Absent Minded Farmer
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- Gehl Country, Wis.
and live in the past for a minute. I have had sooo much fun (yes, sarchasm) this past summer & fall, I forgot to post pictures from the show in Richfield, Wi. & my usual pics of what I'm usually up to.
In short, second cutting was beautiful, third cutting was a hair puller. My third cutting was made a month ago, well after the cut-off date. I ended up cutting hay for a neighbor at the same time. Only had one tractor running at the time & that lasted half-way through haying. The head gasket pooped out on my way home from a second raking. So the merging & baling was powered by my uncle & his Deere "A". The hay that was made was a bit on the damp side, but nothing like the wringing-wet mess we anticipated. All who were involved were quite pleased with the outcome. I thank God we had the long, warm Indian Summer we had!
The tractor show was g-r-e-a-t! I felt awful that I couldn't get the ailing chopper there. Everyone was relieved that the chopper fell apart in the driveway & not on the way to the show. Looking back, I can agree. At the time, I was in a bit of shock. Completely bewildered at how fast the machines "condition" failed so fast. Every other grease fitting I visited wouldn't take ANY grease. The variable drive belt squeals in the first half of it's range. The kingpin, on the rear axle, may never come out & the rollers fell out of the wheel bearings. Etc, etc... So, it stayed home & I went to the show. I focused the camera on a majority of the Gehl stuff that was at the show. They do have a Gehl SP83 Chop-All at the show. That was donated from Gehl's own museum, last fall. This winter, I must learn all I can about our local forage equipment manufacturer. I'll post more Gehl pictures, in the impliments area of the board, this evening after grocery shopping.
Mike
P.S. I added a pic of the chipmunk alarm (old-school Metal alarm?) on the chopper & some shoulder work being performed on our road. The township still uses a Hydro 86 that I can remember when it was new. I was happy to see it was still around. They also parked in my hay inverter at the corner of the field. No arguement here, I got a little extra nap in while waiting for them to finish their lunch. My appreciation goes out to them for letting us take the pictures & a job well done!
In short, second cutting was beautiful, third cutting was a hair puller. My third cutting was made a month ago, well after the cut-off date. I ended up cutting hay for a neighbor at the same time. Only had one tractor running at the time & that lasted half-way through haying. The head gasket pooped out on my way home from a second raking. So the merging & baling was powered by my uncle & his Deere "A". The hay that was made was a bit on the damp side, but nothing like the wringing-wet mess we anticipated. All who were involved were quite pleased with the outcome. I thank God we had the long, warm Indian Summer we had!
The tractor show was g-r-e-a-t! I felt awful that I couldn't get the ailing chopper there. Everyone was relieved that the chopper fell apart in the driveway & not on the way to the show. Looking back, I can agree. At the time, I was in a bit of shock. Completely bewildered at how fast the machines "condition" failed so fast. Every other grease fitting I visited wouldn't take ANY grease. The variable drive belt squeals in the first half of it's range. The kingpin, on the rear axle, may never come out & the rollers fell out of the wheel bearings. Etc, etc... So, it stayed home & I went to the show. I focused the camera on a majority of the Gehl stuff that was at the show. They do have a Gehl SP83 Chop-All at the show. That was donated from Gehl's own museum, last fall. This winter, I must learn all I can about our local forage equipment manufacturer. I'll post more Gehl pictures, in the impliments area of the board, this evening after grocery shopping.
Mike
P.S. I added a pic of the chipmunk alarm (old-school Metal alarm?) on the chopper & some shoulder work being performed on our road. The township still uses a Hydro 86 that I can remember when it was new. I was happy to see it was still around. They also parked in my hay inverter at the corner of the field. No arguement here, I got a little extra nap in while waiting for them to finish their lunch. My appreciation goes out to them for letting us take the pictures & a job well done!
