Above 1200 Sq/FT Out on Quaker Road

[nutjob]

We decided to put it over behind the chicken barn for the time being. Mama Bear has big plans to turn it into a gazebo of sorts one day. We shall see.

Funny you mentioned that, latest issue of JLC



Kevin

 

[jblnut]

You're schmart

Lol. Thank you

That bin is exactly what I want to make into a blacksmith shop!!

Already got the telehandler. Lol.

Oh I'd love to have that telehandler !! It'd work for so much more around the farm than the one that I borrowed. Looks like an agri model that I could pull a bale wagon with and load it sky high

Oh I can help expand your honey do list for sure. my brothers setup. Not sure if I shared before.

Flat pack bin

Tree for a gin pole with tire for lifting lug.

Grill and flat top are in. I'll try and get photos of the inside this weekend.

That is a seriously awesome looking setup !!! My wife would love that in our yard sometime. We shall see what we can turn this old bin into

Funny you mentioned that, latest issue of JLC

An old grain bin made it into a magazine. Crazy stuff !!

 

[lis2323]

Oh I'd love to have that telehandler !! It'd work for so much more around the farm than the one that I borrowed. Looks like an agri model that I could pull a bale wagon with and load it sky high

It is indeed the New Holland Ag model. The boom is suitable for actual loader work.


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[jblnut]

The doors on the chicken barn are already starting to rust so I hit them with some good ol' white Rustoleum.

It looks better I guess and should last longer

Hey look a tote !! I think I'll turn it into something other than just a tote .....

Cut some holes in it and bury it ?? Okay !!!

The idea is to use it as an intake drain of sorts for the water that comes off the shop pad and from the areas East of the shop.

24" diameter pipe in the center to gather the water ....

The 8" pipe should take all the water but the 4" should help a bit. The shop floor drains are plumbed into the 4" and I thought I may as well have it go into the intake as well to help out.

Oh hey !!! Look !!! Soybeans !!! They're not ready yet but they are getting close for sure

There are still a few greenish leaves and such so not ready yet but I'm hoping in less than a week we'll be combining

Who wants to get into the grain cleaning business ??? Oh pick me !!!!

So it rained 1/2" and the intake deal got flooded before it was ready to be flooded. Oh well. I poked a couple holes in the bottom with a piece of rebar and it drained out nicely. Hopefully early next week we've got it all ready for concrete so we can finish the landscaping/driveway areas up around the shop.

It took a little bit of head scratching and looking around but this pink mess turns out to be the remnants of the insulating guys doing their thing in the shop attic. It's now fully insulated

My 763 Bobcat has had a leaky radiator since I purchased it 5yrs ago and it has finally gotten to the point that it needed to be replaced.

Look a little dirty and neglected as well

Old radiator is out and there is a mess under it as well.

Clean it out with a paint scraper at least a little bit.

This clamp. Oh this clamp. If I had a swear jar in the shop it'd be full enough to send at least one of the kids through college ....

Well if that doesn't look like a $500 radiator I don't know what does !!!

About an hour later the new radiator was in. Yay !!!!

 

[red]

24" diameter pipe in the center to gather the water ....

So it rained 1/2" and the intake deal got flooded before it was ready to be flooded. Oh well. I poked a couple holes in the bottom with a piece of rebar and it drained out nicely. Hopefully early next week we've got it all ready for concrete so we can finish the landscaping/driveway areas up around the shop.

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This clamp. Oh this clamp. If I had a swear jar in the shop it'd be full enough to send at least one of the kids through college ....

Surprised you didn't put some crush rock or stone inside the tote for dry well.


Bought some OEM rad hoses for wife's car.
Made the mistake of using the OEM clamps that came with the hoses. BIG mistake on my part not picking up some worm gear clamps.

No swear jar in my garage . . . would need something bigger . . . like a tote

 

[jollygreengiant]

Oh I'd love to have that telehandler !! It'd work for so much more around the farm than the one that I borrowed. Looks like an agri model that I could pull a bale wagon with and load it sky high

If you think the New Holland is a handy machine have a look at some of the European machines, Merlo in particular. It's basically half telehandler/half tractor; it has rear drawbar, hydraulic ports, air brakes, 540/1000pto, and I think even a 3 point hitch. There's a lot of them popping up on farms around here.

 

[jblnut]

Surprised you didn't put some crush rock or stone inside the tote for dry well.


