Yep, you were doing it pretty young. I was in Fla, so all the same heat as KS, plus 98% humidity, too. Fun, fun, fun.
But I was earning the big bucks. $1.46/hr.
We used tractors towing 4 wheel dump trailers to catch the silage, and in Fla an above ground linear silo, board sides.
They pushed it with a little D4 Cat, and we layered in lime as it went. Tarped in the winter.
It wasn't much money even back then. But, if you live in the country, not a lot of jobs to choose
from. I worked on a chicken farm and on a feed lot. Finally got a job an hour away on the south side of Jax,
made $5/hr the next summer. I thought I was rich.
Bill