Post by 70ds on Feb 8, 2009 20:36:06 GMT -5
The weather toward the end of this week was beautiful. We had an empty pen at the feed lot that had been scraped and piled so we decided to haul it out to the fields. We are fairly dry here at the moment so the manure is dry powder. We put big spreader on the 8440 and the small one on the 4440. We had a cane stubble field close by that we were going to spread it on. Here is the 8440 loading up.
Next is the 4440.
Out at the field spreading.(It is amazing how much a cane stubble field in Kansas looks like plywood. ;D
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The other rig unloading.
We had a field that was a few mile away that had some poor spots in it we wanted to put some on. We use the truck to haul it to the farther away fields.
The feed truck driving by.
When we use the truck we take it out and dump it in piles then take one of the dozer tractors out and spread it out. It is usually dumped on a poor spot so it is spread pretty heavily. This is the way a lot of guys do it around here.
We used the 8630 to spread it out.
When we got done spreading the 535 was hooked up to a disk and went out and disked the manure in. They were forecasting rain for Sunday night so we wanted to get it worked in.
When we got done spreading Dad noticed there was a leak under the 8440. The pinion seal had went out of the front end. So it is in the shop so that can be repaired. It looks like some corn stalks may have got on the drive shaft during harvest when it was on the grain cart and cut the seal out. The black KW is also in the shop. It is getting a new set of drive tires put on. The Pete and pot are in for a service.
Calving is going pretty good with the heifers so far. It is about time for the earlier cows to start calving. So we have been bringing some of them home. We drive most of them but some of the farther away bunches get hauled. Here the guys are getting ready to go get a bunch.
Minkler Ag is also still spreading fertilizer hot and heavy when the weather permits. Minkler Farms trucking is also looking into buying a truck and end dump trailer to haul our own wet cake to the feedlot. They will also try to pick up some custom hauling as well. Plus that would be another truck for the farm to use to haul grain during harvest. That is all for now. Questions and comments welcome.
Next is the 4440.
Out at the field spreading.(It is amazing how much a cane stubble field in Kansas looks like plywood. ;D
)The other rig unloading.
We had a field that was a few mile away that had some poor spots in it we wanted to put some on. We use the truck to haul it to the farther away fields.
The feed truck driving by.
When we use the truck we take it out and dump it in piles then take one of the dozer tractors out and spread it out. It is usually dumped on a poor spot so it is spread pretty heavily. This is the way a lot of guys do it around here.
We used the 8630 to spread it out.
When we got done spreading the 535 was hooked up to a disk and went out and disked the manure in. They were forecasting rain for Sunday night so we wanted to get it worked in.
When we got done spreading Dad noticed there was a leak under the 8440. The pinion seal had went out of the front end. So it is in the shop so that can be repaired. It looks like some corn stalks may have got on the drive shaft during harvest when it was on the grain cart and cut the seal out. The black KW is also in the shop. It is getting a new set of drive tires put on. The Pete and pot are in for a service.
Calving is going pretty good with the heifers so far. It is about time for the earlier cows to start calving. So we have been bringing some of them home. We drive most of them but some of the farther away bunches get hauled. Here the guys are getting ready to go get a bunch.
Minkler Ag is also still spreading fertilizer hot and heavy when the weather permits. Minkler Farms trucking is also looking into buying a truck and end dump trailer to haul our own wet cake to the feedlot. They will also try to pick up some custom hauling as well. Plus that would be another truck for the farm to use to haul grain during harvest. That is all for now. Questions and comments welcome.
