XJSuperman
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Sounds like my uncle. Are you sure you aren't in Ohio? lol.
Between the River Hills & the River Bottom
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cliftonbros89
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Well I still haven’t fixed the picture problem yet.
Been busy though. We finished up with baling straw. Over 500 square bales and 84 round bales. We chopped up the rest of the straw. We got all the straw put away and got the combine, grain cart and trucks moved to the hill field. But that wheat was a little tough yet. We also ended up with a little rain shower that evening.
In the mean time we had plenty of other jobs to take care of. Finally got all the hay equipment cleaned up and put back in the shed for now. We also got the wheat field in the bottom sprayed and drilled with beans.
By Sunday, which of corse was father’s day, dad decided all he wanted was a day off. So we took the day off, most of it anyway.
Monday we were back at it. We finished up with the wheat, mowed around the fields, got it all sprayed and drilled the beans. So we’ve just about wrapped the biggest jobs up for now. Hauled everything off right away and sold it. The wheat, especially in the hills, didn’t turn out the way we hoped it would. Yield wasn’t great by any means.
So still plenty of jobs to catch up on though. But we can breath a little easier for now. As long as we end up getting some more rain. We could use a good slow soaking once. Things are staring to get pretty dry.
Also things are about to get even busier for me. Girlfriend and I just set a contract on a house. It’s in town, unfortunately. But it’s hard to find much in our budget, especially, something that’s livable and doesn’t require dropping $20,000+ to fix things up. Housing around here goes quick and it’s pricey. So we had to take a chance while it was there. But it’ll be a little over a month til we close on it.
Been busy though. We finished up with baling straw. Over 500 square bales and 84 round bales. We chopped up the rest of the straw. We got all the straw put away and got the combine, grain cart and trucks moved to the hill field. But that wheat was a little tough yet. We also ended up with a little rain shower that evening.
In the mean time we had plenty of other jobs to take care of. Finally got all the hay equipment cleaned up and put back in the shed for now. We also got the wheat field in the bottom sprayed and drilled with beans.
By Sunday, which of corse was father’s day, dad decided all he wanted was a day off. So we took the day off, most of it anyway.
Monday we were back at it. We finished up with the wheat, mowed around the fields, got it all sprayed and drilled the beans. So we’ve just about wrapped the biggest jobs up for now. Hauled everything off right away and sold it. The wheat, especially in the hills, didn’t turn out the way we hoped it would. Yield wasn’t great by any means.
So still plenty of jobs to catch up on though. But we can breath a little easier for now. As long as we end up getting some more rain. We could use a good slow soaking once. Things are staring to get pretty dry.
Also things are about to get even busier for me. Girlfriend and I just set a contract on a house. It’s in town, unfortunately. But it’s hard to find much in our budget, especially, something that’s livable and doesn’t require dropping $20,000+ to fix things up. Housing around here goes quick and it’s pricey. So we had to take a chance while it was there. But it’ll be a little over a month til we close on it.
XJSuperman
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I know the feeling, Im doing the same thing myself right now.
NKlamerus
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Hope all is well on the new house! Can't wait to see pics of another JD Garage!
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cliftonbros89
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Well guys I’ve really been dropping the ball lately. Despite the fact that things have slowed down a bit I still feel like I’ve been swamped.
We managed to get some rain. A decent amount too. Especially for this time of year. I think at the shop we’ve had a little over 3 and a half inches in about the last 2 weeks (I think). The amount of rain has varied all over. The important thing is that everywhere around here finally got some rain. Although the rain has caused the river to go up again. Which has got in to our beans on the outside of the levee for the second time.
Due to the rain there hasn’t been an abundance of activity. Dad was working on getting the beans sprayed when the rain started arriving. We just now got started back on that today. I’ve been doing quite a bit of shop work due to the weather as well. However, even though there’s been rain the temperatures have been rather high. Humidity has been awful. But you get used to it after awhile.
One job we managed to get done was getting all the square straw bales put away into the barn. Luckily that was one of of the few nice days we had. Lower 80’s, cloudy, slight breeze. Couldn’t have been a better day for stacking bales in the barn.
As far as shop work goes I washed up the 3020 again and pulled it in the shop. Several issues to inspect. I replaced the load control shaft, bushings and seals. The shaft and bushing had quite a bit of wear, one of the seals was broke and leaking oil fairly bad. I replaced all 7 hydraulic hose to and from the valves for the 148 loader on the 3020. A few of them were about wore through and starting the seep oil a bit. The rest were starting to look rough as well. Not to mention just about all the o-rings on the hose fittings needed replaced. So I knocked it all out at one time. A job that required my angled open end wrenches, crowfoot wrenches, and a socket I modified a bit to make it easier to remove a couple fittings. Also, one of the lift cylinders on the loader was leaking rather had too. So I put a full new seal kit in it. I also replaced a couple bolts on the hitch. One was missing, another was worn quite bad from loosening up from the other missing.
