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And on a lot of other government/banking holidays that most people do not take off.

I have a few contractor friends and I was talking toone of them a couple of years ago and asked what happened to another contractor that was no longer around. His reply was that this guy was very rigid in his days off and would not go out to see jobs. He said that he used the opposite...

How about Downton Julie Brown? I met her once - that lady had presence. She also had a master's degree in electrical engineering but the Gig on MTV paid a lot better.

I suggest a floor that has a slight slope toward a door for easy washing out/cleaning. As we all know flat floors are not flat and one that has a small natural drainage is very handy. I did it in my 40 x 60' shop and I do still have one place that holds a little water but the rest drains nicely.

So I can blame it on the paper - the obits are on page two or four of the front section. The sports, comics, puzzles are all in the second section.

I use Tomahawk attachments. They have both lighter and heavyweight models and bothwork well. It is an Amish factory but they make everything for loaders from the smallest up to 20+ ft snowblades for airports - all made right here in Indiana. great people and great products.

I have an insulated shop but do not use it often so I tend to keep it just above freezing. I chose a ventless infrared heater because when I pull in a vehicle to work on it heats the vehicle not the air around the vehicle which then slowly heats the vehicle - much nicer to work on that way...

It is a little easier to incorporate the wood construction of a log cabin into a modern home versus the sod walls from the prairies where I grew up. As for building techniques being better or worse than today's world I think today's building techniques are much better and will stand much...

Always early in an industry there are lots of players but after the industry sorts out the features and configurations they want there are only a few makers that make it through. ALso the up and downs of the business cycle weed out a few. At one time there were 163 car manufacturers in Indiana...

Yes. You want to remove the protective film before heating.

The Massey Ferguson company had a lot of issues thru the years and finally got purchased by Agco which gave them a good stable base. Then Agco who had their line of orange tractors from the Allis Chalmers line realized that Massey was a much better brand name worldwide than Allis and decided to...

While the bigger dealers can get larger discounts they also have a lot more overhead. The little dealer can afford to sell it to you cheaper because of this and he knows he will get the srevice. A lot of the small dealers are hiding under the protective pricing wing of the big guys. No...

I do not know why but Ihave a hrad time believing in a machinery line who cannot seem to figure out what color it is going to be. Fendt and their now bright - almost Deutz green - versus the darker, duller green from a few years ago, the black out specials they had for a couple of years. What...

What i do not understand is how AGCO can build so many different machines for the different brands - like in Combines there are Massey Ferguson, Gleaner, and Fendt. All are very different designs. CNH does this Case International and New Holland combines. For tractors AGCO builds Massey...

I see lots of Masseys in the field and estate tractors It seems to me there are a more Massey dealers around than the others. It looks like they have a full line of subcompacts, CUTS, Utility tractors, as well as Row Crop.

I was thinking about the weight of the now full fifty gallon gas tank in the back of the suburban took away what was left of his steering that got him there. Then because he couldn't turn and the tree stood it's ground, the truck wanted to get off of that trailer in a hurry and it didn't turn...

That is exactly what I was thinking. I love my pole pruner for cutting this stuff down and then my grapple for hauling to the pile. then I come back and clean up the stump with my chainsaw and then Tordon it.

But is it hardwood?

This is a chisel Plow versus a Moldboard plow. It was made in Italy because there are none this small made in the US that I know of. There were back in the 1940s and 50s but agriculture here has moved on so this size of machine is imported. It looks like a very nice machine but as has...

I think these groups are a great start as are the private doctors with prevention that somone mentioned above. It has to start somewhere and small and figure out how to topple the monster that the government has created with its regulation and special deals. Since my wife broke her hip a few...

I taught my son this one a couple of weekends ago. He had worked 1.5 years for as tree trimming service a few years back and they never taught him this one. They just tried to rip through them fast with their chainsaws so that it did not split. i asked him if that worked very often and he...

I am very diligent about wearing hearing protection when things seem loud - like around the stamping presses or other nooisy manufacturing environments. I just do not find my saw very loud. I find it interesting that others do find their saws to be loud. I am not sure why my old saw would...

And my point is that my hearing has been checked for work and it is not damaged.

Yesterday was cool but nice so I took advantage and cut and split about a cord of wood off of my log pile. It has been a while since I split that much wood at once (manual with a 12 lb maul) and it took its toll on me. Of all the injuries what did I get - an approximately 3" piece of firewood...

