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WyoDave

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• Nov 24, 2011

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It was a long drawn out summer, but I stacked the last of the hay today. Now to think of winter. I've been taking pictures through the summer, now to post them.

Started putting up hay around the first of June. I did some small bales in first cutting, but most of it was done in rounds for cow hay.

Raking

Baling

Moving bales off the field

Into July where irrigating and second cutting was the focus. Now it's time for the horse hay in small bales.

Irrigating

Baling

Stacking

Time for a little fun here and there.

Finished Case LA in late July.

Back to haying, and of course that means problems.

Broke one of the balers in half.

Balewagon got stuck

Of course hay has to be sold year round. This year it was mostly load it up, and point it south.

Train of hay.

And finally finishing day.

Last load

Just need to get things put away now

Cows out on pasture, and enjoying their Thanksgiving.

David

 

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Reid1650

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• Nov 24, 2011

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Beautiful is about all I can say about those pictures. Especially the last

 

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twostepn2001

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• Nov 24, 2011

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Thanks for posting these pics. Really enjoyed them!

 

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fixerupper

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• Nov 24, 2011

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Nice, nice pics. Thank you. Looks like you're in eastern WYO. Am I right? Jim

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Nov 24, 2011

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Your 1069 looks like new.

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Nov 24, 2011

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what part of wyoming? I just ran across on 80 on my way into and out of logan ut last week 1 day before a blizard at least I stayed ahead of it

 

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WyoDave

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• Nov 24, 2011

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Eastern Wyoming just north of I-80 about 80 miles.
David

 

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WyoDave

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• Nov 24, 2011

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It's been repainted, and repowered with a 3208 Cat and an Allison auto.
David

 

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WyoDave

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• Nov 24, 2011

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Yep. Durn near Nebraska.
David

 

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ShadetreeRet

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• Nov 24, 2011

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Enjoyed the photos. Never seen a bale wagon like that. No one around here has that much land. Next to the last photo, the one with all the equipment, is that an old International truck in the background?

 

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Rich Iowa

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• Nov 24, 2011

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Beautiful country.

 

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olliekid

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• Nov 24, 2011

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nice pictures. looks like you have some nice equipment. too bad about the baler. how much hay do you guys put up?

 

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olliekid

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• Nov 24, 2011

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nice pictures. looks like you have some nice equipment. too bad about the baler. how much hay do you guys put up?

 

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WyoDave

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• Nov 24, 2011

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Yeah. It belongs to a friend of mine. I let him work on it in my shop. I think an International K-5 or something along that order.
David

 

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WyoDave

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• Nov 24, 2011

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The baler was a cheap fix. Welded it up, and good as new. Not the first time we've broke one there. We put up about 1000 5x6 rounds, mostly for our own use, and then about 75,000 small bales that we sell.
David

 

Ultradog MN

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• Nov 24, 2011

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Great post.
Thanks for doing what you do - and living to tell about it.
Excellent photos too.
Only thing missing is a star quality dog like Wrigley
Thanks.

 

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olddog

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• Nov 25, 2011

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Wow! Always amazing for this farmboy from the hills of Pa. to see the flatlands.
On your GPS do you tell it to "follow the third windrow to Nebraska and take two lefts"? LOL.
Ever get caught in rainstorm, and not find the steering was rusted, till the end of the windrow. JK.
Thanks for the picts. Always good to see someone with a multicolored flock of tractors.

 

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Ken Macfarlane

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• Nov 25, 2011

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Amazing what some dry weather can do for hay, to put up 75,000 small squares here would take, hmm some quick math, about 50 perfect days baling. This year we had 5 days suitable for baling (ie at least a day of dry weather before), so at least 10 balers and tractors to do the same lol.

 

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WyoDave

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• Nov 25, 2011

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Well, I don't have a Wrigley, but Lulu is almost always with me. She doesn't ride in tractors, but lies under the pickup at the end of the field. Rides the 4-wheeler, and loves to work cows.

David

 

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ridgelane

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• Nov 25, 2011

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How I wish my part of the world looked that nice and green at this point. We are seeing white all over, not really cold thankfully.

Still out there stretching wires, pounding staples, bringing in bales but the ground is frozen.