Charolais
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- Joined
- Sep 26, 2004
- Messages
- 594
- Location
- south/central Va.
- Tractor
- Deutz Fahr Agrofarm 100, Stoll loader, bucket, forks & root grapple
We had 3 MF over the years. Two 135's and one 150. Used the GSPTO from time to time on all of them. Mainly on pull type combines when they got pluged up in barley, hay conditioners and have jacked the rear end up a time or two to back the post hole digger out of a hole where it had hung a rock. It saves a lot of time in all those conditions.
My 2610 Long and 80/675 Farmtrac both have GSPTO. Glad they do too. I just found a new need for it. Back in May I bought a V-tank side delivery spreader to spread wood fly ash. Before the ash was delivered we were in a bad drought. (still are now and even worse) I had to start feeding hay and hay is in very short supply here. Found 100 6x6 rolls of 2 and 3 year old hay. Low quality hay. I was able to find corn gluten/soy hull pellets at a decent price. I put 4,760 pounds of pellets in the spreader, added a 8 inch plate at the slinger bottom for the feed to slide out beyond the tire track. Hooked the Long to it and used low gear and GSPTO to drop the feed in a nice line. Just cracked the gate a little and it worked great. I fed for 35 days with it. Sure saved me a lot of work with buckets and much safer around the cows. Cows will run over you when feeding grain.
If we don't get rain soon I'll be back feeding with the manure spreader in the next week or so. The GSPTO sure is nice if you can find a use for it.
My 2610 Long and 80/675 Farmtrac both have GSPTO. Glad they do too. I just found a new need for it. Back in May I bought a V-tank side delivery spreader to spread wood fly ash. Before the ash was delivered we were in a bad drought. (still are now and even worse) I had to start feeding hay and hay is in very short supply here. Found 100 6x6 rolls of 2 and 3 year old hay. Low quality hay. I was able to find corn gluten/soy hull pellets at a decent price. I put 4,760 pounds of pellets in the spreader, added a 8 inch plate at the slinger bottom for the feed to slide out beyond the tire track. Hooked the Long to it and used low gear and GSPTO to drop the feed in a nice line. Just cracked the gate a little and it worked great. I fed for 35 days with it. Sure saved me a lot of work with buckets and much safer around the cows. Cows will run over you when feeding grain.
If we don't get rain soon I'll be back feeding with the manure spreader in the next week or so. The GSPTO sure is nice if you can find a use for it.
