Shoveling Oats Video

rusty6 · Nov 27, 2019

I doubt many still shovel grain and I'll admit I don't do near as much as I used to. But I had a bin to clean out yesterday as I was loading oats to put through the hammer mill. So I shoveled the whole 150+ bushels into the old six inch auger. Later in the afternoon I pailed all that grain into the hammer mill. A good way to keep warm in November but I wouldn't want to do it for a living. You can watch me at work in this video. Cold start on the 1956 Wisconsin was a bit of a fail as I had to resort to supplementary heat to get it started. The oil was too stiff to get much cranking speed on the rope start.

Shoveling Oats

Patsdeere · Nov 27, 2019

Great seeing the older ways when things weren't so automated. Can't wait to see more winter footage (since I don't get snow, just cold rain).

BillinCentralMO · Nov 27, 2019

Looks frosty. Old motor started pretty good. Thanks for posting it.

Crazy Horse · Nov 27, 2019

You must be plum tuckered out Rusty ..... you were really givin 'er there a few times .... LOL !!! You must have been running out of 8mm film .... ha!!!

rusty6 · Nov 27, 2019

(quoted from post at 12:28:29 11/27/19) You must be plum tuckered out Rusty ..... you were really givin 'er there a few times .... LOL !!! You must have been running out of 8mm film .... ha!!!

In reality I was moving so slow that I figured people would lose interest. So I just hit the speed button when editing the video.
Lucky for me it was only about 150 bushels of dry oats. Tough wheat would have worn out my back I think.

Charlie M · Nov 27, 2019

In the 70's when I worked in a feed mill the owner rented a 40 ft silo to store oats. They were blown in just like blowing silage and the chute was full of dust. Had to climb the chute and all the oats were shoveled out. Oat dust in those days was real itchy, don;t know how it is today. I'm starting to itch just thinking about it.

rusty6 · Nov 27, 2019

(quoted from post at 13:03:31 11/27/19) Oat dust in those days was real itchy, don;t know how it is today. I'm starting to itch just thinking about it.

Oat dust is as itchy as ever although this time it didn't bother me at all. Small and slow moving equipment does not raise as much dust. I could feel it in my lungs though. Should have worn the dust mask.

notjustair · Nov 27, 2019

I still shovel all mine from the bin to the grinder every few weeks. I don?t mind the work but boy it locks my sinuses up for a few days. Those things are nasty.

JD in da UP · Nov 27, 2019

Wisconsin....Kholer? Had the same engine on our big old log splitter and wondered about the vintage of that engine. Why do I think it?s the same engine? An earlier video of yours, when you yanked on that rope, the sweet sound that went with firewood season for about 25 years was in my ears again. Thanks for your great videos.

rusty6 · Nov 27, 2019

(quoted from post at 14:02:39 11/27/19) Wisconsin....Kholer? Had the same engine on our big old log splitter and wondered about the vintage of that engine. Why do I think it?s the same engine? An earlier video of yours, when you yanked on that rope, the sweet sound that went with firewood season for about 25 years was in my ears again. Thanks for your great videos.

Thanks. Glad you enjoy these videos. That Wisconsin is about a 7 hp I think. My dad bought it in 1956 and I think it had a rebuild in the 1970s. Its a great old engine.

37chief · Nov 27, 2019

That will keep you in shape. That auger looks like it's just waiting to grab you. Be careful. Stan

fixerupper · Nov 27, 2019

Darnit, im starting to itch, gotta go take a shower. Here in Iowa oat harvest is in July when it is good and hot. That oat dust sticks to a sweaty body till shower time in the evening. When I was a kid I was the one who had to go up in the overhead bin and level the oats while dad stood by the elevator hopper watching the wagon unload. I wouldnt wish that job on anyone.

rusty6 · Nov 27, 2019

(quoted from post at 17:59:47 11/27/19) That will keep you in shape. That auger looks like it's just waiting to grab you. Be careful. Stan

Yes, that auger would chew a foot up pretty good if I stepped in it. A steel toe work boot might stall the old Wisconsin but I was wearing felt lined rubber boots and I don't think they would save me.
Fixerupper, the dust didn't bother me at all yesterday but at harvest time it usually does.

Jim in Sask · Nov 27, 2019

What model of Wisconsin motor is that, Rusty? I have a Wisconsin AEN motor my dad bought new in about 1956 or '57, it has a round gas tank. It's rated about 5 to 8 hp I think.

Those 14 ft. bins aren't bad to shovel in but I'm getting too old for an 18- or 19-ft bin.

rusty6 · Nov 27, 2019

(quoted from post at 18:55:25 11/27/19) What model of Wisconsin motor is that, Rusty? I have a Wisconsin AEN motor my dad bought new in about 1956 or '57, it has a round gas tank. It's rated about 5 to 8 hp I think.

Those 14 ft. bins aren't bad to shovel in but I'm getting too old for an 18- or 19-ft bin.

Jim, I can't remember the model of this Wisconsin but it sounds like yours is pretty much the same except for the square tank.
I've never shoveled in an 18 foot diameter bin but I can imagine its just that much harder work than my 14 footers. Its guys like us that can really appreciate a grain vac when we get to use it.

Wheat47 · Nov 27, 2019

Now, that was flat cheating to use the space heater!!
I used to get an old greasy rag or glove, wad it up tight,
wrap a wire tight around it, dip it in some diesel fuel
and light it up. Then hold it under the oil pan a while,
then under the carberator to warm up the air in the manifold.
Usually worked pretty good. It was a bit hard to use a space heater
when we were several miles from a current bush!!
And I never caught an engine on fire, either.

Another old guy many, many years ago moved hay with a D-6 cat with a pony motor.
He always had to move hay when it was 20-30 below., never when it was
20-30 above. So he'd take a motor like
the one in the video in the house all night. Next day, he'd bolt the motor to the
fender/deck of the Cat, put a belt from the motor to the pony motor starting pully.
After got the pony motor going, eventually he'd get the diesel running. If he had to move
more hay the next day, he'd leave the Cat run all night.

FBH44 · Nov 28, 2019

Friend of mine lost his right hand in something like that. Well, it got mangled and caught, and he had to get the pocket knife out and ?? yes. I always take some 3/8 rebar and weld up some sort of cage around and above rotating things like that, so even if I do get a pants leg caught, I'll get stopped by the rebar cage. Feel much safer.

Gene Dotson · Nov 28, 2019

Growing oats as a kid, we borrowed an ensilage blower from the neighbor to elevate the oats to the overhead bin. The dust was terrible. it settled on everything,
especially the overhead rafters. Working in the bin always loosened the dust to go down your neck. After blowing in to the bin was time to ride our bicycles the 1
1/2 miles to the stone quarry to take our bath and remove all the dust. We didn't have an indoor bathroom.

Gene

rusty6 · Nov 28, 2019

(quoted from post at 10:18:27 11/28/19) Growing oats as a kid, we borrowed an ensilage blower from the neighbor to elevate the oats to the overhead bin. The dust was terrible.

Gene

The thing about oats is you never get all the dust out of them. Even hauling clean oats home from the cleaning plant they will produce more dust every time I handle them.

BarryfromIA · Nov 28, 2019

Leveling a large bin for stirators takes about 3 guys and a rest or two.

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