Re: We Never Had a Hoist

Posted by HuskerMedic on December 24, 2014 at 07:24:14 from (76.85.184.132):

In Reply to: We Never Had a Hoist posted by John B. on December 21, 2014 at 20:13:57:

Back when I was 15, my great uncle had some soybeans left over in the bottom of a bin built into his barn. Not enough to make a trip to town in the big truck, but too much to not haul in and sell.

At the time, his farm pickup was a 1977 Ford F100. He always bought new pickups for the farm, but always got the absolutely most cheap model he could, no A/C, 4 speed, don't think it even came with a radio.

Anyway, we cleaned out the bed of the pickup, stuffed some burlap sacks in the gap between the tailgate and box, and augered the beans into the bed of the pickup. They all fit, but the load was level full to the top of the box.

Here's where I come in. Great uncle had been in some legal problems, and was not at that time in possession of a valid driver's license. Great aunt had a license, but could not/would not drive a manual transmission. That left me, with my learner's permit.

We all three loaded up, and away we went with me behind the wheel. 17 miles to town. Technically legal, since great aunt was a licensed driver and was with me, but probably not the best safety prospect.

That pickup was so overloaded, I'm surprised the front wheels were even on the ground. I can remember every time I hit a bump, I would lose steering control and had to concentrate on not oversteering and sending us into oncoming traffic. Not an easy job for a somewhat novice driver.

We made it to the elevator. I had ridden along while hauling grain so I knew the drill about pulling onto the scale to weigh.

I was under the impression we were going to have to shovel the beans off by hand. Instead, we were directed to the "old" elevator that was seldom used.

There, they dropped the lift down from the ceiling. I don't recall exactly how it was powered, but it was a small lift, I don't think it would have lifted anything bigger than a pickup or barge wagon.

I drove the frontend onto the carriage. They lifted the front end of the pickup a foot or two and I backed up several feet to the pit. Uncle opened the tailgate, and up I went. Sure beat the heck out of shoveling by hand.

I still work part-time on the farm; in my 30+ years of ag work, that's the only time I've ever seen a lift in action. I'm not sure if they even have them around anymore. Next time I drive a load of grain to town, I'll have to look (if I remember).

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