[Fox Run Farms]

Got some of the tongue made today. Still need to reinforce it, but it actually works.

 

[Fox Run Farms]

Got the sheller pretty much finished tonight. I'm going to think about painting or burning the wood over winter. I did a test run with and with out the sheller and seemed to hold up. I just wanted it done and put away before our dumping of 5 to 8 inches of snow and then my main shed is buried and frozen shut.

 

[5540jd]

Fox, put the frame and tongue outside to weather for the winter. Would definitely look more the part if it was I think. But that’s my opinion, and it’s yours, just my 2 cents.

 

[Fox Run Farms]

Fox, put the frame and tongue outside to weather for the winter. Would definitely look more the part if it was I think. But that’s my opinion, and it’s yours, just my 2 cents.

Thanks for the good idea.

 

[sublime68charger]

Fox, put the frame and tongue outside to weather for the winter. Would definitely look more the part if it was I think. But that’s my opinion, and it’s yours, just my 2 cents.

I winter of weather will give them boards the old grey look. then it would match up nice with the sheller and good work on this!

 

[Fox Run Farms]

I winter of weather will give them boards the old grey look. then it would match up nice with the sheller and good work on this!

Thanks. After building it I got ideas to improve it, but it works. I've been thinking about different stains, wrapped it up with barn board, or burning it slightly.

 

[tmac58star]

I vote for natural weathering...unless you just can't put your latest creation out in the weather until spring, want a winter project to futz around with, or prefer putting a torch to it lightly. You've got the B to keep you occupied right?

 

[Fox Run Farms]

I vote for natural weathering...unless you just can't put your latest creation out in the weather until spring, want a winter project to futz around with, or prefer putting a torch to it lightly. You've got the B to keep you occupied right?

I hope the B is done it's been in the shop since September. After parking it in the main shed for winter storage I busted off the wings on the bowl valve so bought a new one.......it just wanted one more new thing. I'll probably take a torch to the sheller frame sometime. I already have some burn marks on it being lazy with my metal bracing.

I'm hoping to start on this project.

I also robbed the wheels off a mini wagon for the sheller so going to add some rubber ones to it.

I passed my physical therapy tests today and have a follow up next week Tuesday so I'm assuming I'll be back to work with in the new year either with the current employer or a new one so my project time will be getting limited lol

 

[ed_lincoln]

The youtube man" Engles Coach Shop" builds and repairs old horse drawn wagons. If I remember correctly, he puts steel filings to age new wood, He built the massive wheels for the new Borax 20 mule team wagons.

 

[Fox Run Farms]

The youtube man" Engles Coach Shop" builds and repairs old horse drawn wagons. If I remember correctly, he puts steel filings to age new wood, He built the massive wheels for the new Borax 20 mule team wagons.

I'll have to check him out. Thanks

 

[army]

I recall using grandpa's hand powered corn sheller when I was a little kid. I could barely turn the crank myself. He had a kernel cracker too for making chicken feed.

We used to make our own pig feed with a PTO powered Bearcat grinder. Mixed cob corn and oats and a supplement to make chop. That was about 50 years ago and times have definitely changed. This is the hubcap we used to dole out the chop. Not all at once but I literally dispensed tons of feed over the years that way. I found it cleaning dad's place up after the stroke. The ass gasket is from the Portland IN Tri-State. Bought it for my wife and told her I got it for her because she didn't have enough natural padding. Got pretty good bonus points fer saying that. If you ever try it make sure you don't sound insincere or it will almost certainly backfire on you.

 

[Fox Run Farms]

I recall using grandpa's hand powered corn sheller when I was a little kid. I could barely turn the crank myself. He had a kernel cracker too for making chicken feed.

We used to make our own pig feed with a PTO powered Bearcat grinder. Mixed cob corn and oats and a supplement to make chop. That was about 50 years ago and times have definitely changed. This is the hubcap we used to dole out the chop. Not all at once but I literally dispensed tons of feed over the years that way. I found it cleaning dad's place up after the stroke. The ass gasket is from the Portland IN Tri-State. Bought it for my wife and told her I got it for her because she didn't have enough natural padding. Got pretty good bonus points fer saying that. If you ever try it make sure you don't sound insincere or it will almost certainly backfire on you.
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Grew up running a bearcat also. With either a 706 or 970 depending on which tractor was out in the field and weather.

 

[army]

Ours was pretty different than yours. No tank. Just had the grinder and chute to dump the corn and oats in, a bagger on the other end and a multi-belt PTO shaft on the front. Was orange and black. It was brand new when we got it and I remember dad saying it was 800 bucks. He bought a new '70 Ford pickup around that time and it cost $2,100 so $800 was no small purchase. We used it once a week after supper when dad was still working as a mechanic. I have no idea where he got the energy to work fulltime as a GM mechanic, farm 200 acres with a couple small Ford tractors and raise pigs at the same time but he did. He built his own digger and started doing custom land drainage work in the summer months and late fall after he quit working at the dealership.