Another job was the 7510. I’d recently had an issue with the park on it while on a bit of a slope. That required taking apart half the cab to locate all the linkage points to adjust things. I think I finally fixed that problem. While in the process of that I also found a small hose for the transmission that appeared to be at the start of a slight leak. So I replaced it when I had all the hoses for the 3020/148 done. Also, while working on that I had an issue with the throttle linkage. So I replaced one of the 2 cables for the throttle. That took a few days longer than expected as Deere delayed ordering the part, then ordered the wrong part.
The other main shop project was working on our little fourwheeler boom sprayer we use around the farm and pasture for weeds. It had 3 fittings and a valve that we all cracked. I don’t believe it was properly winterized before a freeze during the winter. So I had plenty to do in the shop.
Besides shop work we’ve started weedeating fence rows. The pasture has started to get pretty high up on the electric fences so it’s in need of a good trim. We’ve mainly just been doing that in the mornings when it’s not quite as warm out. We also started mowing just a bit of pasture today. Which is one of the next major jobs on the list.
Besides a few other little odd jobs that’s been the majority of the highlights lately. Other than a few new tools of corse.
Also, still plenty busy with everything for the new house. Dealing with the bank, the reality company, inspections, appraisal. Signing papers for this and that. Jumping through all the damn hoops they make you go through. The bank was late getting us papers. The realtor was late getting us papers. The compressor went out on the a/c at the house. Luckily, the current owners said they would take care of all that. More papers from the bank to fill out tomorrow. The realtor wants to meet tomorrow to discuss the inspections. As most people know it’s ridiculous!
In other news awhile back one of my girlfriend’s cousins had contacted me awhile back wondering if I could give her son a job for the summer. He’s 14 and has never really been around any actually farming equipment before. I was putting things off when we were busy with wheat and what not because I knew there wouldn’t be much he’d be able to handle right away. So since things slowed down I’ve had him come down. Today was his third day. He’s been helping with the fences. I’ve also put him to work washing up tractors. On Friday I had him spend almost the entire day cleaning off the dirt and washing up the combine from finishing with wheat. For having never done the job before he actually did pretty good. I was pretty surprised. I’ve put him to doing a few other jobs I never have time to do. This afternoon I had him start cleaning up the big stack of dirty buckets we have. You can never have to many buckets to use for something so he started cleaning up some of the old dirty and some oil covered buckets. I’ve been pretty impressed so far. He’s been doing pretty good. Especially since he’s been either soaked in sweat or soaked from water from the pressure washer basically the whole time he’s worked. But he seems to be enjoying it so far. So as long as I can get some extra help that will actually work I’ll take it.
I know I’ve got a bunch of picture updating to do but I’ll get it done. Got a few good pictures of a few of the storms that built up and passed through last week. Naturally, when there’s rotation in the sky and the weather service has just issued a tornado warning for the county you go outside and watch it!
We managed to get some rain. A decent amount too. Especially for this time of year. I think at the shop we’ve had a little over 3 and a half inches in about the last 2 weeks (I think). The amount of rain has varied all over. The important thing is that everywhere around here finally got some rain. Although the rain has caused the river to go up again. Which has got in to our beans on the outside of the levee for the second time.
Due to the rain there hasn’t been an abundance of activity. Dad was working on getting the beans sprayed when the rain started arriving. We just now got started back on that today. I’ve been doing quite a bit of shop work due to the weather as well. However, even though there’s been rain the temperatures have been rather high. Humidity has been awful. But you get used to it after awhile.
One job we managed to get done was getting all the square straw bales put away into the barn. Luckily that was one of of the few nice days we had. Lower 80’s, cloudy, slight breeze. Couldn’t have been a better day for stacking bales in the barn.
As far as shop work goes I washed up the 3020 again and pulled it in the shop. Several issues to inspect. I replaced the load control shaft, bushings and seals. The shaft and bushing had quite a bit of wear, one of the seals was broke and leaking oil fairly bad. I replaced all 7 hydraulic hose to and from the valves for the 148 loader on the 3020. A few of them were about wore through and starting the seep oil a bit. The rest were starting to look rough as well. Not to mention just about all the o-rings on the hose fittings needed replaced. So I knocked it all out at one time. A job that required my angled open end wrenches, crowfoot wrenches, and a socket I modified a bit to make it easier to remove a couple fittings. Also, one of the lift cylinders on the loader was leaking rather had too. So I put a full new seal kit in it. I also replaced a couple bolts on the hitch. One was missing, another was worn quite bad from loosening up from the other missing.
Another job was the 7510. I’d recently had an issue with the park on it while on a bit of a slope. That required taking apart half the cab to locate all the linkage points to adjust things. I think I finally fixed that problem. While in the process of that I also found a small hose for the transmission that appeared to be at the start of a slight leak. So I replaced it when I had all the hoses for the 3020/148 done. Also, while working on that I had an issue with the throttle linkage. So I replaced one of the 2 cables for the throttle. That took a few days longer than expected as Deere delayed ordering the part, then ordered the wrong part.
