Texas Fall/Winter thread!
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bindian
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:laughing: And you aren't joking!!I watched the weather tonight and it appears you guys down further South are going to get much more than us, so I just figured "hmm ,Brandies digg'n again":wonderwoman::laughing:
No, I still have a nasal infection. No pond digging, just thinking about it.
I did move 8 round bales for a neighbor last Friday. But it was sleeting and drizzling already then.
Strangest thing, this neighbor has 100 acres and wants to work up to 150 head of Black Angus fed mostly hay and he says he can work full time at it and make a profit. He has no tractor.........and was thinking of buying one............until he heard I was right around the corner. Some of his projects are a little too big for me, like the acre pond with clay 15 feet down.
But I have a new customer that will probably just buy a JD lawn tractor with a mid mount roll over mower. So if I want it, I can probably get all his digging needs as side business work.
Oh yeah, my grapple would not pierce the round bales enough to hold them and move them, so I tucked the bales up under the backhoe and kinda drug/carried them. I had a 14 foot chain with me to chain them to the grapple, but this neighbor said that was too labor intensive. Guess he hasn't seen me work!
I'm trying to order, right now, parts to weld up a skid steer hay spear from Hay Farm Equipment | Skidsteer Attachments | Hay Spear Attachments. I already have a skid steer adapter plate from a RB Auction.
Bring on the rain!
hugs, Brandi
texasjohn
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Cat woke me up. Wet. I predict it is wet outside.
Flash flood watch until Wed at noon. Predicting up to 7 inches in some places.
Details here.
We'll see...tanks way down, cracks in ground will soak up as much as 4 inches with little run off unless exceedingly fast.
Hope y'all keep your head above water!:umbrella-guy:
Flash flood watch until Wed at noon. Predicting up to 7 inches in some places.
Details here.
We'll see...tanks way down, cracks in ground will soak up as much as 4 inches with little run off unless exceedingly fast.
Hope y'all keep your head above water!:umbrella-guy:
wcampbell47
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Well the cat did not wake me up! Lightning and thunder. Rain has started on the coast. I'm about 1.5 miles from the gulf as the crow flies. Radar shows it is moving SW to NE right up US 59. Looks like heavy rain around Houston and Conroe. Brandi's ponds should be filling up. LOL
Today will be a good day to stay indoors.
Today will be a good day to stay indoors.
ronjhall
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Been raining off and on this morning. TV weather reports call for slight chance of severe thunder storms this evening. What the heck does that mean. Not much I guess. My weather radio has no such warning for the McAllen area.
What the heck does that mean. Not much I guess. My weather radio has no such warning for the McAllen area.
bindian
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Not yet. Those mean looking thunderstorms skirted my place. I just checked and we only got a half inch so far.
hugs, Brandi
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Not a drop here, so far. The weather map WunderMap® | Interactive Weather Map and Radar | Weather Underground shows is going around our place, as usual. Got our fingers crossed for at least two inches. Both stock tanks nearly dry.
Bird
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Been raining off and on this morning. TV weather reports call for slight chance of severe thunder storms this evening.
From the NWS website:
I sure don't want any severe thunderstorms, but would like about 6" of rain.:laughing: None so far, but the NWS says an 80% chance today; 100% tonight and tomorrow.
txdon
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The TV is saying we are suppose to get 6" of rain. So far we just had a light sprinkle. (8:00 am)
Mike do you remember weatherman Sid Lasher and his large large drawing pad?
Mike do you remember weatherman Sid Lasher and his large large drawing pad?
bindian
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bindian
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mikim
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...I don't....For 18 years I didn't bother watching TV weathermen very much. I got my forecasts at work.
ronjhall
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NWS finally updated their site. ...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING... I hope not. Last spring we got this kind of report. Hail and 70mph winds. Shut north McAllen down for days.
MORNING... I hope not. Last spring we got this kind of report. Hail and 70mph winds. Shut north McAllen down for days.
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Its been raining off and on all night.. got two and quarter inches so far,, looks like the big rain, on the radar, is still coming this way.. Lou
Woke up to a light sprinkle, this is supposed to be the precursor of things to come. Pete Delcus (Channel 8 ) said on the weather last night that Severe storms with possibly isolated tornadoes would be possible South and South East of the DFW metro-mess, but in turn, said you Southern folks should get some much needed drought relief.
Brandi, your new neighbor with the "cow operation" must have some gooood grass to consider stocking that many head, feeding hay ta boot and making a good profit!
back when I had 376 acres, I got up to around 140 head and it was a juggling act to say the least. My BIG mistake was going in with a neighbor when NAFTA came around and we bought 100 yearlings (mixed breed stocker calves) from Mexico at dirt cheap and added them to the "fold", live and learn I guess, but 150 head on 100 acres seems like playing with nitro with his finances but hey, if he gives you allot of work:thumbsup:
Brandi, your new neighbor with the "cow operation" must have some gooood grass to consider stocking that many head, feeding hay ta boot and making a good profit!
back when I had 376 acres, I got up to around 140 head and it was a juggling act to say the least. My BIG mistake was going in with a neighbor when NAFTA came around and we bought 100 yearlings (mixed breed stocker calves) from Mexico at dirt cheap and added them to the "fold", live and learn I guess, but 150 head on 100 acres seems like playing with nitro with his finances
but hey, if he gives you allot of work:thumbsup:
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Yep! I think he ain't feedin' all that grass to his cattle. To believe that, he's bound to be smokin' some of it.
texasjohn
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Boy, I could not agree more. I don't care if he's running stockers or a cow-calf operation, he's running a feed lot. With hay? And a profit sufficient to live on? His pencil isn't sharp or dull, it's broken! Better get your share of his money before it runs out...seems like he's going to hire everything done...hay transport, pond work...Sooooo much wrong with this picture. and you've got to watch it unfold. Get ready, you may be able to pick up his 100 acres in a couple of years. The cash flow required for fertilizer, pens, sheds, fencing, feed, equipment, vet bills, machinery, minerals, price fluctuations, fuel, interest, personal living expenses, etc. is totally not understood unless you've lived it. Yes, there are scenarios where it can work, but the assumptions and skill required are all in the realm of extreme improbability, particularly for a sustained multi-year operation.
I've got just over 200 acres and am down to 12 mother cows, 1 bull due to the drought. I may not be the best cowman in the world, but I still have some grass which will recover in about 4 years if it ever rains reasonably well.
I've got just over 200 acres and am down to 12 mother cows, 1 bull due to the drought. I may not be the best cowman in the world, but I still have some grass which will recover in about 4 years if it ever rains reasonably well.
bindian
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I know. My old high school ag and FFA skills are rusty, but I do remember something like so many acres per cow, or was it so many cows per acreage, depending on pasture management. I just can't see his math and logic. Oh yeah...............he has a 10 year lease on the place.
hugs,. Brandi
hugs,. Brandi
