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edchainsaw

06-01-2006 19:03:29




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Tuesday my father was hit by a truck that tried to pass while he as turning into the field to REPLANT a field.

He says dad didnt turn on the turn lights till after-- I saw them a mile up the road.

He left 100+ ft before he hit the rear tractor tire and totalled his truck. No one needed an ambulance... well someone would have had I been on the phone with the police when the guy was calling my dad names.

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Gerald J.

01-17-2008 09:27:18




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 Re: O/T What would you farm on 25 acres? in reply to JBMac, 01-17-2008 07:59:21  
There was a book on the contract gardening or pick it yourself concept 20 or 25 years ago. The title was someething like, "make 100,000 on a acre of ground." Basically the customers subscribe and you deliver them a week's supply of available veges during the growing season.

Horse owners are hard to please and often want to feed sedentary horses with way too much protien (alfalfa) and when they bloat, then they ration the alfalfa and the poor horses whose instinct is to eat grass constantly then eat the barn because they are empty all the time. The least dust leads to rejected bales whether dirt or real mold. After a few years selling horse hay, I decided it was more valuable to me plowed under to fertilize corn, but you have to have a market.

Find your markets, then pick your crops. The best crop without a market is worse than worthless, it cost to raise so its a looser.

Gerald J.

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Leland

01-17-2008 09:15:32




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 Re: E-85 in a Stock M in reply to Madbohemy, 01-16-2008 09:30:44  
gas is still a better value for the buck ,you will burn much more E85 than gas .my S-10 loses about 30% on mpg's using that poor excuse for fuel I get 25 gas and 14-15 using E85



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big jt

01-17-2008 09:10:56




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 Re: OT:dirt trading in reply to Dave from MN, 01-17-2008 08:01:22  
Sounds like a good idea. However don't expect it to grow good crops the first year. Disturbed soil takes a while to settle and then start producing. Will need to disk or level somehow for the first couple of years.

hth

jt



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Bob Kerr

01-17-2008 09:00:33




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 Re: OT trailer floor in reply to bhb, 01-17-2008 07:22:33  
White oak all the way! Get wood that doesn"t have any sap wood on the edges. It is considered a boat building wood and is tough stuff! I would not use rough cut as it leaves low spots for water to collect and will let fungus get started. As for water proofing, Mopping it down with used motor oil mixed with kerosene to thin it works exellent, and you get a new supply everytime you change oil in something.Also put some in an old sprayer with some kero to thin it and spray the underside. Main thing is to not let fungus get started in the wood. If you are worried about skidding on the oil just toss sand over it afterwards. The only drawback is if it gets wet with the oil on it, it will get slick! the first year or two put the oil on twice a year and after that once a year should be good if you oil it in the fall when you are done for the winter. If you do all that the wood might outlast the trailer!

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Steve in MN

01-17-2008 08:37:58




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 Re: O/T What would you farm on 25 acres? in reply to JBMac, 01-17-2008 07:59:21  
I'll go along with JT. If you got horse people in the area, hay is a good way to go. Only need to buy seed the first year, a little fertilizer each year after. A little riskier because of the weather concerns when it's time to bale. But $$'s per acre of return will be pretty good.



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Verniee

01-17-2008 08:15:24




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 Re: OT:dirt trading in reply to rrlund, 01-17-2008 08:10:20  
Be certain you know where it comes from. The toughest thing about excavating these days is where to get rid of material. Nobody wants it for fear of contamination.



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RustyFarmall

01-17-2008 07:21:50




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 Re: Plastic gas containers - any clever way to vent ? in reply to Mark - IN., 01-16-2008 22:24:06  
Be nice to your rat friends. Feed 'em. The smell usually goes away after just a few days.



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Kevin Bismark

06-02-2006 17:07:21




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 Re: Traffic Accident in reply to edchainsaw, 06-01-2006 19:03:29  
I don"t know why these people have to drive so crazy, my cousin was on the road going to another field after supper a couple years ago with the combine, all the lights flashing and some woman comes flying down the road over 70 in a 55 and right into the back of the combine, he got some cracked ribs, and she died before the junk fell out of the air



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colekicker

06-02-2006 06:57:32




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 Re: Traffic Accident in reply to edchainsaw, 06-01-2006 19:03:29  
I was on an IH 544 row crop and I almost got hit one time. I was on a two lane road, speed limit 30, in a no passing zone. I gave a hand signal. I looked back and I was clear. Then a guy came around the curve there in town behind me. I started to turn left and almost lost the front axle. Dad was coming to follow me, but instead followed the idiot that passed in the no passing zone and almost bought a tractor. Ya, 30 mph isn't fast, but he was going about 50. It would have been a hard lick had the front axle come out and I eaten steering wheel.

