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Grandfathering weapons only puts off until tomorrow what tyranny cannot accomplish today.
The only people made safer by gun control are criminals and tyrants. |
"When you need it and ain't got it, you're singin' a different tune..."
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Living vicariously through myself.
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Electrifying the barn from the well service today. Glad I waited until the temperature is miserable. I am loving this little machine.
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First berries are starting to pop up. Had the wife hop in the bucket to grab a few…as they were in the middle of the patch.
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Originally Posted By cms81586: First berries are starting to pop up. Had the wife hop in the bucket to grab a few…as they were in the middle of the patch. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/2980/718515C9-FF59-4278-90F2-EC66AB157A3E_jpe-2868417.JPG View Quote Now there's a FEL use I never considered, reaching the hard to get spots of black raspberry patches. |
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Originally Posted By PA452: Now there's a FEL use I never considered, reaching the hard to get spots of black raspberry patches. /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/5ddc336bfd9db244c913783d-460.gif View Quote I wonder: did she still get chiggers? |
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Originally Posted By cms81586: We don’t have any up my way. Ticks have been non-existent over the past two years too. Ten miles down the road our friends kids can’t play in their lawn without coming in covered with them. View Quote It hasn’t been a bad year here for chiggers either. But then again I have avoided the black berries. I’m glad y’all aren’t getting eaten alive.🤠 |
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Chicken Farmer by choice hunter of shade tree's and hiding spots by nature.
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No longer a team member to post pics, but our 1 year old kubota l4701 now has a smiley bucket over clearing saplings. We have 20 acres. 10 pasture 10 woods. Had a 22k dozer start the other week. Spent a few days with the tractor. Had a Deere 60g out today for 1 hours. It’s coming together. Guy with the 60g said he had a 50k excavator he’d rent to lay down the 80’+ tall trees when we get to that point. Just a hobby farm since the big guy doesn’t say we pay our fair share.
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Ain't got nothing better to do, and I'm bored
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Replaced the orange one with the green one. Wanted more power for running my round baler.
Had a great o experience with the Kioti. Zero issues that weren't self induced. If their new HX series was available, I probably would have gotten another. Found a deal on an American made 5100m with only 140 hours that I couldn't pass up though. Attached File Attached File |
My friends say I should act my age, what's my age again?
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Originally Posted By avslash: Replaced the orange one with the green one. Wanted more power for running my round baler. Had a great o experience with the Kioti. Zero issues that weren't self induced. If their new HX series was available, I probably would have gotten another. Found a deal on an American made 5100m with only 140 hours that I couldn't pass up though. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/84724/image000008_jpeg-2883815.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/84724/Resized_20230712_114455_jpeg-2883817.JPG View Quote Can't tell what model the JD is, but the Kioti you bought has more HP? |
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Grandfathering weapons only puts off until tomorrow what tyranny cannot accomplish today.
The only people made safer by gun control are criminals and tyrants. |
Originally Posted By Wobblin-Goblin: Can't tell what model the JD is, but the Kioti you bought has more HP? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Wobblin-Goblin: Originally Posted By avslash: Replaced the orange one with the green one. Wanted more power for running my round baler. Had a great o experience with the Kioti. Zero issues that weren't self induced. If their new HX series was available, I probably would have gotten another. Found a deal on an American made 5100m with only 140 hours that I couldn't pass up though. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/84724/image000008_jpeg-2883815.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/84724/Resized_20230712_114455_jpeg-2883817.JPG Can't tell what model the JD is, but the Kioti you bought has more HP? What is the 5100M just under 80hp? I see it has def so does that make it over 75hp? I haven’t kept up with the New JD nomenclature. |
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Originally Posted By sparkyD: What is the 5100M just under 80hp? I see it has def so does that make it over 75hp? I haven't kept up with the New JD nomenclature. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By sparkyD: Originally Posted By Wobblin-Goblin: Originally Posted By avslash: Replaced the orange one with the green one. Wanted more power for running my round baler. Had a great o experience with the Kioti. Zero issues that weren't self induced. If their new HX series was available, I probably would have gotten another. Found a deal on an American made 5100m with only 140 hours that I couldn't pass up though. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/84724/image000008_jpeg-2883815.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/84724/Resized_20230712_114455_jpeg-2883817.JPG Can't tell what model the JD is, but the Kioti you bought has more HP? What is the 5100M just under 80hp? I see it has def so does that make it over 75hp? I haven't kept up with the New JD nomenclature. |
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I'm not Retired, I'm a Professional Grandpa!