I cannot imaging a 22 rim fire cartridge making a hole in one of today's tires. Some of the old tires back in the 50's though i could. Animal bones are different - you never know how they are broken and splintered plus they are held by the flesh at angles that point the sharp ends radially...

I have been hearing tested regularly and no issues. But then I typically do not operate a saw for a long time. Just an hour here and there but my saw is not that loud and yes if it is idling and i am holding it at my side I can hear many things going on with wind in the tree branches above...

I do not understand the need for hearing protection. Maybe it is because I do not have a big saw (Stihl 029). It just isn't loud enough to worry about hearing there are many things I hear every day that are much louder. Also, when I am out in the forest I like to listen to what is happening -...

Yes they were built differently - a lot smaller! There is no way my #00+ lbs would be held up by those little branches. Now my son climbs for a living but then it is his job - but most of the time he is in a boom truck - just a lot faster.

Not sure much safety gear would have protected in these situations. It sounds like inexperience or carelessness in how they were doing the work. For instance, I went to a pole saw pruner versus a chainsaw so I can stand back away from where the limb will twist or jump back to - standing on a...

I find this post interesting as most hospitals now are allegedly non-profit but they are just as expensive as most for profit hospitals - does that mean they are less efficient or just ways to cover their income with expenses such as fat bonuses for the execs?

My brother is a vet but his wife has been on Medishare for almost a decade. Fortunately she has been very healthy and has used it only a little and they really like it. It has saved them a lot of money versus regular insurance. They say that only once did their monthly plus the share get as...

I swear I know that road - or at least 50 like it!

We have suppliers that do the plating or in some cases what they call metallizing which is a metal other than chrome often used in reflectors for lighting.

Yes - I am the big guy closest to the screen in the conference room that raises his arm to point to the screen. I won't tell you what we were talking about in that discussion but I can assure you that it had nothing to do with the picture on the screeen.

And that grille makes it look faster doesn't it?

Not yet but we are getting a lot more hits on our website. That is exactly what I was thinking - 2 minutes of national exposure - probably not targeted at our target market but what is wonr with a little randomness to see what happens?

Here is the link to the video that aired.

We run 9 presses from 85 to 730 ton. You are right - with every mold design you are designing a complete process and it takes a lot of thought. We build 25-30 molds/month which means a new project every day - my wife says it is a great place for someone with a short attention span!

Thanks! It is a great feeling to know somebody noticed. I will post the video when I get a copy.

My company makes plastic parts - speciallizing in prototypes and small volume production. We pride ourselves on speed and quality of getting a part made from a CAD model but no 3D pinting here - we are talking designing and building a mold and molding real parts with full function. Our...

I was amazed at the move Haydon showed. Going back for a second trip. A lot more teardown than when I went - 1980. We had the combines on trailers and the headers were only 24' so they went on trailer and slid into the trucks. The boss was serious about keeping the combines cutting. When...

I have not heard the term pony press for many years. That was normally used for a small drill that was pulled behind a moldboard plow so that you plowed, repacked the soil, and seeded it all in one pass. It was usually a very slow operation because of the horsepower it took to pull the...

Jeff - you can do better than that since both of these tractors are turbocharged. IMO the JD is a little small in terms of weight and power especially since the HST consumes a little power as well. That kind of soil just needs a little extra muscle. Please understand this is my opinion...

I have always heard that the pounding of a baler will take the PTO out of a compact tractor like my 1710 - obviously it depends on how much it is used and how hard you push it. The rule I have heard is that you need an older true farm type tractor, i.e. heavier frame row crop type tractor to...

Don't those hold debris on top of the guard. Maybe you are in a windy enough area to not have to worry about that?

I am looking at the land and thinking cattle. Is it fenced? Cattle do a great job of haying by themselves. Somebody mentioned haying but I wouldn't be very concerned about that as you are far enough south that even though the grass goes dormant as long a there is enough the cattle can still...

Interesting movie but where hey show a John Deere with the old synchromesh gearshift and say automatic shift is a little hilarious. The grain all being swathed and then picked up by the combine was a normal practice back then but rare today. It was good seeing those old JD 95 and IH 503...

I have found my roller which is a home built 30" diameter by 7' water filled (about 300# per ft) does a nice job of smashing things flat in the wet spring but that by the middle of August the soil has revived itself into its rougher preferred state. I think all I am doing is flattening it...

