Post by 70ds on Mar 22, 2009 19:23:26 GMT -5
I got a little carried away with this journal taking pics so I decided to do it in 2 parts. We have also started putting on NH3 on some corn ground. It didn't start out so well. James was running on a wheat stubble field.
He was turning around on a little bit of a hill and the wagon wheel hit a ditch. The tank was about half full so when the liquid hit the front of the tank it flipped over. It turns out the fifth wheel assembly must have been broken. The tank flipped and separated from the front wheels. It probably would have stayed up right if the front wheels had stayed attached.(I work at coop and have seen a few upside down tanks terraces usually cause it to happen)
He called and Dad delivered him another tank so he could keep moving.
I grabbed the 7800 with the loader and Ben brought the service truck. We set the tank back up and repaired the fifth wheel so he could finish the tank out. We will bring it home and check it over good when it is empty. We will blow it down before we put it in the shop.
Got her set up.
Here we are working on the tank so we could finish unloading it in the field.
I guess that is a risk you run pulling tanks in our country. Sooner or later you will get one on its top.
I guess that is why they have roll cages over the valves and pop offs. It tends to be rough on the water tanks though. Sometimes it tears the hitches off. (we actually had a farmer here that rolled 2 tanks within 100 yards of each other in one day).
These are some Sunday yard pics. It was too windy to spray or spread today. All the trucks were home and the yard was packed.
We have a chance for rain tomorrow. We could use some. The spring rush is just around the corner. That is all for now questions and comments are welcome.
He was turning around on a little bit of a hill and the wagon wheel hit a ditch. The tank was about half full so when the liquid hit the front of the tank it flipped over. It turns out the fifth wheel assembly must have been broken. The tank flipped and separated from the front wheels. It probably would have stayed up right if the front wheels had stayed attached.(I work at coop and have seen a few upside down tanks terraces usually cause it to happen)
He called and Dad delivered him another tank so he could keep moving.
I grabbed the 7800 with the loader and Ben brought the service truck. We set the tank back up and repaired the fifth wheel so he could finish the tank out. We will bring it home and check it over good when it is empty. We will blow it down before we put it in the shop.
Got her set up.
Here we are working on the tank so we could finish unloading it in the field.
I guess that is a risk you run pulling tanks in our country. Sooner or later you will get one on its top.
I guess that is why they have roll cages over the valves and pop offs. It tends to be rough on the water tanks though. Sometimes it tears the hitches off. (we actually had a farmer here that rolled 2 tanks within 100 yards of each other in one day). These are some Sunday yard pics. It was too windy to spray or spread today. All the trucks were home and the yard was packed.
We have a chance for rain tomorrow. We could use some. The spring rush is just around the corner. That is all for now questions and comments are welcome.