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Originally Posted By Merlin: 100 hp per TD: https://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/006/6/0/6605-john-deere-5100m.html View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Merlin: Originally Posted By sparkyD: Originally Posted By Wobblin-Goblin: Originally Posted By avslash: Replaced the orange one with the green one. Wanted more power for running my round baler. Had a great o experience with the Kioti. Zero issues that weren't self induced. If their new HX series was available, I probably would have gotten another. Found a deal on an American made 5100m with only 140 hours that I couldn't pass up though. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/84724/image000008_jpeg-2883815.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/84724/Resized_20230712_114455_jpeg-2883817.JPG Can't tell what model the JD is, but the Kioti you bought has more HP? What is the 5100M just under 80hp? I see it has def so does that make it over 75hp? I haven't kept up with the New JD nomenclature. I’m not to impressed with the light weight 100hp class of today’s tractors. I know my 6615 is a 95 pto tractor but the six cylinder engine helps with the torque of running a mixer or a baler. |
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. Finished baling hay yesterday evening. This field is on a very steep hill which the photo doesn’t do justice. I had to spear the bale as soon as it came out of the baler. Other wise they ran down the hill into a corn field. Caught all them but one. |
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"This would have never happened at Black Mesa"
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Originally Posted By Mick214: Today I gathered all the cut brush we had laying around our yard and my neighbor’s place. We had a tree service stop by and chip everything up for mulch: https://i.postimg.cc/fRSqx9Pr/Stacking-brush.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/CKyPJKTL/Chipping-brush.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/s2pnLRsP/Mulch.jpg View Quote @Mick214 Is that the full pile in that second pic that created that full pile of mulch in the third pic? |
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Originally Posted By PA452: @Mick214 Is that the full pile in that second pic that created that full pile of mulch in the third pic? View Quote Yep....My neighbor and I cut down a couple of dead Elm trees when we first moved in about a year and a half ago. We have since planted several new trees around the yard and we will use this mulch around the base of those trees. |
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"This would have never happened at Black Mesa"
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Set trusses on the shop this weekend. My cousin welded up a jib pole to use his skidsteer to set them, but it lacked about 12" of height to comfortably do it (we could have made it work if we had to). So option B was rigging up jib pole on the 5055. The 9 speed manual wasn't nearly as handy as what the hydro skidsteer woulda been, but we made it work. As you may be able to tell from my sweat stained volunteer work force, it was hot as balls.
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"When you need it and ain't got it, you're singin' a different tune..."
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Ain't got nothing better to do, and I'm bored
TX, USA
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Late reply to my earlier post. Been covered up with my paying job.
The JD replaced the Kioti. 5100M is rated 100HP and 85 PTO HP. Kioti weighed 6,200ish pounds without loader, 5100M is 9000ish without the loader, so a substantially heavier and more powerful machine. I almost purchased a CIH 120C, but settled on the JD because the CIH was making that power out of a liter less of engine displacement. That didn't sound good for pulling torque to me. Also found a few places that could tune the JD up to 130 hp should any parts ever fall off of the exhaust system. That made sense to me since the 5115M model uses the same engine as the 5100M. I really enjoyed the Kioti and it gave me no issues through 3.5 hay seasons, but it was apparent in short order that the JD is a much heavier duty machine. |
My friends say I should act my age, what's my age again?
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Was out brush hogging and had a visit from a very unshy turkey hen. Didn't see a nest anywhere. Attached File
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"I would live this war one day at a time, and I promised myself that if I survived, I would find a small farm somewhere in the Pennsylvania countryside and spend the remainder of my life in quiet and peace.” - Richard Winters
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Originally Posted By TheJMan1: Was out brush hogging and had a visit from a very unshy turkey hen. Didn't see a nest anywhere.https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/221907/PXL_20230803_192604552_jpg-2907338.JPG View Quote When I first bought my Bushhog, my fields hadn't been done for years. I was chomping at the bit to "get it done". Got started - then the turkeys started flying out of the bushes. I didn't think much of it, there was plenty of other places to go. Until the next day when I saw the turkeys back in the now mowed fields - looking for their nests, eggs and babies. I felt like a fucking dumbass. It was only then that I started research, asked questions over on TNDeer.com and did some reading. Leave the fields alone March-July for the Turkeys! |
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I'm not Retired, I'm a Professional Grandpa!
