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That’s pure, it’s fine


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He was in a burning mood and also burned down the Old boxcar that was in the pig pen (no pigs have lived there in maybe 25 years)


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Finally got our windmill in the pasture fixed (the pump "rod"? Broke) this week even tho we don't really need it since the "river" is full.

A classic Aeromotor windmill from Chicago, can't wait for Tom to give me all the history of these bad bois.


I've never seen one in the wild that actually pumps water.  I need to stop by the Benji ranch to observe.  Honestly, I don't know much about them other than the ones I've been around are either ornamental or laying on their side in disrepair.

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He was in a burning mood and also burned down the Old boxcar that was in the pig pen (no pigs have lived there in maybe 25 years)


I got one that needs to be gone. Township fire chief said I would need a permit to burn it since it was "a structure."

Would be another good rabbit hole for this thread.  Like every farm had 1-2 boxcars for storage or incorporated into a barn.  What was peak boxcar inventory in this country?  Did the RR just give these things away?


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Burned down shed
This was the shed with all the sicklebars in the rafters.

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The cousin with mad farm skills is restoring an IH 1206.  Then we're hitting the parade circuit.


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Finally got our windmill in the pasture fixed (the pump "rod"? Broke) this week even tho we don't really need it since the "river" is full.

A classic Aeromotor windmill from Chicago, can't wait for Tom to give me all the history of these bad bois.


I've never seen one in the wild that actually pumps water.  I need to stop by the Benji ranch to observe.  Honestly, I don't know much about them other than the ones I've been around are either ornamental or laying on their side in disrepair.

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It's amazing how well-galvanized those old windmills were.  We had a couple of windmills at my dad's farm and even though everything around them was rusted the windmills didn't have any rust on them.
Hot time in Kat town tonight.

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Old Shawnee Days parade always has a little farm flavor.


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Old Shawnee Days parade always has a little farm flavor.


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Why didn't you participate this year?

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He was in a burning mood and also burned down the Old boxcar that was in the pig pen (no pigs have lived there in maybe 25 years)


I got one that needs to be gone. Township fire chief said I would need a permit to burn it since it was "a structure."

Would be another good rabbit hole for this thread.  Like every farm had 1-2 boxcars for storage or incorporated into a barn.  What was peak boxcar inventory in this country?  Did the RR just give these things away?


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No permits needed in Thomas county but my dad does call the local fire department to give them a heads up so they don't respond.

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He was in a burning mood and also burned down the Old boxcar that was in the pig pen (no pigs have lived there in maybe 25 years)


I got one that needs to be gone. Township fire chief said I would need a permit to burn it since it was "a structure."

Would be another good rabbit hole for this thread.  Like every farm had 1-2 boxcars for storage or incorporated into a barn.  What was peak boxcar inventory in this country?  Did the RR just give these things away?


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My great aunt and uncle lived in one. I’m told it was pretty nice.

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He was in a burning mood and also burned down the Old boxcar that was in the pig pen (no pigs have lived there in maybe 25 years)


I got one that needs to be gone. Township fire chief said I would need a permit to burn it since it was "a structure."

Would be another good rabbit hole for this thread.  Like every farm had 1-2 boxcars for storage or incorporated into a barn.  What was peak boxcar inventory in this country?  Did the RR just give these things away?


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My great aunt and uncle lived in one. I’m told it was pretty nice.

Pretty sure that back in the day to be considered a real farm on the plains you need either a boxcar or a quonset hut, if you had both you were big time.

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We have probably 20 boxcars and at least one is built into a barn


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We have probably 20 boxcars and at least one is built into a barn


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Tell me more. Are they all still standing? What are they used for? Barns/workshops/etc.

How did the SD ranch acquire them? I'm guessing you would just pick them up on a flatbed and dump them where you wanted them but I honestly have no idea since that boxcar in our pig pen area had been there since before I was alive.

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Who's you boxcar dealer?
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https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McNee_Barns_boxcar_barn_Chase_County_Kansas.jpg


This was peak boxcar barn combo.  Neighbor had a similar set up though not as big.  We used ours to store bagged feed, mineral, salt blocks, seed.  Mom used to hang onions in it.  Set on a stone foundation car floor was the same height as the pickup.


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Old Shawnee Days parade always has a little farm flavor.


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Why didn't you participate this year?
I thought I would be in Chicago for work, but that got pushed.  I also forgot.  My son works for a local construction company so we might make an entry next year.



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https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McNee_Barns_boxcar_barn_Chase_County_Kansas.jpg


This was peak boxcar barn combo.  Neighbor had a similar set up though not as big.  We used ours to store bagged feed, mineral, salt blocks, seed.  Mom used to hang onions in it.  Set on a stone foundation car floor was the same height as the pickup.


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That is amazing.

Also I had a shower thought this afternoon. Basically when meat packing shifted from KC/Omaha/Chicago etc to rural areas all the RR companies had a ton of cattle cars they didn't need anymore and that is why there are boxcars all over farms.

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why the hell are americans asking authorities if they can burn down their own crap, smdh

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https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McNee_Barns_boxcar_barn_Chase_County_Kansas.jpg


This was peak boxcar barn combo.  Neighbor had a similar set up though not as big.  We used ours to store bagged feed, mineral, salt blocks, seed.  Mom used to hang onions in it.  Set on a stone foundation car floor was the same height as the pickup.


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That is amazing.

Also I had a shower thought this afternoon. Basically when meat packing shifted from KC/Omaha/Chicago etc to rural areas all the RR companies had a ton of cattle cars they didn't need anymore and that is why there are boxcars all over farms.
Livestock cars were open air.  Their demise was due to the refrigerated box car.  Packers like Swift and Armour developed and built their own fleet of refrigerator cars because the railroads were making bank shipping live cattle and hogs.

My shower thought is box cars got replaced by trucks once the interstate system was in place.  That would have been 1950s so the timeline fits my dad's operation.

Packing plant migration began in the 1970s I think.


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My dad was born in 36.  He used to tell the story of taking cattle to Perry, loading them on the train to ship to KC.  This would have been as a kid so mid 40s perhaps?


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Corn progress update.  Tater in the picture for scale.  Heck, I even got a Wildcat hand sign the shadow.


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Is this really a tractor (yes I know it's not a tractor) worth posing in front of?

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Tom, get in here and tell us more about that giant smokestack exhaust thingy