dirty, hot gassy silo to maintain or fix the unloader. 5. Build cost per ton of stored silage is significantly less for bunkers. I could go on but need less to say, I am glad I tore down some of my silo's and built a bunker.......
I worked on my Uncle's dairy farm in MI for 7 years in the 70's 80's. He had two 100ft bunks and 1 40ft vertical. Even then his 4010D could outrun a blower filling the silo when you add in transport time between field and silo, so we only put high moisture corn in there. Plus the unloader for the round silo looked like the guy in the mirror!! LOL! Filling the bunks we had dump wagons, about 30 seconds to completely unload and a couple minutes to shove the corn into the silo with an HD4 Allis dozer. Two guys could usually keep up. On my cousin's farm today they have over 650HP in the chopper and fill leads in minutes. No silo blower in existence could keep up with that!
I love the comments that say this guy made a mistake. Everyone thinks they know best for others. What works for you might not work for someone else. I understand everyone has an opinion as I do. This guy is doing what’s best for him and is life so mine, yours, anyone opinions don’t matter. He’s just trying to show us his life and decisions he making. Jesus Christ
I am hoping demolition company carries some DAMN GOOD Insurance because costs to repair shop won’t be cheap. After results of how first silo came down I would have chosen a different company to tear down second silo that actually knew what they were doing. A genuine “SHIT SHOW” is how I would decide this situation.
We had this type of silo unloader system in 2 silos. The unloader runs while filling and forms a tube in the center of the silo all the way to the top. The feed falls down through the tube when unloading. The unloader on top of the feed pack the whole time while filling. If you fill too fast the unloader can't keep up and gets buried. When unloading, the hole can get plugged if the conveyor breaks or stops. Unplugging 100 feet of tube is hard work and expensive. Filling these silos takes way too much time and effort. Great system unloading when it worked.
Really? Just a little damage to the shed? Hate to tell you but by the time you fix the trusses, the foundation, and the walls you might as well take it down. It appears to me that the shed had no value other than some storage space after the silos were no longer being used. Anyone who planned on keeping and using the shed would not have let the silos hit it.
Using bunkers requires an incredible amount of manual labor compared to upright silos. Also plenty of rotten silage under the plastic. What a waste tearing them down.
@@jamesforman6587 ya but those silos from Kip were 60 years old and there wasn’t much life left in them, these are 10 years old and probably sat empty for the last few years. These had plenty of life left in them. What a waste
Interesting video fred dibnah uk come to mind fread used to take them down all over north of England 300ft brick built ones he used to climb up them with a bit of roap famous man bread all over England
My uncle lives in central Wisconsin. He used to tear down silos. I never got to see how he did it but he did it for many years. Now he is a truck driver and will be retiring in a few years.
and to think fossil fuel electrical plants are being banned, ecologists want all water dams removed and no one wants a nuclear plant next door. doesn't leave much choice over having a solar or wind farm moving in next door to power that electric vehicle which doesn't use petroleum products
Yes, back when we built them we used a much smaller chopper and wagons, however the last couple years we have been using semis and the silos could not keep up to the new chopper.
@@backtowork6207 absolute lunacy that you tore these silos down. A good field line blower with a hp tractor and a couple of solid wagons could keep up with a high capacity chopper no problem
@@rk3739 We have four very nice wagons that work well, but the new high capacity choppers cant fill them very well since the new chopper sits much higher than our old JD 6750.
@@backtowork6207 you also had 2 very nice silos and you tore them down. I think any one would accommodate to make it work for silos that are barely 10 years old. This was a waste
Most do not. They are an investment that works really well with time. Farmers like this who tear them down after only 10-20 years loose their tail on them...
Maybe the ground shifted.. cracks in foundation, OR.. they have it like that.. my first time watching.. it looks like a dairy farm ❤ in time it will become clear
I thought the wreckage of the first Silo wouldn't leave anywhere but the building for the wreckage of the second silo to settle. But stuff like that is so hard to predict, and honestly the damage in minimal. I hope you stabilized the shed, as soon as you could though.
Can't compare with today's farmer. Doesn't get any easier than flipping a switch and filling your wheelbarrow with corn silage at feeding time. 1 acre of corn for each head and you had one silo next to the barn to fit that amount of silage.
Could have easily saved the shed from the second silo. Should have kept the tractor cable under tension the whole time. What's the point of having the tractor if it's not pulling in the direction you want the silo to fall? I wish you much safety in the future. Especially seeing that little kid run out from under the tractor as he was hitching up the cable.
Can't understand why the heck you never pulled on a better angle to fall between your bunker and the shad you just cost yourselves a lot of money for not thinking and looking at what your doing, as for letting the kid stand that close when someone is doing a demo job you never know what's going to happen, I rest my case.
Reading through the comments. Just a couple thoughts from first hand experience.....
1. A Fieldline blower absolutely will not keep after the large forage harvesters out there.
2. spoilage is not an issue with a properly managed bunk.
3. Forage must be very dry to avoid "juicing" such a large silo. With a bunk you can chop wetter and sooner, or grow longer season corn for slightly more yield.
