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And there were 5x5 for $35. I'm $34 out of the field for a 4x4 bale and they will be $55 this winter.

Welcome to this site Shawn T.W.

It should for what it takes to make a good clean timothy crop. I still have thoughts of putting in a small field. Know what price I would sell it for and it probably wouldn't move. $7 There is no money in hay because nobody will pay what it is worth. And you have everybody selling there's for...

Didn't do any hay all week. Very unsettled. Mowed a fallow field to get it ready to spray on Thursday. Heavy rain came through..........................except for me. Did get enough that it would have shut down baling and ruined your day. The weather videos I watch say the same thing. Enough...

Last weekend 50 acres of dry hay we baled. This weekend all last minute decisions and uncertainty. Doing a whopping 5 acres.

None. Of course that is why most is still standing. Down to only needing 2 good days to get it dry now but even that's hard to get.

Neighbor baled for me. Had his tractor and baler not been sitting in the barn next to the field might not have gotten so lucky. We would have done squares instead but would have been a long day. I had already contacted are largest customer and they were unavailable and it was Sunday so no Amish...

4x4's and their method of hauling. This customer is one of our best ones. Almost 300 rounds. Yes have a grapple but to slow. Bale spear.

When filling silo as a youngster we were taught to grab the pto shaft of wagon to stop it spinning. We would cross over it. Stand on tongue watching the silage with it spinning between our legs. I still have one of the wagons. To this day I do all those things. Old JD and Papec wagons. Not the...

5.5 hours and 105 round bales gone.

JD baler. Already have pressure gauge plumbed in as JD doesn't come with one and know way to know what is going on otherwise. Video my son made of my baler running properly to help out on another forum

Tensioning system went somewhere. Working on troubleshooting in free time. The easiest fix did not work. Replacing the pressure relief valve. Just narrowed down where to look next. Leaning toward the belt tension cylinder. Ran some tests and waiting on what to do next. Then just need time to...

I like the ones that fold up. My cousins folds back. Seems like a lot of stress when bouncing not to mention the tail swing. So far his is the only one I've seen like that.

50 acres done. Only 120 more for dry plus all the baleage we have yet to do. Round baler is now down indefinitely. Neighbor baled up my rounds with his Krone. 172 4x4 round bales and 1222 small squares. Today is load out for rounds.

Raccoon came up through the battery access door during the winter.

Same here and I'm all small equipment. Depressing watching the ground move under the tires.

That’s awesome. I’m all for fox and coyotes. Everyone thinks I’m nuts because I have calves on pasture but until I have issues…… Hunters keep them in check Major deer issues so more than enough for them to eat and foxes keep the stray cats at bay.

Dozed off. Mowing yesterday wasn’t any better. It’s rough

Finally getting things done................though slowly................and not with issues. Busy week and weekend if no rain.

Bolt rubber to drawbar. Cut an inner tube or such. You might have other issues as well. With my tractor and large windrows the rear wheel can actually catch the windrow and start balling it up. Doesn't happen much but it does.

Starting a custom job here for baleage since no dry hay weather. It is very localized rain this year. Makes it hard to know when and where. Got a few sprinkles at home but he had water running down the road from heavy rain. Just the type of year. Worst part is the day of it is changing whether...

Yesterday's baleage. Mature Rye again several weeks late.

It's a weed field that I haven't decided what I'm doing with it yet. Lots of low growing clover and Johnson grass. Needed to be cut weeks ago to salvage the Johnson grass. Once it dies just falls flat on the ground. Cattle love it though. What I wrap is the fields that always get wrapped. It...

Square baler was ready for a maintenance repair. $338.30 later

I guess I hadn't posted the pictures yet. It was baled the next day and wrapped. The dust isn't because the hay is dry. Just a wet depressing year. Got 13 acres of 185 done up as dry. Have some rye down now for baleage that now is wet from rain.

Bill went from actual to estimating. You see that the price dropped drastically When they had no usage to estimate. I'm surprised they didn't estimate it better. It is easy to see I should have paid more than $10.16 and $45.70. Jan, Feb, March, April 2024 Meter was down. KW 2025 KW...

