[AT] OT: How to rescue the dome from a silo?

[pga2 at hot1.net]

Seems to me that the only way to get the domes off in one piece
would be to use a crane. That is probably cost prohibitive.
The only way I can see is to disassemble them and take them
down one piece at a time.

Phil

> There is abarn being torn down near me and the person doing the destruction
> is letting me pick at the spoils.  Among the things being torn down are
> three large silos.  Two of them have really nice looking domes on top.
> I was thinking that I could use one or two levels of the old silo bricks
> and make a nice little storag shead or building for the goats, and perhaps
> with the other one make a little observitory for our telescope.
>
> The big question is how to get the domes off intact.  The dozer driver
> was thiking about drilling holes through the silo and pulling it over
> with a cable.  I suspect the top would die when it hit the ground.
>
> So, does anybody have any thoughts on how to rescue these things?
>
> --Matthew