Silo for Saturday

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[jdeere562]

What was left of my friend's old silo Saturday morning after a tornado. Pic taken in SW Iowa 4/18/25 close to Randolph, IA.

 

[Stroby]

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Dandy, appear to be a well maintained place.

 

[Dan in Ohio]

You don't see many cupolas like that anymore either. Who doesn't like to see a well maintained old barn? Would be interesting to know how it is being used now.

 

[caterpillar guy]

The silo pictures are nice and the gorgeous barn is great too. I want to know more about the tornado downed silo. I would have thought they were pretty solid against a tornado with the over lapping of the staves as they are built and the rods around them. The blocks are sort of a keystone shaped edge to them on the better made blocks/staves and tightened up pretty good to hold the sides tight for the pressure on the inside when full of corn or hay. Most don't just collapse when some of the staves are knocked out at the bottom till you get a pretty good portion of them out around them. I was involved in knocking out the blocks on a ribstone type silo where the staves had ribs on them with thinner portions vertically in them. started by knocking a j\hole through from the inside then working from the outside for the rest of it.

 

[Ray,IN]

What was left of my friend's old silo Saturday morning after a tornado. Pic taken in SW Iowa 4/18/25 close to Randolph, IA.
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The dog expresses the reaction to this destruction. Depressed. I hope your friend had adequate insurance to help rebuild.

 

[Larry986]

The silo pictures are nice and the gorgeous barn is great too. I want to know more about the tornado downed silo. I would have thought they were pretty solid against a tornado with the over lapping of the staves as they are built and the rods around them. The blocks are sort of a keystone shaped edge to them on the better made blocks/staves and tightened up pretty good to hold the sides tight for the pressure on the inside when full of corn or hay. Most don't just collapse when some of the staves are knocked out at the bottom till you get a pretty good portion of them out around them. I was involved in knocking out the blocks on a ribstone type silo where the staves had ribs on them with thinner portions vertically in them. started by knocking a j\hole through from the inside then working from the outside for the rest of it.

One would think so, but a tornado is so powerful that an empty silo has almost no chance. Back in 1967 or 68 there was a tornado near here that took a silo down to the level of silage in it and totally destroyed the barn and they were never rebuilt. you can still see the remnants in the trees and weeds that have grown up since.

 

[jwal10]

Dads dairy barn had 24 stalls when he bought in 1954. It had a huge hay loft. Found out he just couldn't handle bales himself so filled the loft with chopped hay and built a ramp and used a wheelbarrow to feed. Wrapped a sheet of roofing tin around tray with a few stays. He built a 24'x60' loafing shed in '56 and milked 40 cows. He had a Mt. Hood concrete stave silo built in '56 and built a 20'x24' feed barn with a 24' silage feeder down the middle with concrete floor right off the silo doors. Pitched silage down and filled feeder by hand. Then went to 60 cows. When Oregon said they had to go to pipeline he sold 50 cows and milked 10 and fed replacement heifers and sold cream for 3 years. He kept 12 sows. The dairy that bought the cows used a Hereford bull as cleanup and on his heifers so Dad took those calves and raised his beef herd. Quit hogs and got some sheep. The silo is still there the buildings were bulldozed after he sold the farm in '80. Every one knows Smith Rd, where the silo is. Local landmark....James

 

[Phill Tibbetts]

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Nice barn and silo. I always liked the style barn.

 

[jdeere562]

For what it's worth...old silo and shed prior tornado. Junky and unused for years.

 

[jdeere562]

Short video of tornado