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Its the disrespect you show. And it’s not the first time, either. You’ve made comments like this more than once. You can have all the free speech you want, just don’t act like a victim when you say crap about someone and they push back on you. One thing I learned in life is you never know...

Like Lou said, try the simple stuff first. Have you tested the battery voltage? Should be over 13.

Do you know what the word “most” means? It means the majority, not all. Since you think you say you fall outside of the category of most, send me your address and I’ll send you a prize.

You didnt say what said I was a funny, you said “your a funny guy”. Don’t try pulling more of your BS on me. You don’t want to know what I’m thinkin right now, troll. Been a tough summer and your juvenile word game comments aren’t making it any better.

You must have quite the guilty concious. I never said you beat anyone down on price. Your previous comment “your a funny guy” IS a troll of my thread. Maybe you don’t know what trolling is. Post # 1,533 is a perfect example.

Back in the mowing tractor. No rain for 48 hours. That’s a pretty rare event here this summer. But it’s cloudy and the threat of rain is still significant. This one is mushroom hay for sure. Plenty of weeds present.

I didn’t say a 1960’s hemi was “great”. I simply said a 1960’s hemi made the same power as the Ford “Godzilla” 7.3L. And the Hemi made MORE torque with LESS displacement. I gave examples of who buys HP. Young guys who want to hot rod. They have taken over the truck world from traditional users...

With my exhaust brake on my Ram, at 67,000 miles at my state inspection in April, I had over 50% brakes remaining. Improved Transmissions and turbocharged diesel engines are leading the way. Now it’s time to get away from 7-8L gas engines, and start turbocharging in line 6 cylinder gas...

Tree work tomorrow. I just packed up the truck. Moving the tractor there tonight. Customer with large fallen tree. Let’s rock. lol

Who, other than hot rodders, buys trucks for horsepower & speed? I have nothing against racing trucks, its cool. IMO, todays truck manufacturers are catering to young guys who want 500HP. The practicality aspect has been thrown overboard for one-upsmanship in 0-60 race times.

Tell us what hasn’t tripled since 1990? A 50lb bale of hay was $3 here in 1990. Now 35 years later, it’s like $8. I always viewed horse owners as people with an expensive hobby. Since most make no money or profit off of their horses, they can’t help but try to beat down the prices of everyone...

Be nice? Hey man, you came in implying I’m screwin horse owners….remember you said “who’s screwin who”? I don’t appreciate that. I’m selling hay at lower than sought prices partly because every clown and their mother with a hay baler and 20 acres sells hay for $4/bale for beer money. You don’t...

I actually started off a few years back looking for a 6x6 to avoid the problem of locked 6x4 rear axles pushing you straight forward. When I lock the rear in my IH7500, it’s steering diminishes to straightline pushing a lot, too. Lockes 6x4 would be worse for sure. The problem with the...

I know what you mean. I bought a tractor last year and it needed tires. Fronts were $2,000 a piece and rears were $4,000 a piece. 40 years ago, I could have bought a used tractor for about the same as a set of stinkin tires. lol Tires are insanely expensive.

So with an ambient load of 11,000 on a 3/4 ton truck, you are wondering why 350/600 wasn’t very fast????? And that truck could be modified for double or triple that rating without much trouble. Those engines were underrated because the transmissions of that era weren’t up to the task...

Why not? Plenty of collector 426 powered cars still out there. Is a 2025 truck going 200,000 on just oil changes and brake jobs? Maybe some, but no way 200k without new brakes. I’ll give you the increase in reliability, but everyone’s bragging on the power. I’m sorry, but 420/450 is really...

What did a house cost in the 80’s compared to now? 1/4 of todays prices? College for kids? In the 80’s it was $5,000/year to go to Penn State. Now its $40,000. I bought a new 4WD diesel F-350 for $19,500 in 1990. Today is $90,000. A farm tractor in the 80’s was $45,000. Now its $300,000. A...

Troll another thread.

I got a call from a Customer yesterday wanting to know about the availability of hay. I told him I don’t yet have anything to sell him of quality I would stand behind. Most been rained-on. He said he wasn’t sure with all the rain if there would be hay available and the cost would be high. I said...

Counterfeit $1 bills? 😁 I think the criminals got bigger suckers to go after. 🤷‍♂️

Learned a lot about tandems in the past few months. Generally, there’s 2 types. There’s standard duty tandems, typically with a 7L to 9L engine 275-330HP and an Allison 3000 series. Usually a 12-14K front and 40K rears. The standard duty tandems with have tandem axle interlock and usually an...

