You getting ready for 2023?

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Hay Dude

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Location
A Hay Field along the PA/DE border
Tractor
Challenger MT655E, Massey Ferguson 7495, Challenger MT535B, Krone 4x4 XC baler, (2) Kubota ZD331’s, 2020 Ram 5500 Cummins 4x4, IH 7500 4x4 dump truck, Kaufman 35’ tandem 19 ton trailer, Deere CX-15, Pottinger Hay mowers
I don’t know about you, but I am trying to get ready, but still have some unanswered questions.
1. Need to find a rake. Still can’t decide between wheel & rotary. Would like a Krone or Claas rotary.
2. Waiting for sprocket & chain replacement on Krone baler pickup. Chains are stretched to limit and sprocket teeth look like toothpicks.
3. Also just finished getting monitor recalibrated and software updated. Found a couple fractured pins in harness, too. One bad ground.
4. 2 tractors need oil changes & lube. No big deal.

Still looking for a replacement for the Kubota M126X. Used tractors cost about 30% more than they did 4 years ago.

Other than that, bring it on!!
 
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I'm trying to find a used land plane 60 inch but they're hard to find around me. Probably going to have to buy a new one.
 
   / You getting ready for 2023? #4  
Seen the neighbors going through corn planters and spring tillage equipment. Guessing be 3 to 4 weeks before spring field work and planting starts around here.
 
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I am excited about this one.
 
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I did go and get 4 bags of pasture grass seed the other day -
now if the snow would quit.....
 
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I'm going to pick up a 5' Land Pride Heavy duty RCR 1860 Bush hog ($1500) tomorrow looks like it hasn't seen a lot of use. I'm going to sell my 4' medium duty Land Pride.

It is 2.5 hours one way but I'm ready to get out of the house.

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Have fertilizer ready to go for the hay fields and if the weather cooperates I’ll get it spread this coming week. Might try and put in a first round of sweet corn this week also. It will be a risk as it’s very early for sweet corn here but the weather looks warm enough.
 
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Yeah if you put the corn in the ground before soil temps are 50°, you might as well be feeding it to the birds. Ask me how I know. 😆
 
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the snow melt is getting me overwhelmed already …

1- i got a burn pile to finish burning and grass burn the field
2-need to plow 1/4 of a field once it’s burned
3- installed windows in the gazebo
4- built a water tower for the camper
5- built a wood shack, and stack the wood in it
6-need to plow and disk a 1/4 of a field
4- I have some patch seeding to do on my main field
6-built a fence for the horses
7-my rotary rake need attention some bearing to change

will try to do as much as possible before the mosquitos comes out
 

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