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bjrogg:
It seemed strange for me to be back in a beet truck. I usually run the beet digger. I have been doing it for more years than I care to admit. Helping the neighbors they are operating the lifter so I get to take a trip to the beet pilers. I haven’t done that much in the past 30 years. Before I started running the lifter I visited the piling grounds about 100 times a year.
Things have changed some but still basically the same.
Try to pick the shortest line. Looks like just two trucks ahead of me in this one.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
The truck ahead of me is dumped now and he lowers his box. Then pulls ahead to get the tare dirt that the piler cleaned from his beets.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
Then they open the swing around hopper and it’s time for me to get my truck stationed at the hopper.
While I’m doing this the truck on the other side of piler is being unloaded.
Bjrogg
PS you can see the beets coming off the end of the boom onto the pile. They are just starting the pile. The boom has a switch on a lever below it. When the beets get piled high enough they hit the lever and turn on the switch. Then the boom swings a little bit to the side. We try to handle the beets carefully and not drop them from any higher than we have to. At the start of the pile they will raise the boom a few feet each pass until they get to the height they want the pile to be.
bjrogg:
My nephew topping off one of our trailers with our cart.
He makes it look easy but it’s a really tricky job.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
Our 1985 Kenworth. This is my favorite truck. We basically restored it about 15 years ago. It looks good enough to put in a show when she’s all clean and shiny.
She is a work truck though and she’s not afraid to get dirty
Bjrogg
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