Posted by MeanGene1 on December 29, 2009 at 13:24:53 from (204.14.185.77):
In Reply to: O.T. Agway posted by alg on December 29, 2009 at 04:24:59:
Agway was our direct competitor when I was a kid, after my gramps sold out of the IH dealership to concentrate on the lime spreading and farming. Weren't really that much competition in out area for the lime spreading, as we had our large home stockpile, and several satelite piles, most with railheads, and had our own Michigan crane to unload the hopper cars. Once we got a couple more duece-and-a-halfs so we could get out earlier on the soft ground, it was pretty much all over. We were also selling bulk fertilizer and spraying urea with Arcadian stuff, and the customers just liked us better. They had a pretty big store in Bath, with lime from there, but they got into selling minibikes and barbecues and such, don't know if it's still there or not. They rented space from us at our home stockpile yard for their bulk fuel storage tanks, and the delivery driver lived down the street from us and was a friend, so when his truck wouldn't start, or the delivery semi-tanker got stuck at the bulk tanks, we'd get a little "errand of mercy" work. Quite a site to see two deuce-and-a-halves, both with about 10 tons in them for traction, hooked nose-to-tail throwing rooster tails from all wheels pulling out a semi-tanker- those old REO 331's have got to be the sweetest-sounding 6-cylinders ever made
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