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    Life on the farm

    That's to bad you don't get to keep the nice road. When they put in the gas wells they built permanent roads to the wells. They said they are the best roads. Well they would be if it never rained. 30 years later they suck. Clay based. Great for temporary but after years of driving on them full...
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    Hay Making on a Different Scale

    Never had an interest in snowplowing except my own driveway. I would not consider snowplowing a good investment anymore. Last winter was the first time in I don't know how long we had a somewhat real winter. Non stop snow. Otherwise the number of time I have plowed snow would be in the single...
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    Hay Making on a Different Scale

    It is the getting off the tractor that is the worst. I'll be stiff barely able to walk but fine once loosened up. Same at UPS take break in the car then have a hard time getting back out. Can't imagine what it will be like when I'm old. Not to mention this has been a long hot summer. No cabs. So...
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    Owner's of JD 45X & 44X Round Balers

    The service manager unscrewed the low pressure valve and cleaned. He did say the high pressure comes apart similar and have to be careful how it’s gripped to unscrew it. I’m calling salvage yard today and see what a used one costs. I’m more likely to play with one if I have a known good one on...
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    Hay Making on a Different Scale

    It’s only on the tractor because not done spraying. Only used for spraying fertilizing and some tillage
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    Hay Making on a Different Scale

    No not running out of time. Still long way to November lol
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    Hay Making on a Different Scale

    Gets weedier the longer you wait. Also with the heat and no moisture the grasses are for most part dormant. Cutting it will stimulate it. This particular field was 45 days. It’s always a tough call when weather isn’t cooperating. And yes planning on 3rd hopefully. Obviously fertilizer didn’t do...
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    Hay Making on a Different Scale

    Friday went like this. Last minute decision to mow. At field mowing by 7am. 930am uncle takes over, go to barn load hay for customer. Swap implements on tractor head back to field. Start raking. Sit on raking tractor from 1030-2pm. Back to barn and get square baler hooked up. Grab a granola bar...
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    Hay Making on a Different Scale

    Over 60 acres with 3 days of baling. The 2nd cutting on our 50 acre piece went a whopping 14 bales/acre. That's with fertilizer. Need moisture. Yesterday we got a total of .25 at 3 different timeframes followed by sun. Hard to say how much actually stayed.
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    Owner's of JD 45X & 44X Round Balers

    Thank you Jim. I corrected it on the other forum as well. I should have known better.
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    Owner's of JD 45X & 44X Round Balers

    The block most certainly does. Not sure on the valves because mine are all wore taking out the easy part of my work to begin with. Spent a lot of time on the computer trying to do the leg work myself. Yielded some results but not enough that I was confident. That was reason why I ended up at...
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    O'Reilly Auto for hydraulic hoses

    What everybody is focused on is price. Do any of you know what it takes to stock the parts to make one hose? Places like TSC, Farm and Fleet etc, are buying bulk from one place that are turning out massive amounts of simple lengths with only the basic fittings. Of course it will be cheaper...
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    Owner's of JD 45X & 44X Round Balers

    It is interesting you mention that. Service rep said could put a 4000 PSI relief valve in tensioning block. Question. Is there a adjustable relief valve that you can manually change the PSI on? I'm only familiar with the variable core valve which I have no interest in but an adjustable relief...
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    Hay Making on a Different Scale

    2 different plants. Not the same at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_carolinense https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CNTE
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