Regular silo cleaning is essential to keeping your operation safe, efficient, and compliant. Over time, material buildup inside silos can cause blockages, reduce storage capacity, and create uneven flow that disrupts production. In some cases, compacted material can even damage equipment or increase the risk of accidents.

By cleaning your silo, you:

• Improve efficiency – Restore full storage capacity and maintain consistent material flow.

• Reduce risks – Prevent hazards such as bridging, blockages, or dangerous confined-space issues.

• Protect your assets – Minimise wear and tear on equipment caused by uneven loading or buildup.

• Ensure quality – Eliminate old or contaminated material that can compromise product integrity.

• Stay compliant – Meet health, safety, and environmental standards.

A clean silo isn’t just about maintenance—it’s about protecting your people, your productivity, and your bottom line.

We don’t send people into silos. Instead, we use a remote, non-entry cleaning system that’s fast, powerful, and safe. No scaffolding, no confined space risks — just restored flow, reduced downtime, and a safer workplace.

Yes — and that’s our edge. Skookum’s system is operated entirely from outside the silo, removing the need for manned entry and significantly reducing on-site risk. Our trained team works to strict NZ & AU safety standards, and every job starts with a full risk assessment.

Not at all. Our system is designed to work with your existing access points, which means no downtime for retrofitting and no impact to your infrastructure. Fast setup. Faster results.

We take on the tough stuff — bridging, rat-holing, full flow blockages, and hard-set product that’s been stuck for months (or years). If your material isn’t flowing, we’ll get it moving again — safely and efficiently.

In many cases — yes. Because we don’t need to enter the silo or disrupt your infrastructure, cleaning can often take place without halting production. Every job is assessed for compatibility with live operations.

We service silos used in wood processing, biofuel, agriculture, cement, and manufacturing. If it flows (or should), we can clean it — from wood fibre and grain to biomass, powders, and fine product.