You're welcome! Feel free to see it in action shelling corn at each year's Pioneer Harvest Fiesta in Fort Scott, KS. This year's dates for demonstrations are October 18 thru Octtober 20, 2019
The truck and sheller rig is pretty cool....looks like it has very respectable capacity. Shelling corn was always a fun time when I was a kid. The neighbors would come over and all work together. Then lunch time all together. Great memories....
1800 bushel per hour capacity. This video shows us running it slower than that since we weren't sure it would do the job after sitting not running and exposed to weather for at least 3 years. Jobs were fun as a kid when they didn't seem like work, right? :)
Yeah, Jim. I remember, when I was a kid, the owner of the corn sheller having a strained look on his face when he was making sure everything was always working good. Every once in a while he would stop the machine because something was loose, needed oil or grease, or needed adjusting. It gave everyone a little break from scratching and shoveling. Yes, Jim, it was more work than a kid realized at the time! But the nice thing was that everyone worked together and the work seemed a little more fun and easier.
Later on when combines come out there were some farmers would rig there combine up to shell out of a crib. I still have 2 wire cribs I could fill. I thought about rigging my combine up to shell the cribs out next summer. I still grind some livestock feed.
Lot of years of experience running this equipment. Ingenuity, common sense and Jerry rigging. Thanks from an old CT farm hand.🇺🇸🐢🐄🚒🚑
Awesome picture
Thank you for doing this. It brought back memories of when we did this, 50 years ago, as a kid.
You're welcome! Feel free to see it in action shelling corn at each year's Pioneer Harvest Fiesta in Fort Scott, KS. This year's dates for demonstrations are October 18 thru Octtober 20, 2019
The truck and sheller rig is pretty cool....looks like it has very respectable capacity. Shelling corn was always a fun time when I was a kid. The neighbors would come over and all work together. Then lunch time all together. Great memories....
1800 bushel per hour capacity. This video shows us running it slower than that since we weren't sure it would do the job after sitting not running and exposed to weather for at least 3 years. Jobs were fun as a kid when they didn't seem like work, right? :)
Yeah, Jim. I remember, when I was a kid, the owner of the corn sheller having a strained look on his face when he was making sure everything was always working good. Every once in a while he would stop the machine because something was loose, needed oil or grease, or needed adjusting. It gave everyone a little break from scratching and shoveling. Yes, Jim, it was more work than a kid realized at the time! But the nice thing was that everyone worked together and the work seemed a little more fun and easier.
When family and neighbors got together to work and fellowship
That's a great old set up, glad to see you using it and thanks for sharing!
Sorry for the delayed reply. I agree about the set-up, and you're welcome!
Nice setup, first corn crib I’ve seen that didn’t have any rats🤓
and no rat wire
Very interesting video thanks for sharing well done you all
A great way for a family to work together.
I agree.
Later on when combines come out there were some farmers would rig there combine up to shell out of a crib. I still have 2 wire cribs I could fill. I thought about rigging my combine up to shell the cribs out next summer. I still grind some livestock feed.
Good machine. Our local sheller was a 58 International and a MM Sheller. Know for sure it did 1500 bu. a day at least on 1970.
You always wanted to clean the cribs out the following year. Never wanted to carry corn over. Rats would move in on old corn.
What brand is the truck and the sheller?
Gary Van Rheenen 1932 Le Moon
Gary Van Rheenen 1950 Belle City Joliet Big 6 corn sheller
Who’se the farmer that owned the truck?
Isn’t that hydraulic motor cheating…every one knows we’re not to stick their hands