Oats are in!!

centash

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Finished last night around 10:30. 54 acres contract oats. A bit of "retro farming"; I used the MH 44 special that I had purchased from the original owner last fall. Has about 7000 hours on the clock, in original condition; rolled about 12 hours on it yesterday and never missed a beat. Pulled my 16 run 510 International drill that my dad bought new in 1977. It has sowed about 100 acres every year since then. Guess both have paid for themselves.

As to how I am doing, well sore arms from wrestling the wheel for 12 hours and stiff knees from facing the 25 mph wind all day in 6 degree weather makes me appreciate the Sound-Gard body on the big Deere a whole lot more!

I'll try to post some pics later.

Ben
 
25mph wind - 6 degrees...

Was not using the JD a choice, or were you forced into it?

Not that I'm suggesting your crazy - I often have to use the expression "if you have to ask why, you still wouldn't get it" myself. I'm just curious.
 
Some may call me crazy, but it was kinda a nostalgia thing initially---but the novelty soon wore off! Did some reminiscing driving the old tractor, just like it was many years ago. Now, I think it will just be a fair weather machine. Ben
 
Finished planting mine yesterday. Did a double seeding, second time - also seeded alfalfa and pulled cultipacker behind drill. Soil was pretty soft, and somewhat hilly. Was about all my '49 Farmall C wanted to pull. But we got 'er done. Windy but not quite as cold. Still have to broadcast fertilizer - got a load of custom mix today, based on soil tests. Cheaper than guessing and buying bagged fertilizer. Have to do fertilizer separately because old drill fertilizer section rusted and froze up. Broadcasting has worked well before. Use a tractor and spreader with a very light footprint.
 
Previous owner didn't take care of it, not me. Got it cheap enough that I can afford to double drill, and broadcast fertilizer. Only use it one day a year!
 
Hoping to get mine in Wednesday. I finished plowing today,got over it with the disc and moved some rocks off. Gonna try to get a spreader tomorrow,get the fertilizer on and get it fitted.
 
Here I am with my old Massey
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