Author Topic: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions (Read 372897 times)

pissclams · « **Reply #4050 on:** June 24, 2021, 01:49:17 PM »

sorry about your grandpa, rusty
i think you've posted his driveway rock here before or maybe mentioned it

michigancat · « **Reply #4051 on:** June 24, 2021, 01:56:40 PM »

(note: there was nothing in any of these filing cabinets)

this was dug out of a field when doing some dirt work this summer

michigancat · « **Reply #4052 on:** June 24, 2021, 01:57:10 PM »

Quote from: pissclams on June 24, 2021, 01:49:17 PM

sorry about your grandpa, rusty
i think you've posted his driveway rock here before or maybe mentioned it

thanks, I've mentioned it and other people have shared their big yard rocks!

ChiComCat · « **Reply #4053 on:** June 24, 2021, 02:10:45 PM »

Sorry for your loss. I'm also sorry if you're the one that has to clean some that out. I had a similar job for my grandpa and it was astounding how much stuff was packed into similar barns/sheds

michigancat · « **Reply #4054 on:** June 24, 2021, 02:26:32 PM »

Quote from: ChiComCat on June 24, 2021, 02:10:45 PM

Sorry for your loss. I'm also sorry if you're the one that has to clean some that out. I had a similar job for my grandpa and it was astounding how much stuff was packed into similar barns/sheds

There is still an active farming operation run by my dad and brother in law and I am not involved. I definitely gave my nephew crap about not sweeping the floors well

pissclams · « **Reply #4055 on:** June 24, 2021, 02:30:06 PM »

i think you've posted the rock's picture before iirc

ben ji · « **Reply #4056 on:** June 24, 2021, 03:53:15 PM »

Quote from: pissclams on June 24, 2021, 02:30:06 PM

i think you've posted the rock's picture before iirc

Nope, that was Toms rock.

ben ji · « **Reply #4057 on:** June 24, 2021, 03:55:45 PM »

Sorry to hear about your gramps but enjoyed the pictures. The "No classified information in here" sticker on the filing cabinet cracked me up.

ben ji · « **Reply #4058 on:** June 24, 2021, 04:00:30 PM »

Quote from: michigancat on June 24, 2021, 01:29:25 PM

not sure how long this building's gonna last. not much was stored/accessed there even when I was a kid. Like steps from here a tin pole shed was wiped out by a wind storm a couple years ago.

I am curious as to what the plan is to demo/tear down that building.

We have a shed leaning just like that and my dad's plan is to "Wait until it falls over then burn it"

steve dave · « **Reply #4059 on:** June 24, 2021, 04:44:26 PM »

Sorry about your grandfather Rus. Great pics.

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KST8FAN · « **Reply #4060 on:** June 24, 2021, 05:12:07 PM »

Quote from: michigancat on June 24, 2021, 01:42:33 PM

these shots are from the "henhouse"....lots of sir walter raleigh tobacco cans in the background

Note there were zero horses on this farm in my lifetime

Some of those shoes are large with big cleats. Those were draft horses no doubt.

There is literally a complete set of implement tires there in good condition with rims too.

Tom

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KST8FAN · « **Reply #4061 on:** June 24, 2021, 05:16:35 PM »

Quote from: michigancat on June 24, 2021, 01:56:40 PM

(note: there was nothing in any of these filing cabinets)

this was dug out of a field when doing some dirt work this summer

So like the stone is in Czech or Slovnek?

Duben (April) 1823
Kveten (May) 1907

Tom

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michigancat · « **Reply #4062 on:** June 24, 2021, 05:18:57 PM »

Quote from: KST8FAN on June 24, 2021, 05:16:35 PM

Quote from: michigancat on June 24, 2021, 01:56:40 PM

(note: there was nothing in any of these filing cabinets)

this was dug out of a field when doing some dirt work this summer

So like the stone is in Czech or Slovnek?