I liked when ours quit. Free electricity for a few months before they got around to replacing it. Got to the point I wondered how long they would let it go.

I would bet on it. They sent a tech out to confirm meter issue when mine quit.

Have a whopping 6 acres down when we should have 20-30. Look at that ground. Entire time mowing was thinking how nice this was. Then we went to the other farm that is good ground and knocked down 11 acres for baleage and knew why we made the decision we did. There is soft then there is well...

Yes, have one of those too.

Kind of an exaggeration because I probably should have known better but 12 ft to the left is the hayfield I was trimming out. Came back to some multifloral rose I had my sights on.

Working at the shop yesterday because what else is there to do. Another half inch. More today and into Saturday. Looks like we are a go maybe Saturday afternoon for a short but hopefully productive 3 day window.

Anywhere from 25-60% moisture. I try for 50% and just under. Depending on your area. for 1st cutting mow one day bale the next. Crops like oats, rye, sorghum sudan, etc might leave it for a couple days. Heavy clover almost never gets dry enough. That is a tough crop. Fine line between getting it...

Look at that no sun. What a familiar sight. Haven't looked at my rain gauge yet but the weather site says another inch last night for me. Had ducks where I took those couple bales off from. We had a 4 day window that is quickly narrowing to 3. Won't know more until tomorrow and even then rain...

An example of how plugged the radiator and the oil cooler can get. The 4040 is original to the farm. Growing up with it it always ran in a certain temperature range even not doing anything. It was normal, not hot. After I quit farming went to work in a factory, built a shop and had money and...

Now that you have decided to trailer tractor home if it were mine this is what I would do before starting it. I have purchased several used ones at auction and have done the same thing except some of what I would do to the 4230 is based on the fact it has been sitting for years. Remove ALL...

1586 The hole in dash is the lighter for your cigar now it is used to keep cell phone charged

Loaded yes. Duals your thinking the wrong way. Larger foot print less compaction.

Drizzled yesterday. Really glad I didn't mow the field I was planning on. It didn't really dry and made wet heavy muddy bales. But it is off I guess. Rain today later.

I would prefer 60's over 80's. Could do without the rain though. They are opening up a large window for us starting about Thursday-Tuesday. Hoping it holds. GFS still has a couple glitches in that time frame.

Have a collection of 3 stacked there. One punctured a tire while plowing. Wish it wasn't sitting in the grass the way it is. Needs a inner loaded dual tire repair and have not called it in yet. Doesn't do much anymore except for round bale wagon and moving wagons around home. One of the best...

This is the layout of your tractor. I need to move my radio back to where it belongs some day. This is the way I bought it.

That shift pattern is correct. When all you do is look at tractors and study them and people don't put in all the details you look closer at pictures trying to find your answers. Helps that 99% of what I have now and 100% what I grew up with is JD's from the 70's-80's The giveaway was in your...

Was going to do baleage but after finding this on good ground where I wrap guess I’ll do nothing.

https://ag-wx.com/ https://ag-wx.com/ECMWF/ECMWF_v_GFSv16_wx_US.html https://www.youtube.com/c/AgribleInc_TheInsightToDecide/videos Break it down to my area with this https://weathermodels.com/index.php?r=site%2Fstart

Here is the current 10 day outlook

Now that your set on pulling it on the trailer make sure you put transmission in "TOW". From the pictures I believe it is a quad range. There is a tow spot for the range lever, gear lever in neutral. If you don't find the original owners manual, when you get one make sure it is the correct one...

Your not kidding. Our month and half total is 8.31 inches. Lots of corn not planted. Corn that was planted during a dry spell a month ago or more looks like corn that was planted couple weeks ago. All of it is just up, yellow, sitting and waiting for good weather. Going to work on baleage. Can't...

The tractor may never had one. It optional.

Across from my shop. Neighbor finally got is hay custom chopped. We might still be damp.

No issue pulling from front axle.

If we can get it every 40 days we’re doing good

Got the straw picked up yesterday finally. Turned out better quality wise than expected. 1040 bales. Didn't take a single picture and spent the whole time in the mow. Dodged mud holes and standing water to get it picked up.

