Dad and 2-3 neighbors jointly owned the chopper and blower. The later chopper was a NH 717, 1 row. A MM M670 to run it and later a White 2-105. The blower was a Allis Chalmers with flat belt drive. Ran that with the WD45 although the neighbors used a McCormick M. Maybe the "coolness" of the belt was attractive to a kid in the 70s. Small PTO powered rear unload S&H power wagons and 2 guys with forks to unload.
After the other guys retired, Dad ended up with the equipment and found a less worn blower of the same type only with PTO for the last few years.
I ended up the last years being the one to climb the silo with the rope tied around my waist and feed it through the pulley and pull up the pipes. Pipes were always put up and taken down every time from when the group went from farm to farm. Remember standing on the top of the crows-nest hoop at the top and reaching out to grab the gooseneck and guide it into the door on the silo roof. Yikes!!! Nothing but my wits between me and the ground below.... One small slip from certain death.
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