Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions

[ben ji]

My dad was checking some random game cams out at the cat ranch.

Coons, cats and yotes

[DaBigTrain]

A lot has happened since March

[KST8FAN]

11:50 mark.  I suspected emissions, and this video confirmed. Tractor shipped to California.


Tom

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[KST8FAN]

My dad was checking some random game cams out at the cat ranch.

Coons, cats and yotes

I need some guidance on cams for the farm.


Tom

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[KST8FAN]

I may be Luking here, but in the twilight of my dad's farming career he decided he wanted to be the first guy in the area to have a tracked tractor.  Despite some banker protests he got a Cat 45 Challenger.  It was a smooth ride the few times I rode along.

Side hustle was using the dirt box to smooth terraces.

Went thru one set of tracks then it didn't bring his reserve at the retirement auction.  I ended up listing it on one of the early online auction sites, and a guy in Minnesota bought it.

He is still the only farmer in our area to have owned a tracked tractor 15 years after he passed.


Tom

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[DaBigTrain]

Damn Tom. How many mpg you get on that hog?

[ben ji]

My dad is super excited he gets to drive his tenants tractor.

Original plan was to plant wheat in the breakout pasture and semi pivot this fall but all the rain in the past month has them all horned up.

Current plan is to plant 100 acres of Milo (3rd year in a row ) asap in the former pasture then the rest to wheat in the fall.

When he first sent me this pic I thought he was breaking out a new pasture area...but nope, there was Milo here the last 2 years.

"Workin"

[ben ji]

"Fueling up. $1000 worth of diesel, I am using $250 worth (half tank on tractor)"

[ben ji]

He was back in KC a couple of days ago so I asked him if he was back at the cat ranch or if these were old photos. His response

"Catless ranch for now"

[steve dave]

I may be Luking here, but in the twilight of my dad's farming career he decided he wanted to be the first guy in the area to have a tracked tractor.  Despite some banker protests he got a Cat 45 Challenger.  It was a smooth ride the few times I rode along.

Side hustle was using the dirt box to smooth terraces.

Went thru one set of tracks then it didn't bring his reserve at the retirement auction.  I ended up listing it on one of the early online auction sites, and a guy in Minnesota bought it.

He is still the only farmer in our area to have owned a tracked tractor 15 years after he passed.


Tom

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we had that exact sled. the downside to them was you are cresting a hill, windrow, culvert, etc. and it goes up....until it comes down and then it crashes down. had the exact same controls as a ford new holland iirc. it was fine and, agreed, very cool at the time. allegedly good for compaction like my dad gave a crap (he was in it for the cool I can assure you)

[DaBigTrain]

I may be Luking here, but in the twilight of my dad's farming career he decided he wanted to be the first guy in the area to have a tracked tractor.  Despite some banker protests he got a Cat 45 Challenger.  It was a smooth ride the few times I rode along.

Side hustle was using the dirt box to smooth terraces.

Went thru one set of tracks then it didn't bring his reserve at the retirement auction.  I ended up listing it on one of the early online auction sites, and a guy in Minnesota bought it.

He is still the only farmer in our area to have owned a tracked tractor 15 years after he passed.


Tom

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we had that exact sled. the downside to them was you are cresting a hill, windrow, culvert, etc. and it goes up....until it comes down and then it crashes down. had the exact same controls as a ford new holland iirc. it was fine and, agreed, very cool at the time. allegedly good for compaction like my dad gave a crap (he was in it for the cool I can assure you)

This checks out for me. You both have similar posting styles so I figured you were both close in age.

[steve dave]

also one time I was hauling ass with the cat challenger fully loaded with the most massive grain cart you can imagine across a big field and crested a terrace and came crashing down and my absolutely rough ridin' full grain cart broke loose and buried itself (the tongue of the grain cart) like 10 feet under ground. I was hauling complete ass mind you, like probably 15+. and it was completely full so massive weight. anyway, after me digging all day we got some blocks and a handyman jack under it, then were able to chain it up to a 3 point and lift it out, block under it to repair/weld. long story short I don't farm today and honestly those idiots knew better than to allow me (FORCE ME) to at the time.

[Cire]

my grandpa had box cars that were used in his grain silos.  I think he ground his own feed and that machinery was in the box cars but IDK

[ben ji]

My dad killed his first coyote since he was a teenager today (ran over it with a discer while plowing)

"5 Coyote pups.  One hid when he should have run.  They are Fox size, fat, well fed."

[steve dave]

Coyotes are pretty much BITB animals.


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[mocat]

:(

[OK_Cat]

I've always lived in rural towns but have never farmed and as far as I know I don't have any farming relatives, but I always love the crap out of this thread. 

[Sandstone Outcropping]

2023 Wheat Harvest getting kicked off in south-central KS:

https://kswheat.com/news/day-1-kansas-wheat-harvest-report-2023?fbclid=IwAR2qjIkyrD_Bi6jrB49yheq6LHW00r9afqKeaXcpdGrpyoz4IlaCy-x0fZ0

[Dugout DickStone]

be safe harvest cats

[Stupid Fitz]

He was back in KC a couple of days ago so I asked him if he was back at the cat ranch or if these were old photos. His response

"Catless ranch for now"

 

[passranch]

He was back in KC a couple of days ago so I asked him if he was back at the cat ranch or if these were old photos. His response

"Catless ranch for now"

 

I feel like there's more to this story that's being withheld from us.

[ben ji]

He was back in KC a couple of days ago so I asked him if he was back at the cat ranch or if these were old photos. His response

"Catless ranch for now"

 

I feel like there's more to this story that's being withheld from us.

Yotes got em all 3 years ago.

Attempted to restarr the population with 4 rando cats my dad picked up from another farm about a year and a half ago but the yotes got them too.

[bucket]

He was back in KC a couple of days ago so I asked him if he was back at the cat ranch or if these were old photos. His response

"Catless ranch for now"

 

I feel like there's more to this story that's being withheld from us.

Yotes got em all 3 years ago.

Attempted to restarr the population with 4 rando cats my dad picked up from another farm about a year and a half ago but the yotes got them too.

And now he has a score to settle so he’s murdering all the baby yotes like a mad man!

[steve dave]

Are you sure it was coyotes? In my experience hawks and owls eat a lot more cats than coyotes.


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[ben ji]

Are you sure it was coyotes? In my experience hawks and owls eat a lot more cats than coyotes.


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Yeah, it was probably owls (2 live there) but my dad likes them so he blames the yotes