Terrick down Under
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Look shiny clean spanners, ahhhh. Mine don't look like that till each arvo. Glad to see your not sitting around keeping your plies warm. LOL
Above 1200 Sq/FT Out on Quaker Road
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Farmall450
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Apparently some of that concrete will still be drying long after you and I are gone. I got sucked into a documentary once, lol.
Honestly ... that's the first time the 2 1/2" wrench has been used. Not often something that large needs to move and doesn't get marred up by a pipe wrench around here ...
I've watched a few documentaries about the Hoover Dam and they never fail to amuse, entertain and thrill me to the point I'm sweating and sitting on the edge of my seat on the verge of tears and the point of cussing at the same time
Today we installed an antenna on the gable end of a barn that turned out to be 35' tall. The JLG 340AJ we were on ended up stretching all the way out to get to it !!
Another Mike (we Mike's stick together) was helping me today ... I may have been helping him maybe, he's a 61yr old Master Electrician and was VERY annoyed to have to be doing low voltage stuff with me today
Dad dreamed up this depth control system for the 7' snow bucket to be used whilst leveling shavings in the chicken coop. I must admit that I had my doubts but he said it worked very well. The bedding sure is nice and level in the barn !!! I have no problem being wrong if it ends up being a good thing.
The concrete guys got the 12' apron poured today. Should be the last of the concrete poured for this project. I'm not exactly when the builders show up but I was told soon so we'll see ....
I decided to wash the pails we use to haul out the chickens that aren't lucky enough to become smothered in BBQ sauce tonight. What a stinky nasty ordeal !!!
Only (almost) threw up about 35 times. Good grief. They're clean now though !!!
Not sure if you've been trying to picture the crushed concrete I spread last night or not but here it is. Levelish and niceish.
Another Mike (we Mike's stick together) was helping me today ... I may have been helping him maybe, he's a 61yr old Master Electrician and was VERY annoyed to have to be doing low voltage stuff with me today
Dad dreamed up this depth control system for the 7' snow bucket to be used whilst leveling shavings in the chicken coop. I must admit that I had my doubts but he said it worked very well. The bedding sure is nice and level in the barn !!! I have no problem being wrong if it ends up being a good thing.
The concrete guys got the 12' apron poured today. Should be the last of the concrete poured for this project. I'm not exactly when the builders show up but I was told soon so we'll see ....
I decided to wash the pails we use to haul out the chickens that aren't lucky enough to become smothered in BBQ sauce tonight. What a stinky nasty ordeal !!!
Only (almost) threw up about 35 times. Good grief. They're clean now though !!!
Not sure if you've been trying to picture the crushed concrete I spread last night or not but here it is. Levelish and niceish.
oldironfarmer
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I don't like JLG's. Especially not high ones. One job I had on a 120 ft JLG and I said never again.
STClurker
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I don't like any of them, I hate hauling the dang things
njhoudini
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The distinct smell of rotting bird flesh is gag inducing for sure. I noticed a finch didn't make it after flying into my enclosed porch window and I forgot it was there when I was mowing the lawn. Blech.
When I used to help with fixing scoreboards at football stadiums, they had cherry picker lifts that had massive bases that felt pretty secure going up but wind is never your friend when on one. Stay safe.
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When I used to help with fixing scoreboards at football stadiums, they had cherry picker lifts that had massive bases that felt pretty secure going up but wind is never your friend when on one. Stay safe.
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The largest I've been on was a 450SJ so far and it wasn't so bad. It's a far cry from a 120' machine though. JLG has a 185' model that I'd love to play with sometime !!! I don't know why I'd ever need to go that high but it would be neat to try once. Heights have never bothered me. There are a few guys I work with that get all weird on a 10' ladder.
This little one fits on a skid loader trailer and goes 34' up. We've rented larger ones from CES in Sauk but it's not often that this one doesn't do what we need it to.