The other main shop project was working on our little fourwheeler boom sprayer we use around the farm and pasture for weeds. It had 3 fittings and a valve that we all cracked. I don’t believe it was properly winterized before a freeze during the winter. So I had plenty to do in the shop.
Besides shop work we’ve started weedeating fence rows. The pasture has started to get pretty high up on the electric fences so it’s in need of a good trim. We’ve mainly just been doing that in the mornings when it’s not quite as warm out. We also started mowing just a bit of pasture today. Which is one of the next major jobs on the list.
Besides a few other little odd jobs that’s been the majority of the highlights lately. Other than a few new tools of corse.
Also, still plenty busy with everything for the new house. Dealing with the bank, the reality company, inspections, appraisal. Signing papers for this and that. Jumping through all the damn hoops they make you go through. The bank was late getting us papers. The realtor was late getting us papers. The compressor went out on the a/c at the house. Luckily, the current owners said they would take care of all that. More papers from the bank to fill out tomorrow. The realtor wants to meet tomorrow to discuss the inspections. As most people know it’s ridiculous!
In other news awhile back one of my girlfriend’s cousins had contacted me awhile back wondering if I could give her son a job for the summer. He’s 14 and has never really been around any actually farming equipment before. I was putting things off when we were busy with wheat and what not because I knew there wouldn’t be much he’d be able to handle right away. So since things slowed down I’ve had him come down. Today was his third day. He’s been helping with the fences. I’ve also put him to work washing up tractors. On Friday I had him spend almost the entire day cleaning off the dirt and washing up the combine from finishing with wheat. For having never done the job before he actually did pretty good. I was pretty surprised. I’ve put him to doing a few other jobs I never have time to do. This afternoon I had him start cleaning up the big stack of dirty buckets we have. You can never have to many buckets to use for something so he started cleaning up some of the old dirty and some oil covered buckets. I’ve been pretty impressed so far. He’s been doing pretty good. Especially since he’s been either soaked in sweat or soaked from water from the pressure washer basically the whole time he’s worked. But he seems to be enjoying it so far. So as long as I can get some extra help that will actually work I’ll take it.
I know I’ve got a bunch of picture updating to do but I’ll get it done. Got a few good pictures of a few of the storms that built up and passed through last week. Naturally, when there’s rotation in the sky and the weather service has just issued a tornado warning for the county you go outside and watch it!
I hope it continues to work out well with your girlfriend's cousin.
Sometimes it's good to find an employee WITHOUT a skill set. They can learn and you can get the menial and time consuming (to you) things out of the way
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Sometimes it's good to find an employee WITHOUT a skill set. They can learn and you can get the menial and time consuming (to you) things out of the way
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cliftonbros89
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Thanks.
I agree with that. I was a little leering at first. Having been around him enough to know his behavior. But things are working well. He listens well. He’s able to realize certain things to do without being told to do so. He does talk back or argue. He hasn’t been complaining about anything I’ve had him do. Plus he ask questions about things if he doesn’t understand them and ask questions just out of curiosity. Which is good. That way he can learn a little something. I’ve been pleased so far.
jblnut
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Finding a 14yr old that listens and is actually willing to work is a rare deal it seems. I'd write him into the farm and teach him everything.
Also, I am pretty good at imagining things but I was never much for books without pictures in school .... just sayin'
If'fin you need hand figuring out Flickr or something similar drop me a line, I like my Flickr account and it's easy enough to use. I take pictures and my phone uploads them to Flickr and it's just a matter of copy paste the link and away you go.
Also, I am pretty good at imagining things but I was never much for books without pictures in school .... just sayin'
If'fin you need hand figuring out Flickr or something similar drop me a line, I like my Flickr account and it's easy enough to use. I take pictures and my phone uploads them to Flickr and it's just a matter of copy paste the link and away you go.
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cliftonbros89
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Finding a 14yr old that listens and is actually willing to work is a rare deal it seems. I'd write him into the farm and teach him everything.
Also, I am pretty good at imagining things but I was never much for books without pictures in school .... just sayin'
If'fin you need hand figuring out Flickr or something similar drop me a line, I like my Flickr account and it's easy enough to use. I take pictures and my phone uploads them to Flickr and it's just a matter of copy paste the link and away you go.
Like i said, I was pretty surprised and impressed so far.
I’ll look in to Flickr sometime and let you know.
COngrats on helping the new guy! Its sickening to see kids today not doing anything. I worked every summer on my Grandpa's grain farm then went to all the neighbors for work doing anything from weeding strawberry to pitching hay.
Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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Well almost through the week and I feel like I haven’t got much accomplished. It’s been progressively more humid every day this week.
Monday we worked on weedeating some fence rows. Dad borrowed a DR trimmer from someone to test it out and see how we’d like it. I personally do not like it or recommend it for fence rows. Especially on tougher terrain. I wasn’t too impressed. I also feel like I can move a lot quicker with a classic bicycle handle trimmer with a blade. Zack (my girlfriend’s cousin) was apart of the fence work too. I don’t think he was quite ready for the humidity to set it so quick in the morning.
