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The Tractor Vet 10-13-2012 19:25:19 75.24.0.62 Report to Moderator	here's some red iron for you guys [Reply]   [No Email]
Dan MD 10-14-2012 18:09:21 184.158.79.230 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to The Tractor Vet, 10-13-2012 19:25:19   Thanks for the great pictures. Dan [Reply]  [No Email]
Mark Peters 10-14-2012 13:55:13 66.222.7.148 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to The Tractor Vet, 10-13-2012 19:25:19   Yeah, I wasn`t saying what he saw in Texas was a Harvestore silo, just that Harvestores were the prevalent steel silo in my area. You could be right he`s talking grain bins , but he said silo, so that`s what I was referring to. [Reply]  [No Email]
sflem849 10-14-2012 18:47:48 69.197.84.39 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to Mark Peters, 10-14-2012 13:55:13   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see You wouldn't believe how many people think silos and bins are the same thing. :roll: [Reply]  [No Email]
CenTex Farmall 10-14-2012 19:28:43 70.61.115.34 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to sflem849, 10-14-2012 18:47:48   Okay, okay! So I wasn't clear on that. Poured in place silos are few in this area but more prevalent in the western part of the state. Most dairy and cattle feed operations have gone to silage clamps. A few using _grain bins_ used for feed and plenty of grain bins used by BTO's. [Reply]  [No Email]
sflem849 10-16-2012 04:32:21 69.197.84.39 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to CenTex Farmall, 10-14-2012 19:28:43   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see What is a silage clamp? What are BTOs? [Reply]  [No Email]
Mark Peters 10-14-2012 12:52:23 66.222.7.148 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to Mark Poss, 10-13-2012 19:25:19   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see That`s a concrete stave silo in the picture. There are also poured concrete silo`s. Back in the day , around these parts (WI) , they probably outnumbered steel panel silo`s (Harvestores) 10 to 1. Concrete silos were more economical. [Reply]  [No Email]
CenTex Farmall 10-14-2012 19:22:55 70.61.115.34 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to Mark Peters, 10-14-2012 12:52:23   Pretty clever solution, precast and held together with cable. Would be interesting to see what step 1 in construction was. [Reply]  [No Email]
Roger Tomfohrde 10-15-2012 06:52:58 204.77.51.64 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to CenTex Farmall, 10-14-2012 19:22:55   We had several built for us in the 80"s. After the footing is poured they would come in with a straight truck and start loading from the pile they delivered earlier. They would put the first circle down and then the bands would go on loosely but snugg. As the silo rose from the ground they would put scafolding inside that would raise up as they went up. The blocks were staggered so they held each other in place. When they got the last round on they would put the roof on,and get ready to plaster. They mixed the concrete as the put it on, taking the scaffolding apart as they came down. After it sat for a while they came back and tightened the hoops up. The plaster if I am remembering right was about 1/2 inch thick. Kinda fun to watch but it was dangerous work. The guy attaching the rope to the blocks on the truck would turn as the block went up the outside and the guy above who was controling the winch would catch the block as the winch was released. Occasionally one would drop, I saw a hole through the floor of the truck the one day when they were done.If I remember correctly it was three semi loads of blocks for a 18 X 60. I think I have the order correct , but that was many moons ago, my brother has tore some of them down and the one farm we used to own they were removed entirely. He does more cash cropping now. [Reply]  [No Email]
sflem849 10-16-2012 04:31:23 69.197.84.39 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to Roger Tomfohrde, 10-15-2012 06:52:58   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see They are a lot easier to knock down. :lol: Whack a few staves out with a mall or pull a cable threw it and it is down. I heard of one guy who was knocking them out and died when the silo fell on him. I have also heard of guys knocking a bunch out and then shooting the last couple out so you weren't in the fall zone. [Reply]  [No Email]
Centex Farmall 10-15-2012 19:58:13 166.147.72.16 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to Roger Tomfohrde, 10-15-2012 06:52:58   Thanks for the explanation. [Reply]  [No Email]
sflem849 10-14-2012 13:31:34 69.197.84.39 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to Mark Peters, 10-14-2012 12:52:23   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see Are you sure he doesn't mean grain bins? I think he would have said BLUE steel silos if he meant Harvestores. Not to mention they are smooth panels rather than corrugated. [Reply]  [No Email]