The birds that don't make it are composted and smell very little .... unless you disturb the compost pile. These pails had been soaking for a week or so and were far worse than the worse stink I've smelled in a LONG time !!
I have a pretty wide tolerance of where I feel safe so no worries. I try to do things as by the book as possible but sometimes the pages are wrinkled or wet in that book and I can't read it. At that point I write my own story if needed
njhoudini
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Do you cover the composting birds with anything like a powder? The bird I ran over didn't smell bad until I disturbed it with the lawn mower blade and it was just terrible.
I just noticed you should probably also add chicken to your signature.
I just noticed you should probably also add chicken to your signature.
Stuart in MN
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Yup.
Starting about 3 in the afternoon, traffic is barely crawling out there. Fortunately I'm not one of them - I live in town, so while everyone else is commuting out to the suburbs I'm driving the opposite direction. I don't even need to take the freeway, instead I have a nice relaxing drive on city streets. Every night I pass by the lakes, where I can look at the pretty girls out sunbathing. Meh. The chickens aren't mine, I just take care of them. I guess that makes me a chicken tenderDo you cover the composting birds with anything like a powder? The bird I ran over didn't smell bad until I disturbed it with the lawn mower blade and it was just terrible.
I just noticed you should probably also add chicken to your signature.
No way I could deal with that traffic on a daily basis. I get twitchy when I have to wait for someone else at a stop sign.Yup.
Today I put a chunk of rain gutter under the water lines in the control because they sweat like a fat kid running to the fridge. For now they'll drain into the pail in the corner but the plan is to put a catch of sorts with a line to the drain eventually.
This is the peristaltic pump used to inject Hydrogen Peroxide into the water line. The peroxide keeps the minerals and junk suspended in the water so it doesn't deposit on the inside of the lines. Anyway, they're a PITA to prime. I use to switch dozens of the tubes every month on routine maintenance when I drive the supply truck at Leedstone. I figured out a few tricks to not lose prime when I switch tubes. The 1/4" valve inline on the supply side gets closed when the tube gets removed so the prime doesn't get lost. The large syringe on the other side is used to make sure the pump pulls the liquid back into the pump once the new squeeze tube is installed and the pump is put into prime mode. Now you know
We finished the evening off with a fish fry. I have a neighbor that drops fish off once in a while and today was that day. He calls and asks if he can put some fish in my freezer and I always say YES !!!
This is the peristaltic pump used to inject Hydrogen Peroxide into the water line. The peroxide keeps the minerals and junk suspended in the water so it doesn't deposit on the inside of the lines. Anyway, they're a PITA to prime. I use to switch dozens of the tubes every month on routine maintenance when I drive the supply truck at Leedstone. I figured out a few tricks to not lose prime when I switch tubes. The 1/4" valve inline on the supply side gets closed when the tube gets removed so the prime doesn't get lost. The large syringe on the other side is used to make sure the pump pulls the liquid back into the pump once the new squeeze tube is installed and the pump is put into prime mode. Now you know
We finished the evening off with a fish fry. I have a neighbor that drops fish off once in a while and today was that day. He calls and asks if he can put some fish in my freezer and I always say YES !!!
ABSTIFFGS
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For the record, you live 1 hour and 44 minutes from me.
oldironfarmer
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Interesting stuff!
Big Crescent wrenches and pipe wrenches are for removing hydraulic hoses, by the way.
Now let's see, you install a bird perch, then complain when they use it?
Big Crescent wrenches and pipe wrenches are for removing hydraulic hoses, by the way.
Now let's see, you install a bird perch, then complain when they use it?
C_F
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You must have used Bing Maps because the all knowing Google says I'm 102 miles from you. Google thinks that will take 1 hour and 38 minutes but what Google doesn't know is most of my vehicles haven't been out of the county in years. The only one that has is the minivan and the last time it visited you it left a 5 gallon pail of rust and dirt in your driveway.
If I didn't have a wrench that fit that would have been exactly what I would have grabbed next !!Interesting stuff!