For the afternoon finished some work on the 3020. I also started waxing a few of the panels on it too. While I worked on that I had Zack work on a job I thought would be good for him. I had about 40-50 five gallon buckets that were all filthy and dirty from oil or something else. Useless for anything. So I decided to have him start cleaning them up. I ratchet strapped a milk crate to a tractor weight (so the milk crate didn’t fly away), and had him set each bucket in the milk crate (to hold the bucket from flying away), and had him pressure wash them after spraying them with a bit of soap or degreaser. He got himself rather wet but was fine with it due to the heat.
Tuesday we did a few more odd jobs around the shop. Zack wasn’t able to arrive until after lunch. I had him finish up in cleaning buckets. I had to head to town early in the evening. More papers to sign for the house and going over inspection and appraisal things with the realtor. Town decided to have fireworks this year on the 3rd instead of the 4th to allow everyone the day to do as they like. My girlfriend insisted on going to the city park for that
This was the 2nd 4th of July in a row I’ve had off. Always a good day to have. Spent the day floating on a tube on a friend’s lake, tied to another tube the held my cooler full of beer. Had 3 plate fulls of 4 different kinds of bbq’d meat. I also started my day off by sleeping in for once, and hit the road with some blaring John Mellencamp and Ray Charles, “America the Beautiful” (you may remember it from the movie “the Sandlot”).
So today it was back to it. Not to hard though. Apparently there is a tractor pull this weekend across the river that my uncle wants to go to. That required getting tractors out of the trailer. We found the battery for the winch to lower the ramp to the trailer was dead. We managed to solve that issue. Then found my uncle had left the 70 battery switch on, those batteries were dead. He parked the 70 on the trailer rather crooked so it couldn’t just be pulled out of the trailer. Also, dad’s G wouldn’t start either. So with all the aggravation plus the super heavy humid air this morning, things just weren’t very enjoyable. But after messing with the G basically the entire day dad got all the issues on it fixed.
Zack came this afternoon for a little while. Him and I set off to the barn this afternoon. If you’ve followed along with this thread much you’ve probably picked up on the fact that I very much don’t like clutter or disorganization when it comes to supplies/parts around here. So we set out to organize all the fencing supplies. As things so often end up around here, everything was either in a random pile in a bucket or just tossed in a large pile. So using some of the freshly cleaned buckets, we separated wire insulators, clips, gate hinges, fencing tools, wire, nails, screws, wire staples, and a few other odd and ends. We cleaned up the old bench in the barn that it was all sitting on. It was covered in dirt, hay dust, and old mud dobber nest.
I yet again had to stop for awhile. I had to go to get papers from the banks and my former accountant. Had to sign some more papers at the bank. It’s getting a little old.
This evening I finished organizing fencing supplies. I had to pick a few things up in town too. So I put all of those supplies away. I finished by getting some things ready for the morning. Not sure what the schedule is for tomorrow. Luckily we’re supposed to get some what of a break from the heat tomorrow. Several jobs on the list. However, my uncle will be getting things ready for the tractor pull and will likely need help. Dad will also be leaving to go fishing for the weekend. So we’ll see what happens.
Monday we worked on weedeating some fence rows. Dad borrowed a DR trimmer from someone to test it out and see how we’d like it. I personally do not like it or recommend it for fence rows. Especially on tougher terrain. I wasn’t too impressed. I also feel like I can move a lot quicker with a classic bicycle handle trimmer with a blade. Zack (my girlfriend’s cousin) was apart of the fence work too. I don’t think he was quite ready for the humidity to set it so quick in the morning.
For the afternoon finished some work on the 3020. I also started waxing a few of the panels on it too. While I worked on that I had Zack work on a job I thought would be good for him. I had about 40-50 five gallon buckets that were all filthy and dirty from oil or something else. Useless for anything. So I decided to have him start cleaning them up. I ratchet strapped a milk crate to a tractor weight (so the milk crate didn’t fly away), and had him set each bucket in the milk crate (to hold the bucket from flying away), and had him pressure wash them after spraying them with a bit of soap or degreaser. He got himself rather wet but was fine with it due to the heat.
Tuesday we did a few more odd jobs around the shop. Zack wasn’t able to arrive until after lunch. I had him finish up in cleaning buckets. I had to head to town early in the evening. More papers to sign for the house and going over inspection and appraisal things with the realtor. Town decided to have fireworks this year on the 3rd instead of the 4th to allow everyone the day to do as they like. My girlfriend insisted on going to the city park for that
This was the 2nd 4th of July in a row I’ve had off. Always a good day to have. Spent the day floating on a tube on a friend’s lake, tied to another tube the held my cooler full of beer. Had 3 plate fulls of 4 different kinds of bbq’d meat. I also started my day off by sleeping in for once, and hit the road with some blaring John Mellencamp and Ray Charles, “America the Beautiful” (you may remember it from the movie “the Sandlot”).
