Author Topic: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions (Read 372922 times)

Katpappy · « **Reply #2200 on:** March 09, 2020, 03:17:41 PM »

Horses are a pain. They eat all the time and take a lot of time to break for cattle cutting. My dad used to buy (Outlaws) for me to break. Only thing I was the one that got broke, as in an ankle, collar bone, and split my skull right above my eye.

ben ji · « **Reply #2201 on:** March 09, 2020, 04:12:01 PM »

Possible Cat PLUS Skunk ranch in the future?

This weekend when we were leaving the cat ranch we saw a skunk of the side of the road/windbreak. It was right by the house and where I work Milo on birds so I mentioned to my dad we should stop and shoot it.

He got kind of Angry and told me to leave it be.....now I know why

meow meow · « **Reply #2202 on:** March 09, 2020, 04:17:35 PM »

OR!!!

ben ji · « **Reply #2203 on:** March 09, 2020, 04:23:42 PM »

He set up traps to catch the possums eating his cat food in the garage so its only a matter of time before he catches a skunk in there. Will be interesting to see how he handles it.........

meow meow · « **Reply #2204 on:** March 09, 2020, 04:29:19 PM »

a pet skunk would be kinda badass IF he can get the scent thing figured out. can already see it in my mind's eye, your dad walking out of the house, screen door bangs shut a few times behind him, as him carry's out a plate full of eggs to feed lil lil and smelly cat, beaming with pride

star seed 7 · « **Reply #2205 on:** March 09, 2020, 04:39:06 PM »

Turning a feral skunk into a pet is one of your father's best ideas yet

meow meow · « **Reply #2206 on:** March 09, 2020, 04:40:12 PM »

and that is saying something

KST8FAN · « **Reply #2207 on:** March 09, 2020, 05:46:40 PM »

Quote from: meow meow on March 09, 2020, 03:10:00 PM

anyone ever done a cattle drive on horseback? pretty fun, throw some beers in your saddlebags and go. butt gets pretty sore.

Might be Luking myself. Dont remember which of the old pix from my parents I shared.

Pasture round ups. I always got stuck with taking the horses back to the trailer.

Tom dad in the middle sorting. Young Tom to the right running the gate awaiting the inevitable ass chewing for failing to step between two 900 lb steers to ensure they went in the right pen.

Tom

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steve dave · « **Reply #2208 on:** March 09, 2020, 05:49:39 PM »

What’s the corral barrier situation there?

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steve dave · « **Reply #2209 on:** March 09, 2020, 05:50:42 PM »

Like, hedge with holes drilled through and steel cable?

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pissclams · « **Reply #2210 on:** March 09, 2020, 06:01:14 PM »

one time there was a horse in the field by my house, it was black iirc
he was eating brown tall grass which may have been hay, alfalfa, or soy beans, I climbed through the barbed wire and then walked over to the horse and made buds and then basically just figured out a way to get on it and it went crazy like a bucking bronco. it was a good 6 second ride but I got bucked off and hit my head on a rock but it didn’t hurt too bad

KST8FAN · « **Reply #2211 on:** March 09, 2020, 06:36:02 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on March 09, 2020, 05:50:42 PM

Like, hedge with holes drilled through and steel cable?

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Hedge posts with sucker rod. Dad used to get sucker Rod by the truck load... 25 ft long. We still have huge inventory of 16 to 18 inch long galvanized bolts. He would make panels with sucker rod and bolt it to the hedge posts.

Tom

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KST8FAN · « **Reply #2212 on:** March 09, 2020, 06:37:46 PM »

That corral appears he drilled holes thru the posts. That's before he refined his technique. He hated cable pens btw.

Tom

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schreds21 · « **Reply #2213 on:** March 09, 2020, 07:05:26 PM »

Quote from: michigancat on March 09, 2020, 12:11:07 AM

Quote from: KST8FAN on March 08, 2020, 10:25:59 PM
Quote from: steve dave on March 08, 2020, 08:56:50 PM
Tell him you don’t have to grease crap

Source: sd from the internet who always said he greased them but never did

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Tom Dad would inspect equipment after Tom greased. He better see grease oozing from every orafice and crack on that green iron.

Tom

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He needs to check the manual because you should only give some a couple squirts.

Schreds dad: Grease all 15000 zerks on the combine and make sure you dont miss any or it will throw sparks when the bearing goes out and burn the field and half of Kansas....but dont grease that one.
Schreds: Why not?
Schreds dad: Cause that's the slip clutch and if you grease it the combine won't work.
Schreds: Then why do they put a zerk on it?
Schreds dad: Because sometimes you have to grease it.
Schreds: WTF?
Schreds dad: just shut the eff up and grease the god damn combine. And dont miss any rough ridin' zerks.

KST8FAN · « **Reply #2214 on:** March 09, 2020, 07:36:16 PM »

Schreds just described every farm dad ever. Love it.

Tom

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schreds21 · « **Reply #2215 on:** March 09, 2020, 09:23:28 PM »

Katpappy · « **Reply #2216 on:** March 09, 2020, 09:41:39 PM »

KST8FAN · « **Reply #2217 on:** March 09, 2020, 09:49:13 PM »

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/03/09/climate-tariffs-debt-and-isolation-drive-some-farmers-suicide/4955865002/

I enjoy this thread as I think we all appreciate growing up on the farm even though we chose non farm career paths. That up bringing shaped us.

It pains me to know some struggle keeping the family farm alive, but succumb to the stress.

I make lite of farm dad, but thinking back mine protected me so much from the ups and downs of farming. It was years later when I started to appreciate him more as a father than a task master... and after 30 years working in town I realize not only was he the GOAT dad, but he was the best boss I've ever had too.

Tom

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schreds21 · « **Reply #2218 on:** March 09, 2020, 10:02:39 PM »

I feel the same way, Tom. I chose a different livelihood and career path, but I wouldn't trade my rural farm/ranch childhood for anything now. It made me who I am.

steve dave · « **Reply #2219 on:** March 10, 2020, 03:12:32 PM »

Same guys. I hated the living crap out of it but in hindsight I didn’t. If that makes sense.

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meow meow · « **Reply #2220 on:** March 10, 2020, 03:29:31 PM »

just think about how much easier it would be to turn your kids loose outside every day and not have to listen to what show they want to watch on their ipad steve dave. sure they might kill themselves but they are making memz in the cow crap and crap creek.

steve dave · « **Reply #2221 on:** March 10, 2020, 03:32:20 PM »

Well, they would mostly be forced to do manual labor 24/7/365 but agree on the possibly dying part.

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star seed 7 · « **Reply #2222 on:** March 10, 2020, 03:39:05 PM »

Construction 7dad stole 80% of my weekends from like 10-20. Luckily there was no poop related work (other than plumbing), but God damn did I hate it. Probably why I'm a lazy pos who doesn't leave the couch on weekends now.

Katpappy · « **Reply #2223 on:** March 11, 2020, 12:06:46 PM »

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Construction 7dad stole 80% of my weekends from like 10-20. Luckily there was no poop related work (other than plumbing), but God damn did I hate it. Probably why I'm a lazy pos who doesn't leave the couch on weekends now.

That must be why my son hates the crap out of doing work on weekends. I took him with me to do all kinds of hobby farm stuff, when he could of been rough ridin' around with his buds.

KST8FAN · « **Reply #2224 on:** March 16, 2020, 11:01:08 PM »

Feeling sorry for myself while looking at 401k then checked cattle futures.

Tom

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