Above 1200 Sq/FT Out on Quaker Road

[Sifan]

Farming can sure be frustrating … spend three days going through the combine to get it ready for the season … only to have something to break, don't have part, can't get local, hour round trip to dealership (two hours if you have to stop at the Amish Buffet put part on, back to field, cut 40' of beans and break a belt, back to shop, put on spare belt, back to field, cut football field length of beans and blow 2' hydraulic steering line "borrow" 10' hydraulic line off loader and zip tie extra 8' of hose to frame just to avoid another trip to town. Yes, one of those days 4 hours to cut one hopper full. And I drove 3 hours one way to run semi for them so they could keep the combine moving LOL

 

[Growlertdi]

Yours and Cliftons threads are on my daily regimen always something interesting to read about between the two of you.

Thanks much!

 

[jblnut]

Farming can sure be frustrating … spend three days going through the combine to get it ready for the season … only to have something to break, don't have part, can't get local, hour round trip to dealership (two hours if you have to stop at the Amish Buffet put part on, back to field, cut 40' of beans and break a belt, back to shop, put on spare belt, back to field, cut football field length of beans and blow 2' hydraulic steering line "borrow" 10' hydraulic line off loader and zip tie extra 8' of hose to frame just to avoid another trip to town. Yes, one of those days 4 hours to cut one hopper full. And I drove 3 hours one way to run semi for them so they could keep the combine moving LOL

And yet, there is nothing I'd rather be doing when you look at the big picture

Yours and Cliftons threads are on my daily regimen always something interesting to read about between the two of you.

Thanks much!

I need to use his thread as an inspiration for how to keep things clean, keep better maintenance records and stay on top of things better. He's always tearing into something that is just barely dripping oil or looks like it's going to fail sometime in the next 12 years. Yeah. I need to get better at that stuff !!

 

[Sifan]

"And yet, there is nothing I'd rather be doing when you look at the big picture "

Once a farmboy/girl, always a farmboy/girl!!
Hadn't been in/on a piece of farm equipment for 20 years and it was like I never took a break … well I did have trouble with one White tractor … red light said the parking brake was on, looked, looked, looked for the @$%%$ parking brake. Finally gave up, grabbed my phone and asked … hidden under the buddy seat on the left side of the seat LOL yeah, first experience with a buddy seat LOL

 

[Farmall450]

The corn will polish those welds real well!

 

[drivesitfar]

JBL: i'm guessing you missed the post yesterday or the day before (I might have posted while you were making a long post) that mentioned that you might need another full time helper/mechanic/farmer to help you and your dad as your farm keeps getting bigger?

I know LEO will probably have all the skills to fix and run anything by the time he's 13 or so and maybe the girls will like farming too.

keep up the good work!!

 

[jblnut]

JBL: at some point you'll need to hire a full time mechanic to fix all your stuff or is that going to be LEO'S job in a few years?

GEESH finally got some sunshine and spent the day inside tearing into your machine. i'm happy you figured out the issue and hope you can somehow finish this season's work before any more repairs.

now that you are set for pulling out tanks out of your field maybe you won't get stuck in the mud. looks like you've made yourself one of the better towing designs around.

good luck!!!

I think Leo is going to lose and break more things than he'll fix for a while but I guess that's how you learn.

At least it was a warmer day to fix on stuff. I also hope there are no more repairs but such is the way it goes. I'm sure there will be something.

We used the clevis once and it held up well so I think we've got what we need for a while now. Enough money spend on mud recovery equipment for my lifetime I hope.

"And yet, there is nothing I'd rather be doing when you look at the big picture "

Once a farmboy/girl, always a farmboy/girl!!
Hadn't been in/on a piece of farm equipment for 20 years and it was like I never took a break … well I did have trouble with one White tractor … red light said the parking brake was on, looked, looked, looked for the @$%%$ parking brake. Finally gave up, grabbed my phone and asked … hidden under the buddy seat on the left side of the seat LOL yeah, first experience with a buddy seat LOL

You can take the boy outta the farm but you can't take the farm outta the boy. I was a Network Administrator for a few years before coming back to farm and this feels right. That paid VERY WELL but this is more better in every way.

The corn will polish those welds real well!

