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the Fox that bites.......

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Don-Wi

09-21-2005 20:11:57




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The other night I was working on getting the Fox ready for corn, when the wrench slipped. HOLY @&*%$&*^ THAT HURT!! I took a chunk off the tip of my right ring finger.

On the other hand, I've got the knives sharpened, the shear bar is set, I replaced 4 grease lines around the knife head for the apron drive bearings etc.... I just gotta finish greasing the base and then I'm ready to put the head on. Then I just gotta finish greasing that and I'm ready to go. well, atleast the chopper is... I still gotta grease the wagons and blowers. Also might be looking at buying a 16' Gehl 960 wagon....
Donovan from Wisconsin.

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HY_Moose

09-22-2005 07:08:09




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 Man you are late............ in reply to Don-Wi, 09-21-2005 20:11:57  
The corn has been chopped for several weeks around here and they are shelling grain now. (Effingham Ill) I wish there was some late corn to buy, I am going to an auction on Saturday and am going to try and buy a place that has a 16 x 60 stave silo. if I could buy some corn to put in it I could then buy some of the brood cow that people will be selling this fall cause there is no hay to be had in our area.

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Don-Wi

09-22-2005 16:13:27




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 Re: Man you are late............ in reply to HY_Moose, 09-22-2005 07:08:09  
We've had a little more time this year. We had one feild planted mid-may, which is turning brown but still plenty green, and the rest was planted late june after 1st crop, and it just dented this past week. Most other farmers around here have a good portion of their corn off, and the town I work in about 15 min. North of us, they got really stiff winds and most of the corn is knocked over now. Hope they've got a Kemper head....

My dad looked at buying a silo about that size, but it'd cost somewhere around $15-20,000 by the time it's all said and done. It'll cost about $800-$1000 to fill a 8-9 x 200' bag. This farm may only last 10 years so we're going with the bag for what we can't fit in the silo's.
Donovan from Wisconsin

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Coloken

09-22-2005 05:43:02




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 Gloves??....... in reply to Don-Wi, 09-21-2005 20:11:57  
"Gloves cost money, hands grow back"
You can quote me on this.
Kennyp



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Michael Soldan

09-22-2005 04:56:47




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 Re: the Fox that bites....... in reply to Don-Wi, 09-21-2005 20:11:57  
Don, that goes with the territory, go to a coffee shop where farmers gather for their morning ritual and there's lots of tough old hands with scars, marks, black fingernails and sun cracks, you're one of them. I don't wear mechanics gloves and have often paid the price like you...good luck with the harvest, is this pit or silo ensilage? ....Mike in Exeter Ontario



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Don-Wi

09-22-2005 16:20:26




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 Re: the Fox that bites....... in reply to Michael Soldan, 09-22-2005 04:56:47  
Most is going in our 2 silo's, a 16x34 stave and a 12x32 solid concrete. What we can't fit is going in a 8x200 bag we hope... Got an extra few acres in and contrary to local results, ours is EXCELLENT!! We ran out of seed we bought this year(Mycogen) so we used up some old seed we've had in storage for 4-5 years(Carrhart). The old stuff isn't the greatest, but it's still something. We've only got about 2-4 acres of that stuff anyway. The mycogen on the other hand, has given us great results every year. Stuff grows like weeds (min 8-10' tall, has gotten about to 13-15' already)and has HUGE cobs. Retains it's moisture more too.
Donovan from Wisconsin

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Farmered

09-24-2005 05:07:56




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 Re: the Fox that bites....... in reply to Don-Wi, 09-22-2005 16:20:26  
Donovan, Did you ever make a snowfence silo? My Dad Did many times. Set up a ring of snowfence (wood slat type) and line it with Kraft paper. Fill it with the blower. Distribute evenly and pack by stomping. Set up another ring on top of that just inside of previous ring. I don't know if you can even buy Kraft paper in rolls now. You could go about 4 rings high. By the way, more than one silo is silos not silo's which is posessive and indicates something belongs to the silo.

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Don-Wi

09-24-2005 21:07:37




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 Re: the Fox that bites....... in reply to Farmered, 09-24-2005 05:07:56  
We are planning to save it until next year or even longer, depends on when we really need it. With both of our siloS filled, that's enough to feed until June or July. We also plan on haveing either rye or oats to chop, so we don't need it that bad. We had a lot of winter kill this past year so we stuck corn in. In other years past we've had maybe 5-10 extra loads of corn so we ran it on a pile and fed it w/ the loader tractor, but there is just too much spoilage to try it w/ probably almost 20 loads(we figure)
Donovan from Wisconsin

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mike brown

09-22-2005 07:15:47




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 Re: the Fox that bites....... in reply to Michael Soldan, 09-22-2005 04:56:47  
Years ago I worked for a dairyman who used a New Idea uni to chop high moisture ear corn (corn combine head/chopper unit). He bought a new set of knives and we spent a couple hours getting them installed and in register with the shear bar just kissing close to do a good clean job on the ear corn. When he stated it in the field he saw a pair of vise grips vibrate off the cob and fall into the machine. He couldn't shut it down fast enough to prevent them going through the machine. Boy was he ticked but he didn't blame me since it could have been him that left them there. I think it was me.

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Don-Wi

09-22-2005 20:31:14




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 Re: the Fox that bites....... in reply to mike brown, 09-22-2005 07:15:47  
I probably should have gotten a new shear bar this year, but I was happy to figure out the sharpener. I've only got about 70-80% cleaned up, but that's because the last time they got sharpened I think was with a big angle grinder, so on one end the old bevel is brought WAY back so the sharpener hasn't really touched it in that spot yet. They are also full of big gouges here & there from the angle grinder. I wasn't going to grind off that much of the knife either, woulda been grinding for another 3 hours.....

Either way, it's better than it was and I'll find out how much the work was worth on the first load. Donovan from Wisconsin

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glr62

09-23-2005 17:48:06




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 Re: the Fox that bites....... in reply to Don-Wi, 09-22-2005 20:31:14  
read the manual again. the bevel is controled by the length of arm, i think. anyway the bevel is critical part of the knife.



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Don-Wi

09-23-2005 20:07:47




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 Re: the Fox that bites....... in reply to glr62, 09-23-2005 17:48:06  
I realize that much. What I'm saying, is that the last time the previous owners sharpened the knives, they must have used an angle grinder. The one end of a couple knives are brought back to have a bevel about 1 1/4", where as it's supposed to be 7/8" per the manual. The sharpener hasn't even touched that part of the knife yet, as it's been brought back so far in the past. It'll be a few sharpenings before I clean up that end of the knife, but it's better than eating up that much of the knife for the sake of a fully sharpened knife vs. 80%
Donovan from Wisconsin

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730 virgil

09-22-2005 09:00:19




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 Re: the Fox that bites....... in reply to mike brown, 09-22-2005 07:15:47  
i remember one farmer who ran something thru his chopper and tore things real good .
in his hurry to see what happened he don't wait for cutter head to stop spinning he opened up the cover and apart of knife flew and hit farmer in head .
he was laid up a long time no one knew why he wasn't killed .



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