Posted by JD Seller on October 22, 2017 at 08:21:48 from (208.126.196.24):
Well the youngest son is harvesting his soybeans with my JD 6620 Side hill combine. His fields are just too small for the 30 foot headers. So the smaller machine with a 16 footer works better. An example would be his "back" field. It has 28 acres total and that is in 11 different "patches". That field had gullies 15 foot deep 40 years ago. They reshaped the field and put in four dams with stand pipes. Then they laid the field out with grass waterways to slow the water going into the dams. It works well but makes harvesting/planting/spraying fun. He had 14 acres of soybeans in 5 patches. To make it more fun this is the very back of the farm. It is one mile from the house to the back of the field. You cross the creek twice and drive though the pasture the entire way.
Well his Father-in-law came out to help him haul loads in. They where using my JD 6400 to pull empty wagons out and where supposed to be using the boy's JD 4450 to pull the loaded ones in. He parked two 400 bushel wagons out side the fence but right along the fence in the pasture. That way you can just reach across the fence and not worry about the cattle/gate. Now remember this is a hilly farm. So you would THINK that you should park the wagons so you do not have to turn up hill at the start or in a low/soft spot. (we had 2-3 inch of rain just days ago) Well he parked the two wagons in a low spot heading UPHILL. My son filled the wagons. The Father-in-law hooked to the wagons with the JD 6400. He tried to pull both of them while loaded. HE got up the hill about 20 feet and spun out. So then he tried to pull sideways on the front wagon to get going. Well that got him another few feet and then the weight of the wagons drug him backwards. HE had the tractor about sideways with the wagons. So the wagons drug the tractor sideways. The low side tire dug into the soft dirt. Pulled the tubeless tire right off of the bead. ARGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!
Well my son called me and just said they had flat tire on the loader tractor. I load up the common tire stuff and the gas air compressor. They had smarted up and got the JD 4450 to pull loads in with. Well we where half lucky. The inside bead did not come off. The trouble was the tractor was not setting anywhere near anything close to flat. So we get two other tractors/chains and anchor it right where it set. I always LOVE jacking things up after they are on the ground. Lots of jacking and blocks. Get the outside bead to start up on the rim but it would not pop on. Tired the bead blaster but no go. Had my wife bring over the Murphy Tire soap. Well I usually have a five gallon bucket full for these type of stubborn tires. We were down to maybe a half gallon. Well I ran out still needing about a quart. Well what is about the same consistency as sticky grease/soap in a pasture field???????? I had to find the "RIGHT AGE" pile to work. LOL I had to mix it with the soap I had. It worked!!! I did stand well back when the tire popped onto the bead. Needless to say I did NOT save that soap for the next tire!!!!! LOL
Well that makes two MISTAKES I got to "fix" this week. Between digging the combine out and wrestling with that tire I am pretty sore this morning. Nobody or any machinery damaged so all is well.
P.S. I did have to throw my gloves away after the tire fix. I don't think the wife would have liked washing them. LOL My son's Father-in-law has been retired from farming too long. He was gagging while I was searching for the "RIGHT" pile to work with. LOL
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