At least no one will ever see them before they wear down a bit. We'll no one but you all and you're not a judgey bunch so I'll be okay

JBL: i'm guessing you missed the post yesterday or the day before (I might have posted while you were making a long post) that mentioned that you might need another full time helper/mechanic/farmer to help you and your dad as your farm keeps getting bigger?

I know LEO will probably have all the skills to fix and run anything by the time he's 13 or so and maybe the girls will like farming too.

keep up the good work!!

I did miss it but I got it in this set of replies today !!

I hope the farm keeps growing ot the point I can bring someone else in but that probably won't happen. We have a neighbor that is helping this fall and I hope to keep that relationship alive and well as he's a dairy farmer and has a fair bit of free time once they're done with their harvest.

The kids love all things outside and farm related and I couldn't be happier. Of course I hope one or all of them want to farm here but if not I hope they make enough money they can send some this way. Lol. I really just hope they find something they can make a career of and don't bounce around too long before they find what they love.

 

[jblnut]

Good morning Garage Journal


It was 18F here yesterday morning. Gross.


The plan for the day is to get somc corn stalks chopped up to be able to bale on Thursday which means the stalk chopper needs to be run through the shop for a quick look over.


We turned a few knives around and replaced a few missing ones. If some are missing it gets out of balance and rattles and shakes like crazy !!!


Handy dandy auto air inflator dealio coming in nice again !!


This tractor is WAY ahead of it's time. It's a plug in hybrid. Just kidding. It's cold and big engines get grumpy starting in the cold so we have heaters installed to preheat the engine to ease with starting


Annnnnnd away I go chopping stalk !!


Nom Nom Nom chopping them up


These are the stuck ruts from the other day. Messy slimy mud.


With about an hour left Dad called and said the water pump was leaking badly on the combine so Mom came and took over chopping stalks so we could get the combine fixed AGAIN !!


Oh yeah. The bearings in the pump are totally shot and made a HUGE mess everywhere !!


No good way to drain the coolant so we tried to catch as much as we could.


Old pump out.


New pump in.


All washed off and ready to go again !!


She's a wide girl even on a County road


Back at it again. We went pretty late to get the wet bin full but got a whole day's worth of work in so all is well.

 

[drivesitfar]

JBL: first time i've heard about your mom driving any of the equipment out in the field. WHAT A TEAM!!

just curious you must plan ahead and have a ton of new spare parts on the shelf and OMG that was a quick water pump repair.

do you have a gauge on your compressor to stop when it hits a certain PSI on your tires? I need to get that screw on nozzle before next spring around here with all the small tires I usually need to fill it will surely save my thumb.

carry on and sorry to hear it's a bit chilly, but at least its dry.

stay warm and you know what they say. "it's only bad clothing choices when it's dry and cold"

 

[Farmall450]

Despite the issues you're having teething, that sure is a nice machine. Classy. If I farmed it would be a 2388

 

[Sifan]

Niece decided to do a combine ride along with hubby. Came time to quit, needed to get combine and grain cart to other side of field, nephew showed her how to run the combine and he got off to get the grain cart. Here she came across the end of the field with a smile as wide as the cab That smile disappeared when nephew told her she wasn't done until she dumped into the semi LOL She got the job done and was back to smiles again. Later she told me she was most concerned about overfilling the trailer and running $9 beans on the ground. Didn't have courage to tell her the 900 bu trailer was empty and the combine only holds 300 bu LOL

 

[welder57]

Don't stop the smiles, they last a lifetime in your heart!!!!! She will always remember her first time. When I'm on my tractor working, that's the only time I'm the boss!!!!!!

 

[jblnut]

JBL: first time i've heard about your mom driving any of the equipment out in the field. WHAT A TEAM!!

just curious you must plan ahead and have a ton of new spare parts on the shelf and OMG that was a quick water pump repair.

do you have a gauge on your compressor to stop when it hits a certain PSI on your tires? I need to get that screw on nozzle before next spring around here with all the small tires I usually need to fill it will surely save my thumb.

carry on and sorry to hear it's a bit chilly, but at least its dry.

stay warm and you know what they say. "it's only bad clothing choices when it's dry and cold"

I like to think she's like any Mother. She can do anything she wants to !!

We try to plan ahead and have basic things on hand but to have everything we'd ever need we'd need to have a spare combine on hand

I do have a regulator on the compressor but it's set to 80psi WAY more than that little tire needed. I check it every so often and use a regular air chuck when it gets close.

