Above 1200 Sq/FT Out on Quaker Road

[drivesitfar]

JBL: TODAY'S FARM REPORT: yep we found a few others that swallowed a bat so we've been notified by the BAT LEADERS that they are PO'd and they are shutting the world down. we'll be shutting down public water now so all you ditch diggers get your glasses and jugs ready to get your water from your ditch.
that is all and more later as this situation is ongoing.


i'm certainly not as good as you so i'll also hope you are ok after drinking water from your new ditch's pipe to add more pictures and words later.

our weather is warming up nicely so hope yours is too.

cheers

 

[Bob Heine]

really interesting approach in this video.

Thanks for that link. Raises my admiration level another couple of notches.

 

[jblnut]

really no surface inlets? got them all over in rock county area.


also in finding those i stumbled upon this. makes a lotta sense:

Not "no" surface inlets, they are just frowned upon and this make the red tape MUCH thicker .... I like the video and we've thought about them but with the hills and valleys we have all we'd be doing is making the wet spots wetter ....

How many tractors and dozers chained together before one of the tractors becomes a 2 piece?

Lol good question. All that stuff hooked together is for traction reasons in the mud, not because the tractor pulling the plow didn't have the power. So basically as many as it takes at that point. The dozer is hooked to the 9300 with my big 200,000lb rated tow rope and the 8430 in front of it is hooked to a frame mounted hook on the dozer with a high tensile 5/8" log chain and the CIH Puma 16 is hooked up with a nice little 5/16 Grade 70 transport chain. Nothing broke and nothing should brake. You just gotta be smart and hook things up correctly and you won't have any issues

Just a wild thought, but does the water that's drained through the tiles get captured and reused for watering of the crop?

I figured you'd never look at a plowing disk the same after making one into a cooking utensil! LOL

None of this water gets recaptured. There are a few systems in flatter parts of the country that I've heard of doing that though and they're quite interesting.

I look at the Wishek Disk and my mouth starts watering for all those future steaks that will be grilled on all it's blades lol.

JBL: I think I knew you bought that big machine that is laying tile and sounds like you and your friend will have another side business for LEO and your friend's son to take over when they are old enough. another step in the right direction for you being a FULL TIME FARMER is my guess.

looks like maybe you have some sun now if the heat could show up so you can get some dirt work started you'll be golden.

just checking in for our daily FARM REPORT from MINN E SODA.

cheers!!

Since we bought this plow we've had a bunch of neighbors call and say "Well gee if you're bored you can come tile some ground we have". I am 100% sure we can make more money tiling than planting corn/soybeans but where's the fun in that

Lol about the sun. It snowed here well over an inch today and WELL over a foot in places South of us

Mike, I assume the drainage systems will be wonderful until you have an extended dry spell. Farming is like a giant casino game. Put your money down and hope the dice go your way!

Even during a dry spell, the tile is advantageous because the crop has deeper roots which can search for more moisture.

Andy thank you for answering Bob's question. This is the goal. To get the crops to drive their roots down deep so they can make use of all available moisture.

Mike, just curious if that GPS base station is used when locating that drain tile. Amazing how much water is coming out of the newly installed tile. Where do you drain that to? Will those tile eventually fill with silt? I always have heard that they need some type of fabric filter around them.
Great job though, looks like it will really dry out your fields.

Jay

If you mean when locating the drain tile for after the install in the years to come yes, we can find it again. We were surprised at how much water was coming out already as well !! The water drains into a county ditch. There is tile available with a sock around it but the soil type this tile is installed in is coarse enough that it won't fill with silt even with no sock.

I know it must work ok but how does the drain pipe not fill with dirt over time?

There are three basic different types of tile and each has it's place in a certain soil type. The soil this stuff is installed in is course enough that it won't find it's way into the tile. For finer soils you'd use a different type of tile with a fabric cover or smaller holes to prevent dirt from filtering in.

Ag Leader tech, from right here in Ames, Iowa. Lots of ISU students intern there. I did not. But I'm at Deere and prefer our gps tech to theirs. Got to play with the kits that will fit your Case equipment last week.

