One problem is that feed sometimes tends to plug up in the floor's opening. I had a local fabrication shop roll the panels end to end, and then bolted them together." "However, I knew the condition of the glass lining wouldn't matter for grain so I asked if I could have them. "The panels had been removed from the top of a silo and could no longer be used for silage because acid had pitted the panels' glass lining, which would let in oxygen and spoil the feed," says Braunschweig. The company supplies new and used parts for Harvestore silos and unloaders, and also tears down old silos and rebuilds them for sale. "īraunschweig got the used Harvestore silo panels, and silo bolts, from a silo dealer he used to work for.
It works so well that I plan to build another one just like it. "I use a built-in blower on my feed mill to deliver feed up the filling pipe on the outside of the silo. I fill it exactly like you'd fill a regular Harvestore," says Braunschweig. "It's just a smaller version of the bigger Harvestore silos that stand on our farm. It has a V-shaped floor with an auger underneath that delivers feed into a large rubber dish, which serves as a feed tray for the chickens. The silo is fitted with its own filling system, which includes a pipe and a homemade, gooseneck-shaped filler tube on top. Braunschweig runs the grain through his home-built feed mill previously featured in FARM SHOW (Vol.
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The silo holds about 2 tons of cracked corn or oats. thick concrete pad next to his chicken coop. He uses the mini silo to store feed for the 150 chickens he keeps on his farm. I'm happy with how it turned out," says Nathan Braunschweig, Lomira, Wis., about the miniature sealed silo he made out of 3 used Harvestore silo panels. "Everyone who sees it says it's the cutest thing they've ever seen.
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