CenTex Farmall 10-14-2012 12:42:02 70.61.115.34 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to The Tractor Vet, 10-13-2012 19:25:19   what are the silo panels made out of? In the bottom picture they look like concrete. Not many silos in our area, all made out of bolted corrugated steel. [Reply]  [No Email]
Brett Helmkamp 10-14-2012 10:58:51 67.236.72.7 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to The Tractor Vet, 10-13-2012 19:25:19   Very cool. Really like the SMTA [Reply]  [No Email]
DeltaRed 10-14-2012 10:23:15 67.6.219.50 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to The Tractor Vet, 10-13-2012 19:25:19   Is that an old IH 650 chopper?I used to run IH 55 and 550 choppers.Easy 'pullers'-they would sure howl!Thanks for posting.Good lookin' tractors! [Reply]  [No Email]
ANON 10-14-2012 14:16:44 69.248.113.235 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to DeltaRed, 10-14-2012 10:23:15   Looks like a good old Fox chopper to me. Custom 90 maybe? Big and clunky by todays standards but boy did they chop nice. [Reply]  [No Email]
NY 986 10-14-2012 14:06:32 67.142.178.25 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to DeltaRed, 10-14-2012 10:23:15   50, 55, 550 could here them all for miles away. Dad could be a half a mile away when he shut down and the cutterhead would still be turning slightly when he pulled up to the barnyard. The over-running clutch would make a ding-ding-ding sound, too. Pull the load up to the silo then hear the old IH 40 blower whine putting the silage up. Kind of miss those days. [Reply]  [No Email]
sflem849 10-14-2012 08:52:17 69.197.84.39 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to The Tractor Vet, 10-13-2012 19:25:19   Sweet! [Reply]  [No Email]
Mark Peters 10-14-2012 06:20:05 66.222.7.148 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to The Tractor Vet, 10-13-2012 19:25:19   Nice pics, Tractor Vet. Duke, our German Shepherd back in the `70`s, would follow most every hay wagon to the field and back home non- stop all day too ,as well as run up and down the rows we were baling... he always slept good them nights ! Tractor Vet, where about are you located, it reminds me of our dairy farm in WI. [Reply]  [No Email]
The tractor vet 10-14-2012 08:09:17 75.24.0.62 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to Mark Peters, 10-14-2012 06:20:05   We are in North East Ohio. [Reply]  [No Email]
Brownie 450 10-14-2012 04:30:42 66.43.241.198 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to The Tractor Vet, 10-13-2012 19:25:19   Good pics. Dogs are smarter than we give them credit for. Something like a 6th sense about certain people. [Reply]  [No Email]
Mark W. 10-13-2012 21:35:18 66.211.243.139 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to The Tractor Vet, 10-13-2012 19:25:19   Beautiful pictures!!!!! [Reply]  [No Email]
Paul from MI 10-13-2012 21:04:58 204.106.250.243 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to The Tractor Vet, 10-13-2012 19:25:19   We had a part beagle that wouldn't have anything to do with a guy who had abeard. We raised her from a pup, never did figure out why. [Reply]  [No Email]
Janicholson 10-13-2012 19:38:42 96.24.99.126 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to The Tractor Vet, 10-13-2012 19:25:19   That beautiful dog looks about as happy as can be (probably just being around the action!) Jim [Reply]  [No Email]
The tractor vet 10-13-2012 19:52:56 75.24.0.62 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to Janicholson, 10-13-2012 19:38:42   That is Matty John's dog . For some unknown reason she loves me and when i am at John's place she greets me and goes where i go . When we started this morning i took the S/Mta down to hook up to the blower and she followed me down and sat while i hooked up . Then she followed me back up to the 400 to take the wagon out to the field and she followed me out there and sat with me while John chopped a load . We switched wagons and i brought the full one up and unloaded it and she lay there by the back tire of the S/MTA till i was done then back out to the field for the next one . This went on all day . [Reply]  [No Email]
Fixerupper 10-13-2012 20:26:55 100.42.82.164 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to The tractor vet, 10-13-2012 19:52:56   Listening to an M under load is like music to my ears, and I grew up around two bangers!! My dog will go up to anyone and beg to be petted to the point of being a pest. He'll follow them around and push his big wet nose into their hand and then root like a little pig. But the other day he wouldn't approach a guy who came to help pour cement here. The guy was as calm and kind as they come but the dog wouldn't go near him. Go figure. Jim [Reply]  [No Email]
Spook 10-14-2012 18:13:36 108.70.62.9 Report to Moderator	Re: pictures in reply to Fixerupper, 10-13-2012 20:26:55   I'd trust the dog. She didn't like something. [Reply]  [No Email]