Posted by Mike (WA) on July 24, 2008 at 08:56:27 from (69.10.198.224):
In Reply to: Pea-ing PICS!! posted by bradk on July 23, 2008 at 17:51:23:
Lots of peas in western Washington. Dad told of working on a viner in the '30's- they cut and hauled the vines to a stationary viner which moved from farm to farm, much like the old threshing machines. Crew followed it. Dad was pitching the peas into the machine with a pitchfork, along with another guy. A favorite trick when guys got tired was to throw too much in and "slug" the machine and break the shear pin, then everything gets shut down while the clean it out. Wagons backing up, etc., big PITA. Farmer at one place told them he'd give them a 25 cent an hour bonus if they got through the 2 or 3 days at his place without shearing a pin. Pretty big deal, because they were only getting 50 cents an hour. Things went well until right near the end of the job, and the machine just quit. Farmer came over, found that it wasn't plugged, retreived the shear pin and said, "My fault, boys, the shear pin just wore through. I should have changed it every morning. Your bonus is still good." Dad always remembered that guy fondly.
Fast forward to the '60's- mobile viners now, pulled by a fleet of Fordson Major tractors. Running those rigs was the primo summer job- the growers and "good ole boys" kids always got them, I never could, so I bucked bales.
Fast forward to today- self propelled "pod strippers" with air conditioned cabs. They run ads for operators in the newspaper all the time- can't seem to get enough folks to keep them all going.
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