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Originally Posted By Merlin: Turkeys are why I wait until August to bushhog my fields. When I first bought my Bushhog, my fields hadn't been done for years. I was chomping at the bit to "get it done". Got started - then the turkeys started flying out of the bushes. I didn't think much of it, there was plenty of other places to go. Until the next day when I saw the turkeys back in the now mowed fields - looking for their nests, eggs and babies. I felt like a fucking dumbass. It was only then that I started research, asked questions over on TNDeer.com and did some reading. Leave the fields alone March-July for the Turkeys! View Quote These are pastures and rotated hayfields. They must be mowed when needed, it's not a nature preserve. |
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"I would live this war one day at a time, and I promised myself that if I survived, I would find a small farm somewhere in the Pennsylvania countryside and spend the remainder of my life in quiet and peace.” - Richard Winters
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Ran a disc over a 6A field to get ready for orchard grass seed next weekend.
Attached File Attached File Split the McCormick to replace the clutch. First one and it’s an 2004 with ~4K hours. Attached File |
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Land of the Free, Home of the Brave!... Not available in all states, must be 21 or older to apply.
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Chicken Farmer by choice hunter of shade tree's and hiding spots by nature.
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Originally Posted By sparkyD: https://i.imgur.com/ZcXPHwH.jpg One of those days. Thought I could straddle a rut and well I fell in. We had to drag the skid steer out with a tractor to somewhat level ground. View Quote How big of a rut? |
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The machine bottomed out so I’d say 16” or so. It’s from the big tractor and mixer where we feed through the winter. I got to get in the feed pen with the dozer and push that mulch up and level it out before winter.
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Chicken Farmer by choice hunter of shade tree's and hiding spots by nature.
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Prepped for Hurricane. Ready to assist folks that need access through driveways. Grapple, mulcher, chainsaws checked and ready to go....
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Been called many things: Asshole, hey you, Boats and a few others. The one I cherish is when a Marine called me "Doc"
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Originally Posted By NCUrk: Prepped for Hurricane. Ready to assist folks that need access through driveways. Grapple, mulcher, chainsaws checked and ready to go.... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/269478/20230830_122946_jpg-2937422.JPG View Quote 👍 I hope the damage is minimal. |
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Working through splitting one hell of a firewood pile. We live near a state park and have been selling most of it. Makes an extra hundred or so a week and my boys help so they get some allowance.
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Moving logs to the mill and then moving milled posts and planks from the mill to my work station for my timber frame shop project…..
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Originally Posted By Davidrw5150: Moving logs to the mill and then moving milled posts and planks from the mill to my work station for my timber frame shop project….. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/384426/IMG_1372_jpeg-2939945.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/384426/IMG_1359_jpeg-2939947.JPG View Quote Looks like you’re making a good pile of sawdust. 🤠 when it cools down a bit I need to get my mill sawing again. Hay season seems to be taking up my time along with brush hogging. |
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"the science" /duh si-ens/ noun: progressive postmodern religious dogma not based in tested hypothesis or facts used to advance an authoritative political ideology
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In the past two weeks we've been touching up the berms for our sheet water ponds.
They bring in the ducks all season, especially after a freeze, because we run our well water into the ponds. We have open shallow water since it comes out of the wells at 55 degrees. Drone view of the swales (wide shallow ditches) and berms. Attached File We use a 12' drag leveler to skim off a few inches of the soil to drag to the berm. We're only going for 6-8" deep. Attached File We installed a couple 8" head gates to keep the water in the first sheet water then we can open it to flood the second, down to the third and fourth. The idea is to not drown the grass. Here it is after we flooded it to check our work. Attached File and a quick video of the headgate and the first pond. SHEETWATER |
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Diplomate, wikigoogle upstairs medical kindergarten
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I'm not Retired, I'm a Professional Grandpa!
