The Official Farming Thread...

[Canadian farm boy]

I understand that they like it better.....and get more nutrition from those type bales. Something to think about as my herd grows.

Lots of benefits to it. You get em bailed up sooner, lose less leaves etc.
If you gotta move em with a spear before you're ready to feed them you just tape up the puncture hole with tuck tape.

 

[Canadian farm boy]

Something else I've noticed with feeding wrapped rounds is that they seem to last a little longer. Not sure exactly why but I think it may be because of the extra nutritional value. The cows don't have to eat as much to get the same nutrition.

Dairy cows, pageant queens of the livestock world. Lol

 

[Canadian farm boy]

 

[Mastermind]

Good looking group of girls there Mike.

 

[concretegrazer]

An average 800 lb round bale is the equivalent to approximately 20-25 small squares.

You need to crank down the springs a little more.

Dairy cows, pageant queens of the livestock world. Lol

Waistfull creatures they are.

 

[concretegrazer]

Tried some beans on 30"s this year.

 

[concretegrazer]

Field I planted in orchard grass this spring that sprouted & died.



The ragweed seems happy though

 

[jakethesnake]

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Tried some beans on 30"s this year.

They yield similar. I tried 30s 15s and 7.5s. Now I just dump them in anything that I can find anyone to run. I sorta dislike cutting the 30s. Kinda liked to try to cut them on a hard angle. They do turn out pretty good.

 

[jakethesnake]

I have a square baler that I built out of a NH with a JD chute. Hell of a good machine. New plunger slides, and bearing.....new twine fingers and bases. Never been rained on since the rebuild. I'll bale a few out of the second cutting for my neighbor's horses.....but aside from hat, I rarely use it.

It was hit by a car and left in a field to rot......

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After.......

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Crafty work. Ended up w a good machine. Top of the hat to you boss

 

[ajschainsaws]

This one is for sale 1988 956xl tidy tractor

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

This one is for sale 1988 956xl tidy tractor

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Price shipped to Pennsylvania USA?

 

[ajschainsaws]

Price shipped to Pennsylvania USA?

Yeah around 3/8 of a shipping container with the wheels off it’s up for sale at
£8500 gbp this six pot is a good sounding tractor

 

[Steve]

My uncle has a 685. Very nice tractor.

 

[amberg]

Field I planted in orchard grass this spring that sprouted & died.

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The ragweed seems happy though

We never have much luck planting in the spring around here either, when the rain quits that is the end of it. The cows will eat those ragweed's if you can get them cut before they get tough.

 

[ajschainsaws]

My uncle has a 685. Very nice tractor.

They are good tractors that range when new where priced well over here and a lot of them where sold

 

[ajschainsaws]

Has any you chaps ever had a IH 1468

 

[jakethesnake]

Has any you chaps ever had a IH 1468

Was it hydro? Nah. Rings a bell though

 

[ajschainsaws]

Was it hydro? Nah. Rings a bell though

It was this v8 there’s been. The odd one or two imported ones. Over here

http://swensontractor.com/international.htm

 

[Steve]

Has any you chaps ever had a IH 1468

Never touched one but they have that cool big big v8 diesel sound!

 

[jakethesnake]

It was this v8 there’s been. The odd one or two imported ones. Over here

http://swensontractor.com/international.htm

You don’t want it. Unless it’s for a show piece. I’m with you now.