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| Buildings CBS Agricultural retaining wall range CBS Agricultural retaining walls are all manufactured to the highest standards using a c60/75 grade self-compacting concrete mix and offer many advantages compared to rival systems. BS Freestanding grain walls provide a low cost and flexible retaining wall solution to suit your needs. CBS Grain walls can take a full load at one side without any extra support, allowing for maximum storage capabilities. Should your requirements in the future change the units can be easily moved to a more suitable position without the need for any costly foundations or groundworks. The advantage of the Interlocking element in the freestanding grain wall system is the firm connection formed between units, the interlocking joint means that there are no small gaps between the units once they are in place. This means that in most cases the walls require no sealants to prevent your stored products from seeping through those annoying little gaps. Another advantage of the interlocking joints is that forming a true straight run of units is a simple and easy affair as the units guide themselves in to position. The safety of the wall is always of the C www.farmingmonthly.co.uk upmost importance and the interlocking feature helps in the stability of freestanding walls that have no fixings to foundations. CBS Silage clamp Agri walls The Agri wall system is a unique silage clamp retaining wall system that is designed to form silage clamps and storage b ays. The Agri retaining wall system is unique in the UK due to the fact that the units are available in lengths between 2 to 5 meters. The units are designed so that in standard silage clamp applications they do not require any bolting/ fixing down to foundations. This means that you have a silage clamp system that is easy and fast to install, our installation team can install on average 100 linear meters per day, allowing for huge cost savings to be made. The Agri system is available in L walls designed to be used at the perimeter and therefore bear a load on one side with T walls or U walls as the partition walls bearing a load on both sides. The U wall is designed to then be filled with aggregates, forming a safe working platform between clamps. CBS Earth Bank Clamp system CBS have developed a version of the “Traunsteiner silo”. This is a silage clamp with sloping walls leaning against an earth bank. This silage clamp system forms a safe working platform at the perimeter of the entire clamp. When compacting the silage (usually maize) the compacting machine can be driven directly up to the wall, allowing an increase in compaction and a decrease in energy losses from the silage. CBS Concrete Products have a high manufacturing capabilities as well as a large stock capacity, this means that we can provide very quick lead times. We have many reference projects across the UK, if you would like to find out more about our product ranges please visit: www.cbs-concreteproducts.co.uk or call Freephone: 0808 189 1258 December 2016 | Farming Monthly | 21