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Originally Posted By GoldenMead: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/482001/541871D8-BDAB-43CB-BB77-7AEDC0969318_jpe-2892481.JPG. Finished baling hay yesterday evening. This field is on a very steep hill which the photo doesn’t do justice. I had to spear the bale as soon as it came out of the baler. Other wise they ran down the hill into a corn field. Caught all them but one. View Quote Baler man can't quarter turn them? Lack of reverse? |
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Originally Posted By Merlin: No in-progress pics, but I used my tractor with it's forks to lift this +920 lbs work bench so I could rengineer the lower shelf. Before: https://i.imgur.com/bOXJ7Vj.jpg https://i.imgur.com/TetGpL0.jpg After: https://i.imgur.com/n7oKK1l.jpg https://i.imgur.com/jZct9s8.jpg View Quote That has turned out nice. |
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Originally Posted By dirtyboy: Baler man can't quarter turn them? Lack of reverse? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By dirtyboy: Originally Posted By GoldenMead: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/482001/541871D8-BDAB-43CB-BB77-7AEDC0969318_jpe-2892481.JPG. Finished baling hay yesterday evening. This field is on a very steep hill which the photo doesn’t do justice. I had to spear the bale as soon as it came out of the baler. Other wise they ran down the hill into a corn field. Caught all them but one. Baler man can't quarter turn them? Lack of reverse? I have a hill that when you quarter turn them they just roll after the baler. If you bale down hill. If you’re baling up hill then you either back down the hill or have someone catch them. The old JD baler it doesn’t have a bale ramp or kicker and sometimes you can kill the pto and open it slowly and let it kinda grab the bale. And it will stop it from rolling but not every time. I dropped one bale at the edge of a hill once. Thought I was safe and the bale took off down the hill hit a small terrace jumped the fence and landed in a beaver swamp. You bale hay long enough and crap that you think is impossible will happen. I’m totally surprised that the bale jumped the fence. My usual luck is I would have to fix fence. The bale disappeared in about a month. The beavers and muskrats pulled it apart. I guess they eat some of it and used it for bedding. |
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I love the poor man's grapple (pallet forks)
Cruised around the field mowing, spied an old burn pile with a big mesquite trunk in it. Attached File Attached File I'm getting pretty good picking up stuff with these forks. |
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Never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be. - Adm James Stockdale
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Originally Posted By 1Andy2: I love the poor man's grapple (pallet forks) Cruised around the field mowing, spied an old burn pile with a big mesquite trunk in it. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/55344/20230925_183837_jpg-2966495.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/55344/20230925_185743_jpg-2966496.JPG I'm getting pretty good picking up stuff with these forks. View Quote That's a nice tractor, I'm sure you appreciate the cab down there in Texas. |
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Grandfathering weapons only puts off until tomorrow what tyranny cannot accomplish today.
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Originally Posted By Wobblin-Goblin: That's a nice tractor, I'm sure you appreciate the cab down there in Texas. View Quote Thanks, yeah. I did some mowing before dove season and its been so dry I was having to blow out the radiator every couple of hours. Kicked up so much dust, the radiator was getting so clogged it would start to overheat. It would have been absolutely brutal on an open cab. Between the A/C and the radio/bluetooth, it turns an otherwise miserable chore into a pleasant, relaxing afternoon. I will never own another tractor without both a front end loader and a cab with air conditioning. Still need to figure out where to mount a scabbard for my chainsaw. Thinking maybe where the slow moving vehicle triangle is. |
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Never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be. - Adm James Stockdale
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Originally Posted By 1Andy2: Thanks, yeah. I did some mowing before dove season and its been so dry I was having to blow out the radiator every couple of hours. Kicked up so much dust, the radiator was getting so clogged it would start to overheat. It would have been absolutely brutal on an open cab. Between the A/C and the radio/bluetooth, it turns an otherwise miserable chore into a pleasant, relaxing afternoon. I will never own another tractor without both a front end loader and a cab with air conditioning. Still need to figure out where to mount a scabbard for my chainsaw. Thinking maybe where the slow moving vehicle triangle is. View Quote If you have a compressor on your truck, I find this wand invaluable on my skidsteer when mulching. Its great for blowing out hard to reach areas. Airwand from Inovative on Amazon. Attached File |
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Been called many things: Asshole, hey you, Boats and a few others. The one I cherish is when a Marine called me "Doc"
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Originally Posted By 1Andy2: Thanks, yeah. I did some mowing before dove season and its been so dry I was having to blow out the radiator every couple of hours. Kicked up so much dust, the radiator was getting so clogged it would start to overheat. It would have been absolutely brutal on an open cab. Between the A/C and the radio/bluetooth, it turns an otherwise miserable chore into a pleasant, relaxing afternoon. I will never own another tractor without both a front end loader and a cab with air conditioning. Still need to figure out where to mount a scabbard for my chainsaw. Thinking maybe where the slow moving vehicle triangle is. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By 1Andy2: Originally Posted By Wobblin-Goblin: That's a nice tractor, I'm sure you appreciate the cab down there in Texas. Thanks, yeah. I did some mowing before dove season and its been so dry I was having to blow out the radiator every couple of hours. Kicked up so much dust, the radiator was getting so clogged it would start to overheat. It would have been absolutely brutal on an open cab. Between the A/C and the radio/bluetooth, it turns an otherwise miserable chore into a pleasant, relaxing afternoon. I will never own another tractor without both a front end loader and a cab with air conditioning. Still need to figure out where to mount a scabbard for my chainsaw. Thinking maybe where the slow moving vehicle triangle is. Rag weed pollen was clogging up the air filter on both the Deutz and John Deere last week. Oh grasshoppers were sticking to the screens as well. A portable gas powered air compressor is a radiator saver. |
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