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jlmtractor

04-25-2008 11:04:11

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Ok, the question is what is your favorite piece of equipment to run? and what is your favorite thing to do with this piece of equipment?

Mine would have to be a mini excavator with a thumb clearing groundor a skidsteer with a grapple clearing ground on both. I am pretty bored since i cut my finger laying tile for a buddy and he told me I should probably go home so his wife dont freak out with the blood. And just wanted to see your favorite.

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jose bagge

04-26-2008 04:52:45

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

I know it's "light weight", but I enjoy cutting the lawn with the Cub Cadet- it's like therapy for me, and this time of year I do it 2 times a week. I really get a kick out of lugging that lil' dude down in tall grass and tossing rooster tails of cut grass, leaving a "clean n' green" path in my wake. I've got about 3/4 of an acre front lawn, and when I get done I take tremendous satisfaction in sitting in the rocker on the front porch, cold silver bullet in hand, and looking at the farm with a nice lawn in the foreground.

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JoshuaGA

04-25-2008 19:34:27

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

BradK, what kind of cab is that? Looks like a modified combine cab.

JoshuaGA

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bradk

04-25-2008 22:18:18

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to JoshuaGA, 04-25-2008 19:34:27

JoshuaGA,

It's an Oliver "Farmer's Cab" also known as "Narrow-Row Cab" in Oliver parts books. One of my favorite cabs. ~brad

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Steve in MN

04-25-2008 19:01:14

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

Mine's probably planting corn with my 6700 White planter. Something about the optimism of spring and putting that seed in the ground. A little sunshine and some timely rain and good things happen. A close second would be chopping alfalfa haylage. Love that smell.

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bradk

04-25-2008 18:42:48

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

I like to plant.Here's my Oliver 1755 diesel and JD 7000 planter.

Still hasn't been dry 'nuff to plant this spring.Last year we were done with all planting in April.

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Dairy Farmer in WI

04-25-2008 16:35:14

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

mine is prolly my JD 95 combine combining corn. i think that is the funnest. my second favorite has gotta be my 4010 cutting hay.
DF in WI

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bellyacre

04-25-2008 16:32:42

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

Manure spreader, it's the only part of farming I understand anymore.

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Bill in Colo

04-25-2008 16:09:32

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

Ford 276 II bi directional I does about anything well on the ranch. I've 7 tractors and it is the only one I wouldn't want to do with out.

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Bill(Wis)

04-25-2008 18:41:28

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to Bill in Colo, 04-25-2008 16:09:32

But Bill, have you ever tried the Essex Tri-Directional?

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Bill in Colo

04-25-2008 21:02:34

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to Bill(Wis), 04-25-2008 18:41:28

You mean the other one built by Sikorsky?

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Bill(Wis)

04-25-2008 14:32:08

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

My favorite was and still would be (if I could find one) a Sikorsky CH-34C. Doing whatever it was built for. Carrying Infantry troops at treetop level at 130 knots, hooking 5000# loads, landing on mountain pinnacles, towing 8000# gliders, (yes, you heard that right), slinging concrete at 9000', flying circles around DeHaviland Beavers, stopping on an ILS approach and backing up, flying Generals around, training flights to some of the most interesting locations, chasing a herd of elk up the California coast, catching and loading a jenny (burro) and hauling it in so the Chaplain would have a real live animal for his nativity scene, rescuing a Navy pilot who had bailed out of a USMC F8-U, and just the plain fun of hearing a 1500 HP, 1820 cu in supercharged engine shooting a six foot blue flame out of a 9" exhaust stack at night.

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Glenn F.

04-25-2008 14:01:16

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

Actually I would rather watch someone else operate a piece of equipment I just repaired. It gives me tremendous satisfaction to see equipment operating smoothly and the job progressing.

Glenn F.

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Goose

04-25-2008 13:49:33

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

Tossup between combining milo and plowing with a moldboard plow.

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MF Poor

04-25-2008 12:59:14

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

Anything with a plow hooked to it!

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thurlow

04-25-2008 12:53:41

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

2-row A-C silage cutter with "J" shaped cut-and-throw knives behind a 4020, cutting 20 ton per acre corn silage. Because of the shape of the knives, the thing had a 'moan' that could be heard clear across the community. Three silage trailers, one behind the cutter, one on the way to the 'pit'; one coming from the pit; 4 tractors running..... ....one with the cutter, 2 hauling, one unloading/packing at the pit..... ..6 or 7 men total. When everything was right, you could do 8 loads per hour; lot of hooking and un-hooking; no wasted motion. In about '85 or '86, the state took our main 'pit' when they put in a new by-pass; it was gonna complicate things with a highway thru the middle of the operation, so it was simpler to go to all hay. Loved running the cutter..... .....

