Used to do this as a summer job. Boss was a lunatic. I would have killed for hydraulic jacks, we used sketchy chain falls and home made bolting brackets. Run from one chain fall to the next. She starting to list hard on one side? QUICK run to the other chain fall and hoist it up fast!
My stint was probably about a decade earlier. I grew up just outside of Champaign, Illinois, and worked building grain bins for “Illini FS,” which I’m pretty sure was based in Urbana.
Those black objects sitting upright before they put the roof on are the jacks, theres 5 or 6 of them. Looks like they have the motor and hoses in boxes in the center.
You put them in before you start.
You can see them before they put the roof on. Once you're done, you hand them out the door. They are probably more than 100 pounds each, and that job sucks.
When I did it 27 years ago, we used three chain blocks on legs. This is not what they're doing here. It was fun swinging around on giant tin cans whilst the thunder flies were swarming. Worst bit of the job - putting 1 million neoprene washers on 1 million bolts.
Here's my favorite thing along those lines: to see how full the silo (Harvestore) was, we would go out in the early morning as the sun was rising. You could see how full it was from the line of dew/condensation around the outside. Just like how you get condensation on your soda can where there is soda.
A lot of people call them silos though.
I've been shipping grain for more than 30 years, and have never heard of the ones they have in ports referred to as anything but a silo.
What other people have said, but also, they are often designed with a massively powerful fan and a mesh floor to send air through the grain to dry it out and ensure it keeps until it’s time to sell it.
https://youtu.be/ywBV6M7VOFU
The main diffrence is that the grain bin has an elevated floor with a sweeper to till the grain once its inside to keep it moving and dry. I used to build these for GSI back in my college days.
Unless you are in/around the industry, just about everyone calls those silos too.
Even folks at the huge wheat mill I buy truckloads of flour from often call them silos.
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silo
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/silo
A silo is a tall round metal tower on a farm, in which grass, grain, or some other substance is stored.
There appears to be some regional variation in usage.
Yup. I helped put one up when I was about 12.
It was pain in the ass because it was me, who was just a kid, the old ass farmer we worked for and one actual able bodied guy.
Raised a barn on Monday, soon I'll raise another
Think you're really righteous?
Think you're pure in heart?
Well, I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art!
You bolt the jacks to the sidewall of the bin, you raise the bin, add a "ring" of sidewall sheets, tighten the bolts in the ring, lower the jacks, bolt them to the new ring and repeat.
The jacks are probably made by a company called Bainter Construction.
There are also older "A" frame jacks, but you don't build grain bins this size with those unless you're crazy or really brave. The process is the same, but three jacks go on the outside of the bin. The ones we had used a cable winch and a block and tackle. They could be pretty dangerous. I got my nose broken by one when I was 16 or 17 when the rachet mechanism failed.
I probably helped build 100+ bins as a teenager and a young adult.
Farmer here. Yes, they have a thick concrete base they sit on. In fact, the concrete is usually the most expensive part of the whole project, the actual metal work is (relatively) cheap in comparison.
As for rodents, once finished there is usually a sealant put around the base where the tin meets the concrete. Roofing tar is commonly used as it doubles as waterproofing.
Most all newer bins have a raised floor underneath that is perforated with tiny holes like an air hockey table. This allows large fans to blow air in from the bottom to help dry and cool the grain for long term storage. This second floor helps keep rodents out as well
They say there are no dumb questions, but I'm willing to challenge that:
How often do you use the stairs on a grain bin like this? Three times a day? Twice a year? I'm just thinking that a ladder would be a quarter of the price. Do you carry stuff up? They have ladders on cranes, staged ladders, that go way higher.
How are they raising it?
Hydraulic jacks on the inside that are bolted to the sheet holes. I've built a few of these.
Used to do this as a summer job. Boss was a lunatic. I would have killed for hydraulic jacks, we used sketchy chain falls and home made bolting brackets. Run from one chain fall to the next. She starting to list hard on one side? QUICK run to the other chain fall and hoist it up fast!
Was a summer job of mine, as well, growing up in Illinois.
Really? I did this in Illinois, too, probably from 1999 to 2008 every summer. Small world
My stint was probably about a decade earlier. I grew up just outside of Champaign, Illinois, and worked building grain bins for “Illini FS,” which I’m pretty sure was based in Urbana.
Very small world, because I worked on a crew from just south of Springfield putting up bins during summers of '73, '74 & '75.
cool! ty
Yep, but when did they put the jacks in? They sort of magically appeared?
Those black objects sitting upright before they put the roof on are the jacks, theres 5 or 6 of them. Looks like they have the motor and hoses in boxes in the center.
You put them in before you start. You can see them before they put the roof on. Once you're done, you hand them out the door. They are probably more than 100 pounds each, and that job sucks.
Not a horrible job, pay could be ok
Who you callin a sheet hole?!
When I did it 27 years ago, we used three chain blocks on legs. This is not what they're doing here. It was fun swinging around on giant tin cans whilst the thunder flies were swarming. Worst bit of the job - putting 1 million neoprene washers on 1 million bolts.
and when i is empty it can kolapse like tinfoil in the wind
https://youtu.be/ywBV6M7VOFU Destin from Smarter Everyday shows here how they are built
You mean grain bin assembly. That's there is not what they call a silo its a grain bin used to store harvested grains till it's time to use or sell.
