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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: January 30, 2016, 10:18:10 AM »

Good that the tests looked O.K., Gene.  Too bad about having to repeat the one.  Once is more than enough.  On another subject, I know you and Ralph are both the proud owners of this style Case tractor.  If either of your tractors have turned up missing I can help out with that.  The one below turned up in my kitchen around the first of this year and has been hanging around ever since.  A pretty machine with plenty of muscle.

Charlie V.

That is a beautiful 1030. Not quite the Western special style we would see out here but still nice. Just got my free Dupont classic tractor calendar yesterday. Almost missed January. Allis Chalmers with a road grader attachment is their January tractor.
We are way above normal temps here all week. Hit 38 yesterday. Yet we still have the nice layer of snow. Not enough to install the snowblower or use the blade yet but definitely looking like winter.
I'm attaching a picture from way back in 1979 showing the 930 Case we had, and wish I still had. My dad at the Carter disk seed cleaner putting some wheat through preparing for spring planting 1979.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: January 01, 2016, 10:26:50 AM »

Hi Gene
Wishing you and all the others that follow this forum a happy and healthy 2016. We are nine hours into it now and looking good so far.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: December 25, 2015, 11:14:03 AM »

Nice to see you have a little snow there Dean. I hear snow is in short supply in most of the states. We have less than normal here but its enough. A little cool at -20F here this morning.
No worries about stepping over that running belt in the video, although I know to those that are not familiar with the operation it looks dangerous. That is an endless rubber belt with no lacing or other sharp objects on it to catch clothing.
The 50 and 40 had pretty much the same Buda engine. Just a 230 in the smaller tractor and a 273 in the 50 . More power than the job needed but the 50 doesn't get much exercise these days except for this job.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: December 19, 2015, 09:54:37 PM »

Wow, green grass. I have not seen that in a while Gene. I bet those blocks of oak have a lot more btus of heat in them than the poplar we cut here.
Ground frozen good and solid here and a few inches of snow cover everywhere. We just turned cold here a couple of days ago with lows near 0F. Not bad as long as the wind stays down and the sun shines. I uploaded a new hammer mill video to youtube. Some recent work with the Cockshutt 50 running some oats through the hammer mill on a cool November day.
[video=youtube;KOP73XmuA_A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOP73XmuA_A[/video]

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: December 09, 2015, 12:00:36 AM »

I am seeing something this year that is new to me.  A farmer on the other side of town combined  probably a couple hundred acres or more of corn a week and 1/2 ago then baled all of the cornstalks in large wrapped round bales.  Every time I go by I want to take a picture of them but do not have my camera along.  A lot of bales out there as the fields are dotted with them.  Do they have some value as cattle feed in winter?

Charlie

Can't say Charlie. There are only a couple of guys grow a field of corn here and they leave it stand for the winter. Gradually turn the cattle into the field and they eat most of the corn. The standing crop provides some shelter from the wind. I wouldn't think the harvested stalks have much food value but I could be wrong.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: December 08, 2015, 09:22:30 PM »

Thanksgiving over and Christmas on the way. It will be a brown Christmas, not white, unless the weather changes. Most of the snow we got has melted although my farm seems to be holding on to it's snow. Checked on my flax swaths this afternoon and the photo shows they are far from harvestable having snow still on them. I am thinking maybe late April they will be ready.
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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: November 24, 2015, 10:05:45 PM »

Ralph, good video as always.  You've got some big sky, as the saying goes.  And always interesting to me to see swathed crops...have never seen it done around here (1700 miles southeast of you).

Gene, ditto on the nice shop floor!  And on spending a lot of time finishing projects.  But sure is nice to have a good facility, and to have it done right.

Charlie, let me know when you'd like me to drop off a couple of cats.  