Big Crescent wrenches and pipe wrenches are for removing hydraulic hoses, by the way.
Now let's see, you install a bird perch, then complain when they use it?
There was another camera on that same farm that had so much bird **** on it it was starting to rise up like a bird-****-stalagmite
I get all sweaty and twitchy just thinking about running or jogging. Whenever I get the urge to jog I sit down until it goes away !!The visual of that one made me laugh!
There are LOTS of things on the to-do-list but this one had to happen sooner than later. Whenever I go around this corner I always snag my shirt or shorts on this faucet. It is attached to a 3/4" piece of plastic pipe and has all kinds of wiggle in it. Whenever I use the faucet it feels like I'm going to break it off. The guys that put this stuff in here need to be shown a thing or two about how their work actually works in the real world. Plastic stuff doesn't last when there is a 250lb gorilla cranking on it daily.
I "solved" the problem by putting a 9" chunk of galvanized pipe in place and attaching it in two places. It is considerably more robust now and I no longer fear a flood of biblical proportions whenever I make this corner !!
After that was done Dad and I spent the rest of the day getting the barn ready for chicks on Thursday. Pretty much ready to go. The Poultry Litter Treatment needs to be spread and then all the lines can be lowered and we're ready to go.
A before and after picture set would have been appropriate here but picture the entire floor covered with shavings and mud and you'll about be there. Notice the cheap big box corn broom hanging on the wall .... It's nice but from what I've heard it isn't "Andy Nice" ....
After we got as much done in the barn as we could it was time to put the duals on the 7630. I'm going to be picking up a scraper to move some dirt around and will need the duals on for traction and stability. The Ryobi 1/2" impact sure does work well. I put all the bolts in to hold the dual on and when we checked how tight they were with the 3/4" breaker bar and 4' pipe they were surprisingly tight. I'm still amazed that a $100 tool can do this ...
"Alexa order me three concrete stacking blocks" .... $45/ea shipped. Not bad. I bet shipping would have been crazy without a Prime membership
I "solved" the problem by putting a 9" chunk of galvanized pipe in place and attaching it in two places. It is considerably more robust now and I no longer fear a flood of biblical proportions whenever I make this corner !!
After that was done Dad and I spent the rest of the day getting the barn ready for chicks on Thursday. Pretty much ready to go. The Poultry Litter Treatment needs to be spread and then all the lines can be lowered and we're ready to go.
A before and after picture set would have been appropriate here but picture the entire floor covered with shavings and mud and you'll about be there. Notice the cheap big box corn broom hanging on the wall .... It's nice but from what I've heard it isn't "Andy Nice" ....
After we got as much done in the barn as we could it was time to put the duals on the 7630. I'm going to be picking up a scraper to move some dirt around and will need the duals on for traction and stability. The Ryobi 1/2" impact sure does work well. I put all the bolts in to hold the dual on and when we checked how tight they were with the 3/4" breaker bar and 4' pipe they were surprisingly tight. I'm still amazed that a $100 tool can do this ...
"Alexa order me three concrete stacking blocks" .... $45/ea shipped. Not bad. I bet shipping would have been crazy without a Prime membership
njhoudini
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"Alexa order me three concrete stacking blocks" .... $45/ea shipped. Not bad. I bet shipping would have been crazy without a Prime membership [emoji38]_hitti
Nice upgrade on the plumbing. I wonder how much that block weighs and if i could get one delivered via Prime... Would love to put one on the corner of my property.
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cvairwerks
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You mentioned having to prime the injector pump when you change the gubing... Any reason to not move your peroxide source tank to a location above the pump and not have gravity feed to it?
I believe they weigh around 2,200lbs. The guys that picked up all the concrete forms delivered them with their boom truck
Not a bad idea but the peroxide is in a 55gal barrel and weighs 600ish pounds. A barrel lasts around 3 months so it's not a big deal to deal with it 4 times a year. The next project will be to build a little shed/roof over the barrel to keep the sunlight and rain off it.
