the tractor vet
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here's some red iron for you guys
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Janicholson
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That beautiful dog looks about as happy as can be (probably just being around the action!) Jim
the tractor vet
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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 .
fixerupper
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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
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
Paul from MI
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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.
Brownie 450
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Good pics. Dogs are smarter than we give them credit for. Something like a 6th sense about certain people.
Mark Peters
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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.
the tractor vet
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We are in North East Ohio.
Anonymous-0
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Very cool. Really like the SMTA
CenTex Farmall
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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.
Not many silos in our area, all made out of bolted corrugated steel.
Mark Peters
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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.
Mark Peters
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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.
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.
Pull the load up to the silo then hear the old IH 40 blower whine putting the silage up. Kind of miss those days.
CenTex Farmall
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Pretty clever solution, precast and held together with cable. Would be interesting to see what step 1 in construction was.
CenTex Farmall
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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.
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.
Roger Tomfohrde
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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.
CenTex Farmall
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Thanks for the explanation.
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.
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