Dean Vinson
Saint Paris, Ohio

Hi Dean. The ground is frozen now and gradually turning white. My three tom cats could use some company even though they are well fed and living in the barn.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: November 16, 2015, 10:28:41 AM »

That will be a nice floor to work on Gene. My partial concrete floor in the workshop is rough, cracked and damaged by road salt in places but still a lot better than dirt . I don't worry about spilling oil or anything on it now.
Snow melted here. Then we got a little more. That melted. Now it is pretty muddy and a mess in the fields. Creeks are running. Most unusual. Here is a harvest video of this year's combining. Back when it was sunny and relatively dry.
[video=youtube;nlx2dVAzKgw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlx2dVAzKgw[/video]

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: November 06, 2015, 08:25:32 PM »

Gene, sorry to hear about the loss of your brother.
We had wet snow here a couple of days ago but most of it has melted by now.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: October 31, 2015, 11:23:33 AM »

Health wise I am doing pretty good. Still Have some of the same symptoms, but they seem to be getting better.

Gene

Thats the main thing Gene. I try to think of that when I'm complaining about the constant lousy weather and the 130 acres of flax still in the field. It could be worse. Glad you are getting along ok.
We got one nice day this week and it was yesterday. I was able to finish cleaning out the cattle shelter and haul five loads of sand/gravel. Field trail to the gravel pit was a little soft but the old IH only made a few ruts and never got stuck. Slow, soaking rain hit again last night . We actually had a little wet snow early in the week. I don't have much hope anymore of getting that flax this fall but never say never.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: October 22, 2015, 02:24:36 AM »

The way these critters keep multiplying makes me wish they were beef cattle.

Just the opposite here. All I have are 3 tom cats and they could use some company.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: October 11, 2015, 09:53:45 AM »

Seems everybody must be working hard and keeping quiet.  I hope by now Ralph has all of his wheat in the bins and the flax too for that matter.  But then again if the rain hasn't let up, well....maybe not.  Between hauling produce for the neighbors and finishing the new shop, no telling where Gene is at.  


In years of normal rainfall I expect to see cattails growing out back in my water hole / marsh area.  With all the rain this year the darn things have even showed up in my flower bed.

Charlie

I've got far too many of the other cat tails around here Charlie. The slow torture and frustration of this harvest drags on. A few drying days gets the crop nearly ready to harvest and then rain or damp weather hits and we sit again. In some ways winter setting in will be a relief as we will know its all over no matter if the crop is in the bin or in the field. Still, Thanksgiving day coming up tomorrow so I will try to be thankful that things are not worse.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: October 02, 2015, 10:59:31 AM »

Gene, glad to hear you are doing ok and keeping busy. I'm on the way to being the last guy combining in this part of Sask I think. I left the wheat stand to ripen and finally gave up and swathed it about a week ago. Now I need a few more days for the last field to lay in the swath before it is dry enough. Still 120 acres of flax to swath but there is rain forecast for the next few days and I think I will leave it stand. Maybe I will harvest more potatoes today as I wait for the wheat.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: September 25, 2015, 11:40:01 PM »

Sounds like the tire slime is working for you Charlie. I have not tried mine yet as the swather tire seems to be holding it's pressure lately. I've been giving it a good workout getting stuck in the mud the past couple of days. Ridiculous mud conditions for harvest again. I miss the days when you could drive anywhere in the field  and leave a cloud of dust. Now I leave a trail of ruts.
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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: August 16, 2015, 10:14:34 AM »

Ralph, your Chevy 2 looks real happy sitting in line by that rat rod pickup.  Nice line  up.

No, did not try slime.  I have not tested this tire in water but the sidewall is pretty seriously age cracked.  I suspect that is where it leaks.  From what I read on the Slime label it is not effective for sidewall leaks.  The sealant has to come in contact with the leak as the tire rotates so that pretty much limits it's use to the tread area. Have you used slime??  I will most likely buy a new tire on the net for twenty some dollars.  Those small tires can be a bear to change buy hand, but I have done it on others. I am tempted by a solid rubber tire all mounted on wheel but that is 80 some dollars. Will I ever get that much use on a now 12 year old machine???  But then, just install the new wheel.  No tire changing.  Decisions, decisions.  I spend the money like it was my own.  Well,actually it is.  Bah Humbug.

Charlie

I've never tried it but have heard good things about "Slime" for sealing tires. The container I looked at cost about the same as a new inner tube though. Solid rubber tires would likely be a good option for mowers.