The Official Farming Thread...

[czar800]

You guys posting all these pics of green grass are making me envious! Mine is just now getting green again but is still patchy.

It’s unusual to be this green in Late August, but I’ll take it!

 

[Hedgerow]

Selling them is the easy part. The what to do after is the hangup.

Think “anal retentive hay and grain producer”

 

[ajschainsaws]

It’s unusual to be this green in Late August, but I’ll take it!

Will you get another cut of silage this year

 

[czar800]

Will you get another cut of silage this year

Yes I got a 2nd cutting done already so I’ll be done making hay/haylage.

I really could make a 3 cutting, but I’m going to graze it.

We’ve had plenty of hay the last 5-6 yrs so I haven’t chopped any corn.

 

[amberg]

It’s unusual to be this green in Late August, but I’ll take it!

I also!! Never had this much hay this time of the year.

 

[ajschainsaws]

That’s good too hear you got your barns full no worries
If we get another long winter
The dairy farms over here had eaten a good percentage of there
1st cut silage so another good cut of grass will help and then s9me
Zero grazing until it gets too wet

 

[czar800]

That’s good too hear you got your barns full no worries
If we get another long winter
The dairy farms over here had eaten a good percentage of there
1st cut silage so another good cut of grass will help and then s9me
Zero grazing until it gets too wet

It helps that i sold off almost 40 head last fall.

I really think I’ll be able to graze tell thanksgiving or later.

 

[ajschainsaws]

It helps that i sold off almost 40 head last fall.

I really think I’ll be able to graze tell thanksgiving or later.

That’ll make shorter winter for you

 

[czar800]

Finally got around to spray some pasture.

It’s pretty steep ground and I had to watch how much water I took over the top.

 

[czar800]

 

[czar800]

Not to happy about the gearbox on the batwing... see how the shaft on the right has backed out. Found what looks like a piece of snap ring with the magnet...

@Sty57

 

[Sty57]

Not to happy about the gearbox on the batwing... see how the shaft on the right has backed out. Found what looks like a piece of snap ring with the magnet...

@Sty57

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That really sucks!
I've never actually seen one of them. They build them all in our Illinois plant.

 

[czar800]

That really sucks!
I've never actually seen one of them. They build them all in our Illinois plant.

The sticker on the shield says six year Warranty so I’m going to call the dealership in the morning.

 

[concretegrazer]

Not to happy about the gearbox on the batwing... see how the shaft on the right has backed out. Found what looks like a piece of snap ring with the magnet...

@Sty57



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Bummer... Is there a spring disc in the slip clutches?

 

[czar800]

Bummer... Is there a spring disc in the slip clutches?

Are you looking at this? It’s the top/cover for the gearbox.

 

[Sty57]

The sticker on the shield says six year Warranty so I’m going to call the dealership in the morning.

I would rase Holy Hell in the morning.

 

[czar800]

I would rase Holy Hell in the morning.

I hope I don’t have too...


Well I really don’t like the fact that it’s only 5 years old and it’s never mowed trees/stumps or highways and it failed. It’s only mowed pastures.

 

[concretegrazer]

Are you looking at this? It’s the top/cover for the gearbox.

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No. There's no springs on the clutch bolts.
I've not seen one set up that way.

 

[czar800]

No. There's no springs on the clutch bolts.
I've not seen one set up that way.

Ok, I’m with you now! That whole gearbox and “clutches” are under shields. I believe the type of slip clutch’s you’re thinking of are at the Individual gearbox’s.

I haven’t had any problems with this thing so I haven’t had to mess with them, but I do remember that they are different from my old batwing.

 

[Sty57]

I hope I don’t have too...


Well I really don’t like the fact that it’s only 5 years old and it’s never mowed trees/stumps or highways and it failed. It’s only mowed pastures.

What model is it?