Posted by Bill(Wis) on February 29, 2016 at 13:11:22 from (70.44.53.114):
In Reply to: Old pictures posted by chris english on February 29, 2016 at 09:07:32:
The Tractor is a John Deere 50. That old silo appears to be a wood stave silo which was not at all difficult to take down. Our neighbor had a good side line going taking them down. He would show up one day and apply a generous coating of Liquid Wrench to each hoop coupling. Then he would come by the next day and loosen each coupling top to bottom. While he was on top he'd tie a 1" manila rope to the top step. Then he'd hook up to his John Deere A and simply pull the whole silo over. Then he'd load the staves on his wagon and haul them home and sell them. They made great board fences. It looks like that's what they were trying to do in the picture only the hoops don't look loose and they have the chain or rope tied too low.
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