The dozer was a good idea, you can backfill and clean up some of the ruts as you go

We were going to go with 100% Deere stuff but the Intellislope software can only run on an Ag Leader monitor so we decided to use all Ag Leader stuff and get the plow it's own setup. We have Trimble stuff on the combine for yield mapping and I hope to be able to utilize more GPS tech in the future for tillage and planting and such.

I will definitely let you have the first few glasses...then stand back & see if you turn green or not.

It was running crystal clear this morning already when we got back to the field and I took a handful and it tasted great. The idea is to keep all the nutrients in the soil so a properly designed drainage system should have very little leechage through itself.

JBL: TODAY'S FARM REPORT: yep we found a few others that swallowed a bat so we've been notified by the BAT LEADERS that they are PO'd and they are shutting the world down. we'll be shutting down public water now so all you ditch diggers get your glasses and jugs ready to get your water from your ditch.
that is all and more later as this situation is ongoing.


i'm certainly not as good as you so i'll also hope you are ok after drinking water from your new ditch's pipe to add more pictures and words later.

our weather is warming up nicely so hope yours is too.

cheers

Good work Drives !! Maybe you can be my ghost writer one day !!! I sure hope we warm up soon as well. We'll be planting oats towards the end of the week so it'd be great for it to warm up so that stuff can get a start !!

Thanks for that link. Raises my admiration level another couple of notches.

There is an amazing amount off tech in the Ag Industry that the general public isn't often exposed to so I also appreciate the link !!!

 

[Farmall450]

Tile runs 24/7/365. Seems hard to justify up front cost, but it pays for itself so many times over.

Most of our farm is pattern tiled and it makes so much difference that we take for granted. Used to spend most of our time fighting mud holes spring and fall only to get poor yields, now we rarely raise the cultivator.




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Yeah, it's amazing how much water you can pick up off of 10 acres.

 

[jblnut]

Yeah, it's amazing how much water you can pick up off of 10 acres.

To put it in perspective ..... If it rains an inch on those 10 acres 271,540 gallons of water just fell. A 4" tile at 1% grade will flow 70GPM so that means it'll take a little over 2.6 days for the water to run through the tile. That of course is figuring that NONE of it ran off over the surface which would be unlikely.

 

[jblnut]

Cutting tile with a utility knife while down in the connecting trenches was getting old so I found some scrap laying around the yard to make something better.


This is what I came up with. A foot powered tile cutter deal. It'll make more sense maybe when I show it in action ....


I added a little solar charger to the base station to keep the battery in tip top shape. I had it around and it seemed like a good idea so why not


The guy running the dozer started running across the tile scar on the way back to squash the dirt back in the trench and it worked VERY well !!


Step 1 - Find main tile line WITHOUT damaging it with the excavator. It sounds silly but I could feel it when I got close to it. "Just tickle the top"


Step 2 - Slice the pipe with the sweet tile cutter using the T as a width guide. At least an inch shorter than what is needed is ideal so it fits nice and snug.


Another Step 2 picture .....


Step 3 - remove the cut piece and watch the water flowing in the main already.


Step 4 - Put the T in keeping the inlet up so water doesn't fill the hole up while waiting for the tile plow arrive.


Step 5 - Stand on the tile once the plow starts moving so it doesn't drag the tile out of the newly installed T.


Step 6 - Climb back into the excavator and enjoy the nice warm cab while it's 24F outside


Step 7 - Fill the hole in. Gotta be careful not to drop dirt to fast on the tile and make sure no rocks fall on it either. Either thing can squash it and cause it to not work properly.


By the end of the day we had just shy of 13,000' of 4" tile put in the ground


Day two of the 4' install it was my turn to run the plow to get to learn how it works. It was a balmy 17F in the morning when we got out there


It started to snow little ice balls mid morning


As soon as that happened the ground got slippery and I needed George to give the tile tractor a little extra tug.


We hooked the dozer up for each run for the rest of the day and things went quite smoothly.


By the time the snow was done falling George looked like a snowman


That is the final map of where all the tile is laid. There are some weird looking things but most of them are places where we surveyed and didn't perfectly follow the lines back when laying the tile. Now I need to figure out how to get this map out of the monitor and into a computer so we can make it all pretty looking and figure out exactly how many feet of tile we installed.

