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Chris English · Feb 29, 2016

Here's some pictures of my Dad adding on to the barn to increase the herd. Can anyone identify the JD model? This was in the mid 50's

RayP(MI) · Feb 29, 2016

Looks like a 50 to me.

jturbo10 · Feb 29, 2016

Maybe, about a 1953 John Deere 50

onefarmer · Feb 29, 2016

Either a 50 or 60, but judging by the pulley a 50.

PJH · Feb 29, 2016

It looks like my 50, but with a chain that is too short! Pictures are deceiving.

I'm wondering if the 50 was able to get the silo down, or did you end up using something bigger. We thought we'd pull an old barn down once, and it turned into a real rassling match.

Thanks for posting the pictures - those are keepers that your family will always be proud of!

Chris English · Feb 29, 2016

I do recalling it was a challenge getting it down.

Chris English · Feb 29, 2016

I do recall hearing it was a challenge getting it down.

Bruce from Can. · Feb 29, 2016

I enjoyed your photos very much. I have done a few barn reno's myself , and each one is a story in it's self. I'll just bet that addition was fantastic at the time it was done . Always thought folks who put tower silos at the end of their barns , never figured on expansion.

Chris English · Feb 29, 2016

There it is in the distance. The hurricane roof on the old barn had to be replaced in the 90's but the addition is still original

Bill(Wis) · Feb 29, 2016

The Tractor is a John Deere 50. That old silo appears to be a wood stave silo which was not at all difficult to take down. Our neighbor had a good side line going taking them down. He would show up one day and apply a generous coating of Liquid Wrench to each hoop coupling. Then he would come by the next day and loosen each coupling top to bottom. While he was on top he'd tie a 1" manila rope to the top step. Then he'd hook up to his John Deere A and simply pull the whole silo over. Then he'd load the staves on his wagon and haul them home and sell them. They made great board fences. It looks like that's what they were trying to do in the picture only the hoops don't look loose and they have the chain or rope tied too low.

db4600 · Feb 29, 2016

I recall when we pulled our wood silo over. Pa cleared everything out of the farm yard incase it rolled. It didn't. It had 2x6 vertical uprights approximately 2' apart and 2x6 T&G staves spanning to each upright. The bands went around the outside of the 2x6's and was all Redwood.
I have never seen another like it. The neighbor loaded the pieces and reassembled it for use at his youngstock barn. The silo was on the drive in side of the barn so it had a 6' deep foundation that took a week to bust apart after the wood was down.

gtractorfan · Feb 29, 2016

Hope the rope was long enough. Would have been neat to get a picture when the silo was coming over... (as long as the rope was long enough)

GaryinKs · Feb 29, 2016

Where was this picture taken?

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