I can't recall the Sunburg company, waiting for info from a friend outside of town. He has said that Sunburg isn't exactly hell but you can see it from there. ;-)
Skindelien from Sunburg! He replied. First were wooden boxes.
Have to admit, these dumb phones can be handy.
After a bit of study I found this but cannot go any further on either of my old browsers.
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"Not all factory workers are treated by the boss's wife to egg coffee and homemade cakes, cookies and other sweets for their morning and afternoon lunch, 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. breaks. But so it was for the maximum of 30 employees of Dokken Machine Works in Benson. Neil Dokken, contributed photo The birthplace of the once great-in-demand Dokken Box, Dokken Machine Works, was the culmination of ..."
Ooh, egg coffee. Mmmm. Bullet mufflers on the MM's. Drool. Unique mufflers!
The Koubsky's had Dokken rear unload boxes and good (whining) Oliver tractors for filling silo around here.
That silage was packed so tight in the back of the box when ya opened the doors.
Gosh, those fellows made such a mess unloading that box. :-)
Just a kid, the less mess I made on the ground, the less I had to pick up with a silage fork to throw into the hopper. It did happen tho.
Driving thru Stearns county last month I slowed down, turned the radio off, opened the windows and didn't hear the gluuue! of the chopper's cutter/fan. Seemed a constant reminder of chopping back then. Odd. I wonder if the blowers are as quiet nowadays too.
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