In what way. Not unusual for us to struggle in June to make hay but when we can get it we expect it every year. I know everybody is behind though this year. Lots of corn not in the ground yet.

Just sitting here waiting. Straw still on the ground and hopefully get some tomorrow. smoke isn't helping either. seems now smoke early summer from Canada and smoke from the west in late summer.

I can break this down with 95% accuracy as to what happened. The facility I work at the beginning and the end for packages. We are small and everything is done manually with human mistakes. The larger facilities are much larger and automated sorting. I recently worked an evening(Local Sort) and...

Unless modified it uses 2 - 6volt battery in series. I would avoid either at all cost and if electric available plug in the block heater and get here good and hot. Put a battery charger on her in case it takes several attempts to get it to start. Only boost from the starter on 12 volts. I would...

Gets delivered

Everything turned out good. Took about 30 bales to get accumulator shined up where I wasn’t stopping every 4 bales to assist them. 865 bales. Yield was much better than expected. 96 bales/acre. It is our best field. No fertilizer. Had I only cut half of it would have seen much higher yield...

The photos are deceiving. Yes there are certain areas that are soft but not as bad as the rye field. This field is for the most part better drained. What you are seeing is dew. Mowing started at 9am and tedded shortly after so it is all residual moisture. I don't perceive any issue baling but...

You don't feed these ones. They feed themselves on the very same bugs you will complain about when they are gone. The bird sh^t on hay can be avoided. Look at covering small areas at a time to keep it off the hay. I will agree with the hay portion. The health hazard??? Don't eat it and don't...

4 day window. 9 acres of hay down and tedded. Straw tedded out. Still wet.

Or enjoy their company and realize what value they have and focus on the starlings that are invasive and kill them. Not native species of birds.

My walk out Added to the collection. This was 2 years ago on a custom job I do every year. Think up to 2 or 3 flats on this job over the years. The shale is usually the culprit

Have a collection of them in the tractor. One was a tire piercer. Wet in spots. No in between. Either really wet or solid. Had no choice this crop has a narrow cut window and it was about a week late

2025 season is here. 14 acres of rye straw down. Not the driest start. It will take 7-10 days for it to be ready or longer if the weather doesn't cooperate. Been 2 years since we have ran this tractor. Lasted about an hour before springing a oil leak from the repairs that were done.

Yes. And if possible try to return in better condition than how I received it

The stories I could tell you……………. Let’s just say many years ago, way before he was as big as he is now another farmer and I talked about it was only a matter of time before he killed someone due to how equipment was kept and ran. It happened.

It would be. Not sure where I posted this before but he just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Several weeks ago he called about running equipment as it is go time on corn and haylage. It didn’t work out but wanted to as he had gotten better and bigger equipment and wanted to try out their newer...

Good luck. I would never consider removing bats. Park else where, cover equipment, live with it. A fire in a barn no matter how contained is BAD idea. I don't know how often I have wiped bat s%$# off tractor seats and to date I am not sick. I don't recommend wiping it off then eating without...

Actually that is a November picture. Point being doesn't matter if there is standing water my cousin will be on the fields

My cousin will be making a muddy mess doing his haylage. Doesn't matter the weather. When time to cut it is time to cut weather be d^%$............ Years ago I ran the merger for him

Same here. It is all those little "tentacles" that wrap around limbs that hold them tight. Those breakdown pretty quickly making pulling out later much easier.

We have grape vines that will grow into the trees. When I bought grandma's place had a bunch we cut at the ground. Pulled out the easy ones by hand and left the rest. They really are not noticeable. Be nice to convince your customers that the more damage can happen to the tree by trying to pull...

Type C. I don't need to deal with inspections. I do need to get it safety checked at some point though. I do push the daylight hours a few times. Mostly taking it to work so I can fuel it up on the way home. Hasn't happened but you would think not having a license plate would be an attention...

I’m figuring on some repairs. We facetimed and he started it, showed me oil pressure after it warmed up, jumped out of cab, pulled oil fill cap, no blowby. Pulled dipstick, too. No blowby. Took it out on the road, drove back roads, drove 55 for a few minutes. Looked at oil pressure again...

