When I was younger I got hired to clean a couple tons of sour silage out of a silo. After 30 minutes of being inside breathing the vapors I was higher than a kite. Lots of fresh air and ventilation is definitely a must.
We had to take down an old grain silo when I was living in Georgia. We marked the area to be removed with paint. We gave Beuford a 16 pound sledgehammer and told him to go to work, but be ready to get out of the way. Now Beuford was was strong as an ox, but not very smart. He ate a LOT of paint chips when he was little. Well, after an hour we heard this tremendous"crack" and saw the silo going down. We lost sight of poor Beuford due to the dust, and thought he might be dead. But when the dust cleared, there he was with this guilty look in his face. He said, "I didn't mean for it to fall over, but I promise to rebuild it."
The best and safest way to take down stave silos, is to loosen the bottom 4 feet of hoops and then shoot out the bottom row of staves on the side you want the silo to fall. A 30 caliber rifle or shotgun slugs work great!
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When I was younger I got hired to clean a couple tons of sour silage out of a silo. After 30 minutes of being inside breathing the vapors I was higher than a kite. Lots of fresh air and ventilation is definitely a must.
I like how he narrowly escapes death on the first one and immediately started on the other one
This looks fun and terrifying at the same time
Who needs to watch a bunch of by rich NFL players. This is down home fun.
This is like watching my dad on Saturday morning as my mom yelled out the window, "Don't stand too close, you're father is an idiot."
We had to take down an old grain silo when I was living in Georgia. We marked the area to be removed with paint. We gave Beuford a 16 pound sledgehammer and told him to go to work, but be ready to get out of the way. Now Beuford was was strong as an ox, but not very smart. He ate a LOT of paint chips when he was little. Well, after an hour we heard this tremendous"crack" and saw the silo going down. We lost sight of poor Beuford due to the dust, and thought he might be dead. But when the dust cleared, there he was with this guilty look in his face. He said, "I didn't mean for it to fall over, but I promise to rebuild it."
this is actually a lot safer, AND a lot better executed then i've seen in many similar scenarios... it is a lot more controlled then it appears to be.
Going to be pickin tader rocks out of the field for centuries.
Damn it Dave! When I said we were gonna demo the silos I meant we were gonna show the new guy how they worked.
Good old fashioned ingenuity! Love It!
I could watch people knockin things down n' blowin shit up all day long.
Hi Traci,
skills and ingenuity.
I can hardly wait for the "redneck cow tipping" video to come out. I gotta be doing something wrong....
Hell yeah!.. Precision demo. Cost effective and fast. Well done!
I get a kick out of how the silos basically disappear into nothingness.
The best and safest way to take down stave silos, is to loosen the bottom 4 feet of hoops and then shoot out the bottom row of staves on the side you want the silo to fall. A 30 caliber rifle or shotgun slugs work great!
Silo tipping by day, cow tipping by night lol
Now THAT'S a fun job!!!!
That was so much fun to watch.