This morning the eldest two little people helped with chores. Lily wanted to drive her Jeep out to the barn. She did her best to drive over what's left of this hay bale but the plastic tires just couldn't get the ol' Jeep to climb up there
I priced a new Grassmaster tire for the Hustler and it was $80 and stumbled on a set of Wanda tires and rims for $65 shipped on eBay from Surplus Center. I figured I can't go wrong !! They bolt right up.
I went to move the bus today and it was a bear to get running right. I took it for a 4 mile journey to Dad's place and back and it's got a knock that has developed under load. I can rev the ol' 350 SBC to 4k RPM and it flies right up and idles down great but under load it knocks like crazy. I'm hoping it's just old gas as it's been 3yrs since it's been filled. 60gal tank and we rarely go more than 20 miles away. The plan is to drain it and refill with 5gal of fresh stuff and see what happens. As another precaution I changed the oil out for some 15w 40 to see if it got quieter ... it didn't ... The oil drains out right on top of the axle but with a well placed funnel it goes where it should.
I priced a new Grassmaster tire for the Hustler and it was $80 and stumbled on a set of Wanda tires and rims for $65 shipped on eBay from Surplus Center. I figured I can't go wrong !! They bolt right up.
I went to move the bus today and it was a bear to get running right. I took it for a 4 mile journey to Dad's place and back and it's got a knock that has developed under load. I can rev the ol' 350 SBC to 4k RPM and it flies right up and idles down great but under load it knocks like crazy. I'm hoping it's just old gas as it's been 3yrs since it's been filled. 60gal tank and we rarely go more than 20 miles away. The plan is to drain it and refill with 5gal of fresh stuff and see what happens. As another precaution I changed the oil out for some 15w 40 to see if it got quieter ... it didn't ... The oil drains out right on top of the axle but with a well placed funnel it goes where it should.
Bib Overalls
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While the tank is empty fit it with a drain valve. When you park it drain the fuel out and use it in one of your gas burning cars, tractors, etc. Then run the carb dry. When you want to use it put in 5 gallons of fresh and drive it over to your tank or stop in town on your way to wherever you're headed.
ABSTIFFGS
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I know, I'm still cleaning up that mess.
And no, I used Waze. It's 106 miles.
Farmall450
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Interesting stuff!
Big Crescent wrenches and pipe wrenches are for removing hydraulic hoses, by the way.
Now let's see, you install a bird perch, then complain when they use it?
Not angles?
cvairwerks
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We got around the weight and volume thing by using day tanks for the low use chemicals. Caustic soda and hydrochloric acid were in bulk tanks in thousands of gallons, while sulphuric and nitric acid were in 285 gallon totes. Sulphuric and nitric got pumped into 10 gallon day tanks and flocculant into a 5 gallon tank.
There is a drain plug on the bottom of the tank but I'm pretty sure the last time it moved was 1977 when it was brand new. When I get time I'm going to pull the fuel line off the pump and siphon it out into 5 gal cans. I'm not sure I'm comfortable drilling into a fuel tank to install a drain plug ...
I park all my vehicles on dirt, it's easier to clean up the mess if it blends in. Give the van another winter to rust up again and we'll come visit again.
Okay I've been reading this over and over for three days and I haven't the foggiest what's going on !!Not angles?
On most of our robotic dairies we encourage the dairymen to only keep 5 gal containers hooked up to the robots and refill them from the larger 55 gal containers as needed. It's a simple safeguard against pumping an entire 55 gal of product down the drain. We've never had anyone do that but have heard stories from other dealers that have.
New baby chicks came today
When we were done getting the chickens settled in their new home the lumber for the roof structure on the stacking slab showed up. I guess they're going to start building on Monday.
The areas around the stacking slab are horribly rough and a few feet from finished grade so we found someone with a scraper we could use and away we go !!
