2018 #4

the hyd lack is as handy as a button on a shirt, my tire guy LOVES It as do I







I was prepping ground for seeding Millet here







I bought a new 6' tiller for jobs around the place,,



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broadcasted the Millet here



We had three days of rain that started about 10 min after I finished seeding the Millet





This storm cell produced at least four torandos that day, one that happened as I was taking these took a roof of a windbreak in one pasture, and rolled a car, pickup an 5th wheel camper into a guys house next to my north pasture but was nothing compared to the one that hit about 10 miles east of me right before this one and took out at least 26 homes in a subdivsion, This was just the start of what was to come here

this shot I snapped about a 1/2 mile away shows the mess the man had to deal with








One of my "livestock" that watches me work



One of the Best things I ever did was make a two bar for this 4 wheeler saves me miles of walking when moving equipment,, its not the walking I mind but the time I lose doing it

one of my 195's I use for mowing




This year haying time came Early,, hay was burning up from lack of moisture




Here I am pulling wing cylinders from the rod weeder apart to reseal them,




here is the first hay raking of the season, it was a very short tonnage year here for my regular hay running at a average of 1/3 of a ton per acre, normal for me is 1-3 tons a acre










this was the first bigger field I cut and had just made three rounds out of the 8 rounds I had cut and raked when this downpour hit, it rained 3" in less than 20 min and as you can see hailed also,, this storm Beat the windrows into the dirt, and where I was making our bales a round before it went to 1 1/2 bales a round after it dried again,, I would see another 5 bad storms that came in the same angle before I was able to get the crops off,,

Thanks for posting

Tom, first, you must have sat in your "thinking chair" when you came up with the "hydraulic jack". I really like that idea, no, I love that idea!
Looks like you have had all kinds of weather, like here. I liked the pictures of scenery, and one stuck out that I wanted to comment on,,, the flat rock, what amazing scenery, in my younger days, I would have loved to hike that one and just sit there and take it allllll in.

Then I came across the picture of the "195" and the "VAC" and I said wait a minute Tom, give me a break, then I realized you were pulling the cylinder apart to reseal, a job I have done lots of times in my days. (I hope to find a "195" half as nice as yours)

Love the pictures of the happy skies and the angry ones. Sometimes you just need to stop, and take it all in.

When I see you post rainy pictures, I just know "most" of the times that would make you happy.

I enjoyed Tom

I just had to post a few Tom, its been a pretty good year up here, for the garden I cut back some, and didn't like it, but there is only so much time in the year to get it done.

Dan, thank You for the kind words,, the cylinder jack pads are a factory Case item see link,, Dad had a set at the dealership but had made the mistake of loaning them to someone who never returned them. I put out a request for them and was Lucky enough to get them bought, the 3" cylinder came from Bill at Barnevield Implement and was a nos one they had left and it had only been used a few times on a small chisel plow and always stored inside, even the hoses and couplers are factory Case parts. The flat rock you speak of is about 5 miles away and whats left of a coal seam that burned and this was like a chimney and it made a soft rock we call scoria that is used on the roads here as we have a lot of it but its basically burned coal that was under ground when is burned creating this rock which for us is a good thing as river rock pits are far and few between around here. The reason I said all that was to say those scroia hills like that are pretty to look at but are full of rattle snakes and by full I mean they can be two every three feet lol it might be a heck of a view when you get there but you better be equipped for the land there
Jack pad link

Boy Dan I would Love to be able to grow tomaters like those, and those taters look Great as well,, trying to find a digger,, I may just have to do a Bro thing and build one for a Compact, lets see small hyd shoe unit on the 3pt or sleeve hitch, and a raddle chain driven by a hyd motor ,, hmmmmm
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Great assortment again Tom, that is a nice tiller you have. Looks identical to the one we have. Rod.

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As usual
Awesome pics
Dugger

Always enjoy your pictures, Tom, from the half and half cropping like I do to the pictures of the 1470, which reminds me of an old friend who's last tractor was a 1470. And even antelope, very common around here.

Tom, As always the pictures are great. When you comment on them helps me understand how different our areas are for farming. Some day this old man will need to learn how to post pictures . Jerry from Ohio