The Official Farming Thread...

[mdavlee]

Never enough time to do it all yourself. I’ve baked hay at night by lights to get it done if there’s no dew. Welded on hay equipment at midnight to get it going for the next day.

 

[Steve]

Never enough time to do it all yourself. I’ve baked hay at night by lights to get it done if there’s no dew. Welded on hay equipment at midnight to get it going for the next day.

I agree! Its my fater in law and I on our hay operation. Even with us being competent mechanics its not enough sometime. Our square baler hit a tucker finger with a needle the evening before we were contracted to bale 1200 bales for a guy. It was a late night/ early morning!

 

[ajschainsaws]

just traded in our other 2 wheel drive ford 6410
got this 2015 New Holland 95hp

 

[czar800]

Love your setup, esp. the barn, but I do not miss climbing the silos in the middle of the night to work on the unloaders. No way I could do that now!

Never had silo a unloader.


Dad always said he has two silo unloader’s....Me and my brother.


Haylage is hard on forks.... we mostly filled them with Corn silage and high moisture corn.

 

[Cat 525]

Done with beans! Average in the fifties! Helping neighbor now. Still quite a bit left in our area. Hope the good weather holds.

 

[amberg]

Never had silo a unloader.


Dad always said he has two silo unloader’s....Me and my brother.


Haylage is hard on forks.... we mostly filled them with Corn silage and high moisture corn.

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Jamesway unloaders I think. The others had Patz chains and unloaders

 

[mdavlee]

2 new babies the past week

 

[Cat 525]

Forecasted snow tomorrow and Thursday! There are still lots of acres of beans and Milo to be cut and alot of wheat hasn't been planted! Some that was needs to be replanted! Getting late for that.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

Jamesway unloaders I think. The others had Patz chains and unloaders

We have 2 Badgers. Easy to work on, but you work on them constantly.... I'm glad we don't feed silage anymore.

 

[Mastermind]

Now I have water in the oil on the old 2640 !!!!!!

When it gets back from having the PTO repaired.......it's head gasket time.

No rest for the wicked. LOL

 

[ajschainsaws]

Now I have water in the oil on the old 2640 !!!!!!

When it gets back from having the PTO repaired.......it's head gasket time.

No rest for the wicked. LOL

Yep I know what you mean Anyway Boss where did you eat on Saturday night
When Glenda took you out

 

[czar800]

Now I have water in the oil on the old 2640 !!!!!!

When it gets back from having the PTO repaired.......it's head gasket time.

No rest for the wicked. LOL

Well I can’t like that... Double checked it’s not a liner.

 

[Steve]

When i rebuilt my VAC i changed the oil after an hour and when i pulled the drain plug a quart of clean collant came out first. I rolled an oring on #3 sleeve installing it.

 

[Canadian farm boy]

Well boys, it's finished. Our family dairy farm has been sold. As of November 1 it has new owners.
My folks have until December 1 to move out of the house. Here's a few final pics.

 

[Canadian farm boy]

 

[Canadian farm boy]

 

[Steve]

I suppose you will now be known as "Canadian Boy"?

 

[Canadian farm boy]

I suppose you will now be known as "Canadian Boy"?

It sure feels that way. I'm definitely missing something.

 

[Steve]

We lost my grandparents farm last year. I grew up there. Its still a little weird driving by it and knowing i cant go down the driveway anymore.

 

[Canadian farm boy]

We lost my grandparents farm last year. I grew up there. Its still a little weird driving by it and knowing i cant go down the driveway anymore.

Once my folks have moved to the new place I won't ever go back to the farm. This last year hasn't been easy. I've realized a lot about not only myself but about my brothers and my folks. Some good, some bad.