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730 virgil

04-25-2008 12:52:21

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

i always liked to disc and plow. mowing and raking hay isn't bad either.

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Nancy Howell

04-25-2008 12:48:22

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

Just about anything on my Dad"s JD 48A. Its particular niche is running the sprayer. This tractor runs real steady, doesn"t bog going uphill or run on going down which keeps the pto steady and the tank pressure steady. I also enjoy mowing with one of the finishing mowers. I just enjoy being outdoors doing something on the tractors.

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James Howell

04-25-2008 13:20:30

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to Nancy Howell, 04-25-2008 12:48:22

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TomH in PA

04-25-2008 16:33:38

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to James Howell, 04-25-2008 13:20:30

Nancy-

Uphill or downhill? Based on that picture I invite you to visit Pennsylvania sometime to see hills.

-Tom

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IaGary

04-25-2008 14:14:59

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to James Howell, 04-25-2008 13:20:30

James is your center nozzle plugged?

Gary

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Gary from Muleshoe

04-25-2008 12:37:35

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

Back 30 yrs ago when i was still farming it was a toss up between the 4-150 White preparing for planting season or the Big MM Combine we had at harvest time. Now days I just settle for my old 1940 JD B in a parade. I do miss the farming though.

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Dave from MN

04-25-2008 12:19:05

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

Its a tossup between combining corn and open station swather cutting an alfalfa feild. Two things I can do all day and my body will get sore before I would ever get sick of doing it.

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Amarillo Doug

04-25-2008 12:18:00

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

Hands down a 1941 Quick Way dragline mounted on a '41 Diamond T 5 ton military 6x6.

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Lee in Iowa

04-25-2008 18:39:40

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to James Howell, 04-25-2008 12:05:16

I keep telling my son one of these days we're going to get my old no. 5 going again so he can mow with it and be the fourth generation in our family to run it. Lee

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Dick L

04-25-2008 11:50:06

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

It is really hard to pick for me at age 70. I enjoy running any type of equipment. Spent quite a bit of time on a backhoe and dozer 35 years ago. I loved it but even though I still have a backhoe I dont use it much now and my body would not take 10 hour days on a dozer anymore. I love any Tractor work. Making hay is fun as long as it is only a wagon load or two at a time. Back to the age thing. I like to plow with the old pull type trip plows. I cant reach back and pull the rope all day long, but a coupla hours is fun.

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02XLT4X4

04-25-2008 11:47:29

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

10' John Deere disk on a 44 Massey, I could drive in circles for weeks with that setup.

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jlmtractor

04-25-2008 11:28:17

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

well, here is the excavator i wrote about in the original message. and that is my son on it he can run that thing better than most men that work for me. oh yeah it only had 70 hours on it at that time and that is a hydraulic thumb. that machine is a beast

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Andy Motteberg

04-25-2008 11:20:20

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

Any piece of equipment is my favorite if it is being run on my favorite tractor, my 1943 Farmall H Tractor. We are supposed to get 8-12 inches of snow today, so I put the IH #30 loader w/snow bucket on my H. If the snow ever goes away, I'll put the IH 25-V Sickle mower back on my 1943 H. I will post some pictures later today.

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Allan In NE

04-25-2008 11:13:11

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to jlmtractor, 04-25-2008 11:04:11

Hands down and without a doubt the packer. No more fighting plowed ground.

Allan

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RobMD

04-25-2008 19:15:48

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to Allan In NE, 04-25-2008 11:13:11

I hope you wear a straw hat there in the flats of nebraska... nothing like a sunburn.

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Dave from MN

04-25-2008 12:17:18

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to Allan In NE, 04-25-2008 11:13:11

So, what do ya do? Plow, then go over it with that thing, then plant? What types of soil and crops does it work best for.

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Bill(Wis)

04-25-2008 14:39:17

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to Dave from MN, 04-25-2008 12:17:18

I've got one just like Allan's. Mine is a little newer, made by Brillion. I leave my fields pretty rough in the fall and then go over the fields just before planting, just like Allan is doing, ONCE. Then plant either corn or soybeans but it could just as well be potatoes, alfalfa, oats, you name it.

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Animal

04-25-2008 11:56:51

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Re: what is your favorite piece of... in reply to Allan In NE, 04-25-2008 11:13:11

What is the width of your packer? Mine is a 16 footer I got to use it for the first time 2 days ago before the rain, your right I think I am going to be in love with it it leaves a pretty seed bed.

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