fmwim, Sshwhf, Sapt—fcar 13, Hit Leaning silo Comer EPHRATA - How do you Oraighten a leaning silo? You jade it up, of course. That’s what happened this eek on the farm owned by lam Zimmerman along ood Comer Road west of phrata. The land is fanned / Paul Hursh. Earlier this week, the silo as still leaning more than I inches off center. Now, jinks to the efforts of adison Silos, of Ephrata, id an engineer, Benue anek, from the home office Wisconsin, the concrete ave silo is straight and ue. The problem started last d when the newly erected o was filled with corn age. The 18 X 70-foot ructure '“nil hold about 800 is of 55 percent silage, npty it weighs 50 tons me. Unknown to Zimmerman, 10 poured the footer nidation, it was erected er a filled-m lime Join. The iter went down four feet d the kiln was not co uriered until a five-foot rib. •Vith the added weight of • silage the silo started to n. And it started to lean yard the bam. Vs a temporary measure, o nine-foot deep trench lars containing some 30 rds of concrete were ured last fall to halt the m. To show the urgency, • silo leaned some five hes from the time the nches were dug until the icrete was poured. "his week then, the final aightening took place. ■*irst, sections were «ked out of every seventh n at the base of the silo und approximately five ch of the structure. Seven ;h boles were made on the ning side of the silo, nto each of these were ced 20-ton jacks shored with oak planking and >vy metal m-liner plates. (Turn to Page A 34) * his is one of seven jat !t were used along e of silo to raise it back into true upright ition x' \ ' \ * ll \ \ u> '* " V\ ' > v \ V s \ Looking straight up the leaning silo of Wood Corner, you can toward the barn on Elam Zimmerman farm. I. i Surveyor’s transit was used to determine when silo was straight. At this point, jacking has not begun and there’s still a definite lean to the structure. is straightened A- \ V v * - * ')**■ '•■"‘•-i SC of Wood 'V 'T f'<■ ' SV* ■** *~ ■% r", '-i, 'I, O'” ’■‘t-ft f* ' '- C%£i ' hollai\d Dealer for Dependable Equipment and Dependable Service: Alexandria. PA Clapper Farm Equipment Star Route 814-669-4465 AnnviUe. PA B H M Farm Equipment, inc RD 1 717-867-2211 lavertown. PA Ben H Walter Beavertown, PA 717-658-7024 Bemville, PA StanleyA.Klopp.lnc Bemville, PA 215-488-1510 Bieterville. PA Nelson Farm Supply, Inc Biglerville, PA 717-677-8144 Carlisle. PA PaulShovers. Inc. 35 East Willow Street 717-243-2686 Capita. PA Abraczinskas Farm Equipment, Inc. R.D.I 717-356-2323 Chambersburi. PA Clugston Implement. Inc. 3213 Black Gap Rd. 717-263-4103 Davidsburr PA George N. Gross, Inc. R D. 2, Dover, PA 717-292-1673 nng Elizabethtown, PA MessicKFarm Equipment, Inc. Rt. 283 -Rheem’s Exit 717-367-1319 Gettysburg. PA Yinglmg Implements R.D.9 717-359-4848 Greencastle. PA Meyers Implement's Inc 400 N Antrim Way PO Box 97 717-597-2176 Ha Max. PA Swetgard Bros. R D. 3, Box 13 717-896-3414 Horny Brook. PA Dependable Motor Co East Mam Street 215-273-3131 215-273-3737 Honev Grow. PA Norman D Clark & Son, Inc Hr 'Grr PA (oney Grove, 717-734-3682 Hmhetvill*. PA Farnsworth Farm Supplies, Inc. 103 Cemetery Street 717-584-2106 Laneaeter. PA L H Brubaker, Inc 350 Strasburg Pike 717-397-5179 ,‘