Posted by Adirondack case guy on January 22, 2014 at 16:52:21 from (74.69.160.79):
In Reply to: My last day off pics. posted by jon f mn on January 22, 2014 at 14:18:48:
Jon, The pics of the Patz top unloader bring back a not so good memory from 1964. Dad was a Jamesway dealer, and sold a lot of ring drive unloaders. There was no good time to install any of them, other than when the silo crew was building the silo, so they could install the lifting tripod, into the dome, and then chuck the unloader parts, in threw the bottom doors of the chute. Not all of the parts would fit though the doors on large diamiter silos. Dad sold one to a local farmer, but it was a 24x50'concrete stave tub without a roof, and half full. Me and one of our mechanics, went over to install the unloader. The farmer was a real AH, and wouldn't offer any assistance at all, so to get the parts boosted up the outside of the silo, I had to be the monkey to tie the augers, gear boxes, etc that wouldn't fit up the chute to a rope, on the ground, and then climb the ladder to the crows nest, where Dave was, to help lift the peices up and then let them down on the inside to the silage. Then had to climb down, go in and climb chute, and untie the peice, and go back to tie another peice, and repeat the senario. Did I say the customer was an AH and said he was paying for a totally installed and working unloader? Well Dave and I were up in the "Crow's Nest atop the silo, trying to get one of the augers over center to drop it down into the silo, when the U shaped brackets holding the basket to the silo straightened out and let the Crows Nest fall away from the top of the silo. I don't know how Dave managed to do it, BUT he was able to grab ahold of the silo, and me by my shirt to keep me from falling out, and keep the basket from colapsing. The auger fell to the ground, and we were able to tie off the basket to the top hoop of the silo. We both managed to crawl around the dislodged basket and down and said never again. We climbed in the PU and headed back to the shop, and gave Dad an ultimatum That we would never install another unloader. Dad called the local silo crew, as he was a Harder silo dealer also, and told them about our ordeal, and a couple weeks later the tripod was up, and all the peices were inside the silo. Dave and I did go back and assemble the unloader in the silo. Dad never sold another one. Loren PS sorry about the long post Jon. You posted some really great pics.
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