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First of all I admire the respondents to this post for their character. They shared their embarrassing experiences for us to enjoy and none of them were smart alec. Just goes to show you the character of the folks on this site. Well I too have senior moments frequently. Other than age, my problems are lack of familiarity with my equipment. I have multiple things that I use seldom (have a job in town) and just about the time I remember how something operates, the job is usually done. Thanks goodness I don't tear too many things up. Gotta tell you this. Had cows and had to sell out. Decided after the recovery, that I'd do hay instead. Cleaned up all my cross fencing to make a nice hay patch except for the support post for the main gate into the pasture. I had put a lot of effort into a steel gate(2 7/8 drill pipe) set into 3' x 1' concrete. Didn't want to take it down being it was so nice.....but it was all alone in the driveway..... Well it was sorta out in the driveway. Was finishing up some square bales one evening about dusk with my trusty JD 24T square and in a hurry to put the baler up to get the truck out and p/u the bales B4 dew set in. On the left side of the tractor was a shed with some cattle panels leaning on it and some had fallen down while I was digging for something. Well, watching them on the left, I was only creeping along at 1-2 mph when I heard this God awful crunching and screeching noise.....I slammed on the brakes and backed up looking to the right this time. The post had "can opened" the right side of the baler where the reel pivot bearing and support sheet metal are. The post is no longer..... .the baler is finally fixed. Mark
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