 

[Finallygotit]

Nice work Mike. I'm impressed with the homemade tile cutter and it looks like it works great. Stay warm and safe.


Take care!

 

[jeepxj]

time to put another blade on the foot cutter and make them perfect width every time. adjust one blade for 4-6-8" cuts.

 

[jblnut]

Nice work Mike. I'm impressed with the homemade tile cutter and it looks like it works great. Stay warm and safe.

Take care!

The cutter was a MAJOR time saver vs digging in the mud with a utility knife !!!

Warm and safe it is !! Cold weather doesn't really bug us that much. We grumble a little but almost always end the grumble with "but hey, it could always be colder. Ya know like it was back (pick a colder day and temp and insert it here lol)"

time to put another blade on the foot cutter and make them perfect width every time. adjust one blade for 4-6-8" cuts.

That's not a bad idea !! I was going to modify this one a little anyway. Maybe a complete new one would be in order. We'll be cutting into 6" tile most of the time so that could work very well ......

 

[jblnut]

I ordered a couple "larger" shackles to use with my Champion Tow Ropes and the first one came today. It's got a bit of heft too it as well !!! This one is a 25 Ton rated Crosby shackle. A bargain at $60 shipped on eBay.


Lily approves and was struggling to hold it long enough for me to take a picture

 

[C_F]

Dang! I don't think that shackle will be the weak link at any time...ever!

 

[XJSuperman]

The only thing worse than a weak shackle is a flying shackle. Keep everything in one piece and connected.

I have clevis/shackle envy

 

[lis2323]

Wow. $60 shipped for that BIG Crosby! What a deal! [emoji41]

 

[jblnut]

Dang! I don't think that shackle will be the weak link at any time...ever!

Lol I agree !!!

The only thing worse than a weak shackle is a flying shackle. Keep everything in one piece and connected.

I have clevis/shackle envy

I'd rather the rope breaks and fails before the shackle fails and becomes a missile. The rope will stay on the ground if it snaps, the shackle will go airborne !!

I knew it's be a good sized shackle but never really thought it'd be that big

Wow. $60 shipped for that BIG Crosby! What a deal! [emoji41]

I agree !! The seller has a bunch more if you'd like to get one to pull the lawnmower out of the mud

 

[jblnut]

That 25 ton shackle looks normal sized when it's on a 4" diameter rope


The other shackles are trickling in. The "little" Crosby on the left will go under the STX325 and hook to the tile plow. The 25 ton pin/nut Crosby will go on the other end of the 200k rated Champion Tow Rope. The 25 ton Chicago brand clevis on the right will go on one end of the 125k rated Champion Tow Rope and will hook under the STX325 when it's on the tile plow. The other other end will go in a yet to be purchased 17 ton shackle or possibly directly into the hammer ******** the tractor. We shall see.


A neighbor with 4 Lely A3 Next milking robots called in this morning with computer troubles. It didn't want to boot so Miss Lily and I want on a service call together. She had fun watching them milk and the manager (who is dating one of my cousins) took Lily out in the barn to do some exploring. They had fun and we got the computer back up and running like it should be.

 

[Sifan]

Seriously hope and pray this virus deal does not play havoc with your chicken processing! The thought of you and poor Lilly plucking 42,000 chickens seems a little overwhelming

 

[Sifan]

Thought you might like my BIL's most favorite manure story: Worked for him while going to college. Spring of year, lot to do and he decided to have local truck ship cattle to market. running late and we did not have all cattle sorted. All 5'2" truck driver Fred decided to "help" with his whip and hot shot. We used neither of those, didn't need them. My job was to run the 5'tall, 10'wide white oak 2x6 cutting gate. The more Fred popped his whip, the more agitated cattle became. I had turned them a couple of times and then one of the steers got to close to Fred and he got spooked and hit the steer with the hot shot. Steer took off towards me with all his friends in tow. Hit the gate full blast and broke the hinges. Next I knew, I woke up flat on my back, laying in 6-8" inches of wet soupy manure with the gate on top of me. Was okay other than a nice goose egg on the back of my head and manure head to toe and BIL laughing his **** off. Walked over to concrete water trough, did a back splash, washed the manure off, got out, shook like a dog and went back to cutting cattle BIL tells it that I told Fred to sit his *** in his truck until we got it loaded and if he got out I was going to hot shot his ***. I don't remember that, but probably did LOL

 

[BORING HOP YARD]

I think this is going to be a year that Miss Lilly remembers for a very long time.

