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    I don't think we barely touched a silo East of the Newell when I was doing this work in the mid to late 90's. The only ones I can think of were Croppa Creek, and technically Moree silos are on the East of the Newell but only because they are on the side of the Newell highway. Most of the silos in the north area, East of the Newell were closed back then, I remember Manilla silo was used to store beer for the local pubs back in the 90's. Back then Graincorp were not only wheat, but Barley, chick peas etc, even Cotton seed in the big shed we commissioned in '99.

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    from Dubbo through to Orange and north to Gunnedah they shut all the Silos. These are or were all big grain growing areas. Every town had silos in these areas. Our local Silo was 30 km away. Our nearest is now 160km away.

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    The successive government's really know how to look after the people west of the divide James. They only have an interest in the shiny arses at the big end of town, the one's who fund their election. They don't give a shag about the farmer's, only the shiny arses.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Robbo View Post
    The successive government's really know how to look after the people west of the divide James. They only have an interest in the shiny arses at the big end of town, the one's who fund their election. They don't give a shag about the farmer's, only the shiny arses.
    Yeah it's sad. Those silos were built by the then Wheat Board. Grower owned organisation. It's all shut down around here now. When I grew up harvest was a big event. Trucks lined up the highway waiting to get in to unload wheat. My kids haven't even seen the silo open. Very little wheat grown around here now. It's all grown in marginal country west of here now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wbute View Post
    Yeah it's sad. Those silos were built by the then Wheat Board. Grower owned organisation. It's all shut down around here now. When I grew up harvest was a big event. Trucks lined up the highway waiting to get in to unload wheat. My kids haven't even seen the silo open. Very little wheat grown around here now. It's all grown in marginal country west of here now.
    We too used to cart Rodney's family farms wheat to small silos, lined up in old Acco and desoto with bins which had small sliding doors. Not allowed to use those old girls now it's all road trains and tippers and wearing high vis and exact weights or you have to tip it out at a designated spot (they prob auger it in to silo later for free) wheat farmers follow the weather bureau, get rid of fences buy up all the smaller farms rent the houses to feruls, spray the crap out of everything then sow. It's the way it is now and we move with the times but I do wonder if that is why we all have cancer. I realize and rant over
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    Tipping into the lobster? No dramas about over loading then either.
    I have spent plenty of hours waiting at silos as well. Spent one season carting to Tomingly West and Peak Hill for a mate in our old tipping table top Kenworth. Plus years carting our own grain to our local silos.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wbute View Post
    Tipping into the lobster? No dramas about over loading then either.
    I have spent plenty of hours waiting at silos as well. Spent one season carting to Tomingly West and Peak Hill for a mate in our old tipping table top Kenworth. Plus years carting our own grain to our local silos.
    All changed now, we have a large graincorp site 5 kays away and what used to take weeks, now is over in days. Always interesting going onto farms working, never know what you might find in a shed or gully. At least prior to the boom in scrap prices. Around here I've seen all sorts of rare cars get pulled out of sheds or under trees over the years, numbers are dwindling but and thanks to the internet everyones pretty switched on if they have something special.

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    Yeah. Talking to Mark in Dyno flow in Dubbo the other day. He was lamenting wrecking 7 or 8 Sandman vans to make Utes. Not to mention he had to pay $30 to throw the bodies in the tip! He also wrecked a Bathurst Moaro that had a rusty body. How times change.

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    Not sure, stayed in a different pub or motel every night while doing those sites.

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    It must have changed so much out in that Bogan country from when it was mostly sheep with a little bit of wheat!
    Bogan being Bogan River country and not bogan country lol.

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