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I learn the hard way

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Paul Shuler

03-26-2007 16:34:20




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Went out today expecting to put a charger on the old H and much to my surprise it fired right off after sitting all winter. Since I was having such good luck thought I would hook up to the old drag disc and do some very light discing in the yard and put some grass seed down where last years drought had left some big bare spots. That went great. Thought I would disc under my food plot while I was playing and it went real well. I love the sound of the H pulling in 3rd and the disc set for max cut. Started raining on me pretty good so had to stop. The tires had about 2" of mud caked on them and I didn't wanted to run across my clean shop floor like that. Tooled around in 4th gear and that mud was not coming off. So I thought what would a real farmer like Hugh or Farmallhal, CNKS etc. Well I bet they would put it in road gear and open her up. HOLY COW did I ever sling mud. It all came off at about a 100mph and a good bit of it came right down on me in clumps the size of your hand. Oh well I had such a good morning I didn't even get riled up over it. I just had a good laugh on my self all covered in clumps of mud.Sorry for the long post, just been a long winter and it sure did me good to hear the old H pull this morning.
Paul

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Steven@AZ

03-26-2007 17:44:58




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 Re: I learn the hard way in reply to Paul Shuler, 03-26-2007 16:34:20  
BTDT several times. Usually with the H, or the 544... Always end up needing to wash the tractor after working in the mud and subsequent road gear drive to remove mud from the tires.

I had the chance while I was in ND last week to hook the 12 foot double disc to my Dad's H and give it a workout. Was nice to hear the old girl pull and smell that freshly worked soil!



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Hugh MacKay

03-26-2007 17:36:18




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 Re: I learn the hard way in reply to Paul Shuler, 03-26-2007 16:34:20  
Paul: Did you get any of it down inside your shirt, or worse still it can follow the middle of your back and right down in your trousers.

Your story reminds me of an old guy hauling cattle in a box on a 1 ton truck. He had them all tied at the head board, 3 small cows and a bull. It was raining and he could feel comotion in back on truck. He stopped to investigate in the dark. Open the door a and with flash light in hand went in. Sure enough, the bull was trying to do what bulls do. He had enough slack rope he was able to mount a cow coming down on the other side of her. Here he was held by the nose ring across her back. He though if he untied the cow, let her back out, then shorten the bulls rope, tie her back up on the other side of bull. So in he goes under a cow, untied one cow, shortened the bulls rope. As he turned to get the untied cow, a tail switched knocking the flashlight out of his hand, plus the light went out. In pitch dark with one cow untied, he got down on hands and knees to find flashlight. As he did one of the cows let loose with a stream of very soft manure, going right down the back of his neck inside his shirt collar. He stood up, said there must have been a bucket full of this soft manure in his shirt and it went right around above his belt at the waist.

Bear in mind this chap was noted for quite tall tales, I expect she just got him when he was on his hands and knees and it seemed just as bad. I would think, back of truck in dark would be bad enough even if you were on your feet. Having had a barn full of holsteins, I know what it's like to get Sh!# on, the mud from tractor tires is a mere trifle, unless the tractor has been in the manure pit.

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Jimmy King

03-26-2007 22:35:26




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 Re: I learn the hard way in reply to Hugh MacKay, 03-26-2007 17:36:18  
Hugh,I had that happen in the milk barn one time, I had a real small cow and I was leaning over to put the milker on her and the cow in front turned it loose. Not a good feeling.



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Ron in Nebr

03-27-2007 07:58:56




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 Re: I learn the hard way in reply to Jimmy King, 03-26-2007 22:35:26  
It"s just grass and water guys! ;)



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Hugh MacKay

03-27-2007 16:11:48




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 Re: I learn the hard way in reply to Ron in Nebr, 03-27-2007 07:58:56  
Ron: You reminded me of a young lad my dad was trying to get some work out of. He had discovered all sorts of reasons why he should work, the last being he wasn"t going to work even in light showers. Finally dad told him, get the H@!! out there, it"s only water and your neither salt nor sugar.



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Hugh MacKay

03-27-2007 01:22:50




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 Re: I learn the hard way in reply to Jimmy King, 03-26-2007 22:35:26  
Jimmy: My Uncle Walace said to my dad once, "I'm not sure all of this improved feeding we are giving dairy cows is right." My dad asked why? Walace said, "Years ago when you bring cows in from pasture, one could kick a pile of cow dung with toe of his boot and spread the fertility around. You try kicking a pile of that today and it will hit you right in the face."



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Tom Windsor

03-26-2007 17:32:49




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 Re: I learn the hard way in reply to Paul Shuler, 03-26-2007 16:34:20  
Isn't it nice to be a kid again!

TW



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L Mack

03-26-2007 17:28:40




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 Re: I learn the hard way in reply to Paul Shuler, 03-26-2007 16:34:20  
Nope! Just park it in the sun for a couple of hours and let it dry. It should come off fairly well even in low gear, but then again I only have experience with the sandy loam and loamy sand soils in Georgia. Silts and Silt loams may not do the same.



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