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For a change I thought I'd post this pic of my 40 out in the hot summer sun. Our first hot day with temps approaching 90 and high humidity. Should bring on a thunderstorm. Plus the fact I cut some hay too.
I had to move a lot of machinery and vehicle out of the big shed to get the swather out today so took this shot of the 40 and grain tank parked in front of the CIH magnum and JD pull type combine. I think the old 40 would have a hard time keeping up to the big JD unless it was a short haul.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Another Farm Video
« on: June 21, 2011, 11:38:13 PM »
Well, I guess before this forum siezes up from lack of activity I should post another recent video. No antique tractors in it, just some new hatched Bantam chicks and cats eating their breakfast this morning. [video=youtube;9cqJzIV1uPE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cqJzIV1uPE[/video]

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Seeding Progress in Sask
« on: May 27, 2011, 05:13:32 PM »
]Well it is turning into one of those slow, all day rains here so I have some time to catch up on things. Here is a video showing some of the cultivating, rock picking and planting I've been doing the past two weeks. I'm way behind normal and won't likely ever catch up now. Wet conditions caused a late start to land work. Last years flax straw to burn, anydrous to apply and no end of problems with timely delivery of anhydrous cost me a few days of valuable time which I'll never get back.
On the positive side at least all the anhydroused ground is planted and the worst weedy field (I hope) is cultivated. This rain will be great for whats already planted. Forecast is for a spell of wet weather so it may be June before I get back  to seeding.[video=youtube;-hM_6nWis50]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hM_6nWis50[/video]

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'round the pot-bellied stove / A Long Day Gets Longer
« on: April 27, 2011, 11:06:24 PM »
I'd put in a pretty good long day getting numerous things done around the yard and was about ready to call it a day by 6:00. Decided to drag the blade over the driveway to smooth it out. Tractor dropped into a hole and I discovered I have a culvert washing out. Great! Spent another hour hauling small rocks to try and at least make it passable for the time being . Then feed the cattle a couple of bales so I can remove the bale spear from the front end loader and install the bucket to do road repairs. Bale feeding became complicated when the Massey dropped to the front axle about 15 feet from the bale feeder. Thanks to the big 2090 and nylon tow rope I was able to pull it back to the surface , chain onto the feeder and move it to higher ground where it should be more solid. 8:00, time for supper and call it a day.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Water-logged In Sask.
« on: April 26, 2011, 10:58:46 AM »
As bad as it looked from the ground, our farm land looks far worse from the air as a series of aerial photos taken yesterday shows. A friend took photos of area farms yesterday from a small plane and it is quite the sight. The town cemetery with about 25% of the area under water and the rest surrounded is something the old timers never could have imagined when they started burying the dead over a hundred years ago.
Mine and my brother's farms appear to have as much water as bare ground from some angles. The high spots will be workable but in many cases, impossible to get to without driving through water or mud. We still have a month of planting time but I really can't see it happening somehow. Time will tell.
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My brother's farm yard in the centre of this photo, my field behind it is more water than land. Old ice from last fall floats on the "lake" behind their yard. Lucky their yard is on relatively high ground.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Spring Calves on The Farm
« on: April 21, 2011, 11:37:04 PM »
[video=youtube;1GjWBr7qvRU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GjWBr7qvRU[/video]

Its always nice to see the new spring calves getting out and exploring the world on a sunny day in Sask. I shot this within the past week and put it on youtube to share with the rest of the world. These few head of cattle are more a hobby than a living for me. Keeping cattle seems to be a hard habit to break.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Moving Grain by Auger Train
« on: April 10, 2011, 09:32:30 AM »
Spring is slowly progressing. Still lots of snow and mud everywhere but at least the sun shines and temps get up to 40 degrees. We took the opportunity to transfer a bin of canola yesterday using two augers and a hopper tank (funnel). It worked well and sure saved tearing up the yard with 6 trips with the truck. Warmed up the oil and charged the batteries pretty good on the 830 Case tractor and Kohler auger engine.
 [video=youtube;KCie68h-4HQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCie68h-4HQ[/video]

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'round the pot-bellied stove / In Search of Spring
« on: March 27, 2011, 04:50:26 PM »
Although the calendar says spring, it is not yet fit to work on machinery as there is snow everywhere and the temperature stays below normal with the endless east wind blowing. Although it did look nice the other day as I drove through the Qu'appelle valley and shot this video. But you can see theres plenty of snow out here. [video=youtube;jl8lGMFBdM8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl8lGMFBdM8[/video]

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Another day on the farm
« on: March 19, 2011, 12:37:47 PM »
Shot a little video yesterday of another common task (on this farm anyway) of grinding up some flax screenings for cattle feed. I don't know how they are going to like the feed but hopefully if I mix at least half oat chop with it they should be happy .
The sound did not turn out as good as I hoped, should have gone closer to the tractor as all I could hear was the old Case mill. Its definitely a job to wear ear plugs on. That old Case mill is a little older than me and has chopped up thousands of bushels of grain and bales over it's sixty years service. Anyway, have a look, leave a comment if you are so inclined.. Feel free to subscribe to my youtube channel too. You never know, I might actually video something interesting one of these days.:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-pRePrX8kw

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Vintage Sask. Tractors
« on: February 05, 2011, 10:31:24 AM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqiZ1YzNQhA
A few restored vintage tractors I video taped back  in 1988 at the Farm Progress Show in Regina, Sask. That little Ford at the beginning is a mystery.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Big Building Move
« on: January 12, 2011, 03:49:54 PM »
This is a non-tractor related video so I thought I'd post it here. Although when I get around to uploading part 2 of the move you will see a few tractors but far from antiques. Its not often you see a building this big up on wheels moving down the highway. It took more than a day and at -3 F degrees pretty cold for men and machinery. (Not to mention the camera-man).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3jTBYfo5xE

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Hey, I'm On Google Earth!
« on: December 13, 2010, 05:05:50 PM »
I don't know how many of you check out google earth but I was surprised to find a picture of my truck and combine taken during harvest 2008.
51° 4' 6.23" N  104° 2' 18.06" W

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Early Christmas Present
« on: December 11, 2010, 04:29:28 PM »
I hadn't planned on buying one of these but when I saw it  I couldn't go home without it. There was a selection of MM, Oliver and Case/IH but of course Cockshutt was my first choice.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Workin on the Super 90
« on: December 05, 2010, 12:48:42 PM »
My Massey Super 90 is currently down for repairs. The water pump sprung a major leak a little while ago and I had to remove the front end loader to work on it. Got it into the heated shed and disassembled the hood. These tractors are pretty awkward to work on, everything packed into a small space. And filthy, covered in dirt soaked in diesel fuel and antifreeze. It was too cold to use the pressure washer so I just  had to make the best of it with a scraper and brush to get it clean enough to work on.
I was lucky that there was a Hy-capacity dealer nearby and able to locate a rebuilt water pump for the Perkins 4A-300 engine.
I've got the coolant back in the engine and ready to give it a test run before I put the hood and front end loader back on. Even with the furnace running the shed is not going to be too warm today. Its 0 degrees Farenheit outside.

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ATIS General Tractor Discussion / Cockshutt 40 in the flax
« on: July 22, 2010, 11:27:21 PM »
Flax is blooming here in Sask. and I thought it made a good photo opportunity for the Cockshutt 40 and took a few yesterday.

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