I caught a break today and got a field baled. This summer, it’s more of just pure luck when you get a sunny day and you’re ready to bale.

I’ve been eyeing this one, but its a lot more spendy. ($36,000) Mercedes 450/1700. Allison 4000. Air to rear, pintle hitch for pup. 311K mi. Full locking tandems

Back at it today. I lucked out last night and the usual nightly traunch of thunderstorms missed us. I was able to do some morning hay mowing, then shot back to another field and got raked up about 2PM. Today it’s about 85* and partly sunny. This field has 2 ponds nearby and seems like its always...

Its still possible, but fading with each day. He left me a message last week that someone was looking at the truck on July-12. Have no idea if thats true, or just a way to “nudge” me. I might know something by next week. That truck suited me real well, but not being able to see/drive it was...

Its a long saga. Seller didn't want to put truck title in his name until I promised to buy it. Probably didn't want to pay the tax until he knew he had it sold. He dragged his feet for a month. I lost track of it. He reached out to me last week and said someone's coming to look at it the 11th...

2014 ~25,000 It has a lot more years on it than bales through it 2000 bales/yr is low

Exactly my point. 50 years later and Ford can’t make an engine with more torque than a 1969, 50 year old, smaller displacement 426 hemi? More reliable, yeah ok I’ll give you that. But 50 years is a long time to keep making gas engines with 450 tq. BTW 490 ft lbs gross, is 450ft bls net. Thats...

Definitely slower. An empty or lightly loaded V-8 will win a race over a straight 6 pretty much nearly every time. But hook max weight up, and the 6 will out-pull, nearly every time. Since trucks were designed to carry/pull weight, the straight six is a more sensible choice in a truck. Plus...

Oh the 5.9L was much stronger. Not rated higher in HP/TQ, but able to be modified for 1,000HP fairly easily. The conn rods, pistons, crank were far stronger. I would go to the pulls, and other than a scant few odd 7.3’s and maybe a guy who dropped a DT-466 in a pickup, the 5.9L ruled the...

Same down here. Pop up thunderstorms are the norm every day. Last year it was ZERO rain late summer. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

By “hype” I’m talking about the guys who hype them up to be so unbelievably powerful. The “godzilla” is a 444 cubic inch engine that makes less torque than a 426 hemi (490 ft lbs) from 50 years ago, and is a lot more complicated. That’s what I mean by “hype”. Why is that so great?

I ran 8 different 7.3’s in my construction business from mid 90’s to 2005. Fuel mileage on mine wasn’t that great. I got 11-13 around town. I liked the Ford chassis options, but the engine power/cu in was really low. I hot rodded 2 of them only to realize their transmissions wouldn’t hold much...

“Mornin’ Sunshine! ”

Maybe he has a problem with bad breath. 😁

A few from a few days ago. Under the power lines, on flood plain. Barely dry enough to bale, but the baler showing plenty of dust.

Maybe some guys like to go slow, but look good doin it. 😁

Awesome ^^^ (y) Nice Ranch Hand bumper, too BTW (y) Gas can kith my aath 😁

Have you tried turning the engine speed control dial up past 1/2?

Very few people seek out the 7.3L powerstroke anymore. Its a huge engine with low output. I look at the 7.3L gasser and I’m like, “meh-whats all the hype about”? However, Cummins & Duramax are real popular at the track and the pulls.

Really? I buy a lot of used stuff and will pay more knowing a diesel engine will run far more hours than gas. The point you make about the rest of the truck being worn out is highly subjective. If a truck is not rusted, the rest of the truck is relatively cheap to fix compared to replacing an...

Here’s the Ford 7.3L “godzilla” gas torque curve everyone has wet dreams about lol 460 ft lbs? 🤷‍♂️ Today’s stock diesel makes more than twice that at lower RPM consuming less fuel. Heck my smaller displacement Cummins 6.7L, de-rated cab & chassis makes like 800 ft lbs at less than 1/2...

LOL here we go!!!!!! (Again).

All the gas guys repeat the same mantras. To be fair, diesel guys do the same. If we’re talking lightweight pickups, driven empty nearly all of the time, today’s gas engine makes gobs of power for showing off to your girlfriend, or compensating for other things lacking…. But if you need to tow...

Well, just get a picture of a 6.2L work truck with 1 million+ miles on it when you get a chance. I didn’t say right now. lol I’ll check back on the thread once in a while. Yeah, that’s one advantage. There are others. Ok, I thought you said you don’t want one because in your previous post...

