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My daughter did it again and won the barrel racing world championship held in Texas this last week. She is only the second person to ever win it back to back.

If you can pick up the new copy of Popular Mechanics there is an excellent article in there on the truth about alternative fuel and reality of fuel in general for the future.

Haymaking secrets revealed on RFD-TV A John Deere Live edition on RFD-TV, called "Hay Making Secrets Revealed," will air April 17 at 8:00 p.m. ET. John Deere hay expert, Doug Stogdill, and Frontier Equipment specialist, Pat Hosty, host and answer caller questions. RFD-TV is available in the...

The topic of sulfur and lubrication comes up repeatedly and is hotly debated here. I'm not posting this to start another of those debates. It has been my contention that loss of sulfur leads to significant lubrication issues. Without going into alot just take that for what it's worth. But...

Dealer delivered my new gator today. It's the revised HPX 4x4. They now come standard with rollbar and three point seatbelts. Ergonomics are changed, steering is improved, and starting is greatly improved for cold weather. I'll post some pics monday and give a more detailed explanation...

I just have to brag a little bit here. We've been on the road quite a bit rodeoing and barrel racing. The last two weeks we have been in Texas for the World Championship in barrel racing. My oldest, 9 yo, came through the toughest horses in the world and won it!! For those of you that don't...

I was at the deere dealer today and they had several new mini-book like brochures there on haying, buying a compact tractor, etc. I thumbed through a couple and if you are looking for some great basic information they are well worth picking up. Best thing was they were free.

There are alot of questions on Deere pricing. Deere is very, very easy to see what kind of deal you are getting without having to ask. Every Deere tractor available has a build and price section at the Deere website. You can figure up the RETAIL price here. Based on the retail price if...

Normally I do very little if any shopping. I hear stuff on here about made in china and all the mahindra, kioti, and other mfg. like deere and nh being produced overseas. However we have been building an addition on our house and I have spent way more time in stores than I would have liked...

After a recent post about grey market tractors here is what JD has to say.

What a truck! This new truck is a haulers dream. It has upgraded the brakes to what we used to put on them aftermarket. They now have a built in brake controller to go along with the built in engine braking system with the transmission. NO more checking your shorts at the bottom of a big...

Would you guys be interested in a pictorial of breaking a horse? A local paper is doing a story on our operation. One of the things they wanted was to see how we break our horses. I thought I would post some of the pics and some commentary if you guys were interested.

One of the original Case/IH plants is closing in Moline, IL that makes the bigger tractors and combines. Most of the mfg will be switched to overseas mfgs. Extremely disturbing and heart breaking to keep seeing all of our original tractors being produced by foreigners. I just wonder when, if...

A good friend of mine had a barn fire yesterday. It was started by some square bales of hay that we had put up about two weeks ago. The hay was very dry and wasn't wet in the least. It actually should have been baled the day before but I couldn't get over there with the square baler for him...

I was at the dealer yesterday getting some parts and noticed a clean older 3020 there. I got to talking with the salesman who has become a pretty good friend. They just got it in on trade and he said if I really wanted it he could shoot me a heck of a deal if I wanted to take it before they...

pasture article

A new 10 year study Texas Coop Extension study shows that in order to even break even producing your own hay versus buying hay you need to have at least 150 head of cattle and produce over 310 tons of hay per year. At that production level you are only breaking even. Anything less than that...

Here\'s the the real ultimate utility vehicle Kubota, Deere. Kawasaki all fall way short of the bar compared to this thing. ultimate utility vehicle

Well sure enough after bragging about my post pounder in another thread it quit on me this weekend. When you pushed the lever to go down it just went down really slow instead of fast like it normally does. I called them yesterday morning. It had been about two years since I'd bought it and...

I know alot of you guys have Dewalt cordless tools. I was at Lowe's last night and they have the 18 volt extended run time batteries in a two-pack for $99!! That's a pretty good deal considering one batter usually sells for $89. I bought two packs as you can never have too many batteries for...

I've got one barn that has become very infested with bats. I've tryed the sonar, bat houses, etc. and no luck. I've closed all the openings I can find but they keep coming back. Always know by all the guana they leave. The problem is it's a machine shed and doors are open and closed on it...

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Yesterday morning on my way to work I get a call from the dealer on the cell phone. Two of deere's guys are going to be at his dealership today. They asked if they could meet with me on the problems with the 5420 and make sure that I was happy with how I was treated. I said sure and we made...

I recently bought a JD 5420. 81 hp and 65 hp at the pto. The problem is they rate these tractors without a cab. Running the ac and other things associated with the cab takes quite a bit of hp. Last week I was baling some hay and was having a tough time going up hills without downshifting...