 

[jblnut]

Seriously hope and pray this virus deal does not play havoc with your chicken processing! The thought of you and poor Lilly plucking 42,000 chickens seems a little overwhelming

They have a plan in place for if an outbreak at the processing plant happens. Not sure what it is but they assured us at most it'll push things back only a few days with no loss of birds. Hopefully we won't need to find out what that all means.

Thought you might like my BIL's most favorite manure story: Worked for him while going to college. Spring of year, lot to do and he decided to have local truck ship cattle to market. running late and we did not have all cattle sorted. All 5'2" truck driver Fred decided to "help" with his whip and hot shot. We used neither of those, didn't need them. My job was to run the 5'tall, 10'wide white oak 2x6 cutting gate. The more Fred popped his whip, the more agitated cattle became. I had turned them a couple of times and then one of the steers got to close to Fred and he got spooked and hit the steer with the hot shot. Steer took off towards me with all his friends in tow. Hit the gate full blast and broke the hinges. Next I knew, I woke up flat on my back, laying in 6-8" inches of wet soupy manure with the gate on top of me. Was okay other than a nice goose egg on the back of my head and manure head to toe and BIL laughing his **** off. Walked over to concrete water trough, did a back splash, washed the manure off, got out, shook like a dog and went back to cutting cattle BIL tells it that I told Fred to sit his *** in his truck until we got it loaded and if he got out I was going to hot shot his ***. I don't remember that, but probably did LOL

Two takeaways from that for me ... #1 - I hate using shockers of any kind and do not own one. I do not let the truckers that haul our cattle even bring them out of their trucks. #2 - I wish I could count how many times I've been in the wrong place at the wrong time and landed in the manure. I've gotten a lot better at working cattle but you still never really know what they're going to do until they're doing it !!

I think this is going to be a year that Miss Lilly remembers for a very long time.

I was hoping 2020 would be a better year than 2019 in a lot of ways on the farm but so far it doesn't look that it will be that way. This whole virus thing will be a memory like 9/11 and a few others in the past. I remember exactly where I was when I found out the first tower had collapsed. She'll remember all the BS that happened because of this virus deal for sure.

 

[jblnut]

I always thought the 318 needed a loader. A nice self leveling 740 will look nice


Put tubes in a couple tires today. The tires aren't all that shot yet BUT they leak enough to be a PITA SO they get tubes !!!


Some steel arrived for another project


Mixed a couple loads of feed and the hopper bin with Enogen corn ran empty so we need to start to pulling out of the big bin. It's a bit more complicated because we need a jump auger to get it high enough to get into the mixer.


The first of a few pallets of oats to be seeded this spring. We decided to do more than normal to give us a chance to get some tiling done once it's harvested.


12 bags in at a time !! The drill will hold 27 bags total.


We usually pull a packer/roller in front of the grain drill to break up any clumps and create nice seedbed for the drill to seed into.


Looks silly but works great !!!


While Dad was seeding I started repairing the spreader that someone "cough" DAD stripped out a gear on when he forgot to stop the apron chain when he stopped the beater and then restarted the beater when it had a lot of pressure on it from the apron chain still running. I can't be too critical though because I've done even dumber stuff than that before


Old gear was just a "tad" worn so it was time to replace it anyway I suppose.


Load of chicken pooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop !!!!!


Moments before the spreader was empty the chain broke. We noticed it was quite worn and I really only wanted to do one load so it broke at a decent time if there is a decent time for something to break I guess.



Yikes. I didn't see this before !! This chain is beyond shot


Time to disk in all the pooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop we spread !!


Feels good to be doing something in the field again


It would appear that I have a stowaway !! Little Alyssa wanted to ride along and of course I couldn't say no that that cute little face !!!


