What did you do with your Red tractor today?

[IHandJDman]

1456 wouldn't start again.  The batteries just aren't holding a charge.  I fed the cows with the Hydro 84 instead.

[Farming Enthusiast]

2 hours ago, IHandJDman said:

1456 wouldn't start again.  The batteries just aren't holding a charge.  I fed the cows with the Hydro 84 instead.

I'll take the 14 off of your hands if you're tired of it! 🙂

[farmer john 8910]

Still putting up more corn stalks here and some more tillage too

[F-301066460puller]

Dad sold the 7140 today.... kinda sad but it was just sitting. 

[IHandJDman]

15 hours ago, Farming Enthusiast said:

I'll take the 14 off of your hands if you're tired of it! 🙂

Maybe trade for a 50/5288 is the only way it would ever leave and I doubt it then.

[IHandJDman]

Was finished with a small muck field and was coming to dump.  Never cut it just fell in.   Couldn't get it out last night and will try again today.

[DT Fan]

Man that's rough on the boarding ladder! Priced one at the junkyard some years back, glad the uncle found that salvage machine!!!

[IHandJDman]

16 minutes ago, DT Fan said:

Man that's rough on the boarding ladder! Priced one at the junkyard some years back, glad the uncle found that salvage machine!!!

It just snapped the shear bolt, thankfully.

[IH Forever]

51 minutes ago, IHandJDman said:

Was finished with a small muck field and was coming to dump.  Never cut it just fell in.   Couldn't get it out last night and will try again today.

I think I would need dynamite to get a hole that big for the combine to fall into.  We've been so dry I barely remember what it's like to play in the mud.

[766 Man]

51 minutes ago, IH Forever said:

I think I would need dynamite to get a hole that big for the combine to fall into.  We've been so dry I barely remember what it's like to play in the mud.

  Muck can be kind of funny.  Around here there are artesian springs that bleed off on to the lower ground including muck.  

[Reichow7120]

3 hours ago, 766 Man said:

  Muck can be kind of funny.  Around here there are artesian springs that bleed off on to the lower ground including muck.  

Exactly. 

Anyone that has done Muck can tell you there is no ryhme or reason to it sometimes. 

I personally never have worked any. But my Dad has. Right across the road from my place is a roughly 11 acre piece of river bottom muck. My Great Grandpa owned it and for years he rented it to the vegitable farm to the East until they got out in the late 60s. Then he planted corn on it. According to what Dad said it was more hassel than what it was worth. Late getting on in the spring and it like to frost off before black layer.

1972 was one wet miserable fall around here and that corn got left until late spring 1973. Dad ended up shelling it and talked about how watching the ground sink down under the tires than spring back up after he was past it. He hit several spots and dropped the combine in. Got it pulled out, jumped over a couple of rows and was fine. Drive right next to the hole no problem. 

Final straw was after my Great Grandpa got out of feeding cattle he had another crop of 40/40 corn that we ended up feeding out in our cattle. After that he said the -ell with it. Hasn't been farmed since the late 70s. 

When Great Grandpa died in 2007 We got the buildings and all the farm ground. Dads cousin got the woods and that muck. I am glad we didnt get it. 

[766 Man]

  The obvious springs have tile run through them.  One spring dad and I figured was running around 5 gallons per minute.   I suspect that the problem is there are springs that due not boil out of the ground.  In some parts of a field the subsoil runs very sandy so I would imagine the water gets that close to the surface and spreads through the sand versus the heavier topsoil.  Then some of the muck is fairly fine so that means running tile with a sock so the fine particles do not plug the tile.  At least most of the problem ground has a natural grade to establish an outlet.  I had a couple small farms I rented years ago where that was not the case.  Got to the point where most years I did not make anything and with the other problems I just gave them up.  Guys in those places now are just hobby farmers looking to write off income from non-farm businesses.  

[DT Fan]

Not with a Red tractor but for them in the future. Got the No. 16 plow home and a post vise. 

[Farming Enthusiast]

3 hours ago, Reichow7120 said:

Exactly. 

Anyone that has done Muck can tell you there is no ryhme or reason to it sometimes. 

I personally never have worked any. But my Dad has. Right across the road from my place is a roughly 11 acre piece of river bottom muck. My Great Grandpa owned it and for years he rented it to the vegitable farm to the East until they got out in the late 60s. Then he planted corn on it. According to what Dad said it was more hassel than what it was worth. Late getting on in the spring and it like to frost off before black layer.

1972 was one wet miserable fall around here and that corn got left until late spring 1973. Dad ended up shelling it and talked about how watching the ground sink down under the tires than spring back up after he was past it. He hit several spots and dropped the combine in. Got it pulled out, jumped over a couple of rows and was fine. Drive right next to the hole no problem. 

Final straw was after my Great Grandpa got out of feeding cattle he had another crop of 40/40 corn that we ended up feeding out in our cattle. After that he said the -ell with it. Hasn't been farmed since the late 70s. 

When Great Grandpa died in 2007 We got the buildings and all the farm ground. Dads cousin got the woods and that muck. I am glad we didnt get it. 

