Great video to watch these hard working people! Thank you for posting this! In Iowa most silos are now tombstones standing not used. No sale barns or farm stores hardly left here. Fleet Farm has mostly peanut brittle and m&m's for farm supplies. My tractor dont run on either one.
I think the silo that was tore down hasn't been used since the late 80's. Dairy buyout program. Sad to think when you drive down the road, all the empty silo used to store feed for dairy cows. Less farms more cows per farm. Glad to say that my valley is still predominantly agriculture though
I really enjoyed this video. The crane system is a very fascinating setup. I would love to see how you moved the platform up each level and how it was secured. No doubt, probably trade secretes. Will the platform base stay as part of the upper structure?
They keep adding a center pole as they move up the silo. Once at the top, they plaster the inside with concrete and move back down. A lot of steps that I did not film.
@@brentmcmillen8829 Thanks for the reply Mr. Brent. In growing up dad owned a welding shop. He did the same types of work as Mr. Issac on his IC WELD channel. We were in big farming country and I learned a lot working with him and working on the many farms. I developed a life long curiosity of how things work and how things are put together. Near Chattanooga TN, there is a civil war memorial built with a round tower. The deric crane was in the center similar to what you use, but the lifting line was mule drawn by being threaded down the center post and out the bottom. In my studying the deric crane has been the most useful construction tool throught history. You have a very interesting setup. Thanks, somutch for the video.
@@brentmcmillen8829 I watched the video again and see the center post being added at near the beginning, and lifting the platform. I missed this part the first two times I watched.
It is the rule of thumb is 1 foot across to 3 feet up. So 48 feet was the standard size you probably could go up 12 more feet in my opinion making it 60 feet
Wish you would have showed the concrete pad construction. I'm splitting one of my silos in half and I'm looking for information about pad diamentions. Thanks any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
This was a farm 4 miles from our farm. These silos just have a footer under them that the concrete block set on top of. They are possibly three feet deep if I remember correctly from when we built one at our farm. About 2 ft wide with nothing in the center.
This silo was built Oct. 2022. The amish crew wanted the silo staves(blocks) powerwashed before the silo was rebuilt. The owner of the farm was short on help at the time. The builders brought in a hi lift in November and powerwashed it after it was built.. The owner also talked them into washing his other two concrete silos. I was going to film that and I crashed my drone that morning flying at home!
They would be fighting each other over various things at different stages. Things like who's a better boss, pickles, sisters, flags and Christmas trees. Then they would pick up all the spare pieces that looked important and head back to the bar.
I think these guys are Amish. There are many different sects in this area. There are some mennonites that don't drive cars and run tractors on steel wheels. The Amish in this area use power tools.
We purchased silo scaffolding years back. Still own it. tore down and put up several silos it was a life experience
Where do you live?
@@brentmcmillen8829 butler, pa
Great video, when younger spend every summer at a dairy farm in Loysville. One day I going to go back and check it out.
You have the best men on the job!
Nice video, I remember as a kid watching them build our silos on our farm
Thank you
Me too one in 1967 and one in 1971.
Great video to watch these hard working people! Thank you for posting this! In Iowa most silos are now tombstones standing not used. No sale barns or farm stores hardly left here. Fleet Farm has mostly peanut brittle and m&m's for farm supplies. My tractor dont run on either one.
I think the silo that was tore down hasn't been used since the late 80's. Dairy buyout program. Sad to think when you drive down the road, all the empty silo used to store feed for dairy cows. Less farms more cows per farm. Glad to say that my valley is still predominantly agriculture though
That’s probably the fastest winch I’ve ever seen
Every 12 seconds they were pulling a block up 80 feet
Very cool, Dad will really like to see this!
Wow they even got the checkered stave colors right on the top.
Very cool video! Looks easy when you have the right equipment and helpers. I'm glad to see the old stave silos being reused and not just destroyed.
The old silos were not used since the 80's
Great job 👏
Great to see the old silo moved by of course the Amish. Wish video was longer,
This took place about 4 mile from me. Wish I could have gotten the whole process myself. Roof, chute etc.