So today it was back to it. Not to hard though. Apparently there is a tractor pull this weekend across the river that my uncle wants to go to. That required getting tractors out of the trailer. We found the battery for the winch to lower the ramp to the trailer was dead. We managed to solve that issue. Then found my uncle had left the 70 battery switch on, those batteries were dead. He parked the 70 on the trailer rather crooked so it couldn’t just be pulled out of the trailer. Also, dad’s G wouldn’t start either. So with all the aggravation plus the super heavy humid air this morning, things just weren’t very enjoyable. But after messing with the G basically the entire day dad got all the issues on it fixed.
Zack came this afternoon for a little while. Him and I set off to the barn this afternoon. If you’ve followed along with this thread much you’ve probably picked up on the fact that I very much don’t like clutter or disorganization when it comes to supplies/parts around here. So we set out to organize all the fencing supplies. As things so often end up around here, everything was either in a random pile in a bucket or just tossed in a large pile. So using some of the freshly cleaned buckets, we separated wire insulators, clips, gate hinges, fencing tools, wire, nails, screws, wire staples, and a few other odd and ends. We cleaned up the old bench in the barn that it was all sitting on. It was covered in dirt, hay dust, and old mud dobber nest.
I yet again had to stop for awhile. I had to go to get papers from the banks and my former accountant. Had to sign some more papers at the bank. It’s getting a little old.
This evening I finished organizing fencing supplies. I had to pick a few things up in town too. So I put all of those supplies away. I finished by getting some things ready for the morning. Not sure what the schedule is for tomorrow. Luckily we’re supposed to get some what of a break from the heat tomorrow. Several jobs on the list. However, my uncle will be getting things ready for the tractor pull and will likely need help. Dad will also be leaving to go fishing for the weekend. So we’ll see what happens.
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cliftonbros89
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Well Friday was a pretty easy day. I started the day checking cows out at the retirement farm. There’s been a few more calves born out there in the last couple weeks. I just barely caught all the cows that morning before they headed back to the creek for the day.
Weedeated some more fence rows in the morning. It was still a bit warm out. But we at least had a bit of a breeze once.
Dad had left to go fishing for the weekend. My uncle was only focused on getting a couple of the tractors ready to take to that pull this weekend. I helped him get those loaded up.
As far as the rest of the day for Zack and I we mainly did some shop work. I had him pick up a bunch of things that had been laying around. We also waxed the 3020 up too once.
A bit later on we headed out to go check on the cows. We had mineral to put out too. We had noticed a few cattle that seem to be starting to get pink eye. So we’re going to have to keep a watch on that.
Saturday morning the weather was fantastic. It was a great day. I headed out to the retirement farm again. Then I gave the calves corn at dad’s and checked on those few cattle with pink eye. I gave them corn to get them in the lot I also added a bit of medication to the corn to, hopefully it’ll help things a bit. I tried to spray a few of the ones down that had several flies on them. I managed to get two of the ones with pink eye sprayed with some ointment. They of corse don’t stand around very well when you’re trying to spray stuff in their eye.
Took the weekend a little easy, I figured what the hell, everyone else was. So we’ll be back at it in the morning. Unfortunately, the hot and humid weather will be back as well.
Weedeated some more fence rows in the morning. It was still a bit warm out. But we at least had a bit of a breeze once.
Dad had left to go fishing for the weekend. My uncle was only focused on getting a couple of the tractors ready to take to that pull this weekend. I helped him get those loaded up.
As far as the rest of the day for Zack and I we mainly did some shop work. I had him pick up a bunch of things that had been laying around. We also waxed the 3020 up too once.
A bit later on we headed out to go check on the cows. We had mineral to put out too. We had noticed a few cattle that seem to be starting to get pink eye. So we’re going to have to keep a watch on that.
Saturday morning the weather was fantastic. It was a great day. I headed out to the retirement farm again. Then I gave the calves corn at dad’s and checked on those few cattle with pink eye. I gave them corn to get them in the lot I also added a bit of medication to the corn to, hopefully it’ll help things a bit. I tried to spray a few of the ones down that had several flies on them. I managed to get two of the ones with pink eye sprayed with some ointment. They of corse don’t stand around very well when you’re trying to spray stuff in their eye.
Took the weekend a little easy, I figured what the hell, everyone else was. So we’ll be back at it in the morning. Unfortunately, the hot and humid weather will be back as well.
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Back at it Monday and back to the heat as well. Every day this week is getting a little warmer too.
Monday morning Zack and I set out weedeating fence rows again. It was humid so we quit around noon.
For the afternoon we did a few jobs around the shop. Cleaning some things up again. I was also figuring out the issue with the 3020 not starting. I think I found it the terminal connection for the neutral start switch.
We also gave the calves corn and ground a batch of corn to fill the tank to bucket feed. The calves have also had a lot of flies on them lately. I’ve been trying to spray some of them down when we feed them corn to give them some relief. A few of them are also showing signs of getting pink eye. So we’re trying to stop that as well.
We’ve been giving some of the cattle a bit of corn in the evenings to check them over a little better too.
