billonthefarm
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- Farmington IL
Summer is upon us. It is 7:30pm and still 93 degrees. We are not in a drought, more of a normal weather pattern almost, but this is the longest stretch of dry weather in 2 or 3 years.
Here are a few pics of mine, some that nick took in the past couple of weeks as we have been keeping busy around the farm.
Mowing hay, nothing smells quite like it or gives you a better feeling when the job is done and done right.
I remember this hot day awhile back. I had the cubs game on, the A/C cranked up and enjoyed a peaceful afternoon of raking hay.
This is a pic nick took after finishing a field one evening. It has been nice not dealing with rained on hay and soggy fields this year.
Here the 8920 is pressed into service as we had some A/C difficulties on the 4630. I have bale with open station tractors but a cabbed tractor without the air working can be pretty rough. Figured there was ro reason to make life hard on nick so we switched tractors.
We had the opportunity to upgrade to a 567 baler this spring and decided to go for it. To say we have been happy is a huge understatment. Didnt know baling hay could be this easy and fun. Sure have come along way from that 510 deere baler we had!
Had a couple friends with some wheat and they asked awhile back if I would come bale the straw for them. Said sure, be happy too if I could buy some of it. That was great with them so nick baled it and we bought the straw. Soooo we went and brought it home the other day. This is a pic of nick coming out the lane to a 9 acre field on the other side of the creek.
He carried the bales out two at a time. We didnt think we could cross the creek with our bale trailer. Took 15 minutes for him to make a round trip. Must be close to 3/4 of a mile down this path to the field in the back. The path is in the timber the whole way but it is in decent shape with no washouts.
I spent the day yesterday mowing another pasture, untill the A/C quit working again! It was pretty peaceful afternoon till it quit and I headed for home pretty quick. I think I got it fixed now. Meanwhile nick was baling for a friend who reads on here all the time. Hope you didnt get to hot moving those bales bill!!!
I thought maybe the cows would be standing in the lake when I went up to mow yesterday. They were down in this draw under the trees. They did wander out about 4pm but never paid any attention to me at all.
Here is a photo trivia question. How many people know what this is and where it is?
Sitting in the tractor while nick loaded straw bales on the trailer I got to thinking about how many people have spent a untold amout of hours looking at a dash like this. This one is a 4430 but seems like alot of those soundguard cabs had this dash. Think any other dash has been started at for as long as this style????
Wrigley doesnt have his driving priviledges yet but I do let him sit in the seat and hold the steering wheel!! Actually the little guy is outside right now. We took a road trip to tractor supply this afternoon. He likes all the attention he gets at there. I'm always scared he's going to mark something when I'm not watching. Oh well.
Keep cool everybody.
bill
Here are a few pics of mine, some that nick took in the past couple of weeks as we have been keeping busy around the farm.
Mowing hay, nothing smells quite like it or gives you a better feeling when the job is done and done right.
I remember this hot day awhile back. I had the cubs game on, the A/C cranked up and enjoyed a peaceful afternoon of raking hay.
This is a pic nick took after finishing a field one evening. It has been nice not dealing with rained on hay and soggy fields this year.
Here the 8920 is pressed into service as we had some A/C difficulties on the 4630. I have bale with open station tractors but a cabbed tractor without the air working can be pretty rough. Figured there was ro reason to make life hard on nick so we switched tractors.
We had the opportunity to upgrade to a 567 baler this spring and decided to go for it. To say we have been happy is a huge understatment. Didnt know baling hay could be this easy and fun. Sure have come along way from that 510 deere baler we had!
Had a couple friends with some wheat and they asked awhile back if I would come bale the straw for them. Said sure, be happy too if I could buy some of it. That was great with them so nick baled it and we bought the straw. Soooo we went and brought it home the other day. This is a pic of nick coming out the lane to a 9 acre field on the other side of the creek.
He carried the bales out two at a time. We didnt think we could cross the creek with our bale trailer. Took 15 minutes for him to make a round trip. Must be close to 3/4 of a mile down this path to the field in the back. The path is in the timber the whole way but it is in decent shape with no washouts.
I spent the day yesterday mowing another pasture, untill the A/C quit working again! It was pretty peaceful afternoon till it quit and I headed for home pretty quick. I think I got it fixed now. Meanwhile nick was baling for a friend who reads on here all the time. Hope you didnt get to hot moving those bales bill!!!
I thought maybe the cows would be standing in the lake when I went up to mow yesterday. They were down in this draw under the trees. They did wander out about 4pm but never paid any attention to me at all.
Here is a photo trivia question. How many people know what this is and where it is?
Sitting in the tractor while nick loaded straw bales on the trailer I got to thinking about how many people have spent a untold amout of hours looking at a dash like this. This one is a 4430 but seems like alot of those soundguard cabs had this dash. Think any other dash has been started at for as long as this style????
Wrigley doesnt have his driving priviledges yet but I do let him sit in the seat and hold the steering wheel!! Actually the little guy is outside right now. We took a road trip to tractor supply this afternoon. He likes all the attention he gets at there. I'm always scared he's going to mark something when I'm not watching. Oh well.
Keep cool everybody.
bill