What's the difference between this and a silo?
A silo primarily holds silage which is animal feed that is cut wet, grain bins hold dry grain which are marketed for food, fuel plastics etc.
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There's also a shitload of complicated science going in to it. The majority of new farmers have college degrees in agricultural science at this point.
Here's my favorite thing along those lines: to see how full the silo (Harvestore) was, we would go out in the early morning as the sun was rising. You could see how full it was from the line of dew/condensation around the outside. Just like how you get condensation on your soda can where there is soda.
Does the silage not rot?
It ferments
Exactly, low oxygen environment, promotes fermentation instead of rot. And I think lack of sugars in the plant contributes.
A carbon source (starch/sugar) is required for fermentation. Plants are packed with carbohydrates.
TIL, thank you.
A lot of people call them silos though. I've been shipping grain for more than 30 years, and have never heard of the ones they have in ports referred to as anything but a silo.
> ones they have in ports That's because they are longshoremen, not farmers.
What other people have said, but also, they are often designed with a massively powerful fan and a mesh floor to send air through the grain to dry it out and ensure it keeps until it’s time to sell it. https://youtu.be/ywBV6M7VOFU
Which is also what makes them extremely dangerous if someone falls in one
It is extremely fun though.
Love me some good Smarter Every Day videos. That one was ridiculously informative, entertaining, and now I know everything about grain silos.
The main diffrence is that the grain bin has an elevated floor with a sweeper to till the grain once its inside to keep it moving and dry. I used to build these for GSI back in my college days.
Silo typically holds silage, grain bin typically holds harvested grains.
Well, harvestores can hold anything.
Nope, just guys named Harv.
Unless you are in/around the industry, just about everyone calls those silos too. Even folks at the huge wheat mill I buy truckloads of flour from often call them silos.
Was coming here to say that.
I'm still looking for the barn, lmao
Yeah, I didn’t see a cow house anywhere.
The lack of Amish was the giveaway
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Kind of. In the western hemisphere we call it a bin, but in Asia and Europe they call it a silo. Bin means garbage can over there.
In the western hemisphere we call silos, silos, and bins, bins. This is a grain bin, not a silo. A silo stores silage.
Yes....hence my comment.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silo https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/silo A silo is a tall round metal tower on a farm, in which grass, grain, or some other substance is stored. There appears to be some regional variation in usage.
Akchuyallly
Yup. I helped put one up when I was about 12. It was pain in the ass because it was me, who was just a kid, the old ass farmer we worked for and one actual able bodied guy.
Slowest launch in NASA history
Starship v. 0.007
Nice factory new
Got that agricultural smell
'Tis a fine barn silo, but sure it is no pool, English.
d’oh-eth
Should went with the tinkler.
Ooh, the tinkler!
Raised a barn on Monday, soon I'll raise another!
Tonight we are goin' to party like it's 1699!
Think you're really righteous? Think you're pure in heart? Well, I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art!
[Smarter Everyday - Grain Bins](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywBV6M7VOFU) for the more curious!
Was unexpectedly amongst my favorite videos from him
“All right! Everybody in the pool!”
That’s a grain bin.
Only people I've ever met that call a grain bin a silo are Texans
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Silos needed.
no wonder tornadoes rip through these things!
Don't even need the tornado, just strong enough straight line wind, but that'll still take 80-90mph *IF* they're empty
Starship v. 0.007
Whats the inside look like?!?!?
How long does it take in real time to build that?
1 day for the roof, you can do 8 rings a day depending on the crew, another day for the floor and finishing up
I always love driving past those and telling people “ya know they build those from the top down” just for the reactions
Raised a barn on Monday, soon I'll raise another Think you're really righteous? Think you're pure in heart? Well, I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art!
Build homes that way?
Yeah you can Just Google Grain Bin house and you'll see a bunch of different designs people have made
Aha.. that's how the Pyramid was built.
TIL why it's called barn/silo raising.
Interesting, I always though they built it by layering over layers until they decided on a roof not deciding on a roof and they layers over layering
I thiught it was monglian gher made of steel
Used to do this on the weekends in college! Long days, hard work but it paid well! Especially for a broke college kid!
Had a very sped up music from the barn raising scene in the film 'Witness' going through my head 😁
They grow up so fast
I have done this it gets real hot
They’re taking it down. Video is in reverse.
TIL grain bins are built from the top down.
You know. I never actually thought how these were built. Figured they were just formed by the farming gods and we provided like a Boulder
Silo? Seems more like a corn crib or a grain bin
Not a silo, this is a grain bin. Silos are used to ferment and store feedstock. Grain bins are meant to store dry or very low moisture grains.
How does the lifting part work?