Today dad and my uncle did a little work to the 520 and 620. There’s a tractor club ride coming up at the end of the month that they want to go on. They’re trying to get things prepped for that.
I helped with some of that and worked on one of the weedeaters. A few other odd jobs too.
Dad and I also moved the 9770’s 635F header to the bottom shed. It’s been sitting out since we finished with wheat. We then moved the 4440 out of the bottom shed and brought it to the shop. We hooked it to an old fabricated dump bed trailer that we use to move manure piles from winter. We’ll likely start on that job this week.
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Monday morning Zack and I set out weedeating fence rows again. It was humid so we quit around noon.
For the afternoon we did a few jobs around the shop. Cleaning some things up again. I was also figuring out the issue with the 3020 not starting. I think I found it the terminal connection for the neutral start switch.
We also gave the calves corn and ground a batch of corn to fill the tank to bucket feed. The calves have also had a lot of flies on them lately. I’ve been trying to spray some of them down when we feed them corn to give them some relief. A few of them are also showing signs of getting pink eye. So we’re trying to stop that as well.
We’ve been giving some of the cattle a bit of corn in the evenings to check them over a little better too.
Today dad and my uncle did a little work to the 520 and 620. There’s a tractor club ride coming up at the end of the month that they want to go on. They’re trying to get things prepped for that.
I helped with some of that and worked on one of the weedeaters. A few other odd jobs too.
Dad and I also moved the 9770’s 635F header to the bottom shed. It’s been sitting out since we finished with wheat. We then moved the 4440 out of the bottom shed and brought it to the shop. We hooked it to an old fabricated dump bed trailer that we use to move manure piles from winter. We’ll likely start on that job this week.
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Finally pictures. I downloaded the GJ app and decided to try it. But it appears it posted the pictures twice
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Some shots on the new grain bin construction
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Shop work and field work
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New tools!
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And some more new tools!
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Homemade tools!
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Clover hay making
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More clover
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Fescue hay
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Followed by more hay
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Wheat harvest, spraying, bean drilling. Everything all at one time.
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Bean drilling and part of straw making
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Some more shop work shots
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The old elevator we used to put the straw in the barn
The bale stacked of someone else’s that caught fire that I’d drove past and stopped to assist throwing bales out of the way of the fire.
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Some weather shots from the last month or so
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Some of Zack’s jobs and some other random pics I forgot to include
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And here it is...
There it is. The wreck. Seems a lot longer ago now than it was. Bruises are all gone, aches and pains are all gone. My stitches in my mouth dissolved out and it’s pretty well back to normal. But still a bit pissed about it. Finally got the check from the insurance last week. The paid for the truck and for the trailer. No real plan on replacement just yet. But we’ll figure it out.
There it is. The wreck. Seems a lot longer ago now than it was. Bruises are all gone, aches and pains are all gone. My stitches in my mouth dissolved out and it’s pretty well back to normal. But still a bit pissed about it. Finally got the check from the insurance last week. The paid for the truck and for the trailer. No real plan on replacement just yet. But we’ll figure it out.
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That may have been photo overload. But it’ll give you something to look at. I have to say the last few weeks I think I’ve been slacking a bit on picture taking. But it hasn’t really been the most eventful either. But I did like the pictures I managed to get of the couple storms rolling in. So maybe this app will work a little better than the regular Tapatalk app for pictures for now. I’m glad I finally got all these posted though.
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Thanks for updating with the photo's.
Glad your well on the mend, looks like it could of been much worse for you.
Glad your well on the mend, looks like it could of been much worse for you.
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Well today we didn’t do a whole lot. Needed to haul off a little bit of corn to get a few more bills paid...not that the price is very good right now.
We had a smaller bin that had a bit of corn left in it. So we decided to empty it out. I checked the top and had to first clean out a busted up birds nest before we could start.
After cleaning that up I got the 60 to hook to the auger. It had a flat tire. Luckily it aired up with no problem.
We set up the auger. But then the unloading auger on the bin wouldn’t work. We decided it was the breaker switch. Dad started undoing the panel only to discover 2 softball sized wasp nest. I managed to avoid it. Dad wasn’t as lucky. He was snug once.
So we killed the wasp and replaced the breaker and we were good to go. That was until we had to put in the sweep and the sweep wouldn’t work. That breaker was apparently bad as well. So we yet again took the panel apart and put in the new breaker and we were good to go.
We each hauled off 2 loads today. We kind of took our time. I also had to run to town for parts. Only to discover that the JD dealership yet again didn’t drop off everything I’d ordered to the drop box. It is especially a pain in the *** since they’re only running to the parts drop off box Monday, Wednesday and Friday right now since things are slower for everyone. Yet again the the new guy in the parts department messed things up.
I also found out we may be baling some hay tomorrow. The guy who is a friend of ours who we’ve bought some square bales from the last few years is going to be baling some hay this week. He just assumed we would want some again this year. He called today and said that he would probably be baling some tomorrow that we could get from him. But he didn’t have anyone to help bale. So we may be helping him out. On the plus side we’ll likely get a good discount if on the hay if we do help him out. We’ll see.
