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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 1663"><p>Harvestor silos are/ were a good silo, but a poor investment. I knew a slaesman for them a few years back. Nothing wrong with the design, but the price compared to capacity was terrible.</p><p></p><p>Best use for them is high moisture grain. You can buy tough corn, barley whatever, at 25% moisture and store it very well. To get this high moisture grain you need to buy straight off the combine. Too much cash out for a small operation to buy the whole year's grain in advance. You could also store dry grain in there, if there are no other bins on the property.</p><p></p><p>Harvestors were designed to store silage crops, but capacity was too small. If you had the equipment to do silage, you could likely fill a dozen silos, but couldn't afford to buy them. Pits are much cheaper and do as good if not better.</p><p></p><p>What value it adds to the land is unclear, it depends on the rest of the operation. The owner having basically abandoned it suggests he placed little value on it no matter what he paid for it.</p><p></p><p>Jason Trowbridge Southern Angus Farms Alberta Canada</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:trow@bigfoot.com">trow@bigfoot.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 1663"] Harvestor silos are/ were a good silo, but a poor investment. I knew a slaesman for them a few years back. Nothing wrong with the design, but the price compared to capacity was terrible. Best use for them is high moisture grain. You can buy tough corn, barley whatever, at 25% moisture and store it very well. To get this high moisture grain you need to buy straight off the combine. Too much cash out for a small operation to buy the whole year's grain in advance. You could also store dry grain in there, if there are no other bins on the property. Harvestors were designed to store silage crops, but capacity was too small. If you had the equipment to do silage, you could likely fill a dozen silos, but couldn't afford to buy them. Pits are much cheaper and do as good if not better. What value it adds to the land is unclear, it depends on the rest of the operation. The owner having basically abandoned it suggests he placed little value on it no matter what he paid for it. Jason Trowbridge Southern Angus Farms Alberta Canada [email=trow@bigfoot.com]trow@bigfoot.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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