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All the elevator talk reminds me when...Summer 1966? HS or there about. Preparing to bale & mow oat straw, we had to open small mow door on end of barn to back upper end of Kelly-Ryan 40' bale & ear corn elevator into mow.I got the job to climb up to the end of the elevator & open mow door... all the while Mr. Grady (my employer) was operating the elevator crank (that had no locking dog to stop free wheelin' the crank). Whoever was on the tractor (a IH Farmall) rolled it ahead pulling the elevator away from the end of the barn, Mr Grady let go of the crank handle & elevator freewheeled all the way down to a crash on the ground. With Me still on upper end holding on for my life. I survived unharmed & don't remember the following conversation or words. But the Kelly-Ryan had a few extra wrinkles that fortunately didn't adversely affect its operation.
How's my etiquette Charlie ?