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Post by 774630 on Feb 7, 2009 18:19:13 GMT -5
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Post by G&G farms on Feb 7, 2009 19:30:37 GMT -5
us rednecks in texas use tire also we have some that are big 8ft loader tires and have cement poured in the bottom for water tanks they work ok
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Post by mikes on Feb 7, 2009 20:34:51 GMT -5
 I couldn't help but notice that for emergency stops, they want you to push your hands TOWAD the augers...  |
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Post by 774630 on Feb 7, 2009 21:21:01 GMT -5
us rednecks in texas use tire also we have some that are big 8ft loader tires and have cement poured in the bottom for water tanks they work ok we looked at doin that with a windmill in one pasture, did you have to vibrate the cement or just pour it and go. Where do you get your tires, they're pretty hard to come by around here unless you buy them by the semi load. |
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Post by 774630 on Feb 7, 2009 21:28:39 GMT -5
I couldn't help but notice that for emergency stops, they want you to push your hands TOWAD the augers... yeah I alway thought that was kind of dumb. there is a cable on the side if your standing behind the unloading chute. But if your standing in front of it, the bar is so high you have to climb up on the hitch to reach it. Wouldnt be very handy if your in a hurry. |
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Post by 70ds on Feb 7, 2009 22:53:50 GMT -5
Nice pics. It's about time you posted some. ;D ;D ;D ;D Hey I love the grey calf. You need some color in that herd anyway. lmao. ;D ;D  I wonder if our Angus bull from this summer will make black calves. lol  Of course my cows aren't black so I would have a better excuse. ;D |
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Post by 774630 on Feb 8, 2009 18:31:54 GMT -5
speakin of that bull, I have him out here in the pasture at my house, and I can pet the darned thing now. I dont know what the heck his problem was this summer. Your cows must not have been pretty enough. lmao.
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Post by 70ds on Feb 8, 2009 19:14:57 GMT -5
We think that the neighbors dogs had been down tormenting them. That is our guess as to why he was so snotty acting.
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Post by rysiracusa on Feb 9, 2009 19:16:07 GMT -5
Very nice Dustin. A guy out here feeds with a forage wagon like that, except its an older H&S. He pulls it with an Allis D15
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Post by 774630 on Feb 9, 2009 23:23:49 GMT -5
thanks, alot of guys around here use the old deere 716s and 125s, thats what we had until we bout this one, got tired of workin on the deeres. Traded my 216 for the meyer and still have a 125 sitting in the machinery row just incase she breaks down.
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Post by G&G farms on Feb 10, 2009 21:47:10 GMT -5
i dont remember the guys name but he came through here selling them they work good but the float is in the bottom and in the middle of the tub and they never fail to break in the winter so i get to take a bath in the freezing water
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Post by 774630 on Feb 11, 2009 21:50:42 GMT -5
thats why we didnt realy like the idea of putting them on a well that we use in the winter, but with the windmill you just put an overflow tube out to a pit and let it run nonstop. A neighbor usese them in his feedlot and says that they hardly ever freeze. But I would think if they did it wouldnt be any fun at all like you said.
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Post by 70ds on Feb 11, 2009 23:12:16 GMT -5
When the bulls knock the float off the chain and it is 15 degrees and you have to take your shirt off to reach in and put the float back on it sucks. I know. ;D If you have cattle drinking out of them it has to get really cold before they freeze much at all. With the tire being black if the sun comes out the ice melts off the sides even if it is well below freezing. They seem to work pretty good for the most part.
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Of course my cows aren't black so I would have a better excuse. ;D
