anyone ever torn down/scrapped a silo?

i have a freind who did some clean up work on an abandoned farm a few months ago and was told he could also tear down the metal silo. he hasnt touched it and i was considering taking over the job for him. Has anyone ever attempted this? Any advice?

Without some pics and dimensions it would be tough to say. Never have done one but moved plenty of things with a hired crane.

Also make sure you have it in writting from the legal owner before you start. Need to cover youself, Mike.

Depending on the silo....all it takes is a nice long chain and truck. Make sure the chain is longer than height of the silo, so it dont whack ya truck. Give it a couple tugs and its down where you can safely cut it up. I have even take down telephone poles like this without cutting. Cant find a pic, but I have one to take down. Its a steel mesh, like #1 iron all the way to the top. Almost like chain link fence. Then the typical round disc for a roof. Couldn't find no pics on google, but think its for corn not grain. Almost reminds me of the thunder dome from Mad Max beyond the Thunderdome..lol.

Should be sheet iron aka 1 and half bundle material unless it is riveted then you can get plate for it at most yards. Bundles is more then plate don't get f'ed on the deal though.

That's what I was thinking about trying I guess there are different types and styles that they were built... was there somekind of steel support for it or was it wood? Any idea what the total weight was?

I havnt taken mine down yet, so cant answer the question. All I can say its like 16-20 ft tall and like 10 feet wide. Need to get some cars out of the way before I work on it.

Bidding my first one now....top 1/3 is tornado damaged.

80 tall...36 wide. Very little in the way. I think we'll get explosive with it.

10-12 feet of water in the bottom. Still working out details and what all it it going to take for the bid. This one will take a lil more than a pickup & chain...lol. Will probably end up bidding between 2500 & 3000 to cover my expenses, plus I get the iron.

Bear in mind when figuring your iron value, many of the big blue silos are glass lined inside.

This one is very old doubt it is glass-lined

That would be a good thing for you and probably worth cutting into #1 pieces. Mine is from the early 70's and is lined.

I know a man with one of these in the back farmyard and a tornado close by tilted it a little bit but he can't give it away. Looking for this pic I did find a schematic for one of them.
http://www.cstindustries.com/uploade...harvestore.jpg

My guy has the same problem. The biggest damage is about 25 feet from the top. It has been like that since 2001, and I believe I'll be the first to come at him under the 5000 mark. Obviously, the smaller one won't be near as costly to bring down. I'll have nearly a grand tied up in just the fireworks. My bid will be close to my actual cost. Half the iron sale will be my profit, as 2 of us are going 50/50 in, 50/50 out on this job.

Take a bucket fill it half full of water the rest carbid be sure the silo is closed tight drill a hole in the side get a piece of fuse light it and run after the noise pick up the pieces and haul them of very little cutting. It will implode.

Mine is no loger air tight due to the damage. We'll be blowing the anchors.

When we tore our harvestores down had a crane brought in picked it up lowered it down and unbolted section by section. Was not docked any for the glass lining.

That lining is pretty thin, isn't it?

I was wondering the same thing. . . Probadly 18 Ga at the thickest ?