We had a smaller bin that had a bit of corn left in it. So we decided to empty it out. I checked the top and had to first clean out a busted up birds nest before we could start.
After cleaning that up I got the 60 to hook to the auger. It had a flat tire. Luckily it aired up with no problem.
We set up the auger. But then the unloading auger on the bin wouldn’t work. We decided it was the breaker switch. Dad started undoing the panel only to discover 2 softball sized wasp nest. I managed to avoid it. Dad wasn’t as lucky. He was snug once.
So we killed the wasp and replaced the breaker and we were good to go. That was until we had to put in the sweep and the sweep wouldn’t work. That breaker was apparently bad as well. So we yet again took the panel apart and put in the new breaker and we were good to go.
We each hauled off 2 loads today. We kind of took our time. I also had to run to town for parts. Only to discover that the JD dealership yet again didn’t drop off everything I’d ordered to the drop box. It is especially a pain in the *** since they’re only running to the parts drop off box Monday, Wednesday and Friday right now since things are slower for everyone. Yet again the the new guy in the parts department messed things up.
I also found out we may be baling some hay tomorrow. The guy who is a friend of ours who we’ve bought some square bales from the last few years is going to be baling some hay this week. He just assumed we would want some again this year. He called today and said that he would probably be baling some tomorrow that we could get from him. But he didn’t have anyone to help bale. So we may be helping him out. On the plus side we’ll likely get a good discount if on the hay if we do help him out. We’ll see.
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Well this morning we finished out cleaning one of the bin’s.
I hauled off one more load of corn for now. We’re hoping that market picks up some. We’re getting about .75 less a bushel than what were getting awhile back. This whole trade war (without trying to get political) is defiantly effecting the grain markets.
After returning to the shop I started putting the wedeater back together that I was working on the other day. Then we got a call from the guy with the hay. He didnt have anyone to help him out so we helped him out.
A little under 300 bales. He sold it to us half price since we stacked it all. We bought all of it. Which was more than what we were planning on. But there’s no such thing as too much hay. That took up the whole afternoon. Afterwards I hung around and drank a few beers with the guy. He always insist on it.
I headed back to the farm and closed up the shop and gave the calves corn. It was a hot one this afternoon. I stacked the whole first wagon by myself so after feeding the calves I decided to call it a day.
I hauled off one more load of corn for now. We’re hoping that market picks up some. We’re getting about .75 less a bushel than what were getting awhile back. This whole trade war (without trying to get political) is defiantly effecting the grain markets.
After returning to the shop I started putting the wedeater back together that I was working on the other day. Then we got a call from the guy with the hay. He didnt have anyone to help him out so we helped him out.
A little under 300 bales. He sold it to us half price since we stacked it all. We bought all of it. Which was more than what we were planning on. But there’s no such thing as too much hay. That took up the whole afternoon. Afterwards I hung around and drank a few beers with the guy. He always insist on it.
I headed back to the farm and closed up the shop and gave the calves corn. It was a hot one this afternoon. I stacked the whole first wagon by myself so after feeding the calves I decided to call it a day.
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So at the end of the month the local tractor club is having tractor ride through the county. My uncle is going, as are his son and one of his grandson’s, my dad is going too. I’d considered going but the girlfriend and I have plans that day (not to mention it’s only 3 days before we get the keys to our new place).
My uncle plans on someone driving our 520 for the ride. Every since we bought it the back and front axle have both been set as narrow as can be. My uncle, having nothing better to do, wanted them set wider. With help from dad they moved the wheels on the back axle out no problem. The front axle though was different. It was seized up and wouldn’t budge. I’m not for sure what all he’s done to try to move it. But this morning I found the 520 like this.
Note my uncle never bothers to take my suggestion of using jack stands to support things. But he took the front end completely off and had it hanging on the loader of the 4020. It seems it had one side finally slide out but the other side hasn’t moved a bit. So I’d say he’s in it for the long haul now. Unfortunately, due to all that I can’t fit anything else in the shop right now. Besides the 520 and 4020 the 50 and 3020 are in the shop as well. Which is also keeping me from moving the 3020 out.
My uncle plans on someone driving our 520 for the ride. Every since we bought it the back and front axle have both been set as narrow as can be. My uncle, having nothing better to do, wanted them set wider. With help from dad they moved the wheels on the back axle out no problem. The front axle though was different. It was seized up and wouldn’t budge. I’m not for sure what all he’s done to try to move it. But this morning I found the 520 like this.
Note my uncle never bothers to take my suggestion of using jack stands to support things. But he took the front end completely off and had it hanging on the loader of the 4020. It seems it had one side finally slide out but the other side hasn’t moved a bit. So I’d say he’s in it for the long haul now. Unfortunately, due to all that I can’t fit anything else in the shop right now. Besides the 520 and 4020 the 50 and 3020 are in the shop as well. Which is also keeping me from moving the 3020 out.
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So I’ve been slacking on posting again. In my defense the last week hasn’t really been all that eventful.