The OP wraps hay

Are you serious? Garbage? :ROFLMAO: No.

Shoot us a odometer pic of one of your work trucks with a 6.2 with over a million miles. Would love to see that. I’ve only seen a few million+ mile gas cars in my life. Since you see them in Ford trucks frequently, it should be easy. I couldn’t do diddly with a gas V-8 for my needs. They don’t...

We’ve been that way since June 15th. Rest of month looks like nuthin but rain. Cool season grasses are shot. Warm season grasses growing strong now. I know one thing for sure. There won’t be any hay made in my area that didn’t see some rain.

Hogwash, bro. Why is that? I own a 2020 Ram Cummins and it’s been excellent. If the ZF8 was so amazing, why didn’t the towing specs increase? I think its a good transmission, too. But for Ram to bring in a new transmission, and not increase towing, I know I am no longer considering a new one...

Funny how one persons life experiences would make them say “never again” like that. I’m not criticizing your opinion, because a lot of Ford 6L owners have forever written off diesel engines, because the 6L was such a unreliable boat anchor. My friend that had a 6L now will only buy gas engines...

A “cat eye” is an early 2000’s GM HD pickup design where the front headlights look like cats eyes. They are very popular for hot rodding by the young guns because they came standard with a screamer V-8 Duramax diesel engine, overbuilt Allison automatic transmission, and an 11.5” rear axle. At...

More drenching thunderstorms last night here in “coastal” PA. Flash flooding in my back yard. I think I saw a couple dolphins swim by.🐬

I’d say 3X per year. Now if I get into some rough crap, I will sharpen before I get back onto a customers grass. CX-15 blades are really tough. Hold an “edge” well. Stand up to 3”+ material, then cut grass. I highly suggest Deere rotary cutters.

Thanks. I love it, and it’s because it’s challenging. People tell me I can’t do something, it’s like rocket fuel for me.

We have had rain for 22 of the last 30 days. And we have 10 more comin. Was talking with another fellow farmer in my area and he was surprised I was 3/4 done 1st cutting. He’s only about 1/3rd done…

Thats not the issue. Would like to agree with your trust in fellow man, but I'd be real leery of posting pictures of loved ones, especially children. Turn on the news, lots of sickos out there. I was a website mod 10+ years ago and we had trouble when someone posted a picture of one of their...

I could dispute that. I own at least 15 pieces of equipment. At least 10 of them were well used. If you know what you’re looking for and you are good at looking at the proper areas, you can get excellent deals on very worthy equipment, even company or rental equipment. Sure, I have been burned...

Has most of your stuff been rained on? Most of mine has. Won’t stop raining.

$900 bucks don’t buy squat today. Even a used skid loader bucket costs $900.

$900 bucks? Hell yeah. People pay $9,000 for skid loaders with 2500 hours and problems.

If you need a new complete shaft, try Maugansville AG in Maryland. Great people and they ship all over the country very quickly.

You borrow a Krone round baler?

As most of you know, we do all types of large property maintenance. We’ve had weeks of rain, so along with falling behind on hay, we’ve fallen behind on rotary mowing. Almost all my hay is in bales, maybe only 20 acres on the ground, so I decided to get one large rotary mowing customer done...

Best thing you can do to prevent that is to get all the water running off the garage roof as far away from that slab as possible. Hope all those folks were ok with you posting their faces on the world wide web.

Back in early 2020’s, buddy of mine dug my Ram and wanted one. He had the money. Went to same dealer I bought mine from. In an unusual act of courage, the salesman said to my buddy “I don’t want to sell you a diesel truck”. My buddy actually respected that. The salesman listened to my buddy...

It’s different because we are referring to people spending 100K on a diesel truck, using it for nothing other than what a car or SUV could do, then complaining on the internet about DEF/DPF failures. Buying a muscle car is fine. It won’t ruin itself by sitting or being used as a grocery getter.

Lack of staying up with oil changes resulted in injector problems? Or something else? You mean Detroit Diesel copied their design?

Up here, it’s rust. They don’t call it the “rust belt” for nothin, right?

Which sounds great until you live in a state that inspects the trucks emissions system. Once it’s discovered you tampered with it, you’re not going to pass inspection. Or worse, if you get DOT’d while towing, they will park you and fine you. Unless you live in a state with no emissions...

And there is the problem. Everyone wants a diesel truck just to pull their jet skis or look tough. Its a free country and you can spend your money wherever you want, but don’t complain about modern diesel truck problems because your truck sits for months or never gets used for its’ intended use.