Despite the issues you're having teething, that sure is a nice machine. Classy. If I farmed it would be a 2388

Thanks Dude !!

The first year with someone else's old machine is always a hassle. You never know how they took care of things and weak spots always show up.

Niece decided to do a combine ride along with hubby. Came time to quit, needed to get combine and grain cart to other side of field, nephew showed her how to run the combine and he got off to get the grain cart. Here she came across the end of the field with a smile as wide as the cab That smile disappeared when nephew told her she wasn't done until she dumped into the semi LOL She got the job done and was back to smiles again. Later she told me she was most concerned about overfilling the trailer and running $9 beans on the ground. Didn't have courage to tell her the 900 bu trailer was empty and the combine only holds 300 bu LOL

Oh boy he sure loves her !! I'd have to think long and hard about which to let the Mrs bring to the end of the field but probably would let her take the combine to show that little extra push of "I trust you with my new toy" !!

Don't stop the smiles, they last a lifetime in your heart!!!!! She will always remember her first time. When I'm on my tractor working, that's the only time I'm the boss!!!!!!

I couldn't agree more !!

 

[Farmall450]

Yeah, unfortunately for us it seems the last guy was never on top of things. And the people who are often aren't selling much. But, at the end of the day it's nuts and bolts, which you can fix/replace.

 

[jblnut]

We do not own a round baler yet so we have a guy come do it for us. He's got a nice set of machinery !!


I can rake WAY faster than he can bale and he got behind rather quickly. I finished raking around 2pm and he just finished a bit ago around 9:30pm.


The big bin was getting full and it was time to transfer corn to another bin.


Well Dad called and said he was stuck again. Go figure !!


He was trying to get the last little bits from the field and knew it was risky and ended up losing the battle.


My Mom packed me a lunch today and although I am very grateful I had a moment of WTF when I was eating grapes and popped in a cherry tomato !!! She put them in the same container and I didn't notice.


Remember that gravity box that tried to drop all my soybeans on the ground a few weeks back ?? This is one of the cracked areas that needed attention.


We decided to plate over the cracked areas with some repurposed fenders of all things.


I set up some angle iron and used it to bend these fenders into the correct shape. It actually worked pretty well !!


A plate on each side of the gravity box should hold for a long, long time


Remember that booger weld inside the combine I didn't want anyone to see ?? Forget that one. Remember this one. Although not perfect it is a WHOLE lot nicer !!

 

[jblnut]

Yeah, unfortunately for us it seems the last guy was never on top of things. And the people who are often aren't selling much. But, at the end of the day it's nuts and bolts, which you can fix/replace.

Nuts and bolts are easy to troubleshoot and fix. No big deal. It ***** but is easy to fix.

 

[Farmall450]

Gravity wagon did turn out nice. Your tandem rear axle on that one still cracks me up.

 

[jblnut]

It was a running gear from under a John Deere 716A silage box that got wrecked way back when so under the gravity box it went !!

 

[drivesitfar]

JBL: i'm guessing you got your dad out pretty easily with your new rope and set up?

so your mom is still trying to get you to eat your VEGGIES?

I made this lunch yesterday with tomatoes, homemade pesto, mozzarella, olive oil, gravenstein flavored vinegar with homemade sourdough bread to dip in the oils. pretty tasty way to eat a few tomatoes if you ask me. about 5 months of the year I (we) just go out and pick fresh basil off of our plants and put that on instead of pesto and I actually like that a bit better. no that's not beer or fireball, but morracan green ice tea I drink just right at a gallon a day in those old A&W mugs I grab from the freezer.

great looking welds and nice fix as per usual.

good to see FARMING still brings smiles and memories to all of you and from a city boy that only partially helped on a farm i want to thank all of you that do what you do to bring good food to all of us.

cheers and have a great day and weekend!!

 

[Bob Heine]

Because you have made the recovery process so effective, your father is probably more willing to chance those boggy sections.

 

[buzzboy]

I think I started reading this thread, a few pages at a time, near the end of September. Finally current. Bittersweet that I have to wait for your updates now

Thanks for continuing to feed us a slice of your life. There are plenty of photos from pages long past I'd love to ask about, but I forgot which ones. Maybe I'll have to read it again so I can ask all those questions.

