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Allan In NE

12-24-2007 03:32:21

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Just an old dog learning new tricks here.

Just plain, old-fashioned nasty wintery weather here. Ground blizzard conditions for the past few days. On top of that, at midday temps are such that the snow/drifts are right at that "slick" point.

I never did break down and get the tires loaded on my feed tractor. Was having one heck of a time getting around and clearin'/bustin' thru the snow drifts was getting a little scary.

Afraid I was gonna stick the old hog and there I'd be; on the end of a pitchfork again. :>(

Finally, yesterday I hooked up the bale mover and started packin' a bale around on the back of the tractor. That sure tied the old monkey to the ground!

Gotta stop and get that tractor hauled into town and have those tires loaded with some calcuim.

Looks like it is going to be a long winter at this rate. :>(

Allan

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onefarmer

12-24-2007 09:43:40

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Re: Okay, Okay. It Worked in reply to Allan In NE, 12-24-2007 03:32:21

Once when I was young and foolish about '83-84. We had a bad ice storm and all the roads were covered with about an inch of ice, even the gravel stones were covered evenly. I needed to get to my grandparents farm for chores so I drove my Farmall M there since it had chains on it. On the way there was some kids van was in the ditch. He couldn't make it up a hill and slid back down and off the road into the ditch. They had left it there and was nowhere to be seen. No one around and wanting a challenge I hooked on and was able to pull it up out of the ditch while it was still in park and placed it up on the road. Without the tire chains I wouldn't have been able to get out of the shed let alone pull a van out.

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Walt Davies

12-24-2007 09:05:10

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Re: Okay, Okay. It Worked in reply to Allan In NE, 12-24-2007 03:32:21

I feed mine in the barn don't get wet or snow covered or stuck.
Walt

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MN Scott

12-24-2007 07:30:55

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Re: Okay, Okay. It Worked in reply to Allan In NE, 12-24-2007 03:32:21

Allan, Skip the rim ruster and get your self a set of chains. Loaded tires are little improvement over unloaded ones on compacted snow and ice in my experance up here in the hills. You need steel to bite into the ice. NONE of my tractors have rim ruster in but I have chains for the tractors I use in the winter and I rarelly have traction troubles. Of course you could get a loader tractor like this.

The only time this needs chains is after an ice storm or when the snow gets up over the hood!

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Allan In NE

12-24-2007 08:55:53

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Re: Okay, Okay. It Worked in reply to MN Scott, 12-24-2007 07:30:55

Oh,

I've got a set of chains. Just hate throwin' the suckers on and off. :>)

And, the only hill I've got is maybe the 3" curf that the road grader might leave. :>)

Nice setup! Wish I could justify an outfit like that. :>(

Allan

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MN Scott

12-24-2007 10:33:55

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Re: Okay, Okay. It Worked in reply to Allan In NE, 12-24-2007 08:55:53

Ya, FWD and loaders go together real good. That old Maxxum gets alot of hours on it. Plants and sprays all the corn, beans, oats. Then it cuts most of the hay then stores 800 to 1000 bales away. Then in the winter it feeds most of the hay back out and does all the odd loader jobs. It is for sale tho, as soon as mother Deere gets around to making a loader a JD 7130 is replacing it.

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john d

12-24-2007 06:22:11

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Re: Okay, Okay. It Worked in reply to Allan In NE, 12-24-2007 03:32:21

I'll bet a big bale helped a bunch! I push snow with a Farmall M that has fluid in the tires, two weights on each side, and a blade on the loader arms. It works a lot better when I have the box blade mounted on the 3pt hitch.

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Steven f/AZ

12-24-2007 06:19:33

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Re: Okay, Okay. It Worked in reply to Allan In NE, 12-24-2007 03:32:21

I know buying something like this wouldn't be much a project for ya, Allen, but it sure will go through snow and mud!

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Of course, it still has the Chloride in the rear tires - otherwise the fronts would be doing all the pulling and tear things up...

Only way it gets paid for is my brother's job in town, though... third party image

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NTW ROSEBUD

12-24-2007 05:36:24

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Re: Okay, Okay. It Worked in reply to Allan In NE, 12-24-2007 03:32:21

ROCKET SCIENCE HERE !!!!!

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hayray

12-24-2007 05:36:14

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Re: Okay, Okay. It Worked in reply to Allan In NE, 12-24-2007 03:32:21

Hey Allen,

don't your tire people bring a truck to the farm and fill em' up for ya? I got chloride in my MF 1105 loader tractor and went to plow my girl friend out last week and all that tractor would do was spin on that black asphalt drive way, I was having a heck of a time. Got it sort of done, then a neighbor came over with one of those hot shot JD compacts with turf tires and it did a way better job then that huge galioth I took over there.

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Brokenwrench

12-24-2007 04:40:24

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Re: Okay, Okay. It Worked in reply to Allan In NE, 12-24-2007 03:32:21

Hey just a thought,
Pick yourself up a three point snowblower. You can leave it tied to the back for extra wieght, and that hydro makes one heck of a good blower tractor when needed...

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C-man

12-24-2007 09:13:48

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Re: Okay, Okay. It Worked in reply to Brokenwrench, 12-24-2007 04:40:24

That's what we do. We have a Snowblower on the back of our 1066 Hydro and a loader on the front. A guy can sure move snow with that setup.

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Larry59

12-24-2007 04:04:38

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Re: Okay, Okay. It Worked in reply to Allan In NE, 12-24-2007 03:32:21

I am in the middle of Missouri. Had a bit of freezing ice the other night with a bit of snow. Took tractor with blade on rear down my gravel road and got beat to death by the gravel on road. Bump rattle bump... but got the job all done and was proud being my first time ever for this. Got back to house and notice that my brand new triangle sign I just put on earlier was "GONE" shesss Went looking for it down this road. Must been rolled up in some mud along the road. Never did find it. :( Oh well went to farm store and this time it is "Bolted on Good" if it comes off this time. Figure it will take me to! lol

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IaGary

12-24-2007 03:48:02

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Re: Okay, Okay. It Worked in reply to Allan In NE, 12-24-2007 03:32:21

Mornin Allan

Yes that bale on the back really helps the traction.

But I was out trying to push the drifts out of the drives yesterday and the bale on the back wouldn't even help.

We got about an inch of ice under this last snow and I can't get much done with them drifts.

I've never owned a set of chains for 18.4 x 38's but I may have to get some. That 1086 was always heavy enough to get the job done but not yesterday on that blasted ice.

A bale on the back didn't even help.

Gary

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RustyFarmall

12-24-2007 06:12:47

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Re: Okay, Okay. It Worked in reply to IaGary, 12-24-2007 03:48:02

A set of tire chains on the rear is the only real answer for ice and hard packed snow.

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