Posted by NY 986 on March 31, 2021 at 16:00:03 from (67.249.255.74):
In Reply to: Started spring work posted by tomstractorsandtoys on March 31, 2021 at 15:38:13:
It's been a weird spring here. Had freezing weather a couple weeks back with the ground free of snow. I walked the fields shortly there after and noticed the frost had broken the ground loose into fine material. I take the tractor and field cultivator out to try it. I work nearly five inches deep and the soil is breaking apart very well. I can't go over every acre yet as the ground is wet in areas but I have over 100 acres worked up. Unless we get a pounding rain I should save a trip over that 100 acres. I need to put fertilizer on the wheat but the ground is wet in spots so I would rut the field up in a number of spots. At the same time there is enough grade on the wheat fields so the water does not stand so the wheat is looking fairly good. Spent the last couple of days doing repairs as the alternator gave up on the 8430. When it gets warm enough to be on the ground I need to change the shovels on the 980 field cultivator. Probably next week after Easter. I need to start moving soybeans to market. I got it in my head to talk to the neighbor about his JD 60 which has been sitting in the weeds for a few years now. I guess that I am enticed as I never knew this tractor existed until a few years ago when it was pulled out of a barn after sitting most likely 50 years. 50 years and not more than a quarter mile away. He's got a JD VB drill that was in pretty good condition with steel wheels that came out the same time but I think the weather has been pretty hard on it. I can't see it from the road currently. I've got to go through the 6620 combine sometime in the next couple of months as it needs a couple of things done. Praying that I don't have any serious breakdowns when the weather gets here to work again.
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