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E.Central MN | In the 60's our neighbors used a corn binder, loaded bundles on the flatbed wagon and hauled them to the silo where they used a long Allis chopper blower unit that was powered by a flat belt to a tractor. They just tossed the bundles on the flat conveyor, keeping them spaced apart enough so the blower could handle it.
In the 80's we bought a pair of 12 or 14' chopper boxes with the cable that pulled the front bulkhead backwards to unload out the back. The neighbor that we bought them from was kind of tight. After buying the wagons he asked if we wanted to buy the drive mechanism with the electric motor on it, so we paid him a little bit for it, thought maybe we'd use the motor on a bale conveyor. A day or two passed, he stopped in and said that he thought he should have extra for the solid rubber tires on it(like two wheelers have). About five years later another neighbor stopped in and asked if we had that unloading mechanism, yes, we bought it from the neighbor, do you need it(because we're never going to use it)? No, their dad had loaned the motor to the other neighbor and they wanted it back. Really, so we took the 1/3 hp motor off and gave it to them. There was probably a lesson that we should have learned in that deal somewhere... | |
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How were the silo's filled days gone by?