We decided to park the tractor and disk in the new shop. Lol. It'll actually fit really nicely !!

 

[davo727]

That 740 is a bad *** loader, I need to put a loader on massey283.....

 

[drivesitfar]

JBL: good to see you have some decent weather and it's warmed up enough for you to get the ground planted. I bet you learned to be handy and fix stuff before you even drove (or maybe walked).

with stuff breaking down or needing repairs or replacing I bet it can get a bit stressful, but your posts seem to always be upbeat so you and dad seem to handle adversity well.

hope the repairs don't slow you down cause it looks like you are on a roll.

love the NEW BARN PIC TOO.

 

[jblnut]

That 740 is a bad *** loader, I need to put a loader on massey283.....

It's been a good loader for us. Purchased new with our 7400 back in 1994. There is a really nice International 2250 loader on Craigslist right now. I know the guy selling it and I'm sure he'd work out a deal with you iff'in you're interested

Loader link -> https://stcloud.craigslist.org/grd/d/albany-international-2250-loader/7110679354.html

JBL: good to see you have some decent weather and it's warmed up enough for you to get the ground planted. I bet you learned to be handy and fix stuff before you even drove (or maybe walked).

with stuff breaking down or needing repairs or replacing I bet it can get a bit stressful, but your posts seem to always be upbeat so you and dad seem to handle adversity well.

hope the repairs don't slow you down cause it looks like you are on a roll.

love the NEW BARN PIC TOO.

I think before I was driving and walking I learned to break things which needs to happen before you can learn to fix them

Typically when something breaks it's because of misuse or a lack of inspection and maintenance so there really isn't anyone to get mad at other than yourself. When something breaks that we don't anticipate it does add some stress but there is no reason to get pissy and mad. Find the problem, fix it and move on. The silver lining with things breaking down is there is always something you can learn about that machine in the process. I like taking things apart and seeing what makes them work but I much prefer to do it on my schedule, not the machines schedule !!

If by "new barn" you mean the tractor and disk in the shed then so do I !! I have a buddy that lives in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area that calls sheds barns and it confuses me a bit.

Dude Guy - "Hey jblnut, I think I'm going to do dirtwork for my new barn this summer!!"
jblnut - "Hey Dude Guy you better ask your neighbors first. They may not like you building a barn at the end of a cultisac."
Dude Guy - "They are all good neighbors, they'll be fine with it."
jblnut - "Huh. Better check with the city council then. They may have rules against building a barn within city limits."
Dude Guy - "Nope, all I need to do is stay under 1,200ft/sq and there shouldn't be any issues."
jblnut - "Well that's not that big of a barn !!!"
Dude Guy - "It'll be plenty big. I should be able to get an auto lift and three vehicles in there easily !!"
jblnut - "Wait .... what ?"
Dude Guy - "Three cars and an auto lift will easily fit in a 30x40 barn. Your new barn is going to be 54x72 isn't it ??"
jblnut - "Ohhhhhh. By 'barn' you mean shed/shop NOT FOR CATTLE !!! That makes WAY more sense now !!"

At least he was talking about doing dirt work and building a new man cave/shop/shed/notabarn. Let's call it project "Notabarn". Get going Dude Guy !! I want to read all about project "Notabarn" on the internet

 

[Sifan]

My Dad: cussing, ranting, throwing a fit never fixed anything and you still got it to do. I agreed with him right up to him dropping the sledge on my non steel toe tennis shoe

 

[Lotusnut]

I saw this image and thought of your thread.

 

[Farmall450]

Wow, wonder how you came up with a price in mind for that 2250 IH loader

 

[C_F]

I saw this image and thought of your thread.

Haha!

 

[red]

Haha!

Yep, it's the new "cash" crop

 

[jblnut]

My Dad: cussing, ranting, throwing a fit never fixed anything and you still got it to do. I agreed with him right up to him dropping the sledge on my non steel toe tennis shoe

My Dad dropped one of the new to us 25t shackles on his non steel toe tennis shoes the other day. I wasn't there when it happened BUT I heard the story a few times and it sounded like it hurt so I'm sure it did !!! The things weigh north of 30lbs so they pick up a bit of speed before hitting the ground !!

