Posted by JD Seller on November 27, 2016 at 14:14:17 from (208.126.196.24):
Put the last of the equipment away this afternoon. The combines are all blown off, washed and waxed. The wagons are washed and new slip plate painted on the insides. All the corn stalk bales are hauled in. The Round balers are clean and setting in the shop as they will be the first things reconditioned this winter. We moved all the equipment out of the sheds and put the combines and headers in the back. Then the planters and lastly the tillage stuff. Tractors in the front.
So now just livestock chores and maintenance until spring. Well a lot of book work between now and the end of the year but my DIL and one Grand Daughter crunch all the numbers anymore. In about a week they will have the data for the year. We can then decide what we need to do tax wise before year end.
It seemed like this fall harvest took longer but we actually harvested fewer day than last year and did a few more acres. Had pretty good weather for the most part. Just the crop was later than the last few years.
We are ahead in the tillage department. Everything is done other than the acres that will get manure between now and spring planting. All manure hauled as of right now. Finished the bedding pack yesterday. Grand Daughter finished deep ripping it in last night. She washed and cleaned the tractor and ripper this morning. She goes back to work tomorrow. She took two weeks of time off to run "HER" tractor, JD 4960, doing fall tillage this fall. She does this every fall and spring. She does almost half of the heavy tillage field work. At her job she does not take over time but comp time instead. So she can take the time off and still get paid. Works well for her. She just turns 30 this coming year.
The boys have two wrecked tractors to rebuild before spring. A JD 8430 and JD 8530. Both where inside a building that burnt. The tractors got damaged by heat but did not burn. All the wiring and fiber glass melted. The cab windows burst and the interiors melted. The tires did not burn. So the metal parts are fine but everything else will be replaced. Complete wiring harness, hoods and feeders, and cabs. Lot of work. Should be good tractors when done.
The misses and I are planning a couple of trips this winter. She is feeling a little better so we are going to travel some this winter. Looking real hard at Hawaii. She has always want to go there. We will see how it goes after Christmas.
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