Ohio you have both. Our barn is full of barn swallows. We get to sit outside in the summer and enjoy it bug and mosquito free. Some people don't like the mess they make but having no bugs is priceless. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Tree_Swallow/overview...

Just last week I was fixing fence. They do seem bad this year. I don't remember having an issue with them but this year my arm swelled up and itched for almost a week. The scabs are just healing now. Wife asked what happened. about 10 bites on one arm and unlike mosquitos you don't feel them...

Are they the same shipping company? Same item different shippers different rates and as stated above 2 different distances. Your not comparing apples to apples. Get your products shipping quotes from 2 different dealers in the same state to start an argument.

Use a grease that doesn't separate and it won't make a mess. My guns hang on the walls and set on top of toolbox.

Pipelines open up easy traveling for those that disregard private property. When the NG lines went in on this farm we had issues with snowmobilers and wheelers coming all the way through then travel on the main roads. Years and trees falling have shut those down.

Then why are you stopping. Run them through the mower. buzzards need to eat to. There are way to many.

That's the beauty of your own forecasting. On the left under select cycle you can go back in time and see if the model runs remain consistent hour to hour or bounces around on the timing of rain. If it bounces it will be a crap shoot when the rain comes in. But just like any forecast mother...

That’s where doing your own forecasting pays off. But it’s not easy.

I could not imagine taking the time to prep posts for a fence or put gravel around or…….. guess it comes down to how much fence there is. I want to reiterate if you use quality posts the first time it will be decades and decades before they need replaced. Is it really worth the time and money.

Over the years I have seen cedar mentioned. Not something available here or if it is, it is not widely known. The southern yellow pine is what is stocked here. That's what I assume was used for the fence program. I need to try my hand at felling trees and start making my own locusts posts. Not...

I have hi tensile fence that was part of a government program. Those posts are punched right in to the ground. over 20 years later I'm pulling them out and reusing and fully expect to get another 1 or 2 decades out of them or more. The rest of the fence posts are locust. There are posts that...

One of my customers that has a farm found a horse in their cattle pasture. Figured had to be abandoned there after being unable to find an owner.

No just run your and enjoy it

You should always have have a few that don’t break or even be green yet. If not your already to dry. Since you use the windrow tester. You should also test the bale immediately after dropping it. Compare readings. Between my baler tester and hand held there is approximately 5% moisture...

500 hours is nothing to scoff at in a year. I wouldn’t be concerned with it.

Did you do the twist method before baling. Sounds like you did rounds, 17% might be pushing it for rounds. I would have no problem baling that in sm. sq. I never check hay after the fact. It will make you 2nd guess yourself. Moisture and heat will always rise after baling no matter how dry. It...

Try to figure out they’re tax exempt routine. I gave up on getting my money back.

9 speed not 12. One reason I don't even look at them. Not enough gears in them. They are nice size and decent styling. Couple low hour ones around here that I would love to get my hands on but the gearing puts a halt on that.

Looks like my New Holland when I round bale. It is the only tractor that I have that issue on. The old JD I can bale all summer with no over heating but the NH get halfway through the day and the needle will touch red. Stop, pull the AC condenser, and wipe off the accumulation of dirt/dust and...

Okay. I stand by my price and the fact the entire tractor is repainted. Keep in mind the actual hours are probably slightly to much higher due to the style of hourmeter. The hourmeter on those tractors only recorded an actual hour IF it was run at pto rated rpms. Meaning if it spent an easy life...

You have sat on this tractor personally? Need many more pictures and no that entire tractor has been repainted.

Based on what? it has been repainted. Those are not OEM decals. Have you seen and ran it in person? Does the tach work? What issues is new paint covering up? Sight unseen and winging it $5000 and I'm not sure I would go that much.

The trucker was probably contracted out. Who did you place your order through? Any place I would get it from can readily provide me details on the lime. The company I buy from now send the specs with the bill and this lime comes from Lockport, NY. My other source for lime would come from Ohio...

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That is a very loaded question. So many variables and what do you want calculated? Land rent cost or you own it and taxes. Lime and fertilizer costs. Costs of putting in a field. How many years are you going to factor that in. Your time. Equipment. Bare minimum and old. Or in my case more than...