Bought some OEM rad hoses for wife's car.
Made the mistake of using the OEM clamps that came with the hoses. BIG mistake on my part not picking up some worm gear clamps.

No swear jar in my garage . . . would need something bigger . . . like a tote

When finished the tote will be under the concrete slab that will be poured around it and will have a nice grate cover over it all. The bottom will get filled with a bit of concrete to allow for sediment to settle out but not to let the water seep into the tote itself. If that all makes sense ....

I should set a nice clean tote outside the shop and put "Shop Swear Jar" on it

If you think the New Holland is a handy machine have a look at some of the European machines, Merlo in particular. It's basically half telehandler/half tractor; it has rear drawbar, hydraulic ports, air brakes, 540/1000pto, and I think even a 3 point hitch. There's a lot of them popping up on farms around here.

I've seen a few Merlo telehandlers in YouTube videos and they are super neat. I bet they carry quite the price tag though !!!

Thanks for stopping by !!!

 

[carlquib]

When dealing with those constant tension clamps, this is what I use. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005J3L0P2/?tag=atomicindus08-20
Those pliers plus Lisle makes a version with a cable for accessing those hard to reach places will help decrease the size needed for your swear jar.

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[jblnut]

When dealing with those constant tension clamps, this is what I use. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005J3L0P2/?tag=atomicindus08-20
Those pliers plus Lisle makes a version with a cable for accessing those hard to reach places will help decrease the size needed for your swear jar.

I do believe something like that will need to be in the toolbox sometime in the future. Once I had access to the clamps it wasn't so bad but it seems like I had to dissemble half the back of the skid loader to get to them !!!

 

[Redwolf947]

It seems fixing all most anything on a skidsteer requires disassembling half the machine.. Shop looks great!!

Still following along daily,
Take care,
Mike

 

[jblnut]

This is the last of the corn on the farm for the steers and is before I took out a full grinder mixer load. There wasn't much left once the mixer was full !!


Time to combine some corn and see how wet it is.


Good grief. We didn't adjust the lower sieve enough after doing oats so WAY too much corn was going through the tailings system and plugged it up. So open the access cover and let it clean itself out


The first corn of 2020 is out of the field !!!


Mighty wet stuff but it's in the wagon. Mighty wet as in close to 32% but the steers will gobble it up !!!


Grinding out of a gravity box


I put 1,200lbs or so of the dry corn in first so it'll all mix together and not be as much of a shock to the steers when they start eating on it.

 

[jblnut]

It seems fixing all most anything on a skidsteer requires disassembling half the machine.. Shop looks great!!

Still following along daily,
Take care,
Mike

Oh gee you'd like to change a radiator on a skidsteer ?? May as well take the seat out and the bucket off. Why ? Who knows, you may need to later on in the process. Take the wheels off for an oil change ?? May as well !!!

No matter how dirty I get working on the ol' skiddy it never seems to get any cleaner lol.


Thank you for following along !!!

 

[loganb]

First field out is always a big milestone for us...more mental than anything but its a start! May mother nature be on your side for harvest!

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[Sifan]

Went to central Illinois to help Thur, Fri, Sat. Nephew bought a new to him, corn head. Dealership was supposed to go over it and deliver it by noon Wed ... We went and got it Friday afternoon Spacers for head to throat for attachment were wrong, back to dealership Sat morning to get the right ones. Finally, finally, started shelling 12:30pm. Hauled one semi load to ADM, 18.4% moisture, 56 test weight, and 76,400# gross net 721 bushel. Back to farm, loading out combine, UM Jim, why is your backend all full of grain?? Dealership made repairs last fall and didn't lock nut down on outside of clean grain elevator and vibrated loose on that side allowing the paddles to rub on the side of elevator. 2.5 hours later back to shelling. One more semi to elevator before 3 hour drive home. One set of tracks and of course, I get stopped by a train engaged in a race with a snail. Sat there for 30 minutes. Second load 18.2% moisture, 58 test weight, 80,340# 804 bu. 3 days for two loads, LOL thats farming

Prayers for a safe and profitable harvest!

 

[GoldCar]

Hi Jblnut,

I follow your thread since your first post and I enjoy following your professional activities and the improvements of your farm. I work for farmers and I deeply love this universe.

Thank you for sharing and good harvest.