That’s an owner/operator issue. Can’t blame the truck that DEF freezes. All 2012 and up diesel trucks have similar DEF tanks, pumps and heaters. That’s other worldly. 7 DEF pumps? That has to be a world record. Can’t say any of that happened on my 2020. So far on mine: (1) DEF sensor (truck...

Some bales to gather after yesterday’s furious baling session. I’m getting tired. Could use a few days off. Up to the stacking area. I’m running 2 at a time. I know the loader can handle it, but the front tires & operator (me) are taking a beating. Luckily, this field is nice & smooth in...

What happened to your round baler that will take it out of commission that long?

Yeah…because pulling 100 pounds is soooo useful in a truck. :rolleyes:

Thats a lot of repair work. And not cheap, either.

We had 2 days of 10-12 degree weather here last winter. I was also told that when the temps get that low, you should keep the DEF level under 1/2 full. I didn’t realize my DEF tank was 3/4 full. I was worried it would freeze. It never did. In my 20+ years of being on the internet, I have read...

Well that’s false because I drive my Ram 12K per year for 5 years and I haven’t had any such issues whatsoever.

I think you will find that will solve the problem and you can pump your brakes on the mud flaps project. Once that pin starts gathering hay, it literally snowballs into a bigger & bigger problem. Now if theres other obstructions under the tractor, thats a separate problem. It would be nice to...

Many people underestimate the importance of being on level ground. Side to side and front to back is crucial. Another issue I had once is the dip stick “cap” can sometimes come loose and slide up/down the dipstick itself. Also if you drain hot, the install filter and add the specified number of...

Is the hitch pin the minimal length? Not sticking down and catching hay? Doesn’t take much to create a problem.

Final baling day before the July monsoon hits. It was a good one. Working by myself, I raked & baled 30+ acres and made 64 bales between 11AM and 5:00PM. Well into the day, but heres a raking pic And now a little baling Had some scale issues, so into the monitor I went for a little more...

And it takes away the possibility that IF you forget to lock it in transportation mode, it wont fall outward.

Hmmm, even with the other recall on the 6.2L GM and all the transmission problems? IMO, Ram is offering a solid, proven engine lineup and a new ZF-8 transmission that looks good. Agree. And once you own a crew cab, you discover what a wonderful asset it is.

Yep. And as soon as the OP said its primary purpose would be to “gather dust, suck up parking space” I knew a DPF/DEF diesel would not be a good choice. Better choice on a modern truck would be gas. A gas 3/4 ton can pull plenty of weight, cost less and not be harmed by sitting around gathering...

BUT, those high output gas engines making that much HP/litre won’t have the durability of a larger displacement diesel engine making less HP/litre. A 300HP gas turbo engine won’t last as long as a 6.7L Cummins. It also won’t pull a trailer nearly as well. It doesn’t have the rotating mass or...

6-cylinder turbo charged gas engines are going to render the V-8 gas guzzlers impractical and obsolete. They will make better torque at lower RPM and consume less gas. Turbochargers last a long time and require little maintenance.

Not sure what the warranty situation on Ford is today, but in 2020, when I bought my Ram, Ram had full 5yr powertrain warranty on ALL driveline components. Ford only had 5yr engine warranty on powerstroke engine. Rest of drivetrain was 3/36. That was a huge difference in the confidence Ram had...

Diesel trucks with DEF/DPF that sit long periods or used for short trips without pulling a trailer, tend to get soot build-up in the DPF. I think you are on the right track with the gas engine, but remember the Cummins 6.7L gasser is on its’ way. If they put it in the 2500-5500 trucks, it’ll...

Not looking for hyperbole or brand bashing opinions or other silliness. Looking for experienced information on Mercedes heavy duty diesel truck engines in the 12/12.8L family.

From post #1 description, the Ram is a 1/2 ton small block diesel and the other 2 Fords are 3/4 ton bigger block diesel trucks. Also the ram has 300 miles. We don’t know the miles on the Fords. Try comparing more comparable trucks. Or, just buy a Ford. A 6.7L Cummins is probably a bit too much...

In my area, foxes are wildly overpopulated, almost as much as deer. You see fox carcasses along the roads from being run over by cars. It’s very common to see a fox in your driveway, or a fox den in your back yard, under a branch pile, yard shed, etc. Anywhere they can dig a den and have their...

We have rain returning Monday, so may be back doing some cutting. I moved the 7495 & double mower to the next mowing location.

Man: “Honey, I’m leaving you” Woman: “For another woman”? Man: “No, for another barn” 😁 :ROFLMAO:

Then… prepare for divorce papers 🫣 😁

TG, you just need to buy another tractor and keep the BH hooked up to it all the time. Problem solved!