If a person like that came here I would just tell them, then go buy them. The out of the field this year is $3 - 1st and $4 - 2nd squares. We bumped the 2nd price $.25 as well as the prebuy and stored hay price. Slowly getting prices where they need to be but never where it should be. Had a...

Sure would make life easier if we could get those prices here. If we have a surplus to sell during the winter it’s $4.50 1st and $6 for 2nd 4x4 1st cutting round bales $50 and they are just starting to move. As far as I know we are the highest price seller in the area.

You had me excited when you said Fendt square baler. Then I went and checked it out and you meant big square. lol. Maybe by the time I upgrade my small square to an inline I can get the 1840 in Fendt green.

Good advise on above. Keep it clean and check regularly. Want to go a step further to pinpoint add an additive to hydraulic oil so you can black light it. Had a similar situation on my NH but when new. Leaked slightly in a banjo connection area. Cleaned, replaced seals, cleaned up mating...

No tedder or? Why would you not run a tedder right after mowing so they covered the entire field? What little loss there would be would be made up in better, faster, more even drying.

Is the fence sturdy as is? If so are you looking to fix for aesthetic reasons? I’m assuming you’re going to use woven wire on the inside. I would use as is if it is solid

While yes there is a plant back restriction, I regularly use 2,4D, Mixes with 2,4d at high rates to bring my pastures in order for years. As long as one doesn't get it on the leaves the trees there is no effect to them. When it greens up I can provide pictures of the areas if anybody have any...

We posted at same time. Is there oats with it to help stabilize soil until grass gets going? Hopefully the field is better than what I’m picturing

For our area fall seeding are getting to be the way to go due to heavy spring rain fall. I hope is was no till. That’s a lot of lost soil if any kind of slope.

I know this will come up as I have been called out on it several times. I know many have hours round trip to reach their dealer. I’m blessed to live 20 minutes from my closest dealer. 5 minutes when I’m at work

I have learned from these forums that JD dealer prices may be higher than Green Parts Store. So shop around and double check. For me I use Green Parts Store to check prices. Never once has it failed that it is the exact same price as my local dealer. Keeps me from bothering the counter person...

There was a time I used to run them in with a impact and said good enough. Driving to work one night the valve stem extender came loose and broke the valve on the inside dual. Because it was fieldwork season had everything with me including at that time Craftsman 1/2" impact. Pulled off, jacked...

Did you just buy the switch you needed? The key is to disassemble, find markings on failed switch, and spend a lot of time researching to find your needed part. Had a mirror fail on a NH. They only sold it as an assembly for $xxx.xx. All that I needed was a spring, couple washers, and a...

Every time I rotate tires or have them off for any reason. Hand start lug nuts, run them up with impact, tap them a couple times, then finish with torque wrench

Is that a cat 1 or 2. I haven’t got to that point yet and where mine is going to come off is anybody’s guess. Mine is a cat 2 and no not light. I have gotten to the point I know longer carry it though

So you can fix it when it breaks or modify it so it fits? Why not just go to JD and get what you need. Pricey? Sure but after 25 years with the one I have no complaints and works as good as the day I got it. Gets moved from tractor to tractor pending application. Purchased only because the...

Ignore it. What does the rest of the area look like? I would be more concerned with metal objects creating flats then glass. Once you get grass growing you will never know its there. Find glass of all types around the farm and in the fields. Never once has it caused a flat.

I like tractors in their work clothes. Dust and dirt doesn't bother me. I want to see the grime that could indicate oil leaks and such. If I go and look at a used tractor and see considerable effort in cleaning I'm going to wonder what the seller is hiding. Same with repaints. I won't buy a...

I hope you didn't buy it new, try to save money and now decide you want them. That is an expensive mistake. Looking at others it seems 1 remote is about standard so where they are plumbed in on the tractor is your starting point. Your going to need the parts diagram as the starting point. From...

Your description sounds vaguely familiar and know it as Fluid Film. You can get it in several different consistencies. Not sure if it would work for you. Much more readily available based on how hard your searching now.

