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

[michigancat]

I can back a trailer faster than 99% of the human race can back their car. I'm born into this. It's my heritage.

Pro tip for non farmers who have no idea how to back up a trailer:

Actually not giving it. learn it yourselves, losers!

I'll give the pro tip: just do the opposite of what you'd think.

WRONG

[steve dave]

I can back a trailer faster than 99% of the human race can back their car. I'm born into this. It's my heritage.

Pro tip for non farmers who have no idea how to back up a trailer:

Actually not giving it. learn it yourselves, losers!

I'll give the pro tip: just do the opposite of what you'd think.

BITCH YOU THOUGHT!


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[IPA4Me]

Drive in reverse with your hand on the bottom of the steering wheel.

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[wetwillie]

I am the opposite of Steve Dave in trailer backing prowess. I attribute this to never living on a farm.

[KST8FAN]

got off track in another thread:

ANOTHER BRAG: I can slowly back a double trailer (tractor, implement, anhydrous tank) reliably. This is an impossible task for 99.99999% of human beings.

I will challenge anyone in this blog to a backing up contest.

Dad used to send mom and me to pick up cattle before I could drive.  My sole job was to back the trailer up to the loading chute.  Let's do this...

Tom

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[schreds21]

LOL at Steve Dave.  I would back circles around him while I was backing up.  I used to have to back two hay trailers hooked in tandem into our machine shed.  Now granted, this was asinine as the shed has doors at both ends so you could just pull all the way through.  Apparently it was too much of an inconvenience for Schreds dad and Schreds grandpa to just move the rough ridin' combine or whatever piece of equipment was in the way though.  Farmers have a weird obsession with backing.

[XocolateThundarr]

   

[nicname]

I am the opposite of Steve Dave in trailer backing prowess. I attribute this to never living on a farm.

Same. Trailer backing is top 5 most intimidating tasks for gE’s very own nicname.

[Spracne]

This should be xposted with the White Midwesterners thread.

[ben ji]

Some additional pictures of the hailed out crops at the cat ranch from when I was out there about a week ago. (Hail storm rolled through in late June I believe)

Neighbors hailed out corn.

[ben ji]

Aunts hailed out wheat.

[ben ji]

what's the plan for that green wheat?  graze it, bale it?

No idea as it's my aunt's land. I'm assuming even the non green wheat has been zero'd out like most the dry land crops in the area so maybe they can bale it for feed or let cows graze it?

Maybe some real farmers can come in here and explain what happens when your crop is X'd and you take the insurance payout. Do you get to do whatever you want with it or do they make you plow it under or something?

UPDATE: Apparently it's getting baled up for cow food. Check out these windrows from about 10 days ago.

[ben ji]

Some basic wheat shots of my aunts crop next door. The green wheat at the front got some bad wind erosion this winter and has only recently grown in the past month with the rain, has not headed out.

The wheat behind it is starting to turn golden but I doubt they get much out of it.

Here was the green wheat that was windrowed, probably before the hail Storm.

[Tobias]

how many points of hail are we talking here

[KST8FAN]

Throwback Thurday photo... my dad (on right) and his cattle baron uncle.  These boys were all hat and all cattle.  Guessing this was taken mid 50s to mid 60s


Tom

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[steve dave]

Rules


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[Spracne]

Looks like a good beef crop that year.

[sys]

UPDATE: Apparently it's getting baled up for cow food. Check out these windrows from about 10 days ago.

fantastic news.

[KST8FAN]

https://agupdate.com/midwestmessenger/news/livestock/four-kansas-farms-selected-as-conservation-award-finalists/article_c8893d88-2712-11ee-82be-430fae3cfe46.html


Tom

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[KST8FAN]

Tater and I think we might grow some corn this year.


Tom

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[Katpappy]

Tater and I think we might grow some corn this year.


Tom

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MY fur baby is about the same size as Tater and she loves buttered corn on the cob.  My wife hates it when I give her one because the first thing she does is bring it into the house.

[DaBigTrain]

My dog growing ups name was Tater! He was a brown Chesapeake bay retriever. Was 100+lbs and thought he was a lap dog. RIP

[ben ji]

When I make corn on the cob I always make extras for the mutts, they love it.

[Kat Kid]

I can back a trailer faster than 99% of the human race can back their car. I'm born into this. It's my heritage.

Pro tip for non farmers who have no idea how to back up a trailer:

Actually not giving it. learn it yourselves, losers!

One time I for some reason was asked to back a boat trailer in to retrieve a fishing boat at Tuttle and the guy waiting on my dumbass in the line just saddled up and did it before I mumped something up seriously.

[Kat Kid]

Today my mom called me to ask for advice on where to change her tires and I gave her my best advice then said “but I don’t know anything about tires so…”

And she said “but you do know who the fed chair is so I guess there’s that.”