 

[jeepxj]

Went to central Illinois to help Thur, Fri, Sat. Nephew bought a new to him, corn head. Dealership was supposed to go over it and deliver it by noon Wed ... We went and got it Friday afternoon Spacers for head to throat for attachment were wrong, back to dealership Sat morning to get the right ones. Finally, finally, started shelling 12:30pm. Hauled one semi load to ADM, 18.4% moisture, 56 test weight, and 76,400# gross net 721 bushel. Back to farm, loading out combine, UM Jim, why is your backend all full of grain?? Dealership made repairs last fall and didn't lock nut down on outside of clean grain elevator and vibrated loose on that side allowing the paddles to rub on the side of elevator. 2.5 hours later back to shelling. One more semi to elevator before 3 hour drive home. One set of tracks and of course, I get stopped by a train engaged in a race with a snail. Sat there for 30 minutes. Second load 18.2% moisture, 58 test weight, 80,340# 804 bu. 3 days for two loads, LOL thats farming

Prayers for a safe and profitable harvest!

the farmin casino luck train strikes again.

i'm 7 days out from heading out to help.

 

[jblnut]

First field out is always a big milestone for us...more mental than anything but its a start! May mother nature be on your side for harvest!

In this case it was only the first couple hundred bushels because we ran out of corn for the steers but yes, it feels gooooooooood to be back in the fields !!!!!

I also sure hope Mother Nature plays ball this fall and we can get everything done in time .... not like last year

Went to central Illinois to help Thur, Fri, Sat. Nephew bought a new to him, corn head. Dealership was supposed to go over it and deliver it by noon Wed ... We went and got it Friday afternoon Spacers for head to throat for attachment were wrong, back to dealership Sat morning to get the right ones. Finally, finally, started shelling 12:30pm. Hauled one semi load to ADM, 18.4% moisture, 56 test weight, and 76,400# gross net 721 bushel. Back to farm, loading out combine, UM Jim, why is your backend all full of grain?? Dealership made repairs last fall and didn't lock nut down on outside of clean grain elevator and vibrated loose on that side allowing the paddles to rub on the side of elevator. 2.5 hours later back to shelling. One more semi to elevator before 3 hour drive home. One set of tracks and of course, I get stopped by a train engaged in a race with a snail. Sat there for 30 minutes. Second load 18.2% moisture, 58 test weight, 80,340# 804 bu. 3 days for two loads, LOL that's farming

Prayers for a safe and profitable harvest!

Moisture and test weight sound good !!! Hopefully things start clicking along and stay that way all fall !!!

I guess at least we don't have to get held up by too many trains up here lol. I can't imagine waiting that long for a train to go by

Hi Jblnut,

I follow your thread since your first post and I enjoy following your professional activities and the improvements of your farm. I work for farmers and I deeply love this universe.

Thank you for sharing and good harvest.

Hey GoldCar !! Thank you so much for following along and taking the time to reply. I deeply love the farming universe as well and appreciate your involvement in the farming world halfway across the world !!!

Hopefully things click along and we're done with harvest sooner than we know it

The farmin casino luck train strikes again.

I'm 7 days out from heading out to help.

Flip a coin, scratch a lotto, plant some corn, buy a PowerBall, sow some soybean seed or pull the lever on a slot machine ....

 

[jblnut]

Chickens are back !!! The little people "helped" with chores this morning and were fantastic at it


Dad and I were working on getting the last concrete slab around the drain system set up and Leo wanted to help. How can we turn someone down with his level of experience


We had snack in the shop today and the littles wanted popcorn. They all huddled around the same popcorn bowl and played really nice for once


The Wishek Wok is in the new shop


There are two types of people .... those who like their potatoes to taste good and those who don't like them with onions


Friends of ours from "way" down South came up for the day to hang out and go home with some good home grown beef. We hung out in the shop and made lunch, watched the littles ride the wheels off their bikes and spent some time in the barns. We had a good time and were happy to see them as we do not visit each other often enough !!!

 

[XJSuperman]

Looks like a fun time was had by all. Harvest started in central Iowa almost 2 weeks ago. They opened the gates and got the greenlight last week for sure with the dry weather and plenty of sun. Soybeans seem to be coming off before the corn this year, but then again, some here no longer have corn to harvest (totaled out from the Derecho). I know the test farm had an 8RX on the cart ready and I think a new S770 on tracks was being prepped. I will not be helping this year unfortunately. As I sit in my office, there is an older blackstripe Case combine parked in the field across the street staring at the building. I think the owner enjoys taunting us lol.