Congrats to Muhammad and all on 300,000 posts! Although I think Bird made half of those, .

Here's my tractor and mower conditioner after finished some hay tonight.

Here's an old barn that I restored a couple years ago.

A few pics of the new 5420.

There has been quite a bit of info about the new tax laws. Here's a link to deere that explains it. http://www.deere.com/en_US/ag/feature/2003-features/depreciation-tax-law-jul-03.html

Here's my new baler and cutter.

Last load of 167 bales we just did.

Be the man you wish you would've been when you are an old man.

Anybody have one of these tractors yet? I'm thinking of getting one as another all-around tractor for the ranch. Looks like a really good basic unit. I can get one with a 521 loader, 2 SCV's, telescoping draft links, and the upgraded seat for $16,400.

I know another guy was selling a tractor and had one of these scams come up. I get them quite a bit and here's the latest one. Conversed with lady for about a week on buying some corriente cows. She said she wanted to go ahead and get them. Here is the email that I got: From: "Dr. Richard...

The news this am had a story that John Deere was named the most trusted corporation in America.

The Farm and Fleet's in our area are closing out their stock of Wallace Implements. They are a lower end implement. Prices I saw were 40-60% off of their normal prices which are already below retail.

Last night I picked up 3 of the 3x5 55 watt flood lights for my tractor. I took the blinker box off of the ROPS and spliced two wires into the hot with the lights on and the ground. I then ran this up and through the hole that is already in the rops at the top. From here I attached my lights...

I've been putting in some new water lines at my house. I had the wire locator service out and they had everything all marked out. Going along with the trencher and all of the sudden it's like the fourth of July. Transformers start blowing on the poles and the trencher is lit up for about 2...

Walmart has just announced that they are reducing all of their employee benefits. They are cutting alot of medical coverage to bare bones, raising copays and deductibles, etc. Betty Strout, customer relations dept, claims that they are just going to be providing insurance for catastrophic...

Tractor wouldn\'t start This morning I started the 4600 up to dig some trenches and it died. Started again and died. Then it would just crank over and not start. It was cold so I pushed the preheater for a few seconds and it started right up and kept running. That's the first time that has...

I was digging out a trench today and noticed the backhoe arm going sideways. One of the bolts that holds the pin in had broken and the pin had slid out. It broke the bushing on the side so I had to weld that. I will be taking a look at the bolts from now on.

Just had a friend call me who bought a baler last fall for his Kubota 3710. The baler was a New Holland full size. Last week he tore the pto out of it while he was baling. Now Kubota is denying his warranty because they said that their CUT's are not designed to run a square baler. The...

Well I finally got everything hooked up with the new sony camcorder. This is really neat. I can take 15 second videos that I can just email. It works better than I thought it would. This will be great for selling my horses. Thanks to all that helped me! Here's a sample.

If you\'re causcasian you\'re in big trouble Our state just passed a law making English the official language for the state of Iowa. There was tremendous debate on this but it was finally made law and will go into effect on July 1st. My friend, who is one of the senators, said that the...

Anyone know if King Cutter has a website? I did a search and didn't get back anything.

I know alot of you guys are new to haying and just wanted to share some exp. and advice. I went on shares with a guy this year on 25 acres of grass/alfalfa hay that he has. He was going to do the mowing and I was going to rake and bale. Then we were both going to do the stacking with some...

I was at the dealer today getting a key for my Gator. PS- don't leave your Gator where your horses can get to it. One of them ate my key!!! Back to the X. That is one impressive lawn mower!!! I took a spin on it and it is really nice to say the least. The one I tested was the 485 and it...

I just wanted to say how great the PEOPLE on this site are!!! After the last month that I've had it sure is nice to know there are so many good people out there. I posted this am about a digital camcorder problem and I recieved three emails and numerous posts telling me how to solve the...

I bought a new digital camcorder with the digital camera built into it. Problem is the software to download the pictures from the camera to the computer was missing. It was a sealed box. It's a Sony and I bought it at Best Buy. I went back to Best Buy and they said I had to call Sony to get...

Last night I bought a 97 Ford Dually 4x4 pickup to use on my ranch. I didn't really need the diesel and it was just a gasser that had a little high on the miles. Just needed something to replace the one I currently have for the ranch as it is about shot. Well to make a long story short I knew...

I've had quite a few emails asking me about fertizlizing pastures so I thought I'd post here and let everyone know what I thought. Your best bet is to fertilize right now while the weather is pretty wet. The best to use is just the dry fertilizer that is in the pelleted form. You can even...

