Author Topic: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions (Read 369781 times)

KST8FAN · « **Reply #4100 on:** July 08, 2021, 10:22:20 PM »

Cousin sent me a pic of "old blue" from today. He and I were putting up hay with that beast in the late 70s early 80s

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Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #4101 on:** July 09, 2021, 04:14:59 PM »

Quote from: KST8FAN on July 08, 2021, 10:22:20 PM

Cousin sent me a pic of "old blue" from today. He and I were putting up hay with that beast in the late 70s early 80s

Tom

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Oh man. Nice looking truck. Grandpa still has one of those with the grain bed on it (73 or 74ish??)

meow meow · « **Reply #4102 on:** July 09, 2021, 04:42:45 PM »

we had one of those, remember hauling grain to coop in town with my grandpa when i was a little boy, would talk him into a bottle of pop back when they were sold in the glass bottles. i'd later drive it as a silage truck, i think it now sits in the shed not sure if it still works or not.

pissclams · « **Reply #4103 on:** July 09, 2021, 07:33:33 PM »

how does someone get within 100 yards of that truck without getting covered in chiggers

steve dave · « **Reply #4104 on:** July 09, 2021, 07:34:05 PM »

Quote from: KST8FAN on July 08, 2021, 10:22:20 PM

Cousin sent me a pic of "old blue" from today. He and I were putting up hay with that beast in the late 70s early 80s

Tom

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Hell yeah Tom.

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steve dave · « **Reply #4105 on:** July 09, 2021, 07:34:56 PM »

You have a loader with a grabber or are they manually loading those things?

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sys · « **Reply #4106 on:** July 09, 2021, 08:01:57 PM »

https://twitter.com/CaseyBriggs/status/1413350633533362182

steve dave · « **Reply #4107 on:** July 09, 2021, 08:28:24 PM »

damn, that cow sucks

steve dave · « **Reply #4108 on:** July 09, 2021, 08:28:49 PM »

Come defy covid lockdown to see the most sucky cow OAT!

steve dave · « **Reply #4109 on:** July 09, 2021, 08:29:46 PM »

mere video and photographs cannot show the amount this cow sucks. damn, it sucks so bad guys. get your asses out of lockdown and come see this crap. irl.

KST8FAN · « **Reply #4110 on:** July 09, 2021, 08:33:13 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on July 09, 2021, 07:34:56 PM

You have a loader with a grabber or are they manually loading those things?

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I drove, 2 guys loading, 1 guy pulling bales in line

Tom

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KST8FAN · « **Reply #4111 on:** July 09, 2021, 08:34:22 PM »

Quote from: Sandstone Outcropping on July 09, 2021, 04:14:59 PM

Quote from: KST8FAN on July 08, 2021, 10:22:20 PM
Cousin sent me a pic of "old blue" from today. He and I were putting up hay with that beast in the late 70s early 80s

Tom

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Oh man. Nice looking truck. Grandpa still has one of those with the grain bed on it (73 or 74ish??)

72

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sys · « **Reply #4112 on:** July 09, 2021, 08:40:10 PM »

if defying covid lockdowns to see extremely small cows is wrong, i don't wanna be right.

although it looks like tinycow is not very healthy and will probably die soon, which is very sad.

steve dave · « **Reply #4113 on:** July 09, 2021, 08:43:01 PM »

Quote from: KST8FAN on July 09, 2021, 08:33:13 PM

Quote from: steve dave on July 09, 2021, 07:34:56 PM
You have a loader with a grabber or are they manually loading those things?

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I drove, 2 guys loading, 1 guy pulling bales in line

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Tom, as a 40 year old (man) who has farmed more than I wish I had I can say with a full heart: what in the hell is that? it lobs bales up there?

KST8FAN · « **Reply #4114 on:** July 09, 2021, 09:13:35 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on July 09, 2021, 08:43:01 PM

Quote from: KST8FAN on July 09, 2021, 08:33:13 PM
Quote from: steve dave on July 09, 2021, 07:34:56 PM
You have a loader with a grabber or are they manually loading those things?

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I drove, 2 guys loading, 1 guy pulling bales in line

Tom

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Tom, as a 40 year old (man) who has farmed more than I wish I had I can say with a full heart: what in the hell is that? it lobs bales up there?

Tom

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IPA4Me · « **Reply #4115 on:** July 09, 2021, 09:23:50 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on July 09, 2021, 08:43:01 PM

Quote from: KST8FAN on July 09, 2021, 08:33:13 PM
Quote from: steve dave on July 09, 2021, 07:34:56 PM
You have a loader with a grabber or are they manually loading those things?

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I drove, 2 guys loading, 1 guy pulling bales in line

Tom

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Tom, as a 40 year old (man) who has farmed more than I wish I had I can say with a full heart: what in the hell is that? it lobs bales up there?

Round bale user outted.

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steve dave · « **Reply #4116 on:** July 09, 2021, 10:57:34 PM »

holy crap. thank you.

slackcat · « **Reply #4117 on:** July 10, 2021, 06:24:18 AM »

Quote from: KST8FAN on July 08, 2021, 10:22:20 PM

Cousin sent me a pic of "old blue" from today. He and I were putting up hay with that beast in the late 70s early 80s

Tom

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How many do they squeeze on the girl? Looks to be a 100 or 125 maybe.

yoga-like_abana · « **Reply #4118 on:** July 10, 2021, 09:15:06 AM »

Think we need to change the thread title to ask tom

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KST8FAN · « **Reply #4119 on:** July 10, 2021, 11:06:57 AM »

Quote from: slackcat on July 10, 2021, 06:24:18 AM

Quote from: KST8FAN on July 08, 2021, 10:22:20 PM
Cousin sent me a pic of "old blue" from today. He and I were putting up hay with that beast in the late 70s early 80s

Tom

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How many do they squeeze on the girl? Looks to be a 100 or 125 maybe.

6 rows x 25 bales = 150 per load. We had a telephone line to clear in the driveway.

Last load of day is what you started with at 10 following morning + 1 more load before lunch.

5 more loads in the barn after noon to get your 1,050 a day plus 1 more load to start in the morning.

My cousin noted he only went 4 high this week cause he is 57 not 17 anymore.

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KST8FAN · « **Reply #4120 on:** July 10, 2021, 11:28:34 AM »

Quote from: steve dave on July 09, 2021, 10:57:34 PM

holy crap. thank you.

Dad farmed with 2 cousins. The other one had this set up. To this day I find a square bale knotter and bale thrower to be amazing technology.

I guess the thrower eliminated dealing with a teenage hay crew along with making use of silage wagons to haul hay. I would shuttle wagons packed with randomly loaded bales to barn where dad and hired man unloaded and stacked.

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steve dave · « **Reply #4121 on:** July 10, 2021, 12:27:02 PM »

we had a bale conveyer belt thing. it had a tiny motor on it but I'd imagine most would be pto powered.

KST8FAN · « **Reply #4122 on:** July 10, 2021, 01:21:36 PM »

Thanks for confirming SD that am the old man on here by almost 20 years. Next we can timeline the evolution of the big round baler.

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ben ji · « **Reply #4123 on:** July 10, 2021, 10:55:37 PM »

So when we broke out 250 acres about 30 of them are a playa lake. We can't put it into CRP until we farm it for 5 years.

It rained this year so of course it's doing playa lake type things.

ben ji · « **Reply #4124 on:** July 10, 2021, 10:56:37 PM »

Long distance shot of the playa lake