First load of many
Last load of many !!! I was loading/unloading in about 3 minutes for around 4hrs so that makes around 80 loads and 700ish yards of dirt moved today. Not bad for the first time I've used a scraper.
Dad was in the skid loader while I ran the scraper and kept leveling the dirt off while I brought more. It turned out fairly well if I do say so myself
Once the construction guys are done we'll spread the black dirt back on top. Any screws/nails and whatnot will disappear under 6-8" of dirt never to be seen again ... Hopefully.
When we were done getting the chickens settled in their new home the lumber for the roof structure on the stacking slab showed up. I guess they're going to start building on Monday.
The areas around the stacking slab are horribly rough and a few feet from finished grade so we found someone with a scraper we could use and away we go !!
First load of many
Last load of many !!! I was loading/unloading in about 3 minutes for around 4hrs so that makes around 80 loads and 700ish yards of dirt moved today. Not bad for the first time I've used a scraper.
Dad was in the skid loader while I ran the scraper and kept leveling the dirt off while I brought more. It turned out fairly well if I do say so myself
Once the construction guys are done we'll spread the black dirt back on top. Any screws/nails and whatnot will disappear under 6-8" of dirt never to be seen again ... Hopefully.
cvairwerks
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Might check at you nearest rental yards and see if they have road magnets for rent. A couple of passes around the site and you shouldn't have to ever worry about screws and nails coming up from the dirt.
The construction crews around here are usually very good about picking up after themselves but no matter how hard you try there is usually something left in the dirt. I know General Rental nearby has a BIG magnet and I'll have to see how much it is. It wouldn't be a bad idea to run around with it. Even if it only picks up one nail that's a good deal.
I could grow Ironwoods and make them into long bows. Might be more profitable than farmingDon't use a magnet. Use water and grow them out of the dirt.
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Bob Heine
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Mike, the only thing I could think of that would be LESS profitable than farming would be the playing side of a gambling casino (unless you're James Bond).I could grow Ironwoods and make them into long bows. Might be more profitable than farming
cvairwerks
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Doesn't matter how careful they are, stuff still gets dropped and missed. We run a FODBoss down our ramp every day, and a vacuum truck with a huge magnet and we still occasionally find stuff out there. We also run a vacuum down the hangar door tracks and a magnet before every engine run.
The ultimate in vacuum cleaners ( worked on these when I was on a different program
), but when we **** up something other than fine dust, bugs or the occasional leaf, it gets expensive in a hurry....Just to give you an idea, that's all water being sucked up from the ramp, in probably a 30' radius form the nose gear. And yes, the intake suction is great enough to grab a 200# person if you get in the wrong area around it.
oldironfarmer
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I like the scraper. You probably need one.
On the fuel tank, heat the drain plug with a torch, it will come out.
On the fuel tank, heat the drain plug with a torch, it will come out.
C_F
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The ultimate in vacuum cleaners ( worked on these when I was on a different program
Just to give you an idea, that's all water being sucked up from the ramp, in probably a 30' radius form the nose gear. And yes, the intake suction is great enough to grab a 200# person if you get in the wrong area around it.
That was cool, thanks for posting the link.
Technically there are a lot of hobby farmers out there. I'm a hobby farmer. In my big book of definitions a hobby is something that is time consuming that doesn't make much (or any) money.
Holy **** that is a lot of suction !!
This scraper is valued around $15k so I have no problem renting this one as needed. The owner purchased it to move enough dirt to build a 240 cow dairy barn and saved well over it's purchase price by not hiring someone to do the work.
Ok well ... if I heat the drain plug with a torch will I live to post about it on here ?? Seems like putting a torch to any part of a metal gas tank is asking for problems .... I understand it needs to be empty but then I'd also need to somehow need to make sure there are no vapors and such as well in the tank ...
The corn is looking amazing this year. There are two cobs on most stalks and they are HUGE !!
UE Megaboom for size reference ....