 

[jblnut]

JBL: I'm guessing you got your Dad out pretty easily with your new rope and set up?

So your mom is still trying to get you to eat your VEGGIES?

I made this lunch yesterday with tomatoes, homemade pesto, mozzarella, olive oil, gravenstein flavored vinegar with homemade sourdough bread to dip in the oils. Pretty tasty way to eat a few tomatoes if you ask me. About 5 months of the year I (we) just go out and pick fresh basil off of our plants and put that on instead of pesto and I actually like that a bit better. No that's not beer or fireball, but moroccan green ice tea I drink just right at a gallon a day in those old A&W mugs I grab from the freezer.

Great looking welds and nice fix as per usual.

Good to see FARMING still brings smiles and memories to all of you and from a city boy that only partially helped on a farm I want to thank all of you that do what you do to bring good food to all of us.

Cheers and have a great day and weekend!!

Dad and I are getting pretty good at getting out of the mud. Dad needs to get as good at STAYING out as he is at getting stuck and we'll be all set !!

My Mom is still sneaking veggies into my life. I've told her anything goes except pineapple and broccoli.... and asparagus <- that is some NASTY stuff !!!

The lunch looks tasty but I have no idea what half those ingredients you listed are

I also want to thank you and everyone that follows this thread for checking in and keeping things rolling. The average consumer needs to know more about where the common items in their daily lives come from and I try to show as much as I can about the ones we help get to you.

The day was great and the weekend has just begun. During harvest days, weekends, and weeks all seem to melt together but it's a vacation from the norm so it's a welcomed adventure !!

Because you have made the recovery process so effective, your father is probably more willing to chance those boggy sections.

You hit the nail on the head with that one Bob. He's getting a bit cocky if you ask me

I think I started reading this thread, a few pages at a time, near the end of September. Finally current. Bittersweet that I have to wait for your updates now

Thanks for continuing to feed us a slice of your life. There are plenty of photos from pages long past I'd love to ask about, but I forgot which ones. Maybe I'll have to read it again so I can ask all those questions.

It has grown into quite the novel I guess. I started following it back in early 2015 and have been barely able to keep up myself !!

If you think of the questions you wanted to ask but forgot please ask them. I'd love to explain or show whatever I can. Thank you for trudging through this mess of what I call my world. It's fun sharing it and still amazes me people are entertained enough to go through the entire thing

I'm not sure if you still have that 2dr Cherokee Sport in that AMAZING blue but if you do please tell me ...... is it also a 5 speed

 

[jblnut]

The day began by transferring corn from the big bin to the old big bin. We name things around so that make sense to us and usually us alone. They're easy to explain though as we're simple people. The big bin is our largest bin and the old big bin was the biggest bin before we build the current big bin. You see ... simple


The dryer seems to be growing a red beard ....


So it was time to clean it with the custom 18' handled broom


This is the hot auger (the hot corn from the dryer dumps into it. Another simple name) and it likes to leak oil from somedamnwhere so I checked/filled it this morning.


The view is sure nice from up on top the big bin.


Transfering corn always makes a mess. The little red bees wings get everywhere and make a mess.


After the routine checks were all done I started getting the wagons ready to pick up all those corn straw bales. This one received a few new stringers after Dad dropped a round bale on it last fall and busted a few of them. They were pretty rotten anyway and that was the last straw. I'm using a 2 ton More-Power-Puller to pull the angle iron back into place. I picked it up for $50 at an auction a while back !!!


The old weld boogers got ground off in preparation for some new ones


Where there is smoke there was some ***** that welded on top of wood. Oops !!


Speaking of the 399.5 bales the baler guy made ...





There were still this many left after .....


Mom and I took three loads this size home. Each trailer has 11 bales for a total of 22 per trip. 19 trips to get them all home. This is actually a great picture because each trailer is roughly enough for one week of bedding material for my steer barn.


Big Red spotted something out in the while and decided to stalk it .....


Looks like a combine is about to get stuck ....


Well lookie there. Lucky stuck #13 on a Friday nonetheless.

 

[Sifan]

That is a LOT of bedding per week. Tell me how you go from a round bale to having it spread in your barn??

 

[Sifan]

`How squirrely is bob when putting the top bales on the wagon?