Friday: Back on it. Got another 40 raked & baled…. And stacked…. Saturday (today) and back on it to finish up this sector of the property. Man it’s still soft & muddy-even in July. The tractor weighs 13 tons and the baler (empty) weighs 17 tons, so soft ground can become a mess...

I bet someday we all will own electric saws. It’s just a matter of time. So much more practical. Once the battery technology gets here, they’ll over run the gas saws for most applications. Same will probably happen with tractors, trucks, etc. The push towards all-electric has started. It hasn’t...

Here’s my Stihl 261C cutting through a oblong shaped ash log on July1st. It was about 20” x 30” It struggled, smoked, coughed, sputtered and just barely cut the log. I was disgusted and second guessed myself for ever considering Stihl….”shoulda bought an Echo” I thought to myself, “or maybe a...

The Stihl is heavier, but heavy saws only seem to bother old tired guys. I’ll be there someday, but until then, weight is of little consequence. I’ll take twice the speed and a little extra weight. Still (or Stihl) haven’t bent the con rod yet.

Got a short window of hot, sunny weather. So quick as I could, I raked & baled about 18 tons of rained on hay. I’m working alone cause everyone bugged-out for July-4th weekend. End of day and you guessed it….more thunderstorms on the way. Once again, climb up on the baler and tarp it. At...

Sorry for your troubles. Did the truck leave the road and drive into a tree?

I stocked up during the dip. Fun watch it roar back.

Amazing isn’t it? You have a rock sticking up 8” in a field. The other 99% is under the ground and weighs like 5+ tons.

I rarely buy trucks by looking at papers or on line brochures. Actually going to the dealer or seller and driving the truck is the way to buy. More than a few times, I have picked the truck that was “inferior” on paper because I liked the way it handled or rode better than the truck that was...

I see other hay farmers throw chemicals down like theres no impact to themselves, neighbors, the planet, or the animals the feed. Its a horse! Its a cow! It’s not a member of the British royal family. Good grief. Some other grasses or weeds won’t hurt anything. My feed hay Customers are smart...

I agree. I have found that cows love it. I have a Customer who loses his mind when he sees a clump of JG. lol He acts like it’s radioactive poison.

Don’t you mean “millionaires”? There’s “only” 813 Billionaires in the USA. Sumptin tell me “billionaires” drive something a little more high end than a Toyota or an F-150.

I started cutting a field Monday morning, when a “20% chance of thunderstorms” turned into 20 hours of rain and thunderstorms on Monday afternoon into Tuesday early AM. Tuesday morning, I got a call from a big customer asking me to clean up a split ash tree. Large 1/2 fell into field. Needed...

We have all the Asian pests: Carp, stink bugs, lantern flies, ash borer, etc. Price ya pay for cheap junk from Asia I guess.

Wife and kids took me to a Phillies game. They won 4-0. Nick Castellanos, Max Kepler and Alec Bohm exiting the field. Had great seats. Maybe 20 rows behind home dugout.

Even with Claas being a less expensive brand compared to Deere or Fendt, thats about a $400,000 set up. Just to cut hay. I have a double on my older Massey and I’m proud to say I have “only” ~ $100,000 in it. The mowers are $25,000 each. A new 200-300HP tractor is north of $300,000 It’s not...

In regards to equipment investments, the strategy that has worked fairly well for me is to mostly avoid brand names that fetch the highest prices. Tractors: Agco/Massey/Challenger Truck: Ram Excavator: Wacker Neuson When I do buy a popular, overhyped brand name, I try to buy when its on a sale...

Love the “ready for work”, “ready for the field”, or “drive it home” bullsheet they put in the ads.

That might be a little extreme. I financed my used excavator at 7% (which is way too high, but interest rates remain high). Nobody needs to pay 12%, unless they have junky credit. 4 years ago it would have been 4%.

I extended my manufacturers warranty. My Ram extended warranty is simply an extension of the warranty that came with my truck from Ram . IMO, that’s the way to go if buying a used truck, buy a truck with a little warranty left on it, and extend it at the dealership as part of the purchase. Once...

That's the point I achieved. I was renting 6+ times a year. My Amish helper said to me "you know when you rent, that money is lost forever. When you buy, you invest your money in something tangible you'll eventually own". Simple, but often overlooked. With all used equipment, it's not the...