The last time Dad baled hay he found this laying in the field. Never good finding parts laying in the field that belong to the machine you're currently using ....
It belongs here. You can see a still intact one below the hole. It's purpose is to help keep the hay away from the plunger once it's entered the bale chamber. The plunger pushes that hay past these "dogs" and they prevent it from following the plunger back. This leaves room for the next chunk of hay to enter the bale chamber and so forth.
We brought it to a local fab shop that does mostly ag work and they fixed it right up. They beefed up a few other areas that were wearing thin as well. This picture doesn't do anything for how cramped it is in here. Putting the new parts back in really sucked. The spring needed to be compressed while the pin needed to be put in all while standing on a ladder to reach it and only being able to get in there with one arm. Bob where were you when I needed you ??
Here's a closer up ....
While we were in there we found a bearing that was well beyond bad.
To easily drive the inner race out of a worn out bearing find a socket just larger than the outer diameter of the housing and set it on top of the socket. Use a cold chisel to drive the race down into the socket working your way around 1/4 turn at a time with gentle taps. Speed is not your friend here as you do not want to damage the housing.
To reinstall the inner races you find a socket just slightly smaller than the race and drive it in with gentle taps working your way around like before.
Installed and back together
These bearings are what suspend the plunger of the baler. It rides back and forth and is the part of the baler that packs the hay into a tight bale.
UE Megaboom for size reference ....
The last time Dad baled hay he found this laying in the field. Never good finding parts laying in the field that belong to the machine you're currently using ....
It belongs here. You can see a still intact one below the hole. It's purpose is to help keep the hay away from the plunger once it's entered the bale chamber. The plunger pushes that hay past these "dogs" and they prevent it from following the plunger back. This leaves room for the next chunk of hay to enter the bale chamber and so forth.
We brought it to a local fab shop that does mostly ag work and they fixed it right up. They beefed up a few other areas that were wearing thin as well. This picture doesn't do anything for how cramped it is in here. Putting the new parts back in really sucked. The spring needed to be compressed while the pin needed to be put in all while standing on a ladder to reach it and only being able to get in there with one arm. Bob where were you when I needed you ??
Here's a closer up ....
While we were in there we found a bearing that was well beyond bad.
To easily drive the inner race out of a worn out bearing find a socket just larger than the outer diameter of the housing and set it on top of the socket. Use a cold chisel to drive the race down into the socket working your way around 1/4 turn at a time with gentle taps. Speed is not your friend here as you do not want to damage the housing.
To reinstall the inner races you find a socket just slightly smaller than the race and drive it in with gentle taps working your way around like before.
Installed and back together
These bearings are what suspend the plunger of the baler. It rides back and forth and is the part of the baler that packs the hay into a tight bale.
Farmall450
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By angles I meant angle wrenches!
Nice scrapper work, btw. I think he was joking about the torch and the gas tank.
Nice scrapper work, btw. I think he was joking about the torch and the gas tank.
oldironfarmer
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I did not intend to give you a safe method of getting the fuel tank drained. I am really hoping anyone reading here who has a torch knows about gasoline vapors and explosions. There is no safe way to work on a gasoline tank with heat unless you fill it with water first, assuming you don't have an LEL meter. If you have to ask, you don't.
Chickens are kind of like boats? Excited when you get them, then...
That's a serious hay dog. Of course a baler will work fine with one or two missing or stuck. Fine until it doesn't, then it's hard to see what's wrong with a chamber full of hay. On my small square baler the dogs are on the top and bottom. The top ones never get stuck or fall off. The bottom ones are fun out in the heat in the field. Looks like some good repairs. Is that a 3x3 or 4x4 baler?
Chickens are kind of like boats? Excited when you get them, then...
That's a serious hay dog. Of course a baler will work fine with one or two missing or stuck. Fine until it doesn't, then it's hard to see what's wrong with a chamber full of hay. On my small square baler the dogs are on the top and bottom. The top ones never get stuck or fall off. The bottom ones are fun out in the heat in the field. Looks like some good repairs. Is that a 3x3 or 4x4 baler?