I think I need to build a wok. Ive got a disc blade in the garage, but I really should start with something cleaner and less pitted. Ill keep an eye out for a local one.

 

[ABSTIFFGS]

Mike, we had a very decent time up there last weekend. The steak was delicious, and the potatoes (with onions) where amazing. The shop is looking great! Will be even nicer with some steel in there. And I agree we need to do this more often.

 

[jblnut]

Looks like a fun time was had by all. Harvest started in central Iowa almost 2 weeks ago. They opened the gates and got the greenlight last week for sure with the dry weather and plenty of sun. Soybeans seem to be coming off before the corn this year, but then again, some here no longer have corn to harvest (totaled out from the Derecho). I know the test farm had an 8RX on the cart ready and I think a new S770 on tracks was being prepped. I will not be helping this year unfortunately. As I sit in my office, there is an older blackstripe Case combine parked in the field across the street staring at the building. I think the owner enjoys taunting us lol.

I think I need to build a wok. Ive got a disc blade in the garage, but I really should start with something cleaner and less pitted. Ill keep an eye out for a local one.

Fun times were indeed had by all

I think I could put an 8RX to work up here if it needs another test operator

I still have a few Wishek blades left from the last time we changed them if you want one sometime you drive by

Mike, we had a very decent time up there last weekend. The steak was delicious, and the potatoes (with onions) where amazing. The shop is looking great! Will be even nicer with some steel in there. And I agree we need to do this more often.

I got too busy making lunch and having a good time to put you all to work. I could have had you finish all kinds of things that I have halfway done !! I'd even let you take credit for them and post them in your own GJ gallery thread

 

[davo727]

Did the slab price go up compared to what they told you earlier in the year?

 

[jblnut]

Did the slab price go up compared to what they told you earlier in the year?

The only thing we got numbers on before construction was the interior slab and the price didn't go up because of an increase in concrete/yd cost. It did go up because the guy my builder sub'd it out to was a royal **** head and I had to hit him in the back of the head with a tiny tack hammer every step of the way to keep things going how I wanted. In the end, the slab looks great and the finish is exactly what I wanted so all is well that ends well. I had to do WAY more babysitting than I wanted too though.

I do not know what we have invested in the exterior slabs or the concrete in the lean-to as I have not gotten the bills yet

There is still another 16' x 30' slab to pour around the drainage intake which I hope to do early next week or possibly even tomorrow if it works out.

 

[jblnut]

In an effort to dry out the area we want to build a house I dug a trench from the ditch back up to the far side of the house pad. I found an underground stream it seems !!!


We plan to combine soybeans first to Dad combined some more corn for the steers before we switched the combine over to soybeans. The corn has dried out quite a bit in the last few days. We'll be combining corn right after we get done with soybeans


Me and my online auction bidding


Look at that gem in the room full of other gems. This will make a very nice shop table to sit around and drink beer and talk smart


When we got the tables and chairs home we started combining soybeans.


We adjusted the straw chopper to it's most aggressive position and it seems to be doing a very dusty job


That will make some really nice bedding all chopped up like that !!!


Those beans are waist high !!!


I purchased a cheap cheap cheap camera system on eBay to watch the grain tank and end of the unloading auger. So far so good !!!


Judging by the amount in the wagons and the size of the field they are yielding just shy of 70bu/a which is PHONEMONIAL for our area


The first soybeans of 2020 going into the bin

 

[BORING HOP YARD]

Wishing the family and farm all the best in the harvest, reap what you sowed.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[loganb]

Congrats on the awesome yields! We are fortunate and seeing similar results, fields doing 150 to 175% of their historic averages which is resulting in 70+ bushel beans and some 200 bushel dryland corn when the norm for our area would be in that 120-135 range in corn. So far Mother Nature has been good to us

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[Jayman17]

Mike, I've always wondered what the insides of a combine looks like. To be able to just mow down various crops, plants and all and then spit out only the bean or kernel seems amazing to me. Corn especially seems problematic with the husks and silk. Do they separate easier after drying out so much?

The photos of the beans in your wagon shows very small amount of contamination of other parts of the plant, amazing machine!

Jay

 

[buzzboy]

Is there a relationship between the direction that the rows go and the direction that you combine? Or just kinda random?

Mike, I've always wondered what the insides of a combine looks like.

As a non-farm boy I've been wondering this too. This youtube video really shed a lot of light on it for me.