I just did this with about a dozen boulders. If the excavator has a blade (mine does), they do an excellent job of leveling ground

Just because it's Medium duty, it doesn't mean it won't be in a Ram. Ram already has a medium duty diesel in its Ram 2500-5500

I didn’t know Cummins bought the Jacobs Engine Brake Company (Jake Brake) in 2022. That’s a huge move.

So is the 5.9/6.7 Cummins, but they put them in light duty trucks anyway. 99% of truck buyers would be happier buying a light duty truck with a medium duty rated engine than a light duty engine.

I’ll take a Cummins over the other 2 any day. I’ve heard your views on “Dodge” trucks, which were discontinued 13 years ago. We know you aren’t a fan. Cummins is arguably the best diesel truck engine manufacturer in the world. You want to take powerstroke or duramax over Cummins as a diesel...

I’m not saying anything, but show me stats, # of windowed blocks, proof of mass windowed blocks. Otherwise it’s just overhyped BS. I said I haven’t seen mass Cummins windowed block failures. Even if there were, I’d still put Cummins #1 as a diesel truck engine manufacturer. HD

Show me all the windowed cummins blocks. Cummins has a higher B rating than Duramax or Powerstroke. I’ve yet to see a Powerstroke or Duramax in a Ag tractor, backhoe, etc.

That is really low. For now, when you rake rows together, don’t “bunch” them together. Instead, make “twin twinkie” rows, so there’s a depression in between the rows, and keep your hitch running in the depression. Long term, I’m not sure what the solution would be, but less than 16” is difficult...

Yeah good advice there. But what’s a guy gonna do?

I talked to a couple vendors, but they want insane $ to do the work. I’ll have to find something I can install myself, but electronics, WIFI, bluetooth, et al is not my strong suit. I need something I can peel & stick inside the cab, turn on the button and sync with my phone, or I’m paying one...

While I agree, having a fitting shot at your face by a tractor out in the field is something nobody has ever prepared for. Ever. In the shop doing repairs, yeah maybe, but while running out in the field? 🫣

I am going to set a 1,000 gallon tank this winter at a location where a fuel oil truck can fill it up, then fuel my truck bed tank from there. It’ll save me a few more hours time every week. Just haven’t had the chance to do it. The way I do it now is “OK”, but it could be easier and less time...

Well said. You want a proper engine for a truck? Let a proper truck engine company like Cummins build it for you. The car companies like GM & Ford can stick to pasting “off road” or “tremor” decals to the truck beds. They’re good at that. lol The big 3 laid-off all their heavy truck drivetrain...

It certainly is. I make fuel runs in early morning or after work/mid-evening. I have an 80G fuel cell on my truck. Sometimes we make 2 fuel runs in a day. Very close to that in the height of the season. $1,000 in fuel is only 333 gallons. We can burn 333 gallons in 3 days of raking and baling.

The Challenger MT535B runs about 5G/hour @ 130HP The Massey 7495 runs about 8G/hour @ 200HP The Challenger 655E runs about 12G/hour @ 300HP When we are raking & baling, we are running close to 15G/hour. So we could burn through 120 gallons of fuel in an 8 hour baling day. I’m paying $3/gallon...

That’s nothing. Baling tractor runs 10-15G per hour. 8 hours of baling could be 100 gallons. More if it’s hilly.

I made about 25% in my precious metals investments since inauguration day, but my mutual funds and stocks did not fare so well. Now mutual funds are making good gains again. A balanced portfolio is the way to go.

Similar here. Local pop-up rain/T-storms. Can’t plan a damn thing.

On the mowing tractor? Probably 8G/hour. So about 60 gallons.

Down went another 45 acres today. Strange weather continues…. wet this morning, then scorching hot this afternoon. Now chance of T-storms. I know, I know….it’s called “summer”, but this has been a weird one. Cloudy & cool to start… Looks like I have a tree to push out of the way. I don’t...

When your equipment is vandalized, it’s not “paranoia”, it’s called “reality”. I think your paranoid. Your cucumber paranoia is openly displayed in your signature in each and every one of your posts, and your “top poster of the month” all the time, so thats a lot of paranoia. lol Like I said...

I ran this Ferri hydraulic offset for a few years. It was a large, heavy mower and didnt really do what I thought it would do. It was excellent quality and heavy duty, but it threw the tractor around like a rag doll at times and the reach I thought it would have never seemed to be quite enough...

Like I said, just don’t drive one. You’ll want it.

I just bought a Wacker Neuson 9 ton machine with 2700 hours for 28K. I wanted a Tak, Kubota, etc., but after 6 months of looking, I couldn’t find one that suited me. Steadily building up a fall/winter work load for it after farming slows down. Can’t wait to get going with it and make some money.