 

[Fox Run Farms]

Ours was pretty different than yours. No tank. Just had the grinder and chute to dump the corn and oats in, a bagger on the other end and a multi-belt PTO shaft on the front. Was orange and black. It was brand new when we got it and I remember dad saying it was 800 bucks. He bought a new '70 Ford pickup around that time and it cost $2,100 so $800 was no small purchase. We used it once a week after supper when dad was still working as a mechanic. I have no idea where he got the energy to work fulltime as a GM mechanic, farm 200 acres with a couple small Ford tractors and raise pigs at the same time but he did. He built his own digger and started doing custom land drainage work in the summer months and late fall after he quit working at the dealership.

Wow. Sounds like my dad. We had 200 acres, he helped his dad with a trucking business, worked at a feedmill and did the field work at night and then helped my mom with big chores in the morning. My mom stayed home to take care of is kids then was occupied with hogs, calves, running parts errands, finances, and meals. Being young I didn't see or understand a lot of stuff, but looking back now wondering how they did everything on a few hours of sleep or on tight funds. They look like super hereos and I learned so much from them even if it was just sitting on a haybale during chores, or listening to my dad talk business at the grain elevator or dealership

 

[dhager4692]

Ours was pretty different than yours. No tank. Just had the grinder and chute to dump the corn and oats in, a bagger on the other end and a multi-belt PTO shaft on the front. Was orange and black. It was brand new when we got it and I remember dad saying it was 800 bucks. He bought a new '70 Ford pickup around that time and it cost $2,100 so $800 was no small purchase. We used it once a week after supper when dad was still working as a mechanic. I have no idea where he got the energy to work fulltime as a GM mechanic, farm 200 acres with a couple small Ford tractors and raise pigs at the same time but he did. He built his own digger and started doing custom land drainage work in the summer months and late fall after he quit working at the dealership.

Also sounds like my Dad. He was a sharecropper on a 160 acres in Mississippi River bottoms. That was in addition to a forty hour job at the St Genevieve Lime Kiln where he worked the swing shift ( that was 2 daytime shifts, an evening shift and two midnight shifts)., He started with mules and then went to John Deere's. A couple of B's, a 50, and my favorite a 520. I spent many a day preparing fields by plowing, disking, cornstalk shredding. Also loaded many a semi trailer with hay on their return trip to the south after unloading watermelons in St Louis.

 

[Fox Run Farms]

Ours was pretty different than yours. No tank. Just had the grinder and chute to dump the corn and oats in, a bagger on the other end and a multi-belt PTO shaft on the front. Was orange and black. It was brand new when we got it and I remember dad saying it was 800 bucks. He bought a new '70 Ford pickup around that time and it cost $2,100 so $800 was no small purchase. We used it once a week after supper when dad was still working as a mechanic. I have no idea where he got the energy to work fulltime as a GM mechanic, farm 200 acres with a couple small Ford tractors and raise pigs at the same time but he did. He built his own digger and started doing custom land drainage work in the summer months and late fall after he quit working at the dealership.

Something like that?

 

[Fox Run Farms]

Well you guys got the best of me.....sort of. The sheller was in my main shed for winter storage and of course, snowing, 20 mph winds, I didn't plow around it because it's all winter storage, with the day time thawing and night time freezing the doors were frozen shut.....well my neighbor wanted to get some of his things out. I figured since I got everything opened up and all of you giving me ideas might as well drag the sheller back into the shop and do some weathering.

I tried burning it with a torch but it didn't really give me the look I wanted.

I then spray painted some dark red going heavy in some spots and lighter in others. It was better but still wasn't happy. I took some black spray paint and did a light mist over some spots. I think took a wire hand brush and a wire cup brush for more aggressiveness and went over some spots. It looks better in person but I'm happy with it and funny how it changes the look of it.

 

[tmac58star]

Don't know what brand of belt-driven grinder Grandpap Floyd had outside the feed room on the east side of the barn...kept it covered and mounted on skids in the hog lot. It was old and wicked looking...we'd haul in a truck bed full of bagged rough chop, and take turns feeding the beast or shoveling/spreading the fine chop inside the feed room. You came out of there looking like you'd been dipped and rolled in flour/dust, except for your eyes and bandana-covered nose/mouth/face. Did I mention that I hated grinding hog feed??!!

 

[tmac58star]

Nice work on the sheller wagon...looks good.

 

[Fox Run Farms]

Don't know what brand of belt-driven grinder Grandpap Floyd had outside the feed room on the east side of the barn...kept it covered and mounted on skids in the hog lot. It was old and wicked looking...we'd haul in a truck bed full of bagged rough chop, and take turns feeding the beast or shoveling/spreading the fine chop inside the feed room. You came out of there looking like you'd been dipped and rolled in flour/dust, except for your eyes and bandana-covered nose/mouth/face. Did I mention that I hated grinding hog feed??!!

I have the opertunity to work at feedmill if my limitations don't allow me to get back to my old job. I have a couple of buddies who work there and yes they look like ghosts and the inside of their vehicles look like a snowstorm