In the April 2002 issue of Equus there is an excellent article on how to buy the right tractor for your needs. The article is called "Tractor Talk- A rookie's guide to adding some mechanical muscle to your horsepower collection"

Subj: KEEP THIS MOVING; ACROSS AMERICA HONORING A TRAITOR This is for all the kids born in the 70's that do not remember this, and didn't have to bear the burden, that our fathers, mothers, and older brothers and sisters had to bear.Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the "100 Women of the...

Any of you guys with the power reverser ever jump in your pickup after working on your tractor and grab the blinker switch and push it to go in reverse? I did it again this morning. I have done it a few times after being on the tractor. LOL

Did any of you other guys get hit with this midwest storm? We got a little under a foot here with blowing winds and temps into the negative degrees without wind chills. I spent most of saturday and sunday digging out livestock, barns and roads. As soon as I would get a road cleared it would...

My Valentine\'s present Well here's my valentine's present. My wife really outdid herself this year!!!

I got this from a friend. Awful close to the way I was raised as well. How old would this person be? > > > > One evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather about current > events. > > He asked what he thought about the shootings at schools,the computer...

Well I sold a bunch of cattle this last month as prices have gone really high on bred cows and first year heifers and am moving more of my operation to horses. To do this I went out and bought this stud horse who is an own son of Shining Spark out of a Colonel Freckles mare. He is a four year...

Awhile back there was a post on how much of a market share that Kioti was getting. Well in all the new horse mags. that I've been getting lately they are taking out full page ads and pushing them really hard. When I first saw the ad I thought it was from Kubota as they look exactly alike...

President Bush was here yesterday to visit the Deere headquarters and production facilities. He made a good speech on improving the farm economy and world markets. We'll see if it gets done.

Just an fyi as I know alot of you have horses and cattle. I purchased one of the drinking post waterers. You can see them at www.drinkingpost.com. DON'T buy them. They are very cheaply built and I seriously wonder about their design. They are made so that they don't freeze in the winter by...

I know some of you guys had purchased some canopies from that fly by night guy on here and never recieved them. Did you ever get your canopy or what happened?

Hey John could you do me a favor and look up in your source and see what a 1967 JD 4020 with 5500 hours would be worth. Thanks much.

I don't know if this is true or not but a friend emailed it to me today. Learning How to Work the System... I was going to bed the other night when my neighbor called me and told me that I had left my shed light on. As I looked for myself, I saw that there were people in my shed taking things...

Just wondering if any of you guys are going to the National Finals Rodeo? We will be down there for it the 8th-13th if anyone is going to be there we should get together.

Well this is why I never get involved with govt. programs. When I bought this other piece of ground the first of this year it was still in CRP with the govt. but was set to come out this fall. The payment on the ground is due on Oct. 1st from the govt. Oct. 15th no check so I call them. Well...

Just FYI for those interested on JD pricing around here. Bought a Gator 6x4 today with the Essentials package and heavy duty tires. Out the door was $7500. List price was $8919.

What do you guys think that a 1990 30 foot gooseneck flatbed aluminum body with steel frame and two 10k axles is worth? It's in decent shape but could use new tires. Axles are in good shape and no broken axles. The guy wants $4500 for it but I was thinking under 4k.

A long summer\'s work payoff Well the horse place is finally mostly done. I have a little trim here and there to do and a few more cross fences I want to put in but I moved my horses to the new place this weekend. I'm really excited about what the family and I accomplished this summer. Now...

I need a new notebook computer. My old one needs more work than it is worth. My uses for it are I take it home to do work from the office and then bring it back and hook back into my network for my billing and office notes program and upload work that I did at home. It also gets used alot for...

Well here's some pics of my last week and how I spend my weekends.

Whenever I go back to the main topic forum it reverts back to 8-23-2001. I then have to hit refresh to get to the current day. I have deleted all old files and temporary files from the internet and it still does it. Anything else I can try Muhammad or anyone else? It has been doing this for...

I know some of you guys hay on here and John Deere is ending their 36 month no interest deal on Aug. 31st for all haying equipment. I just bought a new 328 baler for $10,900 and got a 1991 1219 mower conditioner in excellent shape for $4900. The dealers here are making all kinds of deals right...

Here locally our little league baseball team made it to the finals of the Little League World Series. They did not make the finals though. [sad]. Anyway I just read in the paper this weekend that Quest was suspending the Coach because he didn't come back when his boss told him to. Evidently...