Bil uses a front end loader/Kubota to move round hay bales and that sucker has 1000# on the back end and could use another 1000#

 

[Andy8430]

Just wanted to say I appreciate the time and effort you put into this. I grew up on a farm and still help when I can. Keep up the great work.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

 

[buzzboy]

I'm not sure if you still have that 2dr Cherokee Sport in that AMAZING blue but if you do please tell me ...... is it also a 5 speed

It's a 1996 2door, 4.0, 5speed, 4x4. I've read maybe 1% of XJs were that spec. Although mine's an SE, not a sport, so it's got manual everything and cloth. She's got 286k and about to make her 5th journey across the country under my ownership.

I did remember one of my questions. A while back y'all were replacing the T/A on one of your red tractors. What is a T/A?

 

[Farmall450]

Apparently the next combine needs tracks! Lol

 

[Sifan]

"I did remember one of my questions. A while back y'all were replacing the T/A on one of your red tractors. What is a T/A?" While JBL is playing in the mud, I'll lend a hand and save him some typing … hope he doesn't mind

https://www.agriculture.com/machine...torque-amplifier-in-1954-sparked-a-revolution

 

[jblnut]

That is a LOT of bedding per week. Tell me how you go from a round bale to having it spread in your barn??

We set the bales in the barn, take the net wrap off, now picture a dog playing with a chew toy .... that's what I do to the bale with the skiddy

`How squirrely is bob when putting the top bales on the wagon?

Bil uses a front end loader/Kubota to move round hay bales and that sucker has 1000# on the back end and could use another 1000#

I read and reread that post and it took a few times to realize that Bil is brother in law and not Bill. I was racking my brain for everyone I knew named Bill and couldn't think of one of them that had a front end loader

Your answer shall come in due time kind sir

Just wanted to say I appreciate the time and effort you put into this. I grew up on a farm and still help when I can. Keep up the great work.

Thanks Andy. Iff'n you're ever up this way from WAAAAAY down South stop on in !! Thanks for stopping by digitally already

It's a 1996 2door, 4.0, 5speed, 4x4. I've read maybe 1% of XJs were that spec. Although mine's an SE, not a sport, so it's got manual everything and cloth. She's got 286k and about to make her 5th journey across the country under my ownership.

I did remember one of my questions. A while back y'all were replacing the T/A on one of your red tractors. What is a T/A?

Yup. Okay. On that cross country journey you can leave it here if you suddenly get sick of it after having it for that long. I'd LOVE to have a 2dr, 4.0, 5 speed, 4X4 Cherokee in any trim level !!

Sifan posted a great article about what it is below. Basically the T/A enables a way to change speeds without putting in the clutch to change gears. They do have their limitations though. DO NOT engage the T/A while going downhill or use it to try to slow down as it can quickly over run and burn the clutch plates out. It is also advisable to run in direct drive (T/A Ahead) as often as possible as there is more hardware directly connected from the engine to the wheels. IH was ahead of its time by a decade or better with that T/A and it's benefits.

Apparently the next combine needs tracks! Lol

I would love a set of tracks but a set of brand new tracks would be more than what we paid for this combine. Fun fact: The 2388 was available with factory installed tracks. They were the same tracks as the 9380 QuadTrac's at the time with an additional gearbox to improve road speeds. VERY few were sold for some reason.

"I did remember one of my questions. A while back y'all were replacing the T/A on one of your red tractors. What is a T/A?" While JBL is playing in the mud, I'll lend a hand and save him some typing … hope he doesn't mind

https://www.agriculture.com/machine...torque-amplifier-in-1954-sparked-a-revolution

The helping hand is welcomed. Thanks guy.

That is a great article that I'll copy down here to save a click ....

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER’S TORQUE AMPLIFIER IN 1954 SPARKED A REVOLUTION
By Dave Mowitz
9/27/2016

International Harvester Company’s (IHC) introduction of a torque amplifier now seems like a minor improvement in light of the advanced full powershift transmissions offered on today’s high-horsepower tractors. When IHC’s torque amplifier (TA) came out in 1954, it marked a revolution in transmission engineering. For the first time, farmers could shift a tractor between two gears, not only on-the-go but also under load – without having to use the clutch or throttle the engine down.