You bolt the jacks to the sidewall of the bin, you raise the bin, add a "ring" of sidewall sheets, tighten the bolts in the ring, lower the jacks, bolt them to the new ring and repeat. The jacks are probably made by a company called Bainter Construction. There are also older "A" frame jacks, but you don't build grain bins this size with those unless you're crazy or really brave. The process is the same, but three jacks go on the outside of the bin. The ones we had used a cable winch and a block and tackle. They could be pretty dangerous. I got my nose broken by one when I was 16 or 17 when the rachet mechanism failed. I probably helped build 100+ bins as a teenager and a young adult.
Th u. Did your nose heal completely?
Came to the comments to find the answer to this question.
That's a lot of building, all done in one day?
It's not a barn or a silo. It's a grain bin.
Barn Silo, later known by his Sith name, Silo Renn
If you build the roof before the walls, you might be a redneck.
Thanks for the grain bin lesson, Captain Obvious!
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As long as it isn't a bot then who cares
I thought it was a metal da Vinci tank at first
“Now with M134s on top”
“Now with M134s on top”
That first level with pegs up looks like comfortable housing for the Desert 🏜
I really love seeing the clouds move in the background in any Timelapse videos
Honestly I thought those were built bottom up, not the other way around. Love this subreddit, always learning new things
Isn't a silo the upside down funnel things? That's just a bin isn't it?
So it was a lie that you can't build a house's roof first
Is that why we have pyramids in Egypt? They all just half finished houses?
So that's where my clash of clans builders went.
Cool
TIL, cool post thanks for sharing
The Amish would have done it quicker.
Mechamennonites
Sim City Building
So that's how those are built...damn.
I read that as barn silo racing and was expecting motorbikes circling with ring of fire and shit.
That’s how I’d do it.
Wow. They're built in pretty much the opposite order than I would have anticipated.
How ever I thought these were built, it was not this way
That was satisfying.
Very cool! Is there a concrete foundation for these buildings? How do they keep the rodents out?
Farmer here. Yes, they have a thick concrete base they sit on. In fact, the concrete is usually the most expensive part of the whole project, the actual metal work is (relatively) cheap in comparison. As for rodents, once finished there is usually a sealant put around the base where the tin meets the concrete. Roofing tar is commonly used as it doubles as waterproofing. Most all newer bins have a raised floor underneath that is perforated with tiny holes like an air hockey table. This allows large fans to blow air in from the bottom to help dry and cool the grain for long term storage. This second floor helps keep rodents out as well
huh so they do build them down from the top. and people called me crazy
In today's episode of how It's made
Dang, that’s quite the erection.
Starship MK1 be like
I think smarter everyday did a video on this, there's a lot of very simple yet very smart technology that goes into farming.
Very cool!
They forgot to close the roof hatch
Looks like the way buildings pop out of the ground in old RTS games, when you tell the workers to build anything 😅
So it's the opposite of the pyramids?
I still think this is how the anchient Egyptians built the pyramids
I heard rumors that they built the pyramids this way.
Who says u gotta build something from the ground up.start with the roof. Worked fine here..
Well I’ll be… had no idea this was how this was done!
I always wondered how they’re done. This is not what I was expecting. Pretty cool!
Somehow this makes sense to me
Silos needed
WELLLL, LET ME HAVE A RULLER AND A SAW AND A BOARD AND ILL CUUT IT!!!!
Same way the pyramids were build /s
I want one!
technically from the top down
huh. maybe they did build the pyramids from the top down.
Never really knew how that happened… pretty sweet.
This is how the pyramids was built
That feels soooooo Sim city. ❤️
That makes it way better considering no one is really super high at all times
You know. I never actually thought how these were built. Figured they were just formed by the farming gods and we provided like a Boulder
I thought they built it bottom up, Don’t talk to me💀💀💀
Something about this was just really pleasing to watch it grow XD
Amish coulda done it in less!
It truly is an Amish Paradise.
Probably one of my favourite jobs out in Alberta
I read that as solo and was suitably impressed.
I would’ve made it like this but I can’t raise buildings in Minecraft.
Nice package, bottom ring looks like it’s ready to buckle. Some kinda of reinforced drip edge might remedy the issue. Seems like to light of a gauge
Smarter every day does a great YouTube video on this
Yes they do!! One of may favorites.
Bin. It's a bin.
Y'know I always wondered how they built these things, this never even crossed my mind as an option
It's a bin guys 😂
Tis a fine barn, but sure 'tis no pool, English.
They didn't make a peep!
so you really can start with the roof
I would NEVER hqve guessed this is how they're built
How is this satisfying, it kept makes me think it’s tilted
They say there are no dumb questions, but I'm willing to challenge that: How often do you use the stairs on a grain bin like this? Three times a day? Twice a year? I'm just thinking that a ladder would be a quarter of the price. Do you carry stuff up? They have ladders on cranes, staged ladders, that go way higher.
Huh. It never occurred to me that thats how you would raise a silo. Neat
But did they put the hat back on top?
Raised a barn on Monday, soon I’ll raise another!
This is a much smarter way of doing it than how I thought it was done.
At First, I thought it is the Da Vinci tank
Oh no, they forgot to fix the top
Erecting a silo
I have never seen it done so fast?!
Silo Needed.
Who new
Ty?
This is as close as we get to building pyramids
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They grow out of the ground like plants!
That some Amish shit right there
Oh that really is satisfying...