Posted by K Effective on October 08, 2016 at 04:23:34 from (162.235.236.141):
In Reply to: Makin' Hay on 20hp... posted by Bill VA on October 08, 2016 at 01:22:25:
Growing up, Grandpa still farmed cooperatively with a couple of neighbors- they shared ownership and use of several implements- the two row corn planter, JD 40 with loader, etc. The next door neighbor Erv had the baler, single row corn picker and pull combine.
We mowed with JD 1010 and three-point mower (#9?), raked with JD rake on steel wheels, then Erv would come over with his MI and NI baler and bale for us. He was a mechanic stationed at the Army Air base at Pearl Harbor during the attack, and could make/repair anything. He had done enough to that MI that it was stronger than many bigger tractors around. He also had a 50NF and AO that some times saw hay work, but usually that MI.
Erv was about 80 and had gotten pretty un-reliable when we lost enough good hay to the weather to pay for two balers of our own. I convinced Grandpa and Dad that we should have our own stuff to be able to get our own hay done on our schedule, not just when Erv could get to it. He used to put our crops ahead of his own, but the old machines just would not cooperate, and he was WAY too stubborn to ask for help.
Things kinda changed after that, I still went over to help him whenever I saw him out working, but I think we kinda ticked him off by not relying on him anymore. At one time, he likely would have sold us his 80 acres, or left it to me when he passed, but that never materialized.
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