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Harry was as anxious as I was to see if the lift would work this time, so down in the silo goes Harry, I go to the barn to get Bob, the horse we always use. Harry fills the barrel, and calls to me, "Take it away." I hit old Bob on the rump, and send him off at a fast walk, and just wait. As the load comes to the top, I stand without taking a breath, the cross bar hits the chain, trips the catch, and the full load drops into the wagon.
Where did that message come from? Who told me how to solve the problem?
We left the ranch in September of 1932, but returned on several occasions, and that lift was still in operation.
The pit silo was 30 feet deep and 20 feet in diameter. When the silo was full we could scoop the ensilage into the wagon, but if it were more than 5 or 6 feet below the surface we had to use the lift.
The operation was simple: The barrel was attached to a rope that went thru pulleys a--to--b--to--c. The horse pulled the load to tke [sic] top. When the barrel reach pulley A, it would be lifted from the silo and swing from frame 2 into frame 1 and dump the load into the wagon. My problem was with the hook that caught the barrel when it swung over to frame 1 to dump it in the wagon.
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