Cloudy and freakishly cool today (68*). Gathered up and stacked a bunch of bales. If you look in the bottom left corner through the tractor glass door of the photo, you can see a rock I marked there in the grass. Here’s a couple 1,800 pounders down near the swamp. Looks like one has a broken...

Here’s “one that got away” from me. It was gone in a few hours… 2004 cab/chassis. 4WD. Allison. No emissions. Only 75,000 miles. 12’ steel flatbed w/ toolboxes & hidden GN hitch. Twin fuel tanks. Ranch hand front bumper. Rust free southern truck. $12,500. I kicked myself for a few weeks for...

Love it. LBZ?

I’m officially declaring myself “The first farmer shot by his tractor”. lol

Why? I have run a Ram for 5.5 years with ZERO emissions related issues. Not saying it’ll stay that way, but it’s an over-hyped, non-issue. These systems have been on trucks for 14 years!

Thanks y’all. That was a freakishly weird incident.

You might be better off. If you drove a new 6.7L Ford diesel, you’d think your 7.3L was a slug and probably want to buy a 6.7L Ford. Then your bank account would be much smaller. Night and Day difference in those trucks…..a true “wow” moment. They’ve doubled the HP/TQ and outfitted them with...

Maybe 1 jug every 1,500 miles? Like $10 bucks worth every 2 months? I lose more coins & change in my couch cushions and washing machine than that. It’s really insignificant. No. You’d have to be a moron, or a flat-earther lunatic to do that. ;) 😁 Once, and I caught it because the seal was...

Why “deleted”? Is Fords system unreliable? ;) Why “tuned”? Is Ford not powerful enough? ;) Good grief, I’m running a bone stock, standard output Cummins with the factory DEF/DPF system and crossing the scale at 45,000+ 100 times a year with no issues.

Looks like a bad seal.

Meh. The 7.3’s were lame for HP per litre. 7.3 litres and only 235 HP. That’s really lame. The Ford transmissions were weak, too. Any addition of power to a 7.3L would shred the transmissions within a few months. You’d have to spend thousands to “bulletproof” the transmission. You are way...

Tough year. We have 50% possibility of rain for the next 7 days.

Another crazy thing happened today! While mowing with the Massey 7495, I encountered a large branch, fallen from a tree, at the edge of the field. I stopped the tractor, pulled up the emergency brake lever, but left tractor & both mowers running. I exited down the steps to the field and walked...

I got a bad scare on my small challenger. My son ran the tractor for the last few days raking and it kept giving him a “high pressure transmission filter” light and alarm. I changed the filter 3 times in less than a month, and two times this week alone (supposed to be changed maybe every 2...

You almost have to wrap in your situation, right? I mean it’s like fighting a losing battle to make all of your hay dry hay? In the last picture, it looks like you had less than stellar cutter bar results. Was the hay lodged real bad from heavy rain?

I have killed many a fawn. I’m not proud of it, but after a life of deer hunting and farming, I have seen the change from deer seldom being seen to a plethora of deer in our area. They need to be culled back… in massive amounts.

How soon after you cut until you got that baled up? Usually I get an alarm for too much moisture if I bale over water or mud. Man your ground holds a LOT of water!

I was thinking more like stupid/suicidal? I hear they can get nasty tick viruses that make them crazy.

Deer are graceful animals, but they’re dumber than a fence post.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make em drink. 😁 I used to say that, too. Then I bought a Ram and boy was my mind changed. A couple of my fordie buddies have switched to GM & Ram and seem to be much happier. With all the ford recalls and failed transmissions and previous failed 6L...

We had a very strange occurrence on Monday I forgot to tell you about. My son was in the raking tractor and a adult doe ran between the tractor and the wheel rake! The dumbass thing hopped around inside the “V” of the rake then bounded away before he came to a complete stop. It ran back into a...

How will we survive? More stuff for people to panic over. :rolleyes:

They did have the Cummins CP-4 pump recall. So did Ford, but with Ford, the truck had to fail. With Ram, they replaced all pumps, both unfailed and failed. That said a lot to me about Ford. Ram made that an easy recall for me. I was also given a loaner truck. One full day and it was done. Love...

It was a high of 63 degrees and constant rain here last week. Crazy how much the weather changed in just a few days. Now its mid 90’s and humid… Looks like a lot of rain headed our way later this week (again).

