While we certainly haven’t done the engineering work on it, I think that most cement stave silos are never really full. We had one on the dairy farm when we were kids. Even when we fill it all the way up the top is never really full since you need enough room to operate the silo unloader. So the top 3-4 ft, maybe more is empty. And, you unload top down in a cement stave silo, so after the first day of use, the silo is already getting emptier on the top. So I think there never is really much added strength on the top rows of staves where we would mount from the silo being full.
Thanks, David Coudron From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Matt Hoppes Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 7:35 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Silos Somewhat related: is it safe to mount a bunch of equipment on an empt silo? On Oct 27, 2020, at 8:08 PM, David Coudron <david.coud...@advantenon.com<mailto:david.coud...@advantenon.com>> wrote: Yes, There was recent thread we started about cement stave silos that folks really helped us out on. For Harvestor silos, we usually brace the upper rail to make it sturdier. Biggest thing is we don’t mount very high on those. We keep the radios no higher than the top railing. For the cement stave silos, here is what folks came up with, we are just now making the same brackets. Picture attached: David Coudron david.coud...@advantenon.com<mailto:david.coud...@advantenon.com> | Mobile: 612-991-7474 Advantenon, Inc. i...@advantenon.com<mailto:i...@advantenon.com> | 3500 Vicksburg Lane N, Suite 315, Plymouth, MN 55447 | www.advantenon.com<http://www.advantenon.com/> | Phone: 800-704-4720 | Local: 612-454-1545 <image001.jpg> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf Of Jeremy Grip Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 3:42 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com<mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> Subject: [AFMUG] Silos I know I’ve seen posts in the dimly remembered past about approaches to mounting gear to silos, but… Looking for approaches to mounting radios, antennas (3.65 and licensed backhaul--Cambium/Ceragon, 1-2ft dishes) to both concrete and blue harvestore silos. Can’t believe how flimsy the guardrails on top of those harvestores are. Jeremy Grip North Branch Networks <Screenshot from 2020-10-07 11-41-22.png> -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com<mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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