The last load

[Eldon (WA)]

Put the last load of onions in the barn last night. Kinda the feeling you get with the last load of hay, but about $2000 in onions on this hayrack. Sorry, my tractor is the Honda 400 Foreman for this job...

 

[JL Ray]

how are you keeping or storing them for a long time without spoilage?

 

[Tom in TN]

Eldon,

Are those Walla Walla onions? I used to live somewhat near Vidalia, GA. There was always a lot of friendly fussing about people trying to import Walla Wallas into the local grocery stores.

Personally, I love them both.

Tom in TN

 

[Eldon (WA)]

(quoted from post at 10:05:01 07/31/15) how are you keeping or storing them for a long time without spoilage?

I put these trailers in the barn and let them dry down with the tops on, then clean them as we sell them. We have had the best luck keeping them one layer in boxes in the garage....not heated, but insulated. They are only rated for 2 month storage, but by selectively eating the ones that look like they might be on their way out, we usually have onions thru March of next year.

 

[Eldon (WA)]

(quoted from post at 10:06:44 07/31/15) Eldon,

Are those Walla Walla onions? I used to live somewhat near Vidalia, GA. There was always a lot of friendly fussing about people trying to import Walla Wallas into the local grocery stores.

Personally, I love them both.

Tom in TN

These are yellow candy onions, not recommended for our long day climate, but they work well for us. We have converted a lot of Walla Walla lovers...these onions have a deeper flavor and keep much better.

Final flush of weeds tilled under this morning....this will be next years sweetcorn ground.

 

[gtractorfan]

I thought the question was going to be "how are you keeping them from rolling off the wagon"? Looks like if you started or stopped fast they'd all be on the ground.

 

[gtractorfan]

Just noticed, you called these "trailers" -- yesterday Larry the Corner guy called a 2 wheel trailer a "wagon". We always referred to them the opposite way.

 

[Jo Bird]

By the size of the tires on that wagon, the onion's must be be real heavy too. :wink: :wink:

 

[Eldon (WA)]

(quoted from post at 11:39:02 07/31/15) I thought the question was going to be "how are you keeping them from rolling off the wagon"? Looks like if you started or stopped fast they'd all be on the ground.

The onions on the outside have their tops pointing toward the center of the trailer. Then I put bigger onions on the tops to anchor them down.

 

[Eldon (WA)]

(quoted from post at 11:58:46 07/31/15) By the size of the tires on that wagon, the onion's must be be real heavy too. :wink: :wink:

Yeah a bit overkill, but that is what came on the running gears (they were off of old silage wagons). I got 3 of them for $600, built the racks with the 2x6's spaced an inch apart to get air flow under the onions.
When new 4 years ago.

 

[larry@stinescorner]

really nice! Those candy onoins are good

 

[ga_dave]

tom in tn....what part of Georgia did you live in? I grew up around Vidalia.

 

[T in NE]

The foreman 400 I ride at work needs a new seat and
front shocks. I snapped a spring in the rear last
summer, on the day the new shocks I had ordered,
arrived.

It's on its second or third motor and the rear rack
has a lot of welding and gussets added but no one
builds a low, forward seated, bike with flat,
substantial racks anymore.

This will sidehill as well as a rancher and climb
like a grizzly. Both those models are lacking in the
other department. And I can carry enough rods to
fence a small pivot on one load.