Posted by JL2510 on August 30, 2020 at 17:39:54 from (206.83.250.201):
In Reply to: silo filling stories? posted by swindave on August 30, 2020 at 16:12:28:
My Grandfather and his brothers were all dairymen. They filled 6, 60' silos for the one farm, and a few more for my Uncle Leon. This was from 1964 through about 1987. They used John Deere tractors and all of them had the fuel turned up. When my Uncle Leon finally had his farm sale a number of years ago, his old 4020 ended up at the dairy farm that I live across the road from. That farm still fills a few silos and Leon's 4020 is always on the blower. And I always know its Leon's 4020 without even seeing it, because I'll hear the blower start working and then see a black plume of smoke rise up between the silos. Grandad said their silos all were black on one side from that.
Also heard the story that one year, in the 60s or early 70s, a storm came through and leveled a bunch of corn just before chopping time. My Great Grandfather, who was running the dairy operation at the time, traded in a BRAND NEW chopper they had recently bought, on a new different brand chopper, because it had some feature that would pick up the downed corn. I can't remember the details and I'm sorry, but I THINK he traded a new Deere in on a red chopper of some make. I could have that reversed though. Whichever way it was, he said the dealer put that new, traded in chopper out front on his yard so everyone would see.
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