I built these in the 70's. I built the White Star brand silo. We did not have the double hoist system like these guys do, we had a single hoist run by a gas engine. The forman ran the rope, I was the catcher. My forman could get the staves up to 70 mph coming up the silo and he could unhook them before they got to the top. The staves would free fly the last 6 to 8 foot and I would catch the stave and put it in place. The rope would be on the way down before I would get the stave. Each stave weighed 72 lbs. just like these and I believe there were 72 staves in one round. We could place one round in 4 1/2 minutes. Door frame weighed 150 lbs. and my forman could lift it with one arm. I had to bear hug and hope I did not lose my nuts. Didn't get paid by the hour we got paid by the unit. Also got paid flat rate for an outside ladder, roofs which were a bitch to put on when the wind was blowing. Worked sunup to sundown and the foreman pushed hard. Company bought us breakfast and dinner. Lot of time on the road and company paid our lodging. Definitely hard work. Actually made more money than a lot of other jobs. Plastering the inside would make a man out of anyone. Also at the end we would have to ride a bolsan chair down the outside and swing around to tighten the rings. Each chair was on its own block and tackle and you pulled yourself up and down as needed. Used a claw hammer to hold onto the rings. so help me if you ever did this for a living it would make you appreciate any other job you might get.

I would much rather see silos being built than knocked down. I prefer silos to silage piles, bunkers or bags.

I worked grain industry all my life, we never had this type of silo. I always wondered how they were built. Great video, you educated pry alot of people including me. So thanks

Mr Shirtless Hard Hat is over here knocking em out as fast as they come up... meanwhile baseball cap newbie seems to struggle with every single one of the panels that come up. Not that he isn't working just as hard, but it's easy to see who's done it for a while and who's learning the trade. I think it just takes a while to figure it out the little tricks to the trade.

Love it, keep them coming...........

Built mostly 20x60’s in the summer of 1971. 2 guys on the ground, and2 guys inside building. The most fun part was going down the side on a bosons chair to tighten the nuts on the bands. Farmer was supposed to feed us lunch. The better the food, the better the silo.

Happy to see one being built even if it’s a relocation. Lots of demolition videos of people taking chances with an excavator. Unless they are unstable it seems a shame to demolish these structures.

Silos are fun! Thanks!

I grew up working on a dairy farm and never knew how those silos were built!

Thanks for the vid we don't have silo's in my area a feed lot neighbor has 6 Harvestore's but they have only been used for barley storage for the past 30 years. I thought that these silo's were formed and poured concrete so this was nice to learn how they are built. Landmark Cattle has a video of unloading silage from a silo so now I 'have a better understanding of the whole process. Great video

I watched these italian guys build one of our silos.(80 ft) they were throwing these blocks around like legos..lol I tried to man handle one. I was 12 yr old at the time. Needless to say I stuck to milking cows.

My first time ever seeing one go up. I have seen more than I care to being torn down. Thanks for posting.

The older man out working the kid .

First time i saw how is build!

I worked for Pearson (Wisconsin) in the late 70s, putting up silos. Very hard work. What this doesn’t show are they guys crawling up the silo and hand-tightening all the hoops. Dangerous, too, at least once a month a stave would slip the tongs and bash someone below. Surprisingly, they hit legs more often than heads.

Very cool to watch. How do they put the roof on it. I'll bet that is pretty sketchy.

Looks like a Ribstone brand silo from Troy, Pa. Now out of business but they put up a lot of them in NE Penna.

I have a18 by 70 ribstone built in 1977 still in great condition has been shotcreted

I didn't know that they built them anymore. In my area they are obsolete. I don't know how you could even get the materials to build one. Thanks for the video. You should save it for posteriorty. Never going to see this again.

The old man is kicking Jrs. Butt!!

Judging from the looks of the inside of the staves they look to be used staves. Not common but they sometimes get taken down and moved. I built my above ground swimming pool out of silo staves, way better than factory metal frames.

Damn Cool. Always wondered how that was done. (Anyone have any idea what something like this might cost?)

Surprised they still make stave silos? What was the cost on this one?

How do you check for plum?

Now what they gotta do is build the old stone and mortor silos, or the big cement blocked silos, thatd be a video.

Doing it the same way we did 55 years ago.

wha the name oft he hoist that are you using?

Built fickes style for a few years. Loved that job don't miss the low pay though lol

2:08 Elvis is having a bit of a struggle.

I've seen lots of videos of these silos being destroyed. Why don't more people dismantle them and move them. Amish farmers around here do it all the time. If you are good with a torch it's a simpla matter to loosen the bands and take them apart.

What if they demolished it soon after.

What the price of one

What are they standing on ?

Is that an Osakis silo?

the winching takes much too long. They could send up 3 or 4 Tyles at once, i guess.

How long does this take?

You don't happen to be related to Bob or Bruce or Boyd batterman of Lincoln Nebraska do you?

You should edit the sound track.

Why you build a concrete Silo instead of a Blue Harvest silo?

These are called stave silos

No safety harnesses?

Why does the guy wear a bunk cap, is it going to save his life if he falls on his head?