Posted by NY 986 on April 13, 2013 at 06:07:12 from (67.142.178.20):
In Reply to: harvestore silos posted by farmerjohn on April 13, 2013 at 05:56:12:
There are businesses that still service them. I don't believe they are made (would have to research AO Smith) and there are plenty of used units around. When new they were extremely expensive and the proven benefits were few. In a lot of instances they were the financial undoing of a given farm operation. Guys could make them cash flow under the most optimal circumstances but when milk, corn, whatever declined in price or the farmer had other issues the heavy debt aggravated an already tough situation. I am all for new technology that can add to the bottom line but the guys who were inclined to avoid debt at every turn more often than not survived the bad times a lot longer than the guys who put up blue silos or fancy parlors.
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