Plus a commercial guy usually hires younger people who can stand all day and keep moving. I, personally, am past that point and prefer my sit on zero turns because I enjoy mowing and am not worried about getting it done the absolute fastest.

I would think for a commercial guy speed is everything and it is very quick to get off a Standon to move or pickup something versus a sitdown rider. I go through some effort to not have to get off my mower whereas it is a quick step-off and then back on a Standon type.

Congratulations! You are going to have fun!

Hadn't heard of a Bradley so i had to look them up - couldn't stop laughing. They are a walk behind or stand on and are talking about "Greatly reduce operator fatigue..." I'm thinking ues you could if you would put a seat on them. Sorry - not being critical of a mower just an interesting...

In the US McMasterCarr sells these "Xpower" o-rings as you can see in the upper left portion of the screen shot below. These are normally used for seals where shafts are sliding such as hydraulic cylinders. I am not sure how your valve setup works but I would use these o-rings made from buna...

Hard to tell for sure but they look like o-rings. Just measure ID and Cross-section and look them up and order them. Much lower cost than a seal kit.

That looks like it is doing a nice job. Very interesting!

In SD with the winds? Piling snow on the side like that would cause it to drift shut. Sorry grew up in SD and we always had to be concerned about the drifting when we plowed or piled it up. The state is famous for getting 2" of snow that you see 10X until it is allpiled up where you do not...

This is basically the method I use although sometimes the blade bounces a little when plowing snow and catches a few rocks and throws them off the driveway. In Kearney your weather is probably similar to what we get in NE Indiana where we cannot plan on just plowing high and packing down a...

About 15 years ago a gas station near me that I used to go to on a regular basis put in new pumps with "pay at the pump" . a few months later they turned that feature off. Once when I went in to pay which ticked me off because after dark it was prepay, I asked why they didn't have it and they...

They will in time - hopefully before it is too late.

I always find it sad that most of these barns indicate a farm that once had animals that often no longer does. They show a lot of little farmers that were crowded out of business. It is great to see some of these photos include barns with livestock but they are tough on barns and the ones...

Agree - many of the things we do would be eliminated and it certainly elimiane some of the freedoms we have to live "off-grid" so to speak.

People seem to think the mid-mount Zero Turn is the only style of Zero-Turn there is which I agree will flip over backwards going uphill. They are kind of like an old M or H tricycle style they tend to flip themselves with the torque in the drivewheels going uphill. I stated my "front deck"...

Why is that? My front deck zero turn will not flip or tip sideways. My biggest problem is staying in the seat. The thing is like a billy goat going up or down any hill but I do have the AT101 chevron tires not a turf tire. I would not hesitate to take it on any slope I would take a tractor...

You could set them to do that but normally the end of the tooth is more tangent to the ground and doesn't dig.

I do On my front and back lawn I do not like the little wood chunks to walk on barefoot - and I enjoy my barefoot time in the summer as I go in and out of the lake.

This may be a bit of overkill but who cares. Rowse makes rakes for haying that are essentially a modern version of the dump rake. One of their markets is picking up pecan tree prunings and bunching them to wither burn, mulch, or haul away. Since I have a few acres that surround a pond with...

And now you can see what happened to the company - they were into so many things that they couldn't stay on top in anything and all of the divisions suffered by the lack of focus.

My condolences Willy! You do have 56 years of memories though - should be lots of positive in that and seeing her go quickly and peacefully has to good as well. I just lost of brother who was fighting Prostrate cancer for 30 years and the best part of it once it took control it was quick and...

Here is an old school Spring Tooth Drag/Harrow Weeder made by the Melroe company in Gwinner, ND. I always found these very interesting as they were used to remove the weeds in the row when the corn was small. One pass with this and the corn usually got ahead of the weeds in the row at least...

I found ths one very interesting on sugar beets. I knew there were temperature ranges tehy try to harvest them in but I didn't realize that may mean they don't get to harvest some of the beets if they do not hit the proper weather window. Interesting video with lots of vehicles - like 50...

Here is a video of the Chain Mover mounted on a truck loading a stack of large round bales. It was teh same process for loading a stack. keep in mind who is recording the video - the driver - he is outside watching the truck load just to make sure i is going alright. He tippped the bed...