The type of soil you guys are describing sounds like what I'd call peat ground. It doesn't pay to try to drain it because it's like a sponge and doesn't let go of moisture. I did some work for a farmer who had tile every 20' and still couldn't drain it to his satisfaction so he turned it into a wet land. My part of the job was to ripped out and cap them lines every 50' and we dug ponds in there also. 

[Farming Enthusiast]

2 hours ago, 766 Man said:

  The obvious springs have tile run through them.  One spring dad and I figured was running around 5 gallons per minute.   I suspect that the problem is there are springs that due not boil out of the ground.  In some parts of a field the subsoil runs very sandy so I would imagine the water gets that close to the surface and spreads through the sand versus the heavier topsoil.  Then some of the muck is fairly fine so that means running tile with a sock so the fine particles do not plug the tile.  At least most of the problem ground has a natural grade to establish an outlet.  I had a couple small farms I rented years ago where that was not the case.  Got to the point where most years I did not make anything and with the other problems I just gave them up.  Guys in those places now are just hobby farmers looking to write off income from non-farm businesses.  

I've actually opened up springs tiling a couple times. It doesn't have enough pressure to push through the surface until it's opened up somehow like with a tile plow. Boy does that irritate people when they spend money on tile and have wet spots right on the lines 

[766 Man]

41 minutes ago, Farming Enthusiast said:

I've actually opened up springs tiling a couple times. It doesn't have enough pressure to push through the surface until it's opened up somehow like with a tile plow. Boy does that irritate people when they spend money on tile and have wet spots right on the lines 

  Every situation is unique.  Most of the muck around here is around 6 inches deep.  Then terrain and proximity to water bodies come into play.  Some is at the bottom of a bowl so to speak.  The better part of a thousand acres drains off to a low area with a plugged creek not allowing water to quickly run away.  Some ground is next to a river where the water level is almost even with the top of the field's surface.  Some the muck is less than 5 inches deep so it is not practical for vegetables plus artificial drainage is not practical or extremely expensive to do.  

[Bgriffin856]

Been parked for 9 and a half years with a bad engine and other issues. Moved it out Sunday and put it on a truck today to send off to a independent mechanic to see if it's worthwhile fixing 

[F-301066460puller]

56 minutes ago, Bgriffin856 said:

Been parked for 9 and a half years with a bad engine and other issues. Moved it out Sunday and put it on a truck today to send off to a independent mechanic to see if it's worthwhile fixing 

It sure looks worthwhile....

[Bgriffin856]

On 12/15/2023 at 8:30 PM, F-301066460puller said:

It sure looks worthwhile....

Spun rod bearings about a year after we got it. Crank is scored badly like this wasn't the first time and whoever had it before probably had it happen and just stuck bearings in and put back to work. Reverse is tricky to get into and stay in gear. The fork broke and we replaced that which helped a little plus a few other things. The head has been rebuilt and the person who had it before put new bearings in the rear end and it very quiet. Got tired of looking for a different one and decided to just give this one some R&R

Got through the Deere dealer from a bigger farm that the one kid bought it from Indiana to make a puller but traded for a tractor to farm with so I don't think they had it very long or used it much

I really liked it and we used it a lot for a year or so. It didn't lack power or get up and go...

Who ever painted did a good job no over spray and what not

[hardtail]

On 12/15/2023 at 5:29 PM, 766 Man said:

  Every situation is unique.  Most of the muck around here is around 6 inches deep.  Then terrain and proximity to water bodies come into play.  Some is at the bottom of a bowl so to speak.  The better part of a thousand acres drains off to a low area with a plugged creek not allowing water to quickly run away.  Some ground is next to a river where the water level is almost even with the top of the field's surface.  Some the muck is less than 5 inches deep so it is not practical for vegetables plus artificial drainage is not practical or extremely expensive to do.  

Mrs Fshog came from NZ and was thoroughly sick of muck and bog, I asked her what she thought to our winters, it's cold but way better than walking out to pasture to check on the sheep and suddenly you've dropped to your hips in muck was her response 

[TroyDairy]

On 12/14/2023 at 12:25 PM, IHandJDman said:

1456 wouldn't start again.  The batteries just aren't holding a charge.  I fed the cows with the Hydro 84 instead.

Me too... the 1066 been sitting for like a month and with a kill switch and maybe 18m old batteries stone dead

[TroyDairy]

On 12/14/2023 at 3:52 PM, farmer john 8910 said:

Still putting up more corn stalks here and some more tillage too

Inland on the pivots here guys will mow the stalks 8" 10" high with a mower merger and chop off that and bag.  Like damp straw, replace some hay and all straw in rations.  Smells good too 

[MacAR]

Made sure they were still in the shop... too wet to work ground and still waiting on parts for the 41 H to finish the wiring and oil leaks. Supposed to be here Friday but trust the United States Postal Service to screw that up. 

Mac

[IHandJDman]

Combine was dragged out by big a winch on a 6x6 Oshkosh.  Wife might have some pics as I was in the combine "helping."  Then ran some corn.  Less than 2 acres to go but ran out of rolling storage.

[Drysleeves]

1 hour ago, IHandJDman said:

Combine was dragged out by big a winch on a 6x6 Oshkosh.  Wife might have some pics as I was in the combine "helping."  Then ran some corn.  Less than 2 acres to go but ran out of rolling storage.

I like that corn baffle concept over the back axle.