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larry@stinescorner · Nov 18, 2015

I was working on the old building,,,but the neighbor snagged me to help him

he said I hate to bother you,but I really need a hand,All the wagons are full,and if I can get one wagon loaded into the top of the crib,,I can finish all the corn picking.

I need you to unload the wagon into the coveyer while I go up top and pull the corn around to top it off

Everything went pretty smooth

He s headed back up to the field to finish,can you spot his Oliver up in the field?

ShadetreeRet · Nov 18, 2015

Larry, that is what "being a good neighbor" is all about, you postpone what you are involved with in order to help someone else accomplish their goal. Just curious, couple of the photos had a six bottom plow in the foreground with weeds grown around it, does he still use it, and if so, what does he pull it with? That would require some horsepower to pull that thing.

gtractorfan · Nov 18, 2015

Nice of you to help, looks like his elevator is a little too short on one end lol!

ray hofstetter · Nov 18, 2015

I was wondering about that too, that Oil-all-over wouldn't pull it, would it?

larry@stinescorner · Nov 18, 2015

he does have an IH big enough to pull it,,Im not good with IH numbers,,but ,,its big

jeffcat · Nov 18, 2015

Isn't it neat how corn husks polish metal like that. That is why they make polishing wheels out of them.

ShadetreeRet · Nov 18, 2015

Ray, the Oliver MIGHT pull it for transporting purposes only, but that's about it. LOL

ray hofstetter · Nov 18, 2015

That Ford would do that....but what would pull it in the ground?

Billy Shafer · Nov 18, 2015

Nice looking country. All that reminds me of being a kid in Palmer Texas. Used to get an RC and a moon pie. Head down to the church sit on the bench
out front.Watch the cotton wagons line up at the gin across the street. If the wind was just right it would look like snow at the church.Sometimes I
would sneak into the gin and watch the equipment run. Sadly that is all gone now. Replaced by houses and city folks.

gtractorfan · Nov 18, 2015

Way back in the early 1960's there was a demonstration of two Oliver 1800's plowing sod in my neck of the woods with 6 bottom plows and they DID pull them albeit not very fast and not heavy clay. That was impressive since 3 bottoms was a "big" plow then.

Deere Mark · Nov 18, 2015

Exactly how we did ear corn in the late 50's and early 60's. Had an elevator that reached the very top opening of the corn crib. As I recall, ear corn did not flow very well from the wagon - took lots of work to empty the wagon.
Hard to believe that some are still doing ear corn this way. I see some of this still done in Lancaster county PA.

kruser · Nov 18, 2015

Pretty nice of him to let you help - Looks like a nice
day. He let you run the Oliver for "all your trouble"?

PS: You retire from the "regular" job?

donjr · Nov 18, 2015

Most all of the crops planted in the area are no-tilled today, and those big plows rarely get moved except to mow around. I went to an auction about a month ago where they had three 6 bottom plows for sale. They ended up selling all three as a group- for $60!!! That was about scrap price.....

ml_work · Nov 18, 2015

That was kind thing to help. I notice the large open space and fields in both of your post, so different than where I live, thanks for the pictures. Now educate me, what keeps the critters out of the corn in the open crib?
Thanks

cuby · Nov 19, 2015

Reminds me of my Dad,out there in the very cold on his SM w/j.D. mounted picker and I would haul in and unload. ,O for those good old days.

fixerupper · Nov 19, 2015

We used a pitchfork to unload ear corn. The fork could be stuck up in the wagon through the tailgate to unbridge the corn that was hung up. Never raise the wagon too far, just far enough to let the corn flow. Raise it too far and all the corn comes back against the back of the wagon and bridges in the end gate. It's something how those memories from darned near fifty years ago come back.

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