Those kernel processers sure make a difference on how much goes through the cattle without being digested. When i was a kid we had free running hens that salvaged a lot of it out of the lots. By the time harvest came around and we were ready to clean out the lots they were picked pretty...

Great explanation of reality versus concept!

I was snooping today and I found this - basically it was the Farmhand F10 loader with modified mounting and bracing mounted on a Field Queen self-propelled forage harvester so that you could use the power unit all year round. Over the years there have been a lot of conversion systems like this...

A lot of equipment and screwing around for some two-bit logs. What do they use those for?

Where I grew up in North Central SD we normally got 13-14" of annual precipitation. Having dry ground to set you hay on was as important as not having the rain coming down from the sky in terms of spoilage. That is why we usually put our stacks near the top of hills and certainly not in places...

Just to be clear for those who are not used to it. This is a typical setup we used for loose hay before the loaf makers from Deere or Hesston. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Farmhand+F10+loaderwith+a+hay+basket#imgrc=JPsgEdqH7S0yQM The F10 was very common because it of...

Here is the Haybuster brand of stackhand.

Old thread but here is a video>

It has been unusually warm this winter and here in NE Indiana I have not cleared snow yet. We had a few inches one time but not enough to mess with. Even the Dakotas that got hit heavy this year are about bare.

I miss those old F10s. They had a great reach. Our hay baskets had the 8' long steel tines which we liked much better than the wood ones.

One of the problems with stacked hay is that if your ground is wet it will pull moisture from the ground and rot the hay. Growing up in SD we did not have that problem as i am sure Vsteel doesn't. It would depend where you are at in Tennessee as to if it works or not. Where I am at in Indiana...

For those of you wondering shat a bale stooker is - here is one example. Total mechanical and functions off the weight of the bales. By stacking the bales in triangle they shed water better than a flat square bale and also only had a corenr touching the ground which reduced spoilage there...

Here is a Haybuster brand stackhand that was kind of popular because of the round stacks that shed water well. It seemed though that these stacks did not stand up to the wind even as well as the others which was not great. There also tended to be a hole down the middle of these stacks which...

Once we quit free stacking it in 16 x 30' free style stacks using Farmhand F10 loaders we bought on of these JD stackhands and typically made about 1500 stacks per year including hay and straw. Here is a video showing the Hesston version which operated the same as the JD in he field. On a...

Who used those in our area? I never saw one of these machines other than at the state fair. For the most part people stacked hay either free standing stacks or with a stackhand. Very few people used small squares unless they wanted a few in the barn for special uses. We always made 2-300 of...

When the kids were younger I bought a well-broke pony mare not know ing she was pregnant. The next spring I had an idiot foal running around. That little bugger just spent his whole day trying to get out because he wanted to be around people (he scared my kids because he would run right at...

Yes but normally not in the threshing because the header feeds it in from both sides and the material is controlled by the feeder chain back into the cylinder that does the threshing. The problem is usually that the material overloads one side of the sieves making the effective cleaning area...

I have seen a lot of basketball hoops inside the upper level of the bank barns around here. Usually right near the door because that was the most commonly open place and had the best light.

That tree is worth a lot as a scratching post. Will save a lot of fences from being stretched. The cattle will really enjoy it.

Wish I did but I hae ont doe it myself. I have heard of a few people who have done it but now I have to remember who they were.

I would use a larger than necessary tank to hold enough water for a few days and use a solar powered pump with a float level switch on it and discard the extra electricity. Very simple to set up. Just the tank and panels with a small pump and a switch like most watering systems have. For...

My nephew on the farm in SD tells me he often runs #2 diesel all winter except for a few cold days - although he does use some additives in the #2. We didn't do that when I was younger. He said some of the additives are so good he rarely has issues. I wouldn't think there would ever be a time...

In Texas? When was the last time fuel gelled there?

Here is a new concept for agriculture. In case some of you are wondering what they are talking about one of the features of this system is that it always uses the same tire tracks so they do not worry about compaction - they just do not expect crop growth in the tracks. I find it very...

What i scratch my head over are people with a very high debt to income ratio and they have a high credit rating because they pay their bills on time. A high debt to income ratio means you have less ability to repay the loans which should mean a lower credit rating.

I just purchased a house last spring and put an ARM on it. It was 2.75% versus the fixed at that time were all around 5%. Since it is fixed for seven years and I only plan to own the house five I figure I am good. (The house is close to work which is two hours from my home and in five years...

