Posted by Billy NY on December 20, 2014 at 06:56:17 from (104.228.35.235):
Figured I'd make a new post and see if some of the photos I have depict the hills I was talking about on your thread about the Killbros grain cart. It's hard to really capture the terrain in photos and when I load multiple photos off my hard drive, I'm not sure how you caption them individually, vs using a remote host site, typing in the code, then text in between.
Photos 1-7 show the east side or the front side of the long hill. #5, shows the steep backside and the field beyond is where the 4440 and cart were in the previous post. This back side is real steep where I am standing, closer to the trees is where we travel through and there was a farm road there, and that clump of trees was the coolest old farm dump there was, myself and a friend spent half our childhood rummaging through for old bottles which we still both have today, they bulldozed it at some point, nothing in there I can see anymore.
#7 shows the backside or steep area I am standing on but from another field further in. It might give you an idea of the slope. I followed exactly how he ran with the drill on that side, and I did not like the feeling of impending roll over, being used to my old ford tractor and low to the ground. It never was an issue, and you got used to it and how to work in these areas.
The remaining photos show the varying terrain and views in adjacent fields, #5 & #6 are a high point and are views opposite or 180 degrees from each other #5 looking west towards where Jay in NY, ACG would be, and #6 looking towards southern VT and Mass, though you have to pass over 1 to 2 mountain ranges, this is an all time favorite place, the adjacent field is the pinnacle and I have often gone there for peace and quiet to enjoy the view and ponder all things good LOL !!!
I did enjoy doing this work, and am glad was able to work with someone who was a good friend for a long time and one of the most dedicated farmers I can think of. He passed in February of '14.
Most of this kind of terrain is what farmers are used to around here, the spray outfit calls it goat country.
#11, #12, #13, shows the cultipacker, drill and rocks being picked, I was rolling these fields after the drill, and picking all the rocks by hand that needed to come off the surface, I think I picked enough to fill a dump trailer, they are all still in the hedge rows. #16 and #17, show the drill working and I am following, #17 is what it looked like when I was done, removing all the rocks and rolling it, and he told me you did a really nice job on that field, and you know he appreciated what you did.
I should add that in #3, you can see the dust plume of the 7420 and drill, that is how steep that section is towards the top, below the crest. #2, is a JD 3150, and the new stack was on order. You can see the all the trees in the old hedge/fence rows, damaged from the ice storm of '08, with all the clearing, needed, I think his brother knocked it off and it broke, so I went to my old D7 and grabbed the 3" victaulic pipe I use for a stack, rigged it to get that exhaust out of my face, shimmed it, and tied it off. Yes I kept an eye on the shims, being cedar !!!!, burnt one or 2 a little, took them out as needed if shutting down, it worked and I did not have to suck in exhaust as well as dust. I wore a dew rag, filter mask and goggles the dust was terrible, this was not the easiest job, but it needed to be done.
#11, in the background shows what I consider the steepest ground, that field is downright scary, looks like it came from West Virginia, and at the top in the middle was an old well, and I saw a photo of the 4440 and NH haybine, it collapsed and the tractor and bine were folded into it, he had to get a crane to get it out, so its not always the hills that get you !!! I rode with the spray guy and he could not run the way it the tillage was done and it was planted in corn, its that bad. Farmers around here worked all these fields and used even worse ground, looking back at the old aerial photos, much of it is back in forest and you would never know it was even in use, pasture or similar as they needed the best lands for crops, used only the worst for pasture, given the old fence lines, stone walls I have seen.
The small cart in the first photo is the one we used to pull with the 620 at times, to fill the planters with fertilizer.
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