 

[Andy8430]

Is there a relationship between the direction that the rows go and the direction that you combine? Or just kinda random?







As a non-farm boy I've been wondering this too. This youtube video really shed a lot of light on it for me.

It varies by the crop:

For corn you combine with the row and in a perfect world the head would only collect the ears (reality is some or all the stalk also goes into the combine).

For beans, oats, and other small grains they usually use a header that can go any direction and the plant is cutoff at ground level (stalk and all go into combine). Many times combining at an angle or against the lean of the plant is best.



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[Andy8430]

Mike,
Glad to see harvest is under way and going well. A lot of beans are coming out here in Iowa and corn is starting.

We combined beans last week and filled a bag of corn this week. Beans were around 10%, corn was less than 20% already.





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[r57ed]

Please explain the bags and how they are filled. Do the bags just stay in the field? How are they moved?..............city boys gotta know!!!

Enjoy reading!

 

[Andy8430]

Please explain the bags and how they are filled. Do the bags just stay in the field? How are they moved?..............city boys gotta know!!!



Enjoy reading!

The bags are filled by pushing in silage (typically chopped hay or corn) or in this case shelled corn into the bag with an auger. As the bag fills it pushes the tractor ahead slowly. There’s a few different designs that control the speed.

In the picture above the red implement behind the tractor on the right is the bagger. The corn is augered into a roller mill that split the kernels, then it’s augered into the white bag. This model uses brakes on the wheels to control the speed. The finished bag in this example is 300’ long.

The bags we make are used to store cattle feed. We’ll open one end and load the corn/silage into a mixer with a skid loader. The rest of the bag remains sealed so the feed stays fresh.



Due to the storm damage in our area, we are seeing several bags being used to store corn that would normally be in large Bins that were damaged by the storm. The baggers fir this use are simpler since they don’t split the corn, but simply auger it in.


Hope that explanation helps, it’s hard to explain in text.




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[jeepxj]

uncle goes at an angle to the beans to keep the cutter bar out of the mud/dirt. also makes teeth wear more even with auto steer.

 

[jblnut]

Wishing the family and farm all the best in the harvest, reap what you sowed.
Thanks for sharing.

Thank you very much !! This is one of the most exciting times of the year on the farm

Congrats on the awesome yields! We are fortunate and seeing similar results, fields doing 150 to 175% of their historic averages which is resulting in 70+ bushel beans and some 200 bushel dryland corn when the norm for our area would be in that 120-135 range in corn. So far Mother Nature has been good to us.

From what some of the dairy guys have been saying about the bu/a on their silage I think we are going to have one of the best years in a long time. For that we are quite grateful !!!!

Mike, I've always wondered what the insides of a combine looks like. To be able to just mow down various crops, plants and all and then spit out only the bean or kernel seems amazing to me. Corn especially seems problematic with the husks and silk. Do they separate easier after drying out so much?

The photos of the beans in your wagon shows very small amount of contamination of other parts of the plant, amazing machine!

Jay

The video in the post below is well done by a funny crew. I like watching Deboss's videos. They're informative and make me chuckle. The long and short of how a combine works is this .... take a corn stalk and roll it on the ground under a piece of plywood with a leaf blower blowing under the plywood .... now run the material all over a screen with holes slightly larger than a corn kernel with the leaf blower still blowing under it all. The plywood rubbing on the corn starts to separate it all and the screen/fan sort it and blow all the other stuff out. It's not a perfect analogy but it's on the right track ....

Red combines have been thrashing the correct way since the fall of 1977 and the rest of the market has been playing catch up ever since ... that is how come the soybeans in the wagons are so clean

Is there a relationship between the direction that the rows go and the direction that you combine? Or just kinda random?

As a non-farm boy I've been wondering this too. This youtube video really shed a lot of light on it for me.

Andy does a good job explaining below ....

It varies by the crop:

For corn you combine with the row and in a perfect world the head would only collect the ears (reality is some or all the stalk also goes into the combine).

For beans, oats, and other small grains they usually use a header that can go any direction and the plant is cutoff at ground level (stalk and all go into combine). Many times combining at an angle or against the lean of the plant is best.

A few added points .... Oats and a few other crops like canola, kernza, barley and rye get swathed by a separate machine and put into windrows first to give them a chance to dry out more than they will by standing in the field. We combine soybeans at an angle for a few reasons. The header rides over the little ridges that are part of each row of beans better. The soybeans seem to feed in better when combined at an angle and the sickle sections (think a serrated scissors) that do the actual cutting all wear a lot longer as they're all getting used and not just a few of them that would be used by following the rows.

