Posted by paul on October 14, 2016 at 06:55:34 from (76.77.197.114):
In Reply to: OT - Harvestore Silos posted by Bill VA on October 14, 2016 at 05:10:30:
Dairy and cattle business has grown in size like any other, and so bunker silos, silage piles, and plastic tubes have replaced the old silo style.
Harveststore had some good concepts as others listed, but making it work didn't always pan out so well. If the unloaded breaks its mierable to get to to work on. Silage can bridge as it falls down to the feeder, creating air pockets, or worse. The idea of a tall column of silage in a silo is the weight of silage packs itself down, squeezing air (oxygen) out of it - with the loader on the bottom, as you feed out it loosens the silage and allows air to get in again... The bags on top to allow for expansion and contraction were leaky, the unload hole would let air in, and so forth.
Silage is all about as little oxygen as possible in the pile of silage. The good little critters that make 'pickle juice' to keep the silage fresh die in oxygen, while the bad little critters that make mold love oxygen. You want all the oxygen out of your pile of silage.
The smaller ones are used by Amish and others for several different feed storage needs, and are somewhat in demand yet.
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