I started off the day delivering a feed 4x4x5 feed bale. It was too early to start baling, so it was a good time to get this bale delivered. Barely fits in my customers old Hay Hut. Now back to baling….. This stuff has a little color left, but got rained on twice. I was beautiful stuff...

1/2 price

They mix hay, straw, lime, chicken litter and some top soil together to make a bedding soil for the mushrooms to grow in. Its a huge business in my area. Any hay we make that’s not up to our feed hay standards is sold as mushroom hay. There are also some fields in my area that would be rotary...

On to the next customers fields. We are back at the big field, but this time to rake & bale. Off in the distance you can see the Challenger raking tractor. Now here I am at the other end of the field where the raking tractor was in the baling tractor. Was very hot. Hit 97* today with high...

I almost picked up a 661C with a 36” bar last week. Sent money and found it was a scam or an idiot. Luckily I was able to get money back. Back to lookin…..

661C/500I

Bringing up some bales during some unexpected rain showers. It cleared up and we were able to make quite a few bales-even after 5PM, we were still baling.

Some baling today. Hot, dry & breezy. A hay farmers 3 best friends. Mrs HD bought me a new cooler pack for Fathers Day.

You dont use equipment enough to have any issues.

I’m starting to see them here & there.

All AGCO CVT tractors have external, fairly easy to replace speed sensors. You just need to keep a pair around in case one or both fail. I am very impressed with the 3 tractors I have and their hydraulics (so far). Loader is super strong. Transmissions, rear axles and braking system are all...

we got pummeled on thursday

Not my house, but I’m glad it didn’t hit it, either. Nice mom with kids live there. Looks like it’s going to be a ROH summer (Rained on hay)

Crazy day today. I was able to get some more hay down. Beatiful sunny morning. Chance of T-storms later I got one field baled and got nailed with downpours on my way back to the shop. We got nailed square upside the head with a red cell. My buddy called me and told me a tree fell on...

Here’s a few from yesterday. This is my biggest single field. About 3/4 mile long and 1/2 mile wide. Random hedgerows and tree islands. Its a joy to cut.

The dealer I work with has 7 road techs all with their own trucks, and 12 more techs in the shop just for AGCO branded tractors (Fendt, massey, Challenger, Valtra, AGCO) I’m lucky

I’ll tell you who’s making Ag tractors at very aggressive pricing is Duetz. We have a few dealers that popped-up in my area and they are selling pretty well. They offer CVT & Powershift. There are used units in my area. I’ll leave you with this piece of advice: Once you own a CVT, you’ll...

Looks like it was a scam. Back to looking for a 661, 881 or similar big bore with 36” bar

I have a lot down & “dryin”. Soggy mess. Doubt I can get it all baled up, but thats the goal.

Thats not me, sorry.

Cut 45 acres of past-its’-prime hay in miserable conditions today. Light rain and only 63 degrees. I’ve never seen it this cold here on June 16th, ever. On my way to next field. Mowers all trashed-up with wet clippings. Cruising through our little village. I want to go home.

Pull up some of the matted down hay and see what color the grass is underneath. Likely it’ll be yellow or worse, maybe brown. I’d rotary mow it to keep it from killing your grass stand. Raked up rows are bad to leave set for that long. Guy probably has his hands full with sick mother.

Add to that the necessity to get back to baling quickly and it’s even more difficult. Time is money in farming Fix it yourself? Might take 2-3 days, but be cheaper. Call to have it fixed and you might be back baling same day.

Good thing its not super cold….

Wow, lots of greats dying.

We have no choice now. Too many acres to wait. I mowed yesterday and it was drizzling. Probably be mowing in light rain or showers tomorrow, too.

Just when I thought I had it bad…..

We have a John Deere 430 tractor. I notice as it got older, it wouldn’t start with throttle all the way down (idle position). I moved the throttle to 1/3rd and it starts right up.

I think the 16 + 4 has the advantage if you plan on hauling more than one attachment, or if you have a large attachment. More deck space to strap down attachments. The tractors loader can always overhang the attachments. Not so with the 18 + 2.

Where do you get that data from? I use the “live” weather maps. BTW: It’s 57 degrees here this morning. Global warming my ass.

Whoa thats wet. I think I saw you’re getting more rain? We got some light showers today. I mowed anyway. No man ever made a bale of hay waiting.

I think the VIN decal is sun-faded. You can still see some faded numbers near the sharpie hand writing, but I’m not sure. Owner seems like a good dude, but again, I really don’t know.

For diesel engines, run the cherry/pink color. I switched to that in most of my engines for anti-cavitation and long life.

Just committed to buying a used Stihl 661C with 36” bar.