BOOST DRAFT ON DEMAND
The advantages of this maneuver were huge, particularly when tilling. The TA gave farmers the ability to shift a tractor down, thereby, generating more draft – an invaluable aid when encountering a tough spot in the field.

So popular was this feature that within the decade, the TA was available on most high-horsepower tractors.

This IHC exclusive design was located in the tractor’s clutch housing. The device consisted of a planetary drive operating off its own manually operated, single-disk clutch that drove the input shaft of the regular five-speed transmission.

When the TA’s clutch was engaged, the planetary drive was locked up to deliver a 1-to-1 gear ratio to the transmission.

When the tractor was shifted from direct drive to torque amplification, the clutch would release and the travel speed of the tractor was reduced about 32%. This increased pulling ability by almost 48%, due to a gear ratio increase of 1.482-to-1.

The beauty of IHC’s TA was that the number of available gears doubled to 10 in a standard five-speed transmission. Plus, the TA could be engaged and disengaged without using the tractor’s clutch or regulating engine speed.

FIRST POWER-SHIFT ******
In some ways, the IHC design could be called the first power-shift transmission, since it allowed shifting between gear sets while under power. IHC originally offered the TA on its Farmall Super M-TA, Super MD-TA (diesel), and the McCormick Super W6-TA. This planetary-type TA was to remain in production on some IHC tractors of less than 70 hp. until 1980.

The Super M-TA is also notable for being the first IHC tractor to come equipped with an independent or live PTO, which continued to work even after the transmission was disengaged.

 

[jblnut]

These are tiny little 4' wide 5' diameter corn straw bales weighing 800ish lbs. No big deal for the ol' S185. This consumed my ENTIRE day. I tried hauling 28 bales at a time and it worked fine which meant I ONLY had to haul 12 more loads. 1 hr per load means I have two loads to do tomorrow. I don't like loading bales in the dark as there always seems to be at least one you leave in the field because you couldn't see it in the dark. Then you feel real dumb and even think for a moment "Maybe no one will notice there is only one left" and just as you do a neighbor sends you a text that says "Did you forget one bale or was the trailer full".


Dad is loading two at a time after I told him it's literally twice as fast as one at a time. All I got for a response on the CB was a LOUD huff and a "Well fine, I'll give it a shot. Better to do a good job than a fast one but I'll try it YOUR way."


It doesn't work well to put the top row on two at a time. The bales get too messy up there and like to fall off if not on just right. One at a time on top it is !!


Mind the gap.

 

[Farmall450]

I did not know tracks were an option back then. I guess you'll have to scope the salvage yards for a burnt up quad.

 

[drivesitfar]

JBL: i'm pretty sure Andy has tracks for his BOB(cat) so check his thread or make a post or send him an email. I don't think he made them himself, but he's so handy he might have. If I recall correctly he had metal tracks (and maybe rubber ones too) that fit over the wheels, but this should maybe give you a little help to do a bit of research.

thanks again for all the pics of your daily life and even though i'll probably never own a farm i sure appreciate knowing more about them.

have a great weekend!!

 

[Farmall450]

JBL: i'm pretty sure Andy has tracks for his BOB(cat) so check his thread or make a post or send him an email. I don't think he made them himself, but he's so handy he might have. If I recall correctly he had metal tracks (and maybe rubber ones too) that fit over the wheels, but this should maybe give you a little help to do a bit of research.

thanks again for all the pics of your daily life and even though i'll probably never own a farm i sure appreciate knowing more about them.

have a great weekend!!

For that style he would need to go over the back wheel, too, which doesn't work so well on a vehicle that turns w/out skidding. And ofc it wouldn't clear, etc, unfortunately there's not a solution like that for most things.

Although I've seen guys make them for Ford 8ns and the like.
edit: I read that as if you were saying for the combine; I realize you probably mean his bobcat. Disregard lol

 

[patlun]

I have been following your adventures and mishaps in this threads during my daily commute with train, shortening the experienced travel time considerably. It is interesting to see that there is small differences in agriculture between your parts of the world and mine. We don't have any soy beans, and last year the total corn harvest in Sweden was about 4600 ton, half the normal. Instead we plant wheat, potato and barley.

I will continue to follow what you are sharing here and comment things that I find interesting.