Never should your graph look like this. While this extreme doesn’t happen like this much anymore I see 400’s on a regular basis. double ups are very common if not every day. Double downs have lessened. No not my graph but someone close. It’s very common to be in the basement and level off at...

That's funny. Interested in a 80's dump truck with a 460 and worried about gas mileage. My guess is it will get the same mileage. I have a 3500 C/K 3500 crew cab dually w/454 and a Dodge 2500 w/V10. They get about the same mileage. I did not buy them for fuel mileage capabilities.

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Until the next day when black soot is covering everything. I won't burn tires but sometimes it gets to the point where you need to do something. Wife and I bought a property that was essentially abandoned. Rims with tires everywhere. Had many fires that I did not like burning. Still more...

Here is my running average usage/price. Year KW Price $/KW 2015 493 $72.37 $0.147 2016 650 $94.59 $0.146 2017 590 $92.06 $0.156 2018 503 $78.88 $0.157 2019 583 $87.06 $0.149 2020 594 $87.78 $0.148 2021 740 $ 107.02 $0.145...

Type 1 I’ll speak to. Diabetes is not well understood otherwise maintaining a healthy bs level would be easy. But everything varies one from person to person and from day to day. And as stated in the above post. You can do the same thing everyday and have varied results. Why? Just because you...

So there was a shortage/supply issue? Exwife contacted me to see if I could get the G7 locally in Feb. Said they were having issues getting them. Son is back on G6 for time being. On a different note if I have need Dexcom/Tandem supplies just learned of 2 people in Southern Tier NY that...

And I was enjoying the piece and quiet on the subject matter

No red. Blue blue blue. You just need a little bit.

Yes it is. I'm 45 min east of Erie on the NY/PA line

I'm on the edge of 10-15' NWPA Link to all recent historical data https://www.ag-wx.com/historical_wx

If you take the time to trap them, take the time to shoot them.

Talk about thread drift.

After researching I do remember coming across that the 2555 had both options. Sorry about that. I guess if the tractor isn't painted the fading should be different between the tractor and engine but has to know for sure that the engine came from a 2755 is beyond me. If your friendly with your...

Read it line by line and you’ll see turbocharged

Do my own forecasting. Use the HRRR for immediate weather and NAM for 3 days. https://weathermodels.com/ Use this site for current to long range then weather models to break it down to my area https://ag-wx.com/ If I look at a forecast this is the only one I use anymore plus has great...

Appears you didn't read tractor data very well https://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/000/1/3/136-john-deere-2555-engine.html https://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/000/1/3/137-john-deere-2755-engine.html

NH are a pain. Have a TD95D. Brake fluid. Power steering reservoir. Expensive filters. Makes me glad I have more JD than NH's

Want to say 150,000 on the SCC and I would run 200-220 can't remember on the others. 22 years ago this fall on being done milking. Did relief milking for a few years with the custom work. It was neat to see other barns and while I thought our was very labor intensive it was a walk in the park...

Correct. Tiestall to freestall. lol no we had a pipe line. 4 milkers, dad up it to 6 then after he passed I got 2 more at an auction. But guess what, the milker pump was not upgraded. The ramification was really noticed when toward the end I did all the milking by myself so 5 milkers max. The...

Barn held 60. Most I milked was 80 one summer. I leased out the extra 20 when had to put young stock back in the barn. After they were gone I realized I would have been better not milking the extra 20. I made more milk per cow with 60 than 80 because the facility to hold them was not designed...

And that's great but in the dairy world you don't get a choice in what your paid for all your hard work. Your milk leaves every or every other day and you do not know what your going to get paid per hundred weight until next month in 2 checks. But you just spent all your money making sure the...

I did the same thing this past summer. Dry spell and had the opportunity to brush hog the swamp. I pushed my luck and needed a 2nd tractor.

Correct. What are you saying? I have fields that have soft spots. And can go through them just fine. But then .......................done. Why? Springs move, tile lines seep, veins appear. All the history can't prepare for something you still can't see underground. So he says soft spots. Are...

So which would you prefer? Pay more in the store knowing it goes to the farmer or not see the costs every week but know it your taxes are attempting to help the farmer with programs? In a nut shell this is the simple explanation. But it is not that simple is it? There are greedy middle men just...