Which should be enough to keep the fuel from gelling as going through the system heats the fuel.

The real question is "was it still readable?"

Having said what I have on this thread I do have one debit card though - for my HSA account. MY bank only allows savings accounts for HSAs but you get a debit card to be able to access the ATM. I cannot get a credit card that I can use for the account. OF course, come to think of it, you can...

I am not sure what your experience is but we have had so many checks delayed in the mail that we do most of our payables by ACH. I was tired of arguing late fees because of the post office. Last year we had over 20 checks take more than two months before they either arrived at destination or...

But what is that protection? Most debit cards have some kind of protection but if someone gets ahold of your card and PIN and spends/withdraws funds from your account - your account is slammed shut and you have no access to even the funds remaining in the account until the bank gets things...

I will have to check tomorrow but I believe these are 7.00-16 R4s on the front of my 1710. I have replaced them once but more because of dry rot than wear out. I have been warned to watch tire size mismatch for driveline bind but the rear are 13.6 x 16.1 diamond tread and neither have enough...

Which Buick - the 3800?

Not sure how to take this one Ed. 1) you want to make sure your wife sees the bucket land on your head 2) your wife can hold up the bucket while you are under it safely 3) you figure the two of you can hold the bucket better than one

Another guy I know was picking rock and had the bucket up in the air. Saw something he wanted to pick up and stopped and got off walking under the bucket. His pant leg caught the dump lever and he got an 80# rock on the head. 6 months hospital and permanent brain damage. Consequently no...

And do not dump over things. A guy near me was dumping manure over a fence into a manure spreader and when the wet load moved forward so did the skidsteer and steel post in the fence became a spear with not a good outcome. It happens quick!

Some folks can't be helped even from the patient counseling we provide here on TBN!

Put a little tent around your tractor and put a heater in it. With the combination of warming outdoors and little extra heat you can ungel your fuel and run it normally and then cut your fuel with #1 or kerosene as recommended and life goes on. If time is on your side don't worry about it and...

For contractors these two machines make a lot of sense since the mini-ex can do a lot of digging quickly and the two machines can often be hauled on the same trailer or on alone on smaller trailers pulled by 250s or maybe 350s versus large trucks. They are very powerful, compact machines that...

I am glad it has worked out. I commend the guys at AGCO having the guts to do what they did otherwise there would have been a lot less competition in the large tractor market. I also commend those guys for not only buying them out and putting the company together but to also run it as they...

I would certainly take that as a Christmas gift and not complain. Have fun!

Somehow that does not look like a barn.

And maybe very smart business as in some cases the big guys have focused so much on big that they have kind of ignored this lower hp market creating an opening for someone like Kubota. Their tractor designs are not the big heavy Ag style but a lighter weight design that produces less...

Didn't say it was - but anytime there is a transition, buyout, or whatever and somebody is looking for a longterm piece of equipment there has to be that question. personally I think AGCO has done a great job of bringing together a lot of brands into one company. I do have to wonder how long...

Gee - I know a lot of farmers are using JCBs, Fendts, CAT, and Versatile to name a few. Of Course Fendts and Massey are brothers inside AGCO and CAT has some relationship with AGCO. Versatile after being bought by Ford New Holland who got bought by Case IH to for CNH and therefore they sold...

There is a lot of difference in the cost of mass marketing a bearing rather than having it identified specifically for a narrow market segment and having it available at dealers around the world for when somebody walks in the door. Also is that a Timken bearing from Amazon - especially if it...

Weren't the Masseys Isuzus? Even the older ones. Why do you say Chinese?

Allegedly true but as with all things there are long term effects and those pay not to work programs got a lot of people into social programs that they could not get into before and are still on them. There are still many who never got off the government teat after having it.

Did he not make it up the hill or did he not have control coming down? I am thinking it is the former.

I understand now. It did not look like 4WD in the photo. That makes a lot of difference. I know with my Deines when I changed to bar tires that thing would climb any hill - it was a totally different machine.

I agree with you r statement completely but how does the F stop the traction issue if it still has turfs on wet grass?

Both of these have higher centers of gravity than what the OP has - the Grasshoppers. Plus turf tires do not have near the traction of a bar type tire on wet just cut grass.

