kcm.MN
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Traditional Farmer
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- Virginia
Some very odd things there,a bale on the inside of the outer windrow,no other bales in the field where the windrows are gone,only two horses hooked to that rig.
Traditional Farmer
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Bales like that all over steeper hills around here all the time don't roll.
grandpa Love
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I can't wrap my mind around the 'why'
..... Can't use a tractor, but gas
motor and rubber tires on baler......
Be interesting to study the reason
..... Can't use a tractor, but gas
motor and rubber tires on baler......
Be interesting to study the reason
Different sects have different rules. I used to go to a huge Amish auction, no electricity from the power lines, no electric in the house but a tractor running a pto generator for the computer recording the auction. Many tractors in the area had steel wheels. Others just used horses.
I sell a lot of KUBOTA diesel engines to a fellow that makes the fore cart for his Mennonite
brothers , he likes something like 25/30 HP. Not sure what it would take to pull the roller. All
the horses are doing is pulling it around the field but like TF commented strange where the bale is
laying.
brothers , he likes something like 25/30 HP. Not sure what it would take to pull the roller. All
the horses are doing is pulling it around the field but like TF commented strange where the bale is
laying.
My neighbor and I were out and about a few years ago and came across some amish making hay in a
couple fields. They had a round baler in one field. In the other field, on more of a hill, they
were baling with a New Holland square baler and pulling a thrower wagon. Both setups had teams of
five horses. There was also, in the one field, another five hitch team standing in the shade near
a very large tree. The equipment all appeared to have steel wheels. What we wondered is how they
handled going downhill, but they seemed to get along OK doing it.
couple fields. They had a round baler in one field. In the other field, on more of a hill, they
were baling with a New Holland square baler and pulling a thrower wagon. Both setups had teams of
five horses. There was also, in the one field, another five hitch team standing in the shade near
a very large tree. The equipment all appeared to have steel wheels. What we wondered is how they
handled going downhill, but they seemed to get along OK doing it.
Traditional Farmer
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- Virginia
That is another thing going by the fore cart the baler would have steel wheels also.
Mike(NEOhio)
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What's in the picture is doable but I'm wondering how they get the bales off the field.
Adrian Billheimer
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Steam powered skid loader. :>)
shaun wallace
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It is real. Go to Jamesport Mo and you will find/see that setup. Thats where I seen it.
John Deere D
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And when the team pulls in to start ploughing, they trade off 25% of the team every 2 hours so they can get some home
chores done.
chores done.
bwillett
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- West Central Ohio
I have driven past fields in Hardin County, Ohio and seen this type of setup in the field. There was a skid loader in the field and a semi truck and trailer. I imagine there was an English man or Mennonite involved in this to drive those. That sect uses buggies for people transport, do not use the SMV sign, just silver or red reflector strips like on the sides of commercial trailers. Too flashy....
used red MN
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Agree, it is really done like this. See attached.
Edit to add: I am surprised the children do not have pitchforks to straighten out the crooked windrows and move the one near the bale so it could be baled.
Silage chopping video
This post was edited by used red MN on 02/05/2022 at 08:47 am.
Edit to add: I am surprised the children do not have pitchforks to straighten out the crooked windrows and move the one near the bale so it could be baled.
Silage chopping video
This post was edited by used red MN on 02/05/2022 at 08:47 am.
DoubleO7
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Their way of life is ever changing just like mine and yours.
That forecart might maybe be old and represents what was allowed 30 years ago.
The elders of each sect/community decide what is allowed and what is not.
This post was edited by DoubleO7 on 02/05/2022 at 05:54 pm.
That forecart might maybe be old and represents what was allowed 30 years ago.
The elders of each sect/community decide what is allowed and what is not.
This post was edited by DoubleO7 on 02/05/2022 at 05:54 pm.
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