We combined the 3 wagon loads of hay into 2 and left them in the barn for grinding feed
I also managed to finally get some pasture mowed as well. On and off at least.
We could use another good rain shower, not just for the crops, but for parts of the pastures too.
Zack helped me out quite a bit this week. Got him to weedeat some more fence rows. He’s also been on the ball on feeding the calves in the afternoon.
Last Saturday dad decided to finally move and set that box trailer we’d picked up from the airport awhile back.
With a little bit of dirt and gravel work we prepped the site. That afternoon we moved the trailer beside the shop. With the bale carrier on the 3 point arms of the 7510 and the 741 loader with the pallet forks on the 7230 we moved it from behind dad’s house around the side of the shop to the site we made for it. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get pictures of moving the trailer since I was the one spotting and directing the whole operation.
Monday morning we set to moving in some of the shelves and things we planned to store in there.
It was a reefer trailer at one time. So I removed everything from the ceiling that was in there for the cooler. Good thing since it was all loaded with old bird and mouse nest. So I had to clean all of that out as well.
We moved the shelving and cabinets in.
One of the first jobs Zack and I did was moved in all the metal we’ve been keeping around to make things or fix things with. It was all just in one big pile on the ground. Despite the fact it doesn’t look that great yet, we managed to get things half way sorted and got rid of a bunch of other stuff.
We’ve been putting some other stuff in there gradually too the last few days, the propane heaters in the shop for winter, chainsaws, weedeaters, gas jugs, barrels of racing fuel for the pulling tractors, things like that.
We combined the 3 wagon loads of hay into 2 and left them in the barn for grinding feed
I also managed to finally get some pasture mowed as well. On and off at least.
We could use another good rain shower, not just for the crops, but for parts of the pastures too.
Zack helped me out quite a bit this week. Got him to weedeat some more fence rows. He’s also been on the ball on feeding the calves in the afternoon.
Last Saturday dad decided to finally move and set that box trailer we’d picked up from the airport awhile back.
With a little bit of dirt and gravel work we prepped the site. That afternoon we moved the trailer beside the shop. With the bale carrier on the 3 point arms of the 7510 and the 741 loader with the pallet forks on the 7230 we moved it from behind dad’s house around the side of the shop to the site we made for it. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get pictures of moving the trailer since I was the one spotting and directing the whole operation.
Monday morning we set to moving in some of the shelves and things we planned to store in there.
It was a reefer trailer at one time. So I removed everything from the ceiling that was in there for the cooler. Good thing since it was all loaded with old bird and mouse nest. So I had to clean all of that out as well.
We moved the shelving and cabinets in.
One of the first jobs Zack and I did was moved in all the metal we’ve been keeping around to make things or fix things with. It was all just in one big pile on the ground. Despite the fact it doesn’t look that great yet, we managed to get things half way sorted and got rid of a bunch of other stuff.
We’ve been putting some other stuff in there gradually too the last few days, the propane heaters in the shop for winter, chainsaws, weedeaters, gas jugs, barrels of racing fuel for the pulling tractors, things like that.
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Dad bought a new lawn mower this week.
Looks nice and fancy. But it doesn’t seem like much for as high as the cost is for those things anymore.
My uncle still hasn’t put the 520 back together.
I believe he’s also planning to go to a tractor pull somewhere this weekend
I finally got the 3020 out of the shop this weekend. It seems there’s just never enough room around here for anything
It’s a bit of a rare site to see the 2520, 3020, and 4020 all together at one time. It’s a good working collection of sorts.
That’s been the major things of the past week. Like I said, not much happening right now. Just some more pasture to mow, some manure to move, then hopefully make some more hay in a week or so.
One thing I did finally talk dad in to is selling a stack of IH weights.
There’s about 20 of these old 100 pound weights sitting around. Which wouldn’t be so bad if we didn’t also have multiple of about 5 different types of John Deere weights sitting around plus a stack of the IH 75 pound weights too. Since we’ll probably be moving all of them out of the shed and possibly into the trailer soon, the less I have to pack around the better.
Looks nice and fancy. But it doesn’t seem like much for as high as the cost is for those things anymore.
My uncle still hasn’t put the 520 back together.
I believe he’s also planning to go to a tractor pull somewhere this weekend
I finally got the 3020 out of the shop this weekend. It seems there’s just never enough room around here for anything
It’s a bit of a rare site to see the 2520, 3020, and 4020 all together at one time. It’s a good working collection of sorts.
That’s been the major things of the past week. Like I said, not much happening right now. Just some more pasture to mow, some manure to move, then hopefully make some more hay in a week or so.
One thing I did finally talk dad in to is selling a stack of IH weights.
There’s about 20 of these old 100 pound weights sitting around. Which wouldn’t be so bad if we didn’t also have multiple of about 5 different types of John Deere weights sitting around plus a stack of the IH 75 pound weights too. Since we’ll probably be moving all of them out of the shed and possibly into the trailer soon, the less I have to pack around the better.
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Is everything ok? We've not heard from you in a while.