Posted by Billy NY on April 21, 2009 at 09:57:47 from (74.67.3.238):
Well, we beat the rain, been real dry for 2 weeks or so. Started last Thursday, finished 50 acres worth last night, well I did with the Brillion double roller, the drill was way ahead of me and done Sunday night. 2 break downs with the Brillion, one where the bolt fell out, nut wore off, 2nd roller came off, broke the cast steel arm on one side, repaired same, got some good advice from y'all here. 2nd one was the darned tongue fatigued out, cracked and was bending where the 2 braces attach, right at the bolt hole, well the 3rd breakdown was the 1st, that bolt actually snapped, on the first field we did, at my place, put a 304 stainless steel 1/2" one in there, ran up the hill and dug one up. So the tongue, hitch or what you call it, is just C-channel, welded the crack, he wanted it straightened too, heated er up, blocked up the piece, backed the 3150 onto it, she bent back and started to crack the other way, but it held up that heavy tractor, and I just did one pass of 7018 to keep it from breaking, but leaving it flexible enough to move, well I then cleaned er up with the grinder, welded all around the channel, 2 passes, then put a thick plate 3/4" on top, welded parallel both sides, 3 passes 7018, next size up electrode from 1/8" 5/16" ? 150-160 amps, straightened the braces, put it back together, hung it from the bucket and back to the field, held up fine.
1st time out with the new to him 8350 drill, I rode the back on this field, seemed to work well, just need some new drop tubes, he got it at auction -lift cylinder which he had in the shop anyway, somewhere around $2000, so he saved from hiring it out and broadcast seeded like last year which came up well without being drilled in. We set it for about 3 bushels of seed per acre, well he had a hard time reading the chart without his glasses, so I helped him and adjusted the settings per what he wanted, don't know a darned thing about grain drills, but learned a lot on this gig.
Flare/gravity wagon with 5 ton of fertilizer, 1 ton per 10 acres is what I think went down.
Leonard, he's been at it his entire life, 71 years and a pleasure to work with/for, me on the 3150 running the auger for him. That's my place in the background and the little pond that is stream and spring fed, dug with the other D7 Caterpillar in the late 60's, don't mind the 115,000 volts above you in those transmission lines, hate being near that are when it's hot and humid, kinda scary, one really hangs too low, and they have been told and out here numerous times, nothing changes though.
My view, and do take note of the 3" victaulic pipe, which came from a jobsite in Brooklyn, NY circa 1996, first used to fire 3" mortars (fireworks), then the stack on my D7 Caterpillar, and now the 3150, as his brother knocked the stack off, while clearing those ice storm downed trees, tons of hardwood firewood to gather in all the hedgerows now. We will fix that now that this is done, and my D7 will get it's stack back ! Don't mind the cedar wedges, I figured the exhaust temp with that thick pipe would not burn, not even a charred mark, and better than the stub blowing soot in my face, still had to wear goggles and a dust mask the whole time ! Oh, and his 4440 with duals, new tires this year, pulling a harrow, she's a little tired and that new heavy disc he bought, seems to be a bit much for it, need to freshen up the motor according to him, $10,000 for that by the JD dealer. I think the harrow pulls up more rocks, but you gots to work with what you have, I got one heck of a work out while doing this.
My view again, you can see the packed area and unpacked area, really need that double roller for this soil with rocks, one pass does a decent job. He's got a rock picker, but that extra pass, compaction, I dunno, hard work by hand but 1 less pass in the fields.
The fun part of the job, handpicking rocks like these, hence the loader staying on the tractor, I picked enough by hand to fill a tandem dump or bigger, but he sure was pleased with how the fields look, hopefully nothing left out there to worry about the combine, this will get you in shape, I just about wore out the steps on the 3150 and the parking brake got a work out.
Drill and his late model JD on the largest piece we did, also the steepest on the backside, scary ride to get used to, even for me, big tractor on side hill, then you get a rock under the high side tire, makes yer stomach drop out like a boulder falling in water ! The pond way in the backdrop is ours, 20 acres worth of water there now, was marsh years back, till the beaver, rolling hills go to the mountains way off in the distance, was all farm land at one time.
Well, what's wrong with this picture, multi-story condos going in behind one of the remaining, (but now idle) family farms on this road, there were 13 small farms within a few miles according to my friend Leonard who was born here in '38 and where he still lives, he's the only active farm left here now, don' want to think what will become of the land when he decides it is time to retire, I enjoyed helping him get this done, hard work or not.
Out of the seat, you might be able to see the arm that holds the 2nd roller, (gray area with cold galv. zinc spray) the one I repaired and held up great.
Another one, tree tops should help illustrate that I'm at the crest of a hill.
Largest one I peeled out, and got to roll into the bucket, this was a combine stopper, hill in the background will be corn this year.
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