Mike,
Glad to see harvest is under way and going well. A lot of beans are coming out here in Iowa and corn is starting.

We combined beans last week and filled a bag of corn this week. Beans were around 10%, corn was less than 20% already.

Those are some sharp looking 55' series Deere's !! Looks like a pair of 4455's ???

Please explain the bags and how they are filled. Do the bags just stay in the field? How are they moved?..............city boys gotta know!!!

Enjoy reading!

The bags are filled by pushing in silage (typically chopped hay or corn) or in this case shelled corn into the bag with an auger. As the bag fills it pushes the tractor ahead slowly. There’s a few different designs that control the speed.

In the picture above the red implement behind the tractor on the right is the bagger. The corn is augered into a roller mill that split the kernels, then it’s augered into the white bag. This model uses brakes on the wheels to control the speed. The finished bag in this example is 300’ long.

The bags we make are used to store cattle feed. We’ll open one end and load the corn/silage into a mixer with a skid loader. The rest of the bag remains sealed so the feed stays fresh.

Due to the storm damage in our area, we are seeing several bags being used to store corn that would normally be in large Bins that were damaged by the storm. The baggers fir this use are simpler since they don’t split the corn, but simply auger it in.


Hope that explanation helps, it’s hard to explain in text.

This video doesn't have a roller/hammer mill in front but it shows the insides of the bagger nicely. ->

uncle goes at an angle to the beans to keep the cutter bar out of the mud/dirt. also makes teeth wear more even with auto steer.

All that except the auto steer part ... we have GPS on all our stuff (guy provided steering)

 

[Andy8430]

Thanks, we sure like the 50 series... started with a 4450, added a 4250 that continues to be our work horse year round, and most recently added a 4650 for a bit more power on the chisel & ripper.







Have to give credit to my brother-in-law for keeping them clean. He washes and waxes them throughout the year.



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[jblnut]

The drainage trench seems to be gathering a bit of water !! This is a bit of standing water but most of it is moving right along

So I purchased a welding table ......

... and it came with some "extras"

Since it was raining and crappy we spent some time in the shop doing stuff. We got the boards cut to cover the holding tank lids. I love it when a plan comes together

The shop ******* is operational. I made sure of it

Time to put some actual shop stuff in here today

The big tables are in their spots

When Dad was picking this one up I had to literally help lift it by hand for the skid loader to pick it up

I found this table on an online auction and it is literally exactly what I would build. The vises on reciever hitch deals and outlets under and everything. At $775 with the vises and the truck load of extra stuff I think it was a decent deal.

This vise has no markings but is a heavy SOB !!!

This one says it's a "BABCO TOOLS 160" vise made in good ol' China.

Dad carried the smaller of the two tables into the lean-to.

I decided to use it as an iron holder for my smaller stuff. It actually works very very well

We got all the stuff we had laying around in the lean-to organized and put in the corner. I'm excited to get some racking in here and have even more space yet !!!

 

[jblnut]

Thanks, we sure like the 50 series... started with a 4450, added a 4250 that continues to be our work horse year round, and most recently added a 4650 for a bit more power on the chisel & ripper.

Have to give credit to my brother-in-law for keeping them clean. He washes and waxes them throughout the year.

4250-4555 they all look soooo similar lol. You guys should be proud of that beautiful Green Iron !! They look really really sharp. There is a reason they still bring damn good money at auctions ... they're worth it !!!

 

[Andy8430]

Shop is coming together and looking great. You’ll enjoy that for years to come.

Looks like you’ve found several good auction deals to compliment the shop.




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[jblnut]

Shop is coming together and looking great. You’ll enjoy that for years to come.

Looks like you’ve found several good auction deals to compliment the shop.

The shop is coming together nicely but is still a long ways off from where I'd like it to end up. It'll come with time and hopefully we can spend lots of time in there this winter !!!

The auction I bought the welding table at had a TON of other wonderful shop stuff but sadly the budget committee overruled me buying all of it

 

[realvc]

The vises mounted on the receiver deals is a cool idea. I could see using the same type mount for a bench grinder too.

Shop is looking really nice.

I enjoy all the farming info. too as another city dude that has no idea about farming.
Thanks for a very interesting thread.
Vince