I saw this image and thought of your thread.

That's awesome !!!

Wow, wonder how you came up with a price in mind for that 2250 IH loader

It came to me in a dream

Haha!

Yep, it's the new "cash" crop

If I could plant toilet paper I think I would at this point. All commodities are down to the point that farming looks like it's going to be a "hobby" this year. Hopefully things turn around soon !!!

 

[oldironfarmer]

This talk of planting toilet paper reminds me of a riddle.

"Know how to cook toilet paper?"

Simple, you brown it on one side and throw it in the pot.

 

[drivesitfar]

JBL: I hear you on not knowing what the year is going to bring cause it's a crazy couple of months the WORLD is having with this PANICDEMIC of 2020.

that said i love BEYOND BURGERS and I know you've got the ability to grow their ingredients.

also the stores seem to be out of CHICKEN (I know somebody that has a few chicks in his huge barn now) and BEEF (well he did have more, but he's still got some) and now the machines and skills to drain off all the wetlands in MINN E SODA so the rivers and ponds can be full again (or more drinking water if you like you water fresh from the fields).

joking aside i hope the weather and the economy turn around for you so you'll think of this little spot in history as a reminder how quickly things can go upside down.

looking forward to more pics and news from THE FARM ON GJ so whenever you have time to please do.

cheers

 

[Sifan]

Nephew farmer 'only a farmer plants when market price is less than input prices' . Yes another potential hobby farmer for 2020. They were blowing some feed corn into silo when great nephew leaned over and his shirt pocket cell phone slid out into the blower hopper. How did that work? Not too well, none of the pieces larger than 50 cent piece. Nephew still has humor, that shoots our profit for the year ��. Nephew said my ribeye, tbone appointment has been pushed back to August �� that baby is going to be prime prime prime ��

 

[jeepxj]

JBL: I hear you on not knowing what the year is going to bring cause it's a crazy couple of months the WORLD is having with this PANICDEMIC of 2020.

that said i love BEYOND BURGERS and I know you've got the ability to grow their ingredients.

also the stores seem to be out of CHICKEN (I know somebody that has a few chicks in his huge barn now) and BEEF (well he did have more, but he's still got some) and now the machines and skills to drain off all the wetlands in MINN E SODA so the rivers and ponds can be full again (or more drinking water if you like you water fresh from the fields).

joking aside i hope the weather and the economy turn around for you so you'll think of this little spot in history as a reminder how quickly things can go upside down.

looking forward to more pics and news from THE FARM ON GJ so whenever you have time to please do.

cheers

beyond is so so close to being the same dang taste as real. still waiting to try impossible burger.

 

[davo727]

That 2250 loader looks really nice, but a bit too far to ship.

 

[jblnut]

This talk of planting toilet paper reminds me of a riddle.

"Know how to cook toilet paper?"

Simple, you brown it on one side and throw it in the pot.

Andy I hope you don't mind but I'll be telling that to anyone who will listen. I laughed out loud quite heartily !!

JBL: I hear you on not knowing what the year is going to bring cause it's a crazy couple of months the WORLD is having with this PANICDEMIC of 2020.

that said i love BEYOND BURGERS and I know you've got the ability to grow their ingredients.

also the stores seem to be out of CHICKEN (I know somebody that has a few chicks in his huge barn now) and BEEF (well he did have more, but he's still got some) and now the machines and skills to drain off all the wetlands in MINN E SODA so the rivers and ponds can be full again (or more drinking water if you like you water fresh from the fields).

joking aside i hope the weather and the economy turn around for you so you'll think of this little spot in history as a reminder how quickly things can go upside down.

looking forward to more pics and news from THE FARM ON GJ so whenever you have time to please do.

cheers

As a person that raises cattle I have my own opinions about fake "meats". If it is made from a plant it is not meat, it is part of a salad. If it is made from a nut, it's not milk, it's juice. That does not mean these things should not exist and do not taste good it just means that marketing these days has a way of luring the uneducated consumer into a misguided purchase. Plus last I checked most of these fake "meats" were triple or more the cost of the real thing. I prefer real over imitation any day and I've tried Almond Milk, Rice Milk and all the others along with a few of the plant based "meats" and although they do not taste bad I choose to support my local dairy farmers and cattle raisers instead of someone at a lab making "meat" and a juice factory somehow making milk juice. /rant !!!

