Posted by rockyridgefarm on August 03, 2019 at 21:54:13 from (69.131.200.75):
PJH had a pretty funny story on gotmyfarm!'s post about the baler. I didn't want to hijack, so I thought I'd tell my story about backing a wagon from earlier tonight.
I've gotten a lot better at backing wagons over the past few years, but it can still take a few tries. I hauled a wagon of straw to my neighbor's place just this evening. When I got there, he went to pull the pin, but I said "don't you want it in the shed?" He said he did, but I could never get it backed in with the loose front end and with a pickup, no less. He would use a skid steer with a hitch on the plate. I told him to give me a chance. He opened the gate to the field road and stood back with a little grin on his face, confident that I couldn't hit a 16 foot hole with an 8 foot wobbly hay wagon and pickup. Well, I showed him! It took a half dozen pull forwards, but I got that thing in there. His grin faded as I got closer and closer...
But the real reward was IN the shed. He's a red guy, but there sat a 1955 John Deere 50 with power steering! I couldn't believe it. Turns out his F-I-L gave him three tractors last week and this was one. I didn't see the other two, but I saw this one. It was the only one in the shed. He said he was too embarrassed to let the neighbors see he had a green tractor! I told him if it ever comes up for sale, I want first shot.
Oh, of course, I got a shot in at him. I told him he can't back wagons because he uses the wrong color tractor, and that he should try backing them in with the 50. The joke will be on him if he tries... Those old two bangers have WAY too fast of a reverse gear. You gotta be good and quick to back a wagon with them. I hate backing wagons with my 60.
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