 

[jblnut]

I did not know tracks were an option back then. I guess you'll have to scope the salvage yards for a burnt up quad.

Lol. The track assemblies would be the easy part to find. Whatever gearbox they had to increase the ground speed would be the needle in the haystack unless it's also used in other applications. That'd be a neat deal to have a factory tracked 2388 !!

JBL: i'm pretty sure Andy has tracks for his BOB(cat) so check his thread or make a post or send him an email. I don't think he made them himself, but he's so handy he might have. If I recall correctly he had metal tracks (and maybe rubber ones too) that fit over the wheels, but this should maybe give you a little help to do a bit of research.

thanks again for all the pics of your daily life and even though i'll probably never own a farm i sure appreciate knowing more about them.

have a great weekend!!

I also have (well had I guess) tracks for my skidder but the tracks we speak of are for the combine. The metal over the tire tracks for my skidder were very nice but took too much power from my machine to really be useful so I sold them for more than I paid for them.

For that style he would need to go over the back wheel, too, which doesn't work so well on a vehicle that turns w/out skidding. And ofc it wouldn't clear, etc, unfortunately there's not a solution like that for most things.

Although I've seen guys make them for Ford 8ns and the like.
edit: I read that as if you were saying for the combine; I realize you probably mean his bobcat. Disregard lol

I read DRIVES reply the same way and was all sorts of confused at first. No big deal once I figured it out

I have been following your adventures and mishaps in this threads during my daily commute with train, shortening the experienced travel time considerably. It is interesting to see that there is small differences in agriculture between your parts of the world and mine. We don't have any soy beans, and last year the total corn harvest in Sweden was about 4600 ton, half the normal. Instead we plant wheat, potato and barley.

I will continue to follow what you are sharing here and comment things that I find interesting.

All the way from Sweden !! Thanks for following along from across the world.

If the internet has given us one good thing it's YouTube and to narrow that down more it's all the Euro farming videos on there. I love watching how farming is done in different parts of the world and it amazes me to see the different technologies everywhere.

 

[jblnut]

Mr. Leo was getting antsy in the house and Mama Bear was pulling her hair out so I decided to give him a tractor ride. To say he was excited is an understatement !!


Once it warmed up in the tractor cab he was all over the place. Up on the seat, standing and watching stuff go by, digging junk out of the rubber floor mat and laying on the floor. Ya know, just having a blast


I got the hayshed filled up a few days ago and put a few on the ground that we'll use right away.


I had to hustle right along as Dad was starting to chisel plow the field already !!


Off he goes. Probably the last tillage we'll be able to do before freeze up.


The net wrap on a couple bales got a little goofy so I decided to play it safe and bring them home in the dump wagon in case they decided to fall apart on the other trailer.


Nice tall stacks in the Manure Mansion. It works great to store straw in here. Once the straw is used we'll replace it with manure so it's never in the way. Or at least that's the idea. Doing some rough numbers if I were to fill the Poo Palace totally up with round bales it'd hold almost 2,000 of them !!!

 

[drivesitfar]

JBL: yep as I was posting i was hearing about you getting stuck and looking at pictures of BOB loading on the round bales.

sure you sold the skidder tracks for more than you paid for them.

that said i've sold a few things i wish I didn't cause some things just need to be around when they are needed.

we are getting dry weather for another week so hopefully you are too.

cheers and have a great week playing on the farm!!

BTW: i'm doing my best to SPEAK FARM LANGUAGE HERE ON YOUR THREAD cause it's been almost 50 years since i worked a bit on one.

 

[jeepxj]

Ahhh yes. the big big bin. of course.

for us its the "east east south bin" which means the group of bins in the east yard. east row. southern most. A global numbering scheme would work just fine IMO since there are now 5 yards with bins in them. Instead I gotta check the sun and break out how grandpa woulda called it.

 

[ripperd]

The farmer near us I think had an oh-sh*t moment looking at the upcoming weather. On friday he cut some (alfalfa?), and by saturday morning it was gone. I don't think he let it dry at all! Then on Saturday and sunday he combined the corn. The kiddos and I enjoyed watching from our middle son's bedroom window.

Then early this morning just before 6am I hear a racket. And sure enough, he's out there chopping corn stalks probably getting ready to be able to bale it before the snow comes!

View from my son's bedroom: