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JRB IN MAINE

09-13-2004 18:08:58




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Have a very good friend on the farm that says ( If you ain"t fixen you ain"t farmin) what do you think ?..... ..... ..




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Tim Shaw

09-14-2004 10:53:49




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 Re: True or False statement ? in reply to JRB IN MAINE, 09-13-2004 18:08:58  
Some people farm so they can work on equipment, others work on equipment so they can farm.



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Missouri Boy

09-14-2004 03:23:21




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 Re: True or False statement ? in reply to JRB IN MAINE, 09-13-2004 18:08:58  
I have noticed many farmer/mechanics h ave to glect their farming to do repairs. Some of the best armers i have known do only prevenative maintenance such as chains, belts, lubrication and wear parts which are exposed. Of course most real fartmers use newer equipment.



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Gene

09-13-2004 20:07:08




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 Re: True or False statement ? in reply to JRB IN MAINE, 09-13-2004 18:08:58  
True. If it's not machinery it's buildings, fences, water systems, cars, trucks - something always needs maintenance or repairs. That's why I have a list of "To Do's" and parts to buy next time I'm in town.



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David B

09-13-2004 19:52:50




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 Re: True or False statement ? in reply to JRB IN MAINE, 09-13-2004 18:08:58  
At the farm, we have about 50 John Deere's (Grandpa likes them, Dad and I look the other way) and Farmalls. Only problem is half the JD's are torn apart, and a few Farmalls too. So, we are always fixin' and farmin'.



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Hugh MacKay

09-13-2004 19:11:08




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 Re: True or False statement ? in reply to JRB IN MAINE, 09-13-2004 18:08:58  
JRB: Your true or false statment is a bit of a loaded question. Well maintained equipment rarely ever breaks down during busy harvest, but that doesn't mean you aren't fixing. I had a young lad working on farm, much as Magman describes himself, he noticed items that needed attention and on rainy days out came the wrenches, lubs, etc. Down time is costly especially at seed time and harvest. I don't think you will ever eliminate down time, during busy season, but good maintainence will keep it at a minamum. Being able to recognize problems before they happen, is an important sixth sence.

I guess in the long term your statment is more true than false. Some people just have the timing better than others.

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MagMan

09-13-2004 18:24:18




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 Re: True or False statement ? in reply to JRB IN MAINE, 09-13-2004 18:08:58  
TRUE I guess. BUT I worked for a farmer one year that didnt have anything break after I started Thats becuase I spent all the rainy days maintaining equipment for him he saved so much money he just about cryed when I left and went to work at a mechanic shop. JON



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Andy Martin

09-13-2004 18:13:35




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 YES in reply to JRB IN MAINE, 09-13-2004 18:08:58  
He must have green equipment :)

Like the popular song says: "I worked ten hours on a John Deere Tractor, never could get it to run"!

"When you're fixin you're not farmin", so put two turns of wire around it before you go back to work.

I've had two days without a breakdown but the wobble head on my haybine got hot today so grease may not fix it this time.



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JRB IN MAINE

09-13-2004 18:34:59




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 Re: YES in reply to Andy Martin, 09-13-2004 18:13:35  
no green on this farm.Red is the only color here.
the man down the road who calls him self an educated farmer spends more time asking us to fix his equiptment and his is green and his hay still gets rained on after he bales it .



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RayP(MI)

09-14-2004 05:00:52




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 Re: YES in reply to JRB IN MAINE, 09-13-2004 18:34:59  
Well, we've got an assortment of equipment here, various colors. Can't think of anything that I didn't have to do some repairs on this haying season. Wear takes it's toll on everything. Proper maintenance may put off repairs, but even with proper maintenance, things are bound to wear and break. Some things are impossible to do maintenance on like sealed bearings - had two of them let loose on me this summer. Only thing you can do is replace when they die. So yeah, if you want to farm, you probably should be a fair shade tree mechanic too.

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Paul in Mich

09-14-2004 06:37:06




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 Re: YES in reply to RayP(MI), 09-14-2004 05:00:52  
Ray, you say "should" be a "fair" shad tree mechanic. I say a feller "needs" to be a "darned good" mechanic if he is going to be successful at farming. I know a lot of guys around here who couldnt afford to farm if they had to pay to have their mechanical work done by an outside source. Welding is another skill that will cost thousands of dollars unless you can do it yourself and do it right. About the only thing our operation has done outside is changing tractor and combine tires. We let the tire folks wrestle those. We also have some machining done outside, although it is in the plans to buy a used lathe and knee mill and start doing as much of our own machining as possible. Farming is no different than manufacturing in that fixing is an integral part of a good preventative maintainance program. Farmers like anyone else who deals with machinery or anything mechanical or electrical tries to minimize "downtime" by replacing worn parts during non critical times. Bearings, chains, sprockets, belts, filters (air, oil, fuel) fluids, could be considered fix it items, but its more a matter of when and how to choose to fix. The worst scenerio is field repairs and breakdowns, as time then becomes more valuable than the cost of repair. In this sense, the guy is right when he says "if you ain"t fixin, you ain"t farmin".

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