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O.T. - Red Power Round-Up Questions

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David Kronwall

01-25-2006 17:10:59




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Being somewhat new to this forum, I'd like to ask you guys...

about Red Power Round-Up! I CAN'T WAIT for June and the big days ahead in Mansfield, Ohio! I've been to a couple of tractor and threshing shows, but never to Red Power. What is it like? What can I expect to see? Will there be an opportunity to meet some of you? How will I know who's who? I know I sound like a little kid, but I can't help it.

Thanks in advance.

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Nebraska Cowman

01-26-2006 05:37:43




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 Re: O.T. - Red Power Round-Up Questions in reply to David Kronwall, 01-25-2006 17:10:59  
last year at Lebannon I set up a tent and met lots of guys from ytmag. Kevin H had his IH refrigerator there and we had ice water. Plan on doing something similar this year too at Mansfield. Watch for details as we get closer. Last year about a dozen of us went out to dinner together. Made for a nice time. Plan on seeing 1000+ red tractors.



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P Backus

01-25-2006 18:13:20




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 Re: O.T. - Red Power Round-Up Questions in reply to David Kronwall, 01-25-2006 17:10:59  
Hi David,
I"ve been to several, although it"s been a few years. It is fun- everything is red! (and grey). You"ll see just about everything. It seems like there"s at least one of everything made there, although that"s not exactly true. Usually the more rare tractors and equipment are well represented, and of course there will be at least one or two Hs and Ms!
I never chummed around with anyone at the Red Power round up- I was always just by myself, so I don"t know how one would meet folks there.
It seems like lately I"m always combining or baling or something during the RPRU, so I haven"t gotten there in a while.
Paul

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David Kronwall

01-25-2006 20:47:10




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 Re: O.T. - Red Power Round-Up Questions in reply to P Backus, 01-25-2006 18:13:20  
Hey, Paul, fellow Wisconsin Red Guy. How's things in Valders? Thanks for the info. I can see baling in June (have stacked a few bales in the mow in my day--even on EDGE, like one farmer insisted), but combining what? I must be a dummy, but I don't know that answer--winter wheat? Anyway, it would be great if you could go to RPRU this year. Hope to see you there, if not before...that Hwy. 67 is a great road trip.
David

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P Backus

01-26-2006 05:50:06




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 Re: O.T. - Red Power Round-Up Questions in reply to David Kronwall, 01-25-2006 20:47:10  
hi David,
The RPRU is in a different location (state) every year and I"m pretty sure that it is also at different times during the summer, not always the same weekend, depending on what suits the hosting chapter. I think the ones I went to were more in the July and August months, when combining is more on the schedule.
In my humble opinionated opinion, the ONLY way to stack small square bales is on edge. That way the pile can breath vertically and aspirate (is that the right word?) moisture out. Laying the bales flat traps moisture and promotes mold. I"ve seen it work that way too. I once laid a couple of bales flat on top of a mow thinking they would dry better that way, but when we moved them it was moldy just under those bales.
Plus you don"t trip on the strings when they are on edge!
Sorry for the rant- it"s just something I"ve learned about. ;>)
It would be an interesting question to put to the rest of the guys on the forum. Anyway when I make hay now I make big square bales. That way one guy (me) can put up 50 tons a day.
We"ll get together one of these days.
Paul

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David Kronwall

01-26-2006 18:26:20




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 Re: O.T. - Red Power Round-Up Questions in reply to P Backus, 01-26-2006 05:50:06  
Paul, thanks for the info. The farmer I referred to, who drove a Super MTA hitched to a New Holland baler by the way, had the same idea about letting the hay breathe by stacking the bales on edge. I worked up in the haymow at that farm with a 62-year-old hired man who had spent his whole life there. His name was Andrew. He never learned to drive--except a team of horses. I recall sitting in the classroom at my grade school just down the road from the farm, and here would come Andrew, driving by with a team on the manure spreader, as proud as he could be. It used to be comical in the mow...instead of letting a load or two pile up so the later bales would come off the elevator and roll to us at the other side of the barn, Andrew would insist on carrying every one, the hard way. More than once a bale would roll off the elevator and catch him on the noggin, while he was digging one out from below. Never could get him to do it the other way. With every new load that came in from the field, Andrew would get a twinkle in his eye, shake his head and say, "Well, no rest for the wicked. We must be pretty wicked." Then he'd cackle at his own joke and climb back into the mow. Great memories. Take care. (Oh, almost forgot. My first summer there I made $.75 an hour.)

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P Backus

01-27-2006 18:19:13




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 Re: O.T. - Red Power Round-Up Questions in reply to David Kronwall, 01-26-2006 18:26:20  
David, I liked your description of Andrew. I know someone just like that- only different! He"s a character none the less, with his memorable phrases and mannerisms. It can be frustrating working with folks like that, but always good for fond recollections later on.
Paul



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scotc

01-30-2006 08:19:50




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 Re: O.T. - Red Power Round-Up Questions in reply to P Backus, 01-27-2006 18:19:13  
WE always stacked on edge. Just the way we did it i guess. Never had to dig through chaff to find strings in the winter. In the earliest summers i can remember one or 2 of my aunts would work the wagon and my uncle would work the mow himself carry 4 bales at a time. Once I could handle a bale I helped in the mow. I can remember times in jr high that the 2 of us would have my aunt grandma and 2 cousins in the wagon and we'd still have time to stand still waiting for another bale off the elevator. One of my cousin's boyfreinds came to help and it was me, her, and him in the mow. I didn't like the kid (ok he was only 3 yrs younger) but after I stacked the 3 rows on the mow edge alongside the wagon and began filling in their 4-deep hole he tried telling me how to stick a bale in a narrow hole. I swung around 180 degrees with it and jammed it right in. Normally I would have done it like he said to but when I looked up at him he had one of those "holy cow-turds batman" looks on his face. And wouldn't ya know, he didn't say a word to me the rest of the day, and didn't come back. I still laugh when I think about it. He thought I didn't know what I was doing cause I've never been a small guy and when I stacked twice what they did on the open face of the mow I still had to slap him with a pretty good hint.

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