Duben (April) 1823
Kveten (May) 1907

Tom

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I assume Czech because that's what everyone in the area said they were but never heard of Slovnek. There was a Czech social hall nearby where my dad did gymnastics as a kid.

sys · « **Reply #4063 on:** June 24, 2021, 05:34:43 PM »

my condolences, michigan. your grandfather had great taste in rocks.

sys · « **Reply #4064 on:** June 24, 2021, 05:35:42 PM »

i dug up some baby skunks this spring, ben ji. if your father wants any tips lmk.

michigancat · « **Reply #4065 on:** June 24, 2021, 05:38:46 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on June 24, 2021, 04:00:30 PM

Quote from: michigancat on June 24, 2021, 01:29:25 PM
not sure how long this building's gonna last. not much was stored/accessed there even when I was a kid. Like steps from here a tin pole shed was wiped out by a wind storm a couple years ago.

I am curious as to what the plan is to demo/tear down that building.

We have a shed leaning just like that and my dad's plan is to "Wait until it falls over then burn it"

funny you mention it because I stood in almost the exact same spot and took this photo in the other direction. when I was a kid it was surrounded by fence and served as a bird dog pen. I didn't ask how long it's been like this.

michigancat · « **Reply #4066 on:** June 24, 2021, 05:41:35 PM »

Quote from: sys on June 24, 2021, 05:35:42 PM

i dug up some baby skunks this spring, ben ji. if your father wants any tips lmk.

did you de-scent one? because I want you to give ben ji's dad tips on de-scenting a skunk himself

sys · « **Reply #4067 on:** June 24, 2021, 05:42:42 PM »

no. they were really small.

ben ji · « **Reply #4068 on:** June 24, 2021, 07:22:16 PM »

It should be easier to de-scent a baby skunk as opposed to a full grown skunk, right?

ben ji · « **Reply #4069 on:** June 24, 2021, 07:48:47 PM »

Also my dad found a coyote den out in the pasture by the creek where he had spooked it out a couple of times. He kept telling me to drive out there at dusk to blast it but I was like "Nah, I'm pretty tired. Why don't you?" and he just kept saying maybe I will.

I'm pretty sure he had some sort of traumatic event with a gun/animal at some point growing up because I've literally never seen him shoot a gun let alone an animal and he gets angry when I shoot rabbits/won't let me kill a skunk.

I know he used to hunt as a kid and he taught my brother and I gun safety/how to shoot when we were growing up but I can never recall actually seeing him shoot a gun.

KST8FAN · « **Reply #4070 on:** June 24, 2021, 08:22:05 PM »

Quote from: michigancat on June 24, 2021, 01:27:58 PM

so of course I went to the iron pile. Looks like there is now a pile that is for throwing away!

and here is the "save" iron pile:

the pvc pile was new to me

The racks for scrap iron always seem to be some of the best built structures on the farm.

Tom

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sys · « **Reply #4071 on:** June 24, 2021, 09:10:25 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on June 24, 2021, 07:22:16 PM

It should be easier to de-scent a baby skunk as opposed to a full grown skunk, right?

apparently the preferred age is 4-8 weeks.

steve dave · « **Reply #4072 on:** June 24, 2021, 09:14:23 PM »

I think our family has zero big rocks. I think this is a thing from big BIG ROCK.

chum1 · « **Reply #4073 on:** June 24, 2021, 10:58:43 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on June 24, 2021, 09:14:23 PM

I think our family has zero big rocks.

No money in it.

michigancat · « **Reply #4074 on:** June 25, 2021, 12:21:52 AM »

Quote from: steve dave on June 24, 2021, 09:14:23 PM

I think our family has zero big rocks. I think this is a thing from big BIG ROCK.

My grandpa spent an entire day digging it out of a creek bed or something with a dozer tractor, three point hitch, and a chain. He just drug it down the road and across the yard to where it sits today. I think it was at the site of an abandoned rail crossing. It was not a very profitable venture unless you count the value of everyone that drives by** thinking you're rich as eff.

(**Maybe 3-5 pickups a day, all neighbors)