"Leaning Tower Of Feed" Provides Cheap Storage

"Leaning Tower Of Feed" Provides Cheap Storage LIVESTOCK Feeding Equipment 24-3-18 When dairyman Stanley Sylla of Independence, Wis., bought an old 30-ft. long underground fuel tank to store bulk feed, he planned to mount it vertically with a fill-hole at the top. However, he soon found that the local feed company's auger wasn't long enough to reach the fill hole. He solved the problem by mounting the tank at a 60-degree angle and cutting a hole into the top side of the tank and welding on a 14-in. long "sleeve". The tank stands next to Sylla's wooden-walled bunker silo on a concrete pad. It's supported by a big pile of dirt at the back and along the sides. The semi truck driver backs into the bunker silo to fill the tank. Sylla cut a hole into the bottom of the tank and installed a slide gate, which he opens and closes with a steel handle. The feed is then augered into a feed wagon. "It looks kind of goofy but it provides cheap feed storage," says Sylla. "I bought the tank cheap at a scrap yard. It holds up to 22 tons of soybean or linseed meal. The big advantage of mounting the tank at an angle is that the driver doesn't have to back up directly to the tank but can instead drive alongside it." "I use a ladder at the back of the tank for access to the fill hole. I welded steel bars inside the tank so if anyone ever gets trapped inside it they can get out." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Stanley Sylla , W24492 Co. Rd. Q, Independence, Wis. 54747 (ph 715 985-3779).

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