not so pros

[USMC615]

Yippie!!! Let's hope it doesn't go around us

Whatcha got planted in the fields?

 

[Genius]

If it picked up any steam coming across the pond. You better hold on....it was blowing like a two dollar hoe when it came though here this morning.

Dad was driving down the road and as he passed the neighbors house the storm came. He watched their trampoline sail across the field.

 

[Genius]

Whatcha got planted in the fields?

Corn and beans

 

[huskihl]

@Genius should be happy now. It's 95° AND he got the rain he was looking for. It's like China outside right now

 

[Sty57]

Dad was driving down the road and as he passed the neighbors house the storm came. He watched their trampoline sail across the field.

We just got the tail of it at the shop. But it was raining sideways for about 20 mins.

 

[USMC615]

Corn and beans

Gotcha. Farmers where you are, I only assume north because Brian chimed in about the storm, run many Zimmatic or Valley pivot well drilled, irrigation systems? They're a dime a dozen in the fields here in Ga. Some of the pivot systems here reach several hundreds of yards in length. Takes a helluva deep well in casing size and many drive motors to run'em. Main crops here in Ga on a grand scale are cotton, peanuts, corn, soybeans.

 

[Genius]

Gotcha. Farmers where you are, I only assume north because Bryan chimed in about the storm, run many Zimmatic or Valley pivot well drilled, irrigation systems? They're a dime a dozen in the fields here in Ga. Some of the pivot systems here reach several hundreds of yards in length. Takes a helluva deep well in casing size and many drive motors to run'em. Main crops here in Ga on a grand scale are cotton, peanuts, corn, soybeans.

We have a ton of pivots around here, not huge ones though. A large field around here will be 60 acres. Nothing like the fields down south and west.

In our area most of them are getting water up to 40 feet down. A company comes with a huge ass excavator that they retrofitted a big ass trenching arm and chain on. They sink in 14-18" tile that's 200-300 feet long.

 

[USMC615]

We have a ton of pivots around here, not huge ones though. A large field around here will be 60 acres. Nothing like the fields down south and west.

In our area most of them are getting water up to 40 feet down. A company comes with a huge ass excavator that they retrofitted a big ass trenching arm and chain on. They sink in 14-18" tile that's 200-300 feet long.

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I see the concept of the well machine now and the theory behind it. Amazing they're hitting water at such shallow depths. Many, many times deeper here to even think about getting into water, much less an aquafer that'll pump clean after a day's worth of trying to clear up and not look like ol' Ga red clay or river water. Most well drillers here run topside rotary pumps it seems more so nowadays instead of submersible pumps. Too much of a pain in the ass to get the casing back up section-wise, for a repair. I'm in a damn subdivision now and on city water, sanitation, lol, but I remember all too well a damn submersible pump failure that was several hundred feet to pull up/unjoint the casing to fix. It was converted to a topside rotary pump and heavy screen/filters before it got to the tank to come into the house after that one. Should've just got away from that one and drilled a whole new well. It was a house we rented many yrs ago, so no expense on my end...but what a pain in the ass it was to hafta bring water to the house for basic chit, shower, shave, cooking needs for several days, especially with kids.

 

[Steve NW WI]

Quite a few pivots in the sand country east of here, and in patches locally. Most I've paid attention to are Valley or Reinke.

The canning company I worked for back in the day contracted a lot of irrigated ground, especially the later in the season stuff. It tends to get dry around here from about now till late fall.

I don't know a dang thing about pivots myself, except that people hate em when they stop working.

If I was wealthy, my place could use a travelling gun system on most of my longer, skinny fields. The bigger square-ish field in the pics is about 18 acres, but way to hilly for a pivot.

 

[USMC615]

Quite a few pivots in the sand country east of here, and in patches locally. Most I've paid attention to are Valley or Reinke.

The canning company I worked for back in the day contracted a lot of irrigated ground, especially the later in the season stuff. It tends to get dry around here from about now till late fall.

I don't know a dang thing about pivots myself, except that people hate em when they stop working.

If I was wealthy, my place could use a travelling gun system on most of my longer, skinny fields. The bigger square-ish field in the pics is about 18 acres, but way to hilly for a pivot.

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I hear ya...I'd not only dislike that 'hate'em when they stop running' and the expense involved there...I think I'd hate the damn power bill lurking in the mail box every 30 days, even more. I'd take down the damn mailbox, tell the power company after a couple of months and they wanting to show up and do the disconnect thing...'I ain't seen no power bills...you??' Lol

 

[exSW]

Quite a few pivots in the sand country east of here, and in patches locally. Most I've paid attention to are Valley or Reinke.

The canning company I worked for back in the day contracted a lot of irrigated ground, especially the later in the season stuff. It tends to get dry around here from about now till late fall.

I don't know a dang thing about pivots myself, except that people hate em when they stop working.

If I was wealthy, my place could use a travelling gun system on most of my longer, skinny fields. The bigger square-ish field in the pics is about 18 acres, but way to hilly for a pivot.

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The gun is what the truck farmers use here. I'm about this far from buying a big old dozer and knocking out a couple ponds.

 

[Genius]

I hear ya...I'd not only dislike that 'hate'em when they stop running' and the expense involved there...I think I'd hate the damn power bill lurking in the mail box every 30 days, even more. I'd take down the damn mailbox, tell the power company after a couple of months and they wanting to show up and do the disconnect thing...'I ain't seen no power bills...you??' Lol

We only have one field under water, it burns through around 50 gallons of fuel every turn.