Pretty cool. I was just watching the Mennonites here doing this and a barn raising. Rebuilding one there farms after a fire.
Nice video! This is Cleason's nephew, by the way.
Pretty impressive workers, but Amish/Mennonites always have been. That is one awesome winch :)
masters at there craft
That breaks the rules of 1 foot across to 3 feet up by a whole lot.
yes it does! I'm not why he decided on this size. Our farm has had 2 16x70's for years
Nice
I would like to see how the dome was added.
I would have liked to film the entire process but the farm is 4 miles from me and I have farming to do myself 😄
How does the work platform rise to the next level? Hydraulics? Winch and tackle?
They are moving platform up at 50 sec mark. Use the motor and rope to pull up and repin it
At 3:24 they placed the 2nd half of a broken piece up.
I guess they figured it wouldn't hurt anything at the top of the silo. If it wasn't painted white, they probably would not have used it.
And now CZcams is full of videos of these being knocked down.
I really enjoyed this video. The crane system is a very fascinating setup. I would love to see how you moved the platform up each level and how it was secured. No doubt, probably trade secretes. Will the platform base stay as part of the upper structure?
They keep adding a center pole as they move up the silo. Once at the top, they plaster the inside with concrete and move back down. A lot of steps that I did not film.
@@brentmcmillen8829 Thanks for the reply Mr. Brent. In growing up dad owned a welding shop. He did the same types of work as Mr. Issac on his IC WELD channel. We were in big farming country and I learned a lot working with him and working on the many farms. I developed a life long curiosity of how things work and how things are put together. Near Chattanooga TN, there is a civil war memorial built with a round tower. The deric crane was in the center similar to what you use, but the lifting line was mule drawn by being threaded down the center post and out the bottom. In my studying the deric crane has been the most useful construction tool throught history. You have a very interesting setup. Thanks, somutch for the video.
@@brentmcmillen8829 I watched the video again and see the center post being added at near the beginning, and lifting the platform. I missed this part the first two times I watched.
Those workers are Pike Mennonites. Is that John Sensenig's crew?
I don't know@@jeffreymartin9558
We have a 16 by 70 and I thought that was pretty tall for how narrow it is.
We have 2 16x70's.
It is the rule of thumb is 1 foot across to 3 feet up. So 48 feet was the standard size you probably could go up 12 more feet in my opinion making it 60 feet
There were quite a few 14 x 70 silos for High Moisture Ear Corn here in WI.
Wish you would have showed the concrete pad construction. I'm splitting one of my silos in half and I'm looking for information about pad diamentions. Thanks any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
This was a farm 4 miles from our farm. These silos just have a footer under them that the concrete block set on top of. They are possibly three feet deep if I remember correctly from when we built one at our farm. About 2 ft wide with nothing in the center.
Too bad we weren’t shown the finished product.
This silo was built Oct. 2022. The amish crew wanted the silo staves(blocks) powerwashed before the silo was rebuilt. The owner of the farm was short on help at the time. The builders brought in a hi lift in November and powerwashed it after it was built.. The owner also talked them into washing his other two concrete silos. I was going to film that and I crashed my drone that morning flying at home!
@@brentmcmillen8829 thanks for the additional info.
I did think 16 × 85 was engineering possibly how much concrete is in foundation???
I don't know. It is down the road from me.
Where was this built?
Outside of Ickesburg in Perry County PA
Amish fall protection harness!
And hard hats!!
If you had to have ironworers erect it, it still wouldn't be up. Probably they'd still be drunk and asleep.
They would be fighting each other over various things at different stages. Things like who's a better boss, pickles, sisters, flags and Christmas trees. Then they would pick up all the spare pieces that looked important and head back to the bar.
these guys are mennonites so not as strict as amish so can use power tools like the winch and an air hammer.
I think these guys are Amish. There are many different sects in this area. There are some mennonites that don't drive cars and run tractors on steel wheels. The Amish in this area use power tools.
I built rib stone silos in the early 70s.things haven't much.