I do not think any 2wd mower is better than a Grasshopper especially on hills as the the low center of gravity and weight balance are exception. The OP did respond regarding the bar type tires - the difference between these and turfs on a mower like this is unbelievable. My Deines mowers just...

That one could use a little TLC - and it looks like it is in great shape to be worth it.

Depends on your animal. We used a lot of one wire fences growing up and one hot wire was a lot more effective that three or four tight barbed wires in keeeping a horny bull in his place. consequently around our lots we used a lot of woven wire fencing with a couple of barbed wire son top and...

Nobody said that deer and animals didn't get caught in a barbed wire fence. There just isn't any difference between that and any other fence. They will get caught in it no matter what type of fence you put up. Just Google "deer caught in fence" and you will see lots of deer caught in fences...

Agree! the old barns just do not work with today's larger equipment

I have always heard Deere decks rust through quicker in part because they are thinner and stamped which adds a lot of residual stress,i.e. energy to speed the corrosion. The other side is that the stamped decks have smoother flow lines so that the grass should not have the corners to end up...

That is a great animation. It is hard to believe those bars flexing as they do knock the bunches of grapes off.

On a road around here they dug out the muck soil and put in huge styrofoam blocks - like 6' thick. The wole road is carried by these rocks with 4-5' of gravel over it and covered with Asphalt. The rode would only last 3-4 years before they did this about 15 years ago and it looks great. It...

I sure wish they would show more detail about how they get the grapes off and separated. It looks like a a lot of juice or water when they dumpe plus the stuff off the top of the roller beds falls into the trailer. I am kind of confused as to exactly what is happening. Kind of like the...

The best is to coat your deck over winter when it is not in use. Coat it with a spray lithium grease and then it doesn't rust. Once spring comes you use it often enough it should not rust - if you clean it.

Was the machine running or just the engine on? I sure hope he was not trying to clean with it running although I have seen people do that as well. I have to agree that it is very easy to begin to trust the hydraulics after thousands of times of them doing exactly what they are supposed to...

You may seriously doubt it and they may not be able to give a shot in a pen with all of them with as much Angus as he has in the herd - they just are not quite as docile as Herefords. But if you have the herd in a corral you can walk among them and may have to slap them on the butt to get them...

Why do you put up with cattle like that? It is plain stupid. When i was a kid my Dad and older brother kept a few like that but my nephews just said no. No cow is worth what your hospital bills would be. My nephews run 850 head and if they have one that acts wrong in any way she is gone...

Eddie - Sorry about your loss of a brother - that is a hard one especially at your age. Growing up on a cattle ranch that my nephews still run in South Dakota I have to laugh at some of the comments. I was raised on the Triple S Hereford ranch where we raised purebred and commercial horned...

They do increase the suction which is how they keep dust in. Yours must be too far from the end of the blade and is letting dust and particles leak out.

Around here there is enough dew and moisture that uncut grass will guarantee mosquitoes.

One of the other factors on grass distribution is the angle of the deflector shield. It should be basically straight and level so the grass momentum is carried by the airstream for the most even distribution. Too far up and the airstream is dissipated too quickly. Too far down and you are...

Cotton picking has a long way to go - only six rows at a time.

When I get to the end I immediately start turning when the outside grass goes under the deck. I get to about 45-50 degrees off of straight and out far enough to have room for the deck to spin and not be in uncut grass and then turn sharp reversing the inside wheel. So it is a modified 3 pt...

Since I paid $7500 for the tractor a few years ago and had an opportunity for a very lightly used Buhler Farm King blower for $1200 I think your prices are a little out of line. The tractor is not in perfect shape but very functional and only had 4000 hours on it. The 150s sell for that now as...

There is a lot of truth to these statements. JD made a major change in thinking going to a radical new style of tractor that proved itself very well in the second iteration. Deere has a history of this the 10s were a good prototype for the much improved 20 series. The 30 series was a good...

I had a chance at a good hardly used blower for $1200 a few years back but we just do not have the snow to need it. I have the tractor I just needed the blower but I wouldn't have used it yet. That was also the reason it was 20 years old and barely used.

Easy answer - 4WD, cab, rear mount blower without having to turn around. Capable of handling large snowfall.

I am not a green paint guy but in my book the 4020 is the definite #1 with the 4440 right on its tail. It was and still is the right size tractor for a lot of farm activities and was a great product after the very disappointing 30 series. While there are a lot of 4020s still in use most 4440s...

