Re: silo filling stories?

Posted by tomstractorsandtoys on August 30, 2020 at 17:59:45 from (50.123.239.84):

In Reply to: silo filling stories? posted by swindave on August 30, 2020 at 16:12:28:

Silo filling is my favorite farm job. I could write stories for hours. In the fall of 1968 dad had a new 4020 and did a good bit of custom work. He had a one year old Deere 34 chopper and hated it. He traded it on a new 38. The dealer delivered it and they went to the field. Tried 4th gear and not enough power and then third and then second. They then stopped and looked for the problem which was found in the wagon. The chopper had a screen and the silage looked like applesause. They removed the screen and went back to work. Dad finished that load and one more finishing that strip of corn. It was lunch time so they took the 110 chuckwagon into unload and left the 112 chuckwagon in the corn field.The 4020 and new 38 were moved to the next strip of corn which was at the bottom of the hill. When they returned from lunch they found a wreck. The loaded wagon had drifted down the hill backwards and ran into the rear of the new chopper. Dad called the dealer and was told the delivery man was not even back with his trade in. Dad had used John Deere financing to buy the chopper so it was insured. The next day he had another brand new chopper. That fall in the next county there was a big dairy that decided to hire their chopping done. Dad had his 4020 and 38,grandfather had a 190XT with a 780 Allis chopper and another fried had a Deere 5010 with a 38 chopper. They put 400 acres in one trench. The first load looked like someone had upset a wheelbarrow. They ran a fence post thru the chopper with the 5010 and the only comment was it started pulling a little hard. Hit a rock ledge and bent the center snoot clear back under the chopper. Lost the bolt out of the coupling pole on a wagon at night and never knew it until they unhooked the full wagon and realized there were no back wheels. Filled one silo and it got full before they thought it would and blew the roof off the silo. It was a 540 blower that was being run on 1000.There is also the story of running a tool box through a blower and junking the blower and 60 feet of new plastic pipe.Tom

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