Farmers luck

Had the county doze some trees out along county road and fix road ditch last fall. Pushed brush to north end of field. Decided to plow it this spring. Had not been plowed in ten years anyway. Took the D-19 and mounted plow to plow the eight acres. Had a acre to go and hit a rock and broke a point off one of them new shears. It took me about five month to find new shears for this plow and now I broke one. At my age it may be the last time I use this plow any way. Park the 19 for now. Next morning get the 450 Farmall out and the 311 (think) plow to finish the last acre. When done painted the plow shears on both plows and take them off. Went in to lunch come out to hook up swather to mow hay and 19 has a rear tire flat. Set there all night and drove it around yard today and now it has a flat tire. No hay is getting mowed today.

Sorry to hear, sounds like my luck!!

At least it happened at home. I was cutting hay about a half mile from home Wednesday,last pass across the field,the 2-105 started bogging down like it was running out of fuel. The gauge was rocking,I stopped and took off the cap,there was fuel in it. I made it to the hole in the fencerow and it died. I took the fuel line off at the fuel pump,no fuel running. I couldn't blow back through it with my mouth. I walked all the way home,got the air tank,blew through it,fuel gushed out. I hooked it back up,bled the injector pump and it started right up.
Next morning,I blew it out again,from the top down this time,changed the filters and headed out to cut again,this time a mile from home. It went good all morning,but when the wife took me back after dinner,I saw a little antifreeze on the toolbox and front hood latch. I figured it must have come off the overflow tube when it was cooling down or something. She left,I went across the field and half way back when BOOM! It looked like something from a tractor pulling greatest wrecks and fires video. The top radiator hose blew. Steam and antifreeze everywhere!
I had the cell phone with me this time. Called home and got the answering machine. I remembered she had said something about going to the grocery store,so I took the hose off real quick and headed for the road. I hadn't seen her go back by yet. I tried calling when I got out there,still no answer. I figure I might as well start walking,she'll either pick me up on her way home or she'll get the message and come and get me.
Half way home,she still hasn't shown up. I tried to call again,no answer. I get around the curve and can see the house,her truck's in the garage. Called again,no answer. I get almost to the corner and see her walking across the yard. I put my hands to my mouth and holler "Does that answering machine still beep when there's a message on it?".
She sees me and comes to the corner and picked me up.

Darned good thing I'm in better shape than I used to be.

Cutting weeds with the brush cutter broke string ok hop on tractor fire up bush hog had a bush so I thought it wasn't it was the top of a stump control on the right side and that's in a immobilizer ok shear bolt gone and wouldn't you know no shear bolts I guess the guy upstairs wants me to take Sunday off

It seems like the further you are away from home the more likely it is to break down.

Remember plowing a farm that was 10 miles from the house. You drove back through the farm which was along a river. It had nine fields, an none where bigger than 7 acres. The last field was one mile from the road. I was trying to get done before a rain so I was plowing late at night. about 2 am. I was in the last field which happened to be the very back one. Radiator hose blew on the tractor. This was way before cell phones. So I had to walk out. It was one of those nights where the wind was whistling up high but down low it is dead still and so cloudy that it was so dark you could not see anything, Zero moon or stars. It was real spooky walking out without an light. I had to walk over three miles to a neighbor's house that had a phone to call the wife to come and get me. She had to load up four kids as they could not be left alone.

When we got back to the house it dumped a big rain storm on us. We all where wet just going from the car to the house. We got 2 inches of rain by day light. So I had to walk back to the tractor as it was so muddy that you could not drive back. Of coarse the hose I got was the wrong one so I had to walk back out again. At least it was day light this time.

Couple that trouble for so few acres and the wild life damage around all those smaller fields I never planted that farm again after that spring. I still can remember the spooky feeling walking out of there.

Slime it and drive it!

Did you hear any coyotes while you were walking?One winter evening I walked thru the field to check on my cows,and as I was walking back,they took to howling.It sounded like they were 15 ft away,no moon,only about 1000 ft from the house.I was down in the hollow I had to cross to get back and walk uphill to the yard.I had a dim little flashlight,but man,those coyotes creeped me out.
I was cutting beans for my BIL,and was going quit for the night,so I parked the combine away from the truck,and was going to walk back over to the truck to bring it closer to the combine.But it was so dark I thought I might get lost,so I just took the mule(utv) back to the shop.It is amazing how dark it can be,even in familiar territory,and so easy to lose your bearings.Mark