A neighbor got clipped on his MF 398 I think. The rearended him and cliped the left hand tire. Broke the axle housing and rear case. Then insurance didn't want to pay cause the guy at fault said he didn't have flashers on. He did, and the smv sign. He ended up with a new tractor after it was all over. He was lucky he didn't get seriously hurt.

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Friend of mine

06-02-2006 04:52:49




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 Re: Traffic Accident in reply to edchainsaw, 06-01-2006 19:03:29  
told me he was shelling corn along a state highway, his wife was returning to the field with a tractor and empty wagons. She was about to make a left turn into the field. He saw a semi coming up fast from behind her- no way it was going to slow or stop. Fortunately they had radios, he called her- "semi coming, don't turn- DON't TURN"! just in time as the semi zoomed past and barely missed the front tractor wheel.

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Billy NY

06-02-2006 07:04:15




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 Re: Traffic Accident in reply to Friend of mine, 06-02-2006 04:52:49  
I never realized how important it is to know whats going on behind you, but it's true, you need to be aware, as much as you can to get that extra bit of time to react if need be, somtimes there is nothing you can do, but glancing in a mirror while stopped to make a turn is a very wise move.

While turning into my road, off of a busy and dangerous 2 lane state road, I saw a pair of tractor trailers coming up behind me, same company too. They did not see me, and traffic was coming the opposite way, with just enough time to take a chance, but I felt trapped anyways. Because I saw them and knew they did not see me, I had just enough time, well right when I darted across those trailers were getting close and tires started smoking and the trailers were contorted, not straight anymore, he finally saw me, but it was too late, and the guy behind him would have been the icing on the cake as even if the 1st one could have slowed or stopped the 2nd one would have pushed the 1st one. I missed the road and ended up in the neighbors driveway/lawn, I could have jumped out and ran across, no matter what I was not going to sit in that little ford ranger waiting to be crushed. The state road has been widened, but the state started the taper down before my road, they could have extended it, but at least there is more room and I always look back since, before that, I never gave it a thought, figured I was not in danger.

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in-too-deep

06-01-2006 19:14:56




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 Re: Traffic Accident in reply to edchainsaw, 06-01-2006 19:03:29  
Glad everyone's o.k. Some folks just don't understand farm equipment. I try to treat the driver of that machine the same way I'd want to be treated because I've been there.



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Fern(Mi)

06-01-2006 20:21:58




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 Re: Traffic Accident in reply to in-too-deep, 06-01-2006 19:14:56  
Glad no one was hurt. How's tractor, axel, rear housing? Newest tractor in use here was built in the 60’s. My Bro' and I have both been hit by speedy drivers ignoring our hand signals. Have had them re-plow the ditches and try to move culverts. Have never understood the rush ourselves. Called police each time. Tickets issued, officers remarking, “Seems, people seeing farm machinery have just got to pass it at all costs.”
And what about some (one or two in every ten) folks refusal to give an inch in head on passing (might get dirt on the tire tread?). Then there’s those with paralysis of the second index finger. And, if somebody does pull over they manage to exactly park it opposite a mailbox or in the driveway you intend to turn into.
Fernan

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NC Wayne

06-01-2006 19:13:41




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 Re: Traffic Accident in reply to edchainsaw, 06-01-2006 19:03:29  
We've got a friend who's Dad was killed some years back, turning into the drive at his house headed home from the field, when a guy hit him broadside. I recently followed a customr as he moved a backhoe back to a neighbor house for me to repair. I was nearly stradling the line in my sevice truck to keep anybody from passing as he turned in when a Mustang full of kids came past the 8 cars waiting behind me, and then past me with two tires on the shoulder. I saw and heard them when they cut out from behind the line of cars and they never even slowed down, even as they passed me on the shoulder. If the guy had turned two seconds sooner they would have broadsided him, as it was it was an extremely near miss. I just wish I could have caught the idiot punks and given them a cussing they'd never forget.....Might not have done any good for them but I sure would have felt better....LOL

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AndrewFromNS

01-17-2008 08:35:29




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 Re: log spltter in reply to andys, 01-16-2008 15:56:43  
The 135 I used to split with, while not the quickest to cycle, had more then enough force to split anything I was splitting (100 year old maples and oaks, some poplar, ash and spruce thrown in for good measure). Cycle was probably 30 or 40 seconds under load while splitting, though I can't remember...that has to be nearly 10 years ago now. We used to leave the tractor at a lower RPM since we didn't want to burn a lot of fuel, and the exhaust dumped right by the splitter (ack!). But, when the splitting got tough, the RPMs would go up, and so would the power of the splitter.

AR

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