Last week we took a couple of days of vacation to go to the farm and cut the hayfield. Got to the farm Wed. nite, went to get the Ford out of the hay barn, battery was dead and had a flat. No power at the hay barn, so had to get another tractor to pull it out of the hay barn. Get it out and at least we were able to jump start it and drive it to the shop and put it on the charger.
Thurs afternoon, start cutting the hayfield. Horse is colicking. Grass is too thick for the #5, popped the slip clutch and the 46A quit running. I'm going back and forth from hayfield where nothing is going right to sick horse who isn't getting any better either. James went back and got the 70 diesel with the JD 350, it wasn't set up quite right and kept making big clumps of grass instead of having it spread out. James continually has to stop the tractor and mower and clear clogs. He's not a happy camper. It takes over 6 hrs to cut a 7 acre hayfield.
Horse is not any better and at 9:00 I call the vet, load the horse up and head for town. $130 vet bill. Friday I'm not feeling too good and horse is still on the colicky side. Horse and I finally get over it mid-afternoon on Fri.
I spend Sat & Sun walking the hayfield and spreading the clumps so they would cure. Believe me, I know every inch of that hayfield.
Raked on Sunday afternoon, no problems there. Raked again on Monday.
Started baling Mon. afternoon. Rows are too wide for baler & I am walking the hayfield again using a pitchfork to compress the rows so the baler doesn't miss some of the hay.
Bales 1 through 6 tied ok. Bales 7 & 8 only tied on one side. James stops to make some adj. on baler. Bales 9-11 tied ok. Bales 12 & 13 only tied on one side. James figures out the knife on that side isn't cutting. For bales 14 to 31, when the bale is tied, he has to stop tractor & baler, cut twine by hand and reposition the twine feed by hand so next bale will tie.
Finished baling at 5:30 or so. By time we got the hay moved from the field (hay left in the field gets stolen) to the hay barn (that didn't go well either) it was 9:00 pm.
We didn't leave the farm until 10:00 pm. Stopped at the gas station to fill the truck (midnight) and they had shut the pumps down. Got back to Dallas at 1:00 am. We were bushed. Worst 5 days we've ever had at the farm.
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