4. My least favorite job on the farm is climbing up a dirty, hot gassy silo to maintain or fix the unloader.
5. Build cost per ton of stored silage is significantly less for bunkers.
I could go on but need less to say, I am glad I tore down some of my silo's and built a bunker.......
I worked on my Uncle's dairy farm in MI for 7 years in the 70's 80's. He had two 100ft bunks and 1 40ft vertical. Even then his 4010D could outrun a blower filling the silo when you add in transport time between field and silo, so we only put high moisture corn in there. Plus the unloader for the round silo looked like the guy in the mirror!! LOL! Filling the bunks we had dump wagons, about 30 seconds to completely unload and a couple minutes to shove the corn into the silo with an HD4 Allis dozer. Two guys could usually keep up. On my cousin's farm today they have over 650HP in the chopper and fill leads in minutes. No silo blower in existence could keep up with that!
I love the comments that say this guy made a mistake. Everyone thinks they know best for others. What works for you might not work for someone else. I understand everyone has an opinion as I do. This guy is doing what’s best for him and is life so mine, yours, anyone opinions don’t matter. He’s just trying to show us his life and decisions he making. Jesus Christ
Chambersburg pa. Sollenbergers, they are from near me and been doing silos forever. Great company to build your silo!
You're taking your silo down 10th generation farmer just put up three of them
I am hoping demolition company carries some DAMN GOOD Insurance because costs to repair shop won’t be cheap. After results of how first silo came down I would have chosen a different company to tear down second silo that actually knew what they were doing. A genuine “SHIT SHOW” is how I would decide this situation.
It's America , you do what works for you and keyboard warriors can just rage on ! 😂
Absolute lunacy.
What’s up they only got like 20 years less Out of the silos!
I was wondering the same thing
I would like to see a video when everything is cleaned up and the shed is fixed 😊
What a colossal waste of money
@Geardrive427-ip8vj that's quite possibly the stupidest thing to say. You can't lump everyone into that category.
@@ryanbutz5469unfortunately , mostly accurate
Yeah, that bunker that got splattered is a lay ground storage for silage, much safer, less hassle, lower insurance costs. Cheaper to operate.
Wow seems like more money than brains.
Can’t believe you all are tearing down good silos ours were built in he mid70. Then one in78 and the 3rd in 83 perfectly good and use them daily
We had this type of silo unloader system in 2 silos. The unloader runs while filling and forms a tube in the center of the silo all the way to the top. The feed falls down through the tube when unloading. The unloader on top of the feed pack the whole time while filling. If you fill too fast the unloader can't keep up and gets buried. When unloading, the hole can get plugged if the conveyor breaks or stops. Unplugging 100 feet of tube is hard work and expensive. Filling these silos takes way too much time and effort. Great system unloading when it worked.
You are absolutely right, the hole closing up was one of the issues we had.
Why would you demolish such a large silo with an automatic unload?
What a shame
Good lookin operation I thought I recognized your farm I hauled manure over at drumlin goat farm and drove past your guys farm a couple times
Really? Just a little damage to the shed? Hate to tell you but by the time you fix the trusses, the foundation, and the walls you might as well take it down. It appears to me that the shed had no value other than some storage space after the silos were no longer being used. Anyone who planned on keeping and using the shed would not have let the silos hit it.
The shed was coming down as well not much room I told him the shed was going to get hit
Using bunkers requires an incredible amount of manual labor compared to upright silos. Also plenty of rotten silage under the plastic. What a waste tearing them down.
Although its easier, the bunkers allow us to fill and feed out quicker, there's also more storage.
if you have waste on the bunkersilo, you have a management issue
@@Lasseleleevery grocery store always has produce and fruit going bad Is that poor management
The Kip Sigler farm u tuber they're going to be taken down their silos also
@@jamesforman6587 ya but those silos from Kip were 60 years old and there wasn’t much life left in them, these are 10 years old and probably sat empty for the last few years. These had plenty of life left in them. What a waste
Interesting video fred dibnah uk come to mind fread used to take them down all over north of England 300ft brick built ones he used to climb up them with a bit of roap famous man bread all over England
Those were the 2 biggest silos I have done so far in 30 years done over 5000 silos
The guy in the skidsteer had balls of steel or very little brians or both
That's what I was thinking too
Case of Leinies B4 ....boom!
30 years of experience
So many rude comments on here. He did what he wanted to do on his property and you people are just ignorant in putting him down.
Why did you take down the silos? I'd love to have them.
Come and get them!
Such a waste. I think the day is coming when people will wish they had things like this back again.
My uncle lives in central Wisconsin. He used to tear down silos. I never got to see how he did it but he did it for many years. Now he is a truck driver and will be retiring in a few years.
Those windmills sure are ugly
They will tear those down next.
Not as ugly as smokestacks spewing pollution into the air.