You mention meat. Think about dairy. Just take what you pay per gallon of milk. The dairy farmers just get cents of that milk you bought. I think class III milk is around $20 per hundred weight currently. When I quit in the early 2000’s it was around $8. But probably cost $13 to make that 100...

But if the ground all looks the same from the seat you won't know until to late. You don't get a choice when the bottom falls out. Had they been half a tractor width on either side that video may not have ever been made. Not the tractors fault and not the drivers. Like I said been there done...

Based on?

Did you watch the video? I finally did. I see nothing wrong. Sometimes the bottom just falls out. Looks very heavy in clay. Once your in your done. Plowed ground but similar situation. Bottom falls out. Unhooked implement, pull tractor out then use chain from tractor to implement to get it...

Couple examples from many many years ago.

Wrap your head around this. This is my cousin. It’s a dairy farm. https://www.post-journal.com/news/local-news/2025/01/sales-include-3-5m-of-property-by-farm/

It is both. Premium and subsidized. If it wasn’t there would be no value to it. I think all crop insurance is that way but not sure anymore. Milk income loss programs kick in when price drops below a certain amount and there is a cut off amount. At least when I had that it was subsidized. And I...

There is. Wife calls it the rain lottery. I call it rain insurance. It’s helpful but if luck is not on your side the premium is expensive.

Correct. Some years when accountant is done with taxes I’ll be asked do you want to show a profit or loss. Some years you don't have a choice. All depends how the year go. The one point I did not make was the business shows profit on paper. however I still have living expenses and a wife. We...

My income for years when I took over the farm after dad passed was -$xxxx.xx for years. It's depreciation for the most part. This year I'm going to show huge profits but no money. And so are many other farmers as told by the accountant. Why, because of the economy, we kept our heads down not...

And don't forget dairy. You don't know what your getting paid until a month after the milk leaves the farm. Then your neighbor should farm if it is that easy. Farmed all my life. Dairy, custom work, now hay and beef sales. It is not easy and for the most part there is no money. Goes in one...

Anything will get stuck in the right circumstance. Nothing is immune.

You get nice quality ties and they will last a long time. 20+ years. I have also seen composite ties now being made.

Even more impressive in person. My sister and I went to see the facility when I visited her and the custom harvest crew she worked for. Havre Montana. That’s my broken down bike in the back of the pickup. Broke down in ND. Hell of a ride from PA to MT. Tractor was so impressive that I have the...

If you look at my post #13 you will see I made mention of a discount being available of 15%

On the farm keys are left in. On custom jobs or off farm fields the keys are removed and hid on the tractors. Only the drivers know where. Same place dad hid them. Must work, 50 years later and still have yet to have a tractor missing. lol

Your in for a shock. Had to look it up. 5L is 1.3 gallons. On a good run those will be running over several hours. Gathering once a week. BAD IDEA. Sap goes bad and needs to be collected daily if it is running. If you can only do it on weekends then hang them the day before. Sap runs above 35...

When starting brush fires I have diesel and oil mixed in a 2gallon hand pump sprayer. Works great and acts like a flame thrower being able to move the fire around.

Enjoy your thread. Will take me some time to get through all the pages. Really like the old pictures.

Never heard of them. Have never had it pop up it any of my searches EVER so no I would not use them and I'm not clicking on their link. Do they even have filters for your tractor? To convince us to convince you that screen shot would have been important. Have you taken the part numbers of your...

Really like your statement. I have stream issues and when young and dumb fell for conservation district stream fencing program. Thought what a great idea. No more washed out fences. I'll tell you that all my streams have moved more in less than 20 years than the than the previous 20 years to...

I wouldn't. You didn't give us a link. Based on those prices I would be very leery of quality. I personally like to get them from OEM and I see you have a NH. Filters for my NH are expensive. I believe a complete filter change is more than $500. MUCH more expensive than JD which usually ends up...

Here are a few season to date snowfall maps

That would look nice next to my '84 XR350R. That is a nice looking bike.