I guess I am lucky in these odd tiles to grow chicken for a company that primarily sells to the consumer markets. We've been told there should be no reason to worry about what to do with all the chicken if things get "strange" in these odd times. The processing plant can not get the chickens through fast enough !!

Farming is a game of ups and downs so this is par for the course I guess. It's a rather odd course (and unnecessary course BUT this is a non-political thread so we won't/can't go there!!) but we'll survive and come out the other end stronger because of it.

Nephew farmer 'only a farmer plants when market price is less than input prices' . Yes another potential hobby farmer for 2020. They were blowing some feed corn into silo when great nephew leaned over and his shirt pocket cell phone slid out into the blower hopper. How did that work? Not too well, none of the pieces larger than 50 cent piece. Nephew still has humor, that shoots our profit for the year ��. Nephew said my ribeye, tbone appointment has been pushed back to August �� that baby is going to be prime prime prime ��

It's always good to have a sense of humor and to let it show. Way too many people go through life all grumpy and such and it's no fun for anyone !!

beyond is so so close to being the same dang taste as real. still waiting to try impossible burger.

In my book "so close to being the same dang taste as real" still means it doesn't the same SO eat real and enjoy all of it as it should be enjoyed

That 2250 loader looks really nice, but a bit too far to ship.

Naw. I know all kinds of people that put on lots of miles in semi's and such that could get it to you if you want it !!!

 

[jblnut]

We've set up the camper as the "DLC" also known as the "Distance Learning Center" to be able to keep Miss Lily going with her schoolwork. Every once in a while she needs a brake so she plays on her iPad while I do stuff for work. We both enjoy a nice brake


So we decided to start cleaning up this mess .....


While unloading a load of steer feed .....


And we realized we are not good at multitasking when we realized this happened


Headed out to do some disking !!


Dusty dry on top.


I know I've posted about sunsets in the past but why not again !! Never be too busy to stop and enjoy one ... even if only long enough to take a picture !!


If the moisture's right we'll go all night


Lily is watching Grandpa load chicken poo to spread on the field.


Poooooooooop !!!!!


He needed to finish up a few loads so I could finish disking the field to get it read to plant corn in hopefully later next week .....


"Look at my dimples Dad !!" Yup, they're both there !!!


It would seem that a rock got stuck in between the disk blades ....


Lily and her crowbar got it loose !!!


The second rock of the day I needed to get out the big winch to get it out of there !!!


Headed out to do more tiling !!!


Digging in a lateral to a main. It was quite muddy here


We were having lots of fun as usual until we needed a total of 150' of chains, cables, ropes and straps to get the tile plow tractor through the mud


We only had a few thousand feet to run in that field and when we moved to the next field it started to downpour and I was hoping it wasn't time to be done yet !!


The sky closed up and away we went !!!


The last run of the day being laid out. I think we got a total of 7,000ish feet done today and there was a ton of messing around in the mud

 

[racer-john]

What's with " We both enjoy a nice brake" or did you mean break. Brakes are for vehicles ...hopefully.

 

[jblnut]

What's with " We both enjoy a nice brake" or did you mean break. Brakes are for vehicles ...hopefully.

Lol looks like I misspelled it twice

Although pumping the brakes and slowing down to regroup isn't a bad thing with her either. She's 7 so she's quite rambunctious and jumpy so putting on the brakes during a break is welcomed.

Plus it was late when I posted so the ol' brain box was shutting down already so my internal spell check was.pretty much nonexistent

Thanks for stopping by !!!

 

[davo727]

I sent you a PM about the loader........I dont know if it went through doesnt show on my sent folder.

 

[racer-john]

"Thanks for stopping by !!! "
I'm here everyday keeping tabs on you and the other farmers (CliftonBros).
I'm not a farmer but support all that you do.
Keep up the good work, this mess will soon be over,