Max Armstrong

Retired Chicago radio-television ag guy. Lifetime Farmall guy.

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FIRE THREAT persists. Extinguishers and chisel plows on standby again today. IN farmer I know put out a fire yesterday…this friend in NW Ohio wasn’t as lucky.

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@bmreadel I remember throwing my machine in the dumpster ten years ago, the day before an office said, “FAX us that.”

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2009. A few days earlier the yellow shirt guy called out the Illinois State Police to nab the rascals. Big Bud 747 had wrong-turned right onto the toll road…was headed straight to Chicago.

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@FredButt6 #potential #barndust

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@JoeKASMRadio Maybe more than meets the eye.

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@FredButt6 @MackTrucks @hellbenthagen @TruckerDanUSA 800 mi. from Rosemont in NC.

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@agtradertalk Looks like Bob.

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@MSandschafer Well cared for, it appears.

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@FredButt6 Very familiar with it. They found a tv repairman in Winnipeg who could fix the rear camera and monitor.

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@WmGHansen Diverse by design, recognizing peaks and troughs of the farm economy.

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Don Landoll’s product line ranges from tillage-seeding equipment and recovery trailers to forklifts and aircraft de-icers. Talking to him one night about five years ago, Don was counting loads in the lot ready for shipping.

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@N0NB_us Not sure I have ever read a more understated obituary, considering everything Don did in his life, in his industry…in his little town.

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Don Landoll. 83. A remarkable small town industrialist. Mr. Marysville, Kansas. In an unforgettable plant tour six years ago, the respect for Don among his employees was very apparent.

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@fresh420now “Stout.” He took pride in that…mentioned it often

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@EliquonetRogue Don wanted diversity so he wasn’t totally dependent on ag economy downturns.

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@HayMan7140 Don was proud of that. He was often at the @FPShow on the Landoll lot to talk to farmers.

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@kw900lkevin The plant tour he gave me spanned 2 hours….seemed like 15 minutes.

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@George87022845 He started with a welding shop there over 60 years ago.

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@George87022845 Walking with Don through his sprawling plant, passing within inches of a red-hot piece of equipment, we’d hear from Don, “Uh, that might be a little warm.”

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Two days of visitation will be held this Thursday and Friday. His funeral will be Saturday, 11/7, in the church where he and his employees played a very major role in restoration of the building.
As I recall, they built, donated the 40-foot, 17-ton bell tower and steeple.