I once got complemented on a large load of metal roofing at the scrap yard. Guy said was one of the best loaded loads he had seen. Found a hood once in my driveway from local guy that strips cars then hauls to scrap yard. Always see him going by with crap waving in the wind.

How lucky that they just gave it to you. I would find it very handy. Not for using as such but moving stuff around the farm and getting equipment parked tighter in the shed Etc.

I would say most people would not be able to handle UPS life. It is down right grueling. Even just preloading is enough to wipe you out. Being a farmer I laughed at the video when it said it is the most intense physical workout you can get. They were not wrong and there are days I wish I was in...

I've never seen it fail next to a tree any sooner than at a fence post. Maybe different areas have different results Going back to my main point I see this as a good thing. Presents permanent boundaries. They are boundary trees and should not be cut in the first place. It's interesting how...

Last post. System I believe is gone and this is current snow depth. Enjoy

A lot of options. My mom has one on her door when she had had her mother at the house. LOUD https://www.google.com/search?q=door+alarms+for+alzheimer%27s+patients&rlz=1C1OKWM_enUS988US989&oq=door+alarms+for+al&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0i512l2j0i22i30l7.7674j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Snow expected through early afternoon. Snow already on the ground. I hope everyone stays safe but takes the time to enjoy this rare event. Temperatures at 8am

Looking like the totals are going to surpass the high side. Current snow depth The forecasted additional snow now - 7pm

As a preloader for UPS I can tell you that until something changes the contract between UPS and USPS with surepost is done as of Jan 2nd. It was a change when we came back after the new year. Some aspects of it I like but it really affected how I load my trucks. Majority of surepost are small...

Now through 5pm Current snow depth as of 4am For the entire southeast. Now - Wed 7am The ice threat

Did it work? On tractors you can hear them start working. I would think if it's quiet around you the same applies. Otherwise going back out and feeling if engine warm.

How are your temperatures this morning? Singles in NWPA with negative windchills.

I did field work for many year for a wealthy farmer. No children and never married. I'm not sure if his family settled the ground or they acquired it from previous owners. Any way I was told that a big boulder separating 2 fields had young children buried under it. Since he died unexpectedly his...

Here are the current approx. totals from the latest model runs. ECM shows snow getting to your state approx. Tuesday 1am ending 24 hours later. GFS shows snow already in your state by 1am Tuesday with snow ending about 8pm Tuesday Nam is showing snow in your state at 3am Tuesday and...

What's wrong with the tree growing in to the fence? That's how it has been here and what I can only imaging has been 100 years +- I can find the boundary of the property by the wire still hanging out of the trees. My wife and I discuss this issue when customers drive in her yard when picking up...

That's interesting. Couple incidents I've had everything slowed down to slow motion. It was interesting. When I hit a deer with the motorcycle there were 3 of them nose to tail running. No avoiding them. Told myself let's see what happens and maintained the course. My cousin on the other hand...

I've had 2 cylinders rebuilt by a shop $44 and $600. 3 hours round trip and seems to be the go to place for 100 mile radius. I'm trying to find another one as have many cylinders to rebuild and need to learn to do myself. I can't afford those prices. They do a good job and they come back with...

Can't like that. We are close in age

What's young? When I was young we ran a single electric barb through hayfields to run cattle in. You would check to see if it was working with a piece of grass. The fencers I have now I wouldn't want to do that. I've been hit with them and it's not pleasant. We are gradually moving to woven...

I don't think that is required and/or enforced yet. I try to keep up with it but don't know all the details. I could send my entire herd to the local(across state line) auction house with no issues. If it is "law" somewhere it would be based on herd size. I run headlocks for the Dexters because...

That is not good to know vet costs. Have yet to call a vet and would NEVER call one after hours these days. Even as a dairy had 2 after hour calls both were true emergencies.

I had forgotten there was another Dexter raiser on here. We also raise Dexters. Easy keepers. We are currently at a herd of 34 and slightly mixed Jerseys, Dexters, and now Jersey/Dexter crosses. We AI them but can foresee needing a bull in the future pending semen availability and having a...

I can't remember. This would have been at least 15 years ago. I just remember we talked about it since I rode my bike year around. Sounded like a fun challenge.