Here's my daughter at the state golf tournament. She's five and played in the 8 and under category and got third. She won the city tournament in 8 and under two weeks before. This was on the front page of the paper after the tournament. Mom and Pop were pretty proud of her. <P...

I read today in the new Western Horseman that Rhode Island is going to make it so that you cannot own animals in that state. You will be a guardian but do not own the animal. That means that now animals will have most of the same rights as any citizen. This animal rights thing is really...

\"Survey of Repairs on Your Tractor\" Gentlemen, Glenn brought up an interesting topic about reliability and tractors. Instead of relying on conjecture let's post here any repairs that you have had done on your tractor. Please state your brand, model #, and the repair that was done. Any...

I talked to my brother last night and he does some contract work for the city that he lives in. He was at the city shop the other day bidding a job and they had a new 5210 MFWD, power reverser with a loader and eight foot woods box blade that was being delivered. He asked the city admin. what...

Here's a new virus that my internet company just emailed me. An extremely dangerous virus called SirCam is currently circulating throughout the Internet. It is important that you take several mandatory precautions to prevent your system from acquiring this damaging virus or spreading it to...

I've got a number of stumps that I was going to remove this weekend and wanted to know how some of you guys that have done this thought the best way to go about getting these out is? I've got the backhoe and all so it shouldn't be a problem. Just wanted to know any tricks or easy ways of doing...

Just for you guys that keep track or have to justify things with your wife here is my breakdown so far on the backhoe. Put in drain tile, lines for phone and electricity. Amount saved: $175 on rental of trencher. Dug out the field and lines for the septic system, set in tank with hoe and...

Well my waiting paid off! The dealer called me today and asked if I still was looking to buy a backhoe. They got a tractor from another dealer with a backhoe for a guy who didn't want the backhoe. The dealer said they had to take the whole unit or they wouldn't send it. They didn't want the...

Well the barn will be on hold for a week or so. We had a tornado touch down here tonight. Took out part of my deck and bay window, dropped a tree on the roof, took off part of the pole building and knocked down trees everywhere. Will be fixing and cleaning up from this for awhile!

Well this week I will be starting on building on the new property. The first to go up will be the attached pics of the plans of the new barn. It will be 120x86. I'm building in a 45x15 office and then ten stalls. I'm going to have self-waterers in the stalls and the rest will be open for...

Well as others have reported I lost the bolt on my rotary mower last night and the blade came off. I have used that mower for six years and never had a problem. Always lube it and check the bolts, etc. About a year ago I tryed for all I was worth to get the blades off and couldn't even budge...

Here's a pic of a few of my girls and their new babies.

Here's the newest edition to my diesel family. Sold my '95 powerstroke diesel and bought this one. Fell into a deal that I couldn't refuse and my wife hates to drive a stick shift so I needed an automatic. Can't believe the difference in the new body and frame style by Ford. It's no wonder...

I remember we were talking about how hard willows were to kill awhile back. Well yesterday I was riding down in the one pasture where I had cut a willow out when I redid my creek. There was about a 6 foot piece that I left in the pasture that I was going to cut up for firewood. Well it's...

This is just a heads up if any of you decide to look into this company for a steel building. I'm going to build an 80x140 foot steel building for an indoor arena and was calling people on prices and such. After getting several bids these guys were the highest. They advertise that they have these...

Well just off the phone with the golf course and made the first tee time of the year for tomorrow!!! Finally no more hitting wiffle balls in the pole barn!

Harv here\'s the pic of that fabric I promised you fabric for roads. It's 12' wide.

Here's the problem that I run into with the compact tractor. In order to have clearance for chains and for stability I have to have my tractor wheels set wider than six foot. The only setting that works to stay within 6 foot for the box blade, bush hog, loader, etc. is the narrowest width...

This baby is a car that cuts grass with a laser and drives 50 mph. See it at www.wolfgarden.com

There is a new video out that is free from John Deere that does a comparison test between the different compact tractors. You can get it for free at 1-800-654-0611

There was a great little article in this month's Western Horseman on compact tractors and utility vehicles. It reviewed the John Deere, Kubota, and New Holland tractors as well as numerous ATV's for small acreage work. Nicely informative and gave good reviews for all the compact tractors...

Any of you guys see the article in Field and Stream about venison causing CJD, a form of mad cow disease? If you contract it from eating deer or elk it is certain death with no treatment. You can read the article at http://www.fieldandstream.com/sportsmansissues/fsdeadlyvension.html

With all the snow and ice we're having I have been getting stuck alot putting out hay for the horses and moving snow. I went to the dealer to get some chains and was told they don't sell chains for the 4600 because there isn't enough clearance. Talked to another aftermarket place and they said...