How many 318s have 20,000 hours and helped make their owners millionaires?

We all do things we know we shouldn't but we still do. Thankfully you made it through the maze - there are a lot of very hard points that I will bet each left there own mark! Now you can rest though and let them heal.

What is wheel scrub?

Yes - it is called the operator. You determine the speed of each wheel.

Zero turn basically means it can turn inside its own radius, i.e. if the operator is good enough you can turn it around its center and no part of it will extend outside the radius of that part from the center. While this may not mean much for some it allows you to get into very tight spaces- no...

Also put a flue cleaner up it once a month or so when using it. I can see the tile bare tile of in my flue and it has not been swept for ten years. I pull the fireplace insert and check it every year just to be safe but thclimer is correct and with a little chemical help in the smoke once in a...

I do not know Van Huse. The problem is that I grew up there and then went to college and left the area so it was 40 years ago. My brother stayed on the farm and probably does them. He is the one that told me about the auction - here is a link. Land Auction of 4,467.58 ACRES OF CONTIGUOUS...

I have always liked Northline Express.

I know lots of people in the Onida area. Lambs, Thomases, Suttons, Nutalls, to name a few. I went to High School in Gettysburg and Sully Buttes was in our conference and our biggest rival. Kind of interesting what happened in the large land auction a couple of months ago. Where the locals...

About 35 miles north and east of where you did. Halfway between Tolstoy and Lebanon

Growing up out west our field size was simple - a quarter.... quarter section that is or 160 acres minus a few for a low spot or township alignment or something like that. Rocks - we had plenty. One quarter my Dad bought has a field of 61 acres and 60 rock piles - guess who got to consolidate...

Farmers in Sask have been picking up 50" wide swaths for forty years - a 25' swather with a double swath attachment that leaves the two swaths side by side picked up by one header. They typically did not chop the straw because they sped up the spreaders and could kick the straw farther out if...

We had an old G4 Combine - as shown in video - in our trees when I was growing up. Another farm we bought had one as well in their trees. My brother's father had one he used into the 1980's. Pretty solid machine but what a lot of work. My older brothers tell of riding on the combine and...

My guess is that somehow during working on it you hit the differential lock which locks your rear differential so both back wheels turn at the same speed not allowing the little front tires to turn the tractor.

I always liked the bumper sticker "Drive like He11, you'll get there!"

Your Woods was probably built by Grasshopper. I know they have broken up the relationship since then but back in that time Grasshopper was the manufacturer and two machines were virtually the same.

If there was a "band" around the blade it would not spew so much stuff out of the front. That is why most mower brands now have that feature. I have one mower with it and one without and you can see a major difference in how much comes out the front when you get into dry leaves and the like.

Doesn't the prairie area give you a mosquito problem?

I notice the buggies say "Oh He.. no!" and stay on the level ground. Those are some steep hillsides I would have liked to see the lower side of that header bringing the wheat into the center.

This thread got me thinking about what are the factors that cause windrows of cut grass. Then I watch some of the new combines in action with a 50' header and the machine is blowing the chopped straw back out nearly as wide as the 50' header. Certainly cut height makes a big difference - the...

Depends on if it runs or not. It is smaller than a 4010 by the height of the guy in the picture probably a 2510.

Just had a quote done for my 10,000 sq ft of driveway and parking area and it was right at $70k. That is $7/sq ft for concrete poured with almost no grade work. They just have to remove 2500 sq ft of asphalt and regrade the area for drainage and then grade the driveway area, set the forms and...

They are getting higher yields with the new genetics of one ear per stalk - one very nice ear. But they have also increased plant populations. I am not sure this isn't Monsanto at it again because higher plant populations means more seed corn at up to $500/bu.

The problem is in the planting. lay the potatoes on top of the ground and then mulch very heavily with straw and keep adding. By harvest time you have 6" mat of straw that the rain has packed down but lets the air in somewhat. Remove the mulch and the potatoes lay on top of the ground. Now...

Here is a "home built" trailer that will carry a semi-load has four axles of which I believe two steer and dumps quickly.

I don't think I have ever seen that paint job on Claas Lexion. Is anybody taking bets on what paint job Claas lexion ends up with? These headers are too small for wheels. Yes thy are rear dump carts - a very common thin in Europe where they do not haul miles like we do in the US. Their...

