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This is a plow I picked up about 15 miles north of me. I paid $150 I thought it was a good price it says Deere on it I assume it’s a John Deere. I hope mu little team can pull it. Eli

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I will spray it with motor oil after this weekends hay ride. My father had us kids paint the bale wagons with waste oil every fall we hade them forever. I have a bunch of partial jugs of oil I will spray it and keep it inside as much as I can. Thanks Eli

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Donn glad you are ok. I’ve been lucky so far lost a line once but they stoped after about ten feet but they weren’t spooked I just noticed it was unhooked. I always read about mishaps and run aways try to avoid having my own stories. Thanks. Eli

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Tomorrow I will start to spread I figure I have at least 20 loads. Hope to haul at least 5 but it is over a mile round trip. Should give my little team a workout. I put some nitrogen on it this spring but hope to cover it with manure and never buy comerical fertilizer again. Eli.

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I Also have a central boiler for 13 years I heated all my hot water,house milk house,milking parlor,and shop. I have recently installed a geothermal unit in my house and no longer milk cows so the boiler only heats the shop and garage. I have to admit It is nice only burning 5 cord of wood a season. My boiler served me well but if I wasent heating multiple buildings I would opt for the wood stove. I miss warming my bones by the fire. Eli.

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I stopped at I&J a few months back when I visited my son at Dover AFB,I couldn’t get mt Wife to pull one of those mowers back to Wi. Next visit I’m bringing the Truck and trailer. Great place Nice People. Eli

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I do service and refrigeration work on daries in eastern Wisconsin and the Up. I can’t believe what some people pay me to do. I always fixed everything I could myself. People have changed, some don’t even look they just pick up the phone.
I hope to cut some second crop with my horses but I have never done it before. My goal is to cut a little 2 acre field that is a little thin and should mow easy. I wanted to rake with the horses Sunday but was in a hurry so I took the tractor,then blew a hydraulic hose. Should have used the horses.
I built a 10 bale grapple for the front of my skid steer but it has been so wet I get stuck and didn’t get a chance to use it much.

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Donn it was more of a sarcasm thing I worked just as hard both nights one night made 1 acre and over 100 the next. I do refrigeration work an dairy farms so when the weather gets hot I get busy. 5 days a week plus on call nights and week ends. Makes it hard to make hay. I was a dairy farmer for 20 years and making hay was one of my favorite things to do. I am working toward cutting second crop with my horses but time will tell. Eli

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One night after work I worked untill dark to rake bale and pickup 62 small bales off of about an acre. The next I helped a neighbor pick up large square bailes on a little over 100 acres. Kind of makes me wonder about how I make hay. Eli

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O yea I baled 20 bales of swamp grass today. Eli

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My father was a mechanic and worked on balers all the time. Tight bales sharp knives and don’t run the baler slow. Good luck. Eli

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We have been using a square not as long as I can remember usually makes it 75% give. or take

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Donn that is a good rule I should follow. It would be good for me and my horse. Eli

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Donn I don’t use a D ring harness but I like the concept. I have a mare that is broke but kind of uncooperative at first once she settles down she is ok she likes to back up. Part of the problem is i don’t use her because she is difficult. I think she figured out she can get the best of me. Eli

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According to my daughters calculations we have enough hay for 120 days now I think she used 30 lbs a horse a day we have 8 but one is a baby. We should have enough pasture until late fall if the weather had cooperated we would have 26 more round bales but what do you do. Eli

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