Senate passed section 179 extender

In case someone missed that news, it did pass the Senate late yesterday. So, if anyone made too much money, I have a Killbros 475 grain cart for sale. I will offer delivery. LOL

Oh well... Off to browse the classifieds. I'd rather give money to a dealership or farmer right before Christmas, rather than giving it to the Feds later.

Oh good!! now I can write off all of that $600 M that I bought a month ago.lol

Didn't make too much this year. I had to spend a bunch on a non deductible item- ouch! A grain cart is next on my list. But probably not until closer to when I could use it- later next year. I'd like to find one at least 500 bu.

I guess the assumption is this legislation will be signed?

Yeah, I am assuming that it will be signed. I guess I shouldn't do that, but, I haven't heard any real evidence that it wouldn't be signed.


500 bushel is a good sized cart. Full of beans, you are talking about 35,000 lbs on 2 tires.

Getting a cart with a corner auger is a good idea. They are a lot more money, but your neck will thank you for it. My 475 is the cleanest one I have ever seen. I wouldn't buy one again, though. It's got tiny hydraulic lines and the hydraulics are slow, and there is no way to see into the cart. At least the paint is still shiny and that says something for as old as it is!

I have seen windows from a grinder mixer cut into the front wall of a grain cart.

I heard the pres plans to veto it, but I passed by big enough margin to over ride a veto?

Paul

I learned how to run one of those, this one did have the window in it, we were harvesting oats. The one thing that always stood out to me was to make sure the auger was folded out and in place before powering it up, as per what I was told by my long time farmer friend, that and allowing enough room to empty the auger, into whatever you may be filling, never spilled any.

How much for the cart?

Small world! I didn't imagine you had experience with them. That one has some skinny tires on in. How did the 4440 handle it? I guess oats being 32 lbs or 33(can't remember) really don't make it as heavy as wheat or beans.

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I have it on craigslist. You can give me a call.

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It seemed like a good fit, handled it well. I was used to the smaller one he had, when the oats were ready, was time to learn this one, we either ran to the tandem mack sileage/grain body, or just filled it to take back to the yard, it towed over the road just fine. I had to get used to the remote levers on the 4440 though.

This field, the one with one end that a bunch of grass grew in the crop, was on the back side of a steep hill and there was no problem empty or loaded, 4440 was heavy enough. He used it for years hauling corn from the combine, same tractor, maybe the duals on for flotation as I recall The 6620 combine had oversize tires and a 7000 series rear axle, so I'll bet he kept the wagon out of the soft areas, or had the combine go to it, given it seemed ok in softer areas, saturated it would sink in but good, happened once at my place. I'm thinking he'd have put larger ones on if needed, like the 6620, (though they were easy on it concerned about the axles with the larger tires).

The smaller one, we sometimes pulled with his old 620, now that was ok, but the same hill, I was actually afraid to run that arrangement up there with a load of fertilizer on. I was not sure I knew the 620 well enough to know what gear to use, stall that out, its not going to end well at all. I think it was just before he could do the brakes on it, so they were questionable. We had a B way back when, so I was familiar with those at least, but knew better than to try something like this, his son grew up on that 620 so I asked him to take it over and up the hill due to the previous, no problem at all. He sure could back a haywagon with it as well.

Anyone who pulls that cart full of grain has tremendous testicular fortitude!!

That sounds like you have a lot of time in the seat doing things I wouldn't do! I'd love to see these fields that are too steep. This sounds like my town and my type of farming.


I'd love to see that young man take an old JD tractor with such a big cart hitched up. I don't know how you did it!


It's wild to see the farming that different regions did. I have the same piece of equipment but I couldn't imagine the cart I have being lugged around with that old of a tractor... I guess I have a lot of learning to do! When do we change our underpants? I wish you had pics of those older tractors pulling that cart. I surely can't show those pics, because I can't go on a death mission!


Thanks for your memories! This is why I am on this forum. I love hearing what other's have done in their neck of the woods. I just can't imagine myself doing the same things!