But the best place to pour the Tordon is around the outer edge - at the growth ring. The middle does not matter. You want to apply it within 15 minutes of cutting because the tree will try to protect itself by closing those pores that got cut.

I give up "LPGS"?????

It all depends on the yard - if the ruts are all over you are going to have to get very aggressive like Beenthere stated - rototill and start over. I use a chain drag behind my lawnmower. You can pull it backward for less aggressive and forward for more aggressive. Sometimes if I have a...

Thanks! It definitely looks like what I have are the Himalayan by the pictures. They are aggressive.

Is that correct Himalayan Blackberries from Europe? Either way what is the difference between them and native blackberries. I do not know what we have, I just know they are good!

That is what I told my son when he got out of high school only I was a little more direct - you are not going to do it here.

What a wonderful crop of Blackberrries this year. The rain came a little too late for the black raspberries but the blackberries have been magnificent. I don't how you guys can tear them up - a little blackberry sauce in a hot cobbler with some vanilla ice cream - it just doesn't get much...

Exactly -work with her and do not try to overcome her which is what a lot of farmers do because that is what has been taught. Does Mother Nature ever disrupt the entire soil structure? Does Mother Nature ever leave a bare dirt surface? Does Mother Nature ever have a monoculture?

And I thought you liked me?

Absolutely - this is their life plan they are betting on not just a side bet - it is a huge decision and long term commitment to make it work properly. It is very hard to go against what you have been taught your whole life especially when it takes years to be absolutely sure you were right.

I find the article a very poor analysis. To start with it talks about no-till versus never till. No till is planting your crop without working the ground and then instead of cultivating the crop just use herbicide. Let's face it - almost nobody cultivates anymore except certified organic...

Michigan has high auto insurance rates for a lot of reasons. They also have a lot of gravel roads that you do not see in the next states south. I haven't replaced a windshield for thirty years - and some of my vehicles are old enough they probably should be replaced just for visibility - the...

High school girls or high school girls putting on make-up? There are laws against distracted driving in every state. The problem is with our legal system that unless that specific act is codified then they are not prosecuted which is an insane interpretation of the law. If something...

I did one summer on a harvest crew and am thinking about doing it again once I retire. It was a fun summer.

There is a lot of discussion about tracks but a lot of people still do not go for them - usual statement is cost without extra benefit. One of the biggest negative I hear about them - especially the two track machines vs. the four track articulated - is that when they turn they track twists and...

You obviously understand fireplaces and wood well. I just wanted to make sure you were not jumping into this blind. Since i use my fireplaces differently I do not have much I can add to this conversation - I will sit back and learn.

Agree with Jaxs - you have answered most of your own questions. I have two fireplaces in my house - one a fieldstone on the main floor and one a brick unit in the basement both are very large and gorgeous and are the focal point of the room. If the is the look you want put one in - they are...

Simple - the only piece of equipment that was special was their self propelled corn picker and who picks corn anymore?

I saw this - an upgrade to the old Unisystem. Think this time it will stick around?

I see the three farm owned machines have stripper headers. Very interesting header when you are thinking about combines.

I noticed that at a dairy a few years back. I remember at home on the farm Dad didn't really like saving wheat straw because it wasn't very nice. He much preferred oats or barley straw.

Started one of those once - the 4020 diesel I was driving threw a spark when we were cutting hay next to a ripe wheat field. We had about a 20 mph wind blowing that day and it was good and dry so burned 250 acres or so before we got it out. The custom harvesting crew started cutting on the...

Interesting chart. US wheat production peaked back in 1981 and has been on a downward trend every year since then to where now we are producing about 2/3 of what we produced in 1981. During that same period US corn and soybean production doubled. A very major change in products and demand.

Not really - big combines with 45' header is how they do it in the US. The paddies have long been drained.

It is hard to believe they can make a living with machines like that as compared to the 45' heads on a regular combine.

All depends on how you rate it and what you are comparing it to. The rotary combines provided a major reduction in grain crackage and less dockage due to cleaner grain. That advantage carries over to hillsides. The overloading of the sieves to one side does still occur but usually not to the...

I find it interesting that the new Deere X9 uses two rotors but it looks to me like a good share of the threshing is done in the feederhouse more conventional style and then the rotors are more for the separation of the grain from the straw. Definitely a lot of moving parts on the new Deere...