Hugh MacKay
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This may be the height of imagination, but I thought, what a photo opportunity. 31 - 20" rows.
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Randy in NE
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Great picture. Is that one of your 130's or 140's?
Michael Soldan
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I love the picture Hugh!
Don in Texas
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In late April I was visiting in Roscoe, Texas and a farmer from Colorado City, Tx. let me make a round planting milo with a new 30 row JD planter. The tractor and planter each has it's own GPS. Farming is getting high tech.
Andy Martin
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Great picture! but nothing seems to be moving 
Hugh MacKay
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Andy: I didn't even try, decided it made a good photo. That satisfied me.
Hugh MacKay
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Don: It sat here over the weekend with 200 hp CaseIH hitched to it. I had a look inside, and it had GPS installed. Only took him just under 3 hours to plant 85 acres.
On Mon. they took the tractor away, left the planter in planting position. I decided a photo of my 130 out front would make a great conversation piece.
On Mon. they took the tractor away, left the planter in planting position. I decided a photo of my 130 out front would make a great conversation piece.
Hugh MacKay
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Bob: I saw this as a source of some fun.
When I was farming I had a drawbar-3 point hitch device that quick attached same as bucket on my skidsteer loader. Also had a hydraulic remote. It was great for manuvering equipment into tight spots. One day tractors were all busy, I had to change some disk blades and bearing on a 22' disk. We hitched up the skidsteer mainly for the hydraulics, but also to hold the disk. In the middle of this procedure a city fellow salesman came along. He asked, "Can that little loader pull that big disk?" I said, "sure we disk with it all the time." My hired hand backed me up.
A few days later we heard he went on to neighbor's telling them this grand tale of pulling a 22' disk with skidsteer. Neighbor said, "those boys down at MacKay's are pulling your leg, they actually pull a leveling harrow behind it. I bet he was one confused lad by the time he hit city limits.
When I was farming I had a drawbar-3 point hitch device that quick attached same as bucket on my skidsteer loader. Also had a hydraulic remote. It was great for manuvering equipment into tight spots. One day tractors were all busy, I had to change some disk blades and bearing on a 22' disk. We hitched up the skidsteer mainly for the hydraulics, but also to hold the disk. In the middle of this procedure a city fellow salesman came along. He asked, "Can that little loader pull that big disk?" I said, "sure we disk with it all the time." My hired hand backed me up.
A few days later we heard he went on to neighbor's telling them this grand tale of pulling a 22' disk with skidsteer. Neighbor said, "those boys down at MacKay's are pulling your leg, they actually pull a leveling harrow behind it. I bet he was one confused lad by the time he hit city limits.
Paul in Mich
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Hugh, There's no doubt in my mind that that 130 will handle that 24 row planter. It's only when ya sink the row units into the ground that you'll hear that C-123 beller like a W-9 trying to handle a 6-14 moldboard. Great pic...how ya been anyway?
Bob M
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Hugh - Reminds me of an incident when I first began dating my future wife.
Her dad was plowing near the road when the hydraulics quit on his Oliver 1850. The tractor was unhooked and run back to the shop for repairs. This left the plow in the field with the bottoms still in the ground.
Seeing an opportunity he ran his shiny new Cub Cadet tractor into the field and "hooked" it to the plow. He left the outfit there for a couple days for the neighbors and passing motorists to wonder about (I looked like he'd paused there to go in for dinner)
Sadly (or perhaps not...!) I was more interested in girls than in tractors and photography then. So no photo record of the stunt was made.
Her dad was plowing near the road when the hydraulics quit on his Oliver 1850. The tractor was unhooked and run back to the shop for repairs. This left the plow in the field with the bottoms still in the ground.
Seeing an opportunity he ran his shiny new Cub Cadet tractor into the field and "hooked" it to the plow. He left the outfit there for a couple days for the neighbors and passing motorists to wonder about (I looked like he'd paused there to go in for dinner)
Sadly (or perhaps not...!) I was more interested in girls than in tractors and photography then. So no photo record of the stunt was made.
Hugh MacKay
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Bob: I don't have photos of this one, however when I built my new dairy barn in 1971, facilities were installed for a flush toilet. My brother picked up a used toilet at a construction site, set it off in front of milking parlor facing the highway. On Sunday morinings my dad often walked over for a milk room visit as I finished milking. When I built the milking parlor, I extended the roof out 6' giving a verhanda effect. Gave good shelter to milk truck driver in heavy rains and winter weather. Dad and I were sitting out on this verhanda, he on the toilet seat and I on a 5 gallon can. People driving by were blowing horns. Soon Marg. and our children noticed the comotion, and realized how silly we looked. Dad and I just thought folks were being unusually socialable.
Hugh MacKay
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Paul: How have I been, well other than something wrong with my head, not too bad. I had a session about two weeks ago, vission was fine but I was looking through what looked fuzzy 3" diameter circles. Marg. rushed me down to doctor's, he sent me to hospital for a Cat Scan. They weren't satisfied so now I'm going for an MRI.
I heard a good discription the other day on how to get to my place. Fellow said he's the crasy old fellow down Katesville Drive with a half acre garden. Maybe there is something wrong with my head.
And how are you and yours?
I heard a good discription the other day on how to get to my place. Fellow said he's the crasy old fellow down Katesville Drive with a half acre garden. Maybe there is something wrong with my head.
And how are you and yours?
Jimmy King
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My Brother in Law worked for a Case dealer one time that also had some dozers he ran. He bought a heavy 11 ft Amco Offset. and hocked it to a 1030 Case He dropped it in the ground and the top of a hill and went to the bottom thats as far as he went. He then hooked it to an HD 11 Alis and still had to lift it on occasion, except the Hyds on the alis would only lift it when they were moving.
Hugh MacKay
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Randy: It is my 130. A neighbor had borrowed my 10' trailer. I told him I'd skip across back field and pick it up. I knew the planter was there, so I just backed in front,took a few photos. Figured it would be good for a laugh.
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