I assumed as well but that Andy is a resourceful one and sometimes might have a trick up his sleeve I've never heard of ....
No worries here. I was pricing an alum fuel cell from Summit Racing but lost interest when I saw that it would cost half what I paid for the bus for one large enough to actually be able to drive somewhere without having to plan gas station stops.
I don't have to ask, we have a GasAlert MicroClip XL at work that we use before going in bulk storage tanks to make sure there are no residual gases left over from the system washing.
Chickens are like trampolines, the kids beg for one and promise they'll use it "forever" and forget about it 37 minutes later. There it sits needing to be mowed around
The baler pictured above is a Case IH 8575 Silage Special. It makes a 30"x32" bale. There are three dogs that hang above and a couple stationary serrated sections in the floor. Dad had the hay cleaned out before I got to it. I've cleaned it out before, it is a dusty and itchy adventure.
Dad got a bunch of meadow hay cut yesterday by my place.
There is a spot that is always a little soft and he just about got stuck !!! The picture doesn't do it justice but the ruts are well over a foot deep ...
I tried moving the concrete stacker blocks with my skid loader and it would lift them but it got really mad when I tried to drive around. Not heavy enough in the back end.
The power was out yesterday for almost 4hrs so the genny got fired up. The generator for the chicken barn starts on it's own but I have to drag this one out of the shed to keep power to the well for the steers.
My electrician installed a very simple interlock on each panel. All breakers get shut off while I get the generator dialed into 240v and 60hz so nothing gets fried when the load gets put on.
Perfect 120v going into the battery backup so it looks good
Whenever the chicken barn generator starts it's suppose to call me and it did not today. The phone company box is on a UPS but the LAN light wasn't lit up. I called them to see what was up and was told that when the UPS doesn't see line power it shuts off the internet side of the card. The simple solution is to have their UPS on my own UPS. Once that was done the internet worked again. I hadn't gotten the tractor generator going yet as I wanted to figure out why the barn did not call. I made a test call once the phone company equipment was plugged in and it worked so all is well !!
The chicken barn alarm also calls when the generator stops running once line power is restored. This is handy so I know when I can go shut off my tractor generator without having to check the meter every so often.
I also got a shelf mounted in my office at home to make it easier to setup computers for work. Until now I had been setting them on the floor and switching cables around. I ordered a 2 device KVM switch and this is a whole lot nicer.
There is a spot that is always a little soft and he just about got stuck !!! The picture doesn't do it justice but the ruts are well over a foot deep ...
I tried moving the concrete stacker blocks with my skid loader and it would lift them but it got really mad when I tried to drive around. Not heavy enough in the back end.
The power was out yesterday for almost 4hrs so the genny got fired up. The generator for the chicken barn starts on it's own but I have to drag this one out of the shed to keep power to the well for the steers.
My electrician installed a very simple interlock on each panel. All breakers get shut off while I get the generator dialed into 240v and 60hz so nothing gets fried when the load gets put on.
Perfect 120v going into the battery backup so it looks good
Whenever the chicken barn generator starts it's suppose to call me and it did not today. The phone company box is on a UPS but the LAN light wasn't lit up. I called them to see what was up and was told that when the UPS doesn't see line power it shuts off the internet side of the card. The simple solution is to have their UPS on my own UPS. Once that was done the internet worked again. I hadn't gotten the tractor generator going yet as I wanted to figure out why the barn did not call. I made a test call once the phone company equipment was plugged in and it worked so all is well !!
The chicken barn alarm also calls when the generator stops running once line power is restored. This is handy so I know when I can go shut off my tractor generator without having to check the meter every so often.
I also got a shelf mounted in my office at home to make it easier to setup computers for work. Until now I had been setting them on the floor and switching cables around. I ordered a 2 device KVM switch and this is a whole lot nicer.