[AT] Grain Augers--silent flame harvester

[john hall]

Al, my grandmother had one of those. It took 7 people to run it--4 primers, 
1 driver, and 2 tiers up top. They were a little dangerous to use around 
here--too many hills. Ours never got turned over but a neighbors did.

 Dad said it came with a duster attachment but they never used it. He did 
rig up a 110 gallon barrel and made a sprayer out of it.

It was gone before I could remember it. It was replaced with a Roanoke 
Surefoot 4 row primer. That one I remember way too good. Short of shoveling 
coal into a boiler furnace, I don't think you get on a hotter piece of 
machinery, at least not on an August afternoon!

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Grain Augers


> Totally forgot the bulk barns!  Yes, there were oodles of them too around 
> here.  Never really heard anything much bad about them.  Didn't they sell 
> them up until fairly recently?  A "BTO" had a yard full of newer barns 
> before he quit tobacco and I just about believe they were Long.
>
> Haven't I read somewhere that Silent Flame was purchased by Long?  Long 
> had a series of tobacco harvesters, I want to say 70's vintage, that 
> looked a lot like the old Silent Flame harvester with the chain-driven 
> front wheel and the tiers/loopers working on the "top story."
>
> For me the ultimate for my collection would be an original Silent Flame 
> tobacco harvester but I am afraid they have all gone to the big scrapyard 
> in the sky by now.
>
> Al
>
>