@@dougdiplacido2406go back down your mommy’s basement
and to think fossil fuel electrical plants are being banned, ecologists want all water dams removed and no one wants a nuclear plant next door. doesn't leave much choice over having a solar or wind farm moving in next door to power that electric vehicle which doesn't use petroleum products
I think somebody should have put the bottle down before the 2nd one!!
Did the farm expand more than expected since 2011?
Yes, back when we built them we used a much smaller chopper and wagons, however the last couple years we have been using semis and the silos could not keep up to the new chopper.
Don't worry this mistake
@@backtowork6207 absolute lunacy that you tore these silos down. A good field line blower with a hp tractor and a couple of solid wagons could keep up with a high capacity chopper no problem
@@rk3739 We have four very nice wagons that work well, but the new high capacity choppers cant fill them very well since the new chopper sits much higher than our old JD 6750.
@@backtowork6207 you also had 2 very nice silos and you tore them down. I think any one would accommodate to make it work for silos that are barely 10 years old. This was a waste
Why do farmers use them for a while & tear them down? Seems like a waste of money to me
Sales person
Most do not. They are an investment that works really well with time. Farmers like this who tear them down after only 10-20 years loose their tail on them...
Maybe the ground shifted.. cracks in foundation, OR.. they have it like that.. my first time watching.. it looks like a dairy farm ❤ in time it will become clear
Sometimes they're old and worn out or the operation outgrows them. This looks like a complete waste to me.
@@ryanbutz5469 ... I know right?
I thought the wreckage of the first Silo wouldn't leave anywhere but the building for the wreckage of the second silo to settle. But stuff like that is so hard to predict, and honestly the damage in minimal. I hope you stabilized the shed, as soon as you could though.
Waste of money. Keepem and usem.
Is it your money? Typical democrat always telling others what to do.
A little bit of duck tape 😂😂
That seems like not very old for the silos. WHy are they not used anymore?
Must have liked tenth gen dairy man’s 😂😊
Silos are nothing but a pain the ass. Most custom chop guys won't deal with them
Can't compare with today's farmer. Doesn't get any easier than flipping a switch and filling your wheelbarrow with corn silage at feeding time.
1 acre of corn for each head and you had one silo next to the barn to fit that amount of silage.
I wouldn't worry too much about the shed. As a former farm kid, I don't think it's anything a little Bailing twine and duct tape won't patch up.🤡
Why was fill pipe at 90' on that big silo? Where were these located?
And this is why you get professionals. Would have saved the shed…..
You apparently never have taken silos down 30 foot silo when laying on the ground is 50 foot wide
Silo unload ers are high maintenance and slow, low volume. Fit some operations, not others.
Pretty dumb to destroy a silo a big time waste of resources... this is a farm that will soon destroy themselves
Yep, and it is a damn shame that the farmer who buys the place at their bankruptcy sale wont have the use of those really nice nearly new silos.
And then to think about it that someone in PA is putting up 3 x 130 ft silos.
How many cows do you milk?
That "door thing" is called a door frame.
Where in east central Wisconsin do you guys farm from?
Tremendous amount of damage to your nice shed could easily have been avoided if you had a demolition crew that knew what it was doing.
You figure that damage will buff out?
Could have easily saved the shed from the second silo. Should have kept the tractor cable under tension the whole time. What's the point of having the tractor if it's not pulling in the direction you want the silo to fall? I wish you much safety in the future. Especially seeing that little kid run out from under the tractor as he was hitching up the cable.
What a waste
You should have said what city this was in.
Does the company who took down the silos pay for the damage to the shed?
Nope, the You Tube views with a destroyed shed will pay for the rebuild.
Guess they wanted to put something on you tube.
Where in east central Wi.?
We have the tech to build much more durable silos. Why aren't we? 20 year lifespan is pathetic.
What city do you live in Wisconsin
Kip Sigler farm UA-camr went to agg bags
❤❤VIDEO ❤❤
I dont hear any cows.
Moo...
@@johnhabeck6153 Oh, there's one now...
dats way up nort in wisco
Couldn't you had made them into observatories? Give sight seeing shows of the area. Maybe stargazing at night.
Yes not sure I understand why and others put up 200 each is big bucks
Silow. Oof
Not the sharpest tools in the shed. Bunkers can't be automated. Upright silos can.
Yah silo"s are kinda a thing of the past.
@@randybennett5417 with automation they are making a comeback.
Can't understand why the heck you never pulled on a better angle to fall between your bunker and the shad you just cost yourselves a lot of money for not thinking and looking at what your doing, as for letting the kid stand that close when someone is doing a demo job you never know what's going to happen, I rest my case.
Tractor was pulling in the wrong direction ...
Where you there
@@jeffcollins9022 Should have been pulling more to the left so it would fall more towards the Bunker .
Owner said sacrifice shed not bunker walls shed coming down anyway building new bunker@m9ovich785
CONVERT THOSE 2 SILOS INTO 2 BADASS HOUSES.
NOTHING WRONG WITH THESE SILOS, NOT THAT OLD EITHER. GET YOUR STUFF OUT OF THE SHED, IT'S A GONER.
WHY, ?
what a shame