Id hate to see the bills at our feed mill. Our dryer has a 4" gas line that feeds it. It also has a 75hp motor in it for the fan. Our grinder also has 50hp along with several dozen 5-10 hp augur motors.
That gas and electric bill must suck

 

[huskihl]

25 years ago, our local steel foundry's monthly electric bill was $175k lol

 

[Coltont]

The red oak on this job are a fun size it cut.

 

[USMC615]

25 years ago, our local steel foundry's monthly electric bill was $175k lol

I'm DoD civil service now, for many yrs, working C-17's at Robins AFB in mid-Ga. We also do Depot Level maintenance on C-5 Galaxys, C-130 Hercules and all the Spectre gunships, F-15 Strike Eagles, and EC-8's (JSTARS). Our base-wide power bill with everything inclusive, hits the $1 million and then some mark every month. I wonder if those boys are on the local 'cut me some huss Guss' monthly average, paying plan? Lol.

I can't imagine what some of you farming folks pay for power...pivot or not. You all got shops, etc, etc that have to be powered for farm equipment, welding repairs, maintenance, etc.

Here's one for ya...I got my power bill for the house for last month about a week and a half ago...was $181. I called the power company raising hell...they dropped it down to $155. We all get the rear end deal during the peak months Kw rate hike...but they knocked it down some. My power bills usually average $100-120 a month during the 'peak' months. Aside from that, I usually pay $90-100 a month. I've got a damn good insulated house, keep my t-stat set on 76-78 throughout the cooking, summer months, with a couple of ceiling fans running. Every now and then I'll dip the t-stat down to the 75-76 range.

 

[Genius]

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/sto...fallen-raider-who-earned-navy-cross/87286040/

Pretty cool article on how they are honoring this guy. My best friend was killed during this operation with him and is mentioned in the story.

 

[USMC615]

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/sto...fallen-raider-who-earned-navy-cross/87286040/

Pretty cool article on how they are honoring this guy. My best friend was killed during this operation with him and is mentioned in the story.

Powerful stuff...good read. I had read this previosly in another article. True Devil Dogs until the end. I'm sorry for your friends loss. I know it's a heavy burden in your heart my man. I spent my time in that sandbox, lost a lot of damn good brother Marines and Army and Air Force and Navy service members.

I'm 49 yrs young this year...if I got a call tonight or tomorrow...I'd suit up and boot up, tell my children I love them, kiss them on the forehead, for a little retribution with those SOB's. I've seen, smelled, tasted chit in those wars that would make a billygoat puke. And yes...I was absolute complicit in it. When humans hunt humans, it changes everything...It gets in your head in a combat zone.

That was a good post you put up my brother...lest we never forget those who've perished so we live with our freedoms.

I live every day of my life thinking what could I have done better when the lead got to flying. I enjoy my work now on C-17's to ferry these young men and women into a possible combat zone, humanitarian relief, etc. I do my damnedest every day on that base being in the position I'm in, to make absolute damn sure there are zero plane malfunctions. And I take my job damn serious. Some of these C-17's are the same birds that ferried me/our Marine Corps asses there and back...they simply get updated and retrofitted with the latest, greatest upgrades.

I'll say it again...if they called me tomorrow...I'd be packing and gone for a little desert Kill-Fest vacation. Once the enemy is in ya...they're in ya...in that environment. It was what it was...and it is what it is fellas.

 

[Sty57]

Powerful stuff...good read. I had read this previosly in another article. True Devil Dogs until the end. I'm sorry for your friends loss. I know it's a heavy burden in your heart my man. I spent my time in that sandbox, lost a lot of damn good brother Marines and Army and Air Force and Navy service members.

I'm 49 yrs young this year...if I got a call tonight or tomorrow...I'd suit up and boot up, tell my children I love them, kiss them on the forehead, for a little retribution with those SOB's. I've seen, smelled, tasted chit in those wars that would make a billygoat puke. And yes...I was absolute complicit in it. When humans hunt humans, it changes everything...It gets in your head in a combat zone.

That was a good post you put up my brother...lest we never forget those who've perished so we live with our freedoms.

I live every day of my life thinking what could I have done better when the lead got to flying. I enjoy my work now on C-17's to ferry these young men and women into a possible combat zone, humanitarian relief, etc. I do my damnedest every day on that base being in the position I'm in, to make absolute damn sure there are zero plane malfunctions. And I take my job damn serious. Some of these C-17's are the same birds that ferried me/our Marine Corps asses there and back...they simply get updated and retrofitted with the latest, greatest upgrades.

I'll say it again...if they called me tomorrow...I'd be packing and gone for a little desert Kill-Fest vacation. Once the enemy is in ya...they're in ya...in that environment. It was what it was...and it is what it is fellas.

Well said Sir, and thank you!

 

[stihl sawing]

Made it to 100 today, think the humidity was close to 100 % too.

 

[USMC615]

Well said Sir, and thank you!

You bet brother. I only talk from what I've done and seen, with my own eyes, ears, nose...nothing more, nothing less. Combat is absolute HELL. Politics about this crap is a horse of another color...we left the power vacuum and that's the problem today. And I'll leave that where it is.

I'll say this much, and it was the biggest difficulty for me to overcome. Based on patrol work, hours/schedules, we guys got scattered a lot. We'd play Uno, Sorry, Monopoly, Spades, you name it, in the tents...try to hang onto the games as best we could, where everybody was at, til the next time we could sling some dice, cards, or otherwise. Some brother Marines never showed back up...to play a silly ass board gam or card game. That's when everything finally sank in...when ya can't even enjoy a day or evening.

I pray my 25 yr old Navy son, and my 18 yr old daughter who's college bound next month, never, ever have to see the carnage I was a part of...

I wish I could 'wish' my brother Marines back for that last card game, board game...but it's not to be.

I miss my Brothers. Semper Fi.