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Mike in MI

04-06-2007 17:40:43

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Photo of Jay with his new toy trying his 8640 out on dads farm today. I was surprized how dry it has gotten over the past few days. Between the high winds and cold freezing weather here must of helped somewhat. I was figuring it would be at least around the end of May before anyone would be able to turn ground over around this area. Have a Happy Easter
Mike.

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RayP(MI)

04-07-2007 14:14:05

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Re: Working clay ground in Michigan today. in reply to Mike in MI, 04-06-2007 17:40:43

Not in my part of Michigan! Worked over some sod with a disk, twice last week. But with the rains we've had, and the cold I'd either be diskung chunks or sittin on the axles! And with an open - no cab tractor, it's just too durn cold. Ground actually frozen in places. I can't begin to clean out barnyard.

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B-maniac

04-07-2007 20:44:57

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Re: Working clay ground in Michigan today. in reply to RayP(MI), 04-07-2007 14:14:05

Nice to see so many Michiganders on here! I live just east of Mt. Pleasant and we had heavy rains first of week and 4" of snow on thursday morn. No farmin' here. Last week ya could have got on a lot of fields but no reason to. Still snowin' today. Tryin' ta get the metal on son-in-laws pole barn roof. Funnnnn!

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midwest redneck

04-07-2007 02:43:22

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Re: Working clay ground in Michigan today. in reply to Mike in MI, 04-06-2007 17:40:43

where in Michigan are you at.? It is wet at my place too, but frozen. I am 15 miles from Flint.

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jhill52

04-06-2007 20:15:21

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Re: Working clay ground in Michigan today. in reply to Mike in MI, 04-06-2007 17:40:43

Wow thats amazing. The ground is saturated here near Caro. 35 mi east of Saginaw. Cold and blowing with a dusting of snow. No field work here for awhile.

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davpal

04-06-2007 21:00:27

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Re: Working clay ground in Michigan today. in reply to jhill52, 04-06-2007 20:15:21

No doubt it is wet in Michigan. We live right in the middle of the state and we got over 2 inches of rain wednsday and that is added to the 50 inches we probably got in the last 8 months. It is still a total swamp around here and even the tiled ground is totally saturated. Now it is 20 degrees and the ground is frozen again and snowing. I can't imagine planting anything around here this year if things don't do a complete 180 in the next few weeks. Around here the ground is as flat as a platter and the water does not roll off the hills. It sits on top, floods the crops and takes forever to drain or perk into the ground.

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rrlund

04-06-2007 18:37:51

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Re: Working clay ground in Michigan today. in reply to Mike in MI, 04-06-2007 17:40:43

The only ground I stirred up in Michigan today was with the manure spreader tires when they broke through about an inch of new frost in to the mud under it!

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tractormiallis

04-06-2007 18:25:25

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Re: Working clay ground in Michigan today. in reply to Mike in MI, 04-06-2007 17:40:43

Thats a different Michigan than what was at my place today north of GR. Snow showers all day, grey sky, windy, way too cold to ride a tractor, although i thought about disking and would have had it not snowed.

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Rick Kr

04-06-2007 18:19:01

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Re: Working clay ground in Michigan today. in reply to Mike in MI, 04-06-2007 17:40:43

Actually we are pretty dry here too (Flint/Lennon Mi). My problem, I hit a field tile with my post hole digger and this tile is the overflow for my pond and backyard. Pond is overflowing and yard is soaked. Other than that not too bad.

Rick

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John e.c.MI

04-06-2007 18:18:26

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Re: Working clay ground in Michigan today. in reply to Mike in MI, 04-06-2007 17:40:43

Where in Michigan are you located?

I sure wouldn't want to work clay ground if it's too wet.

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Mike in Mi

04-06-2007 18:46:35

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Re: Working clay ground in Michigan today. in reply to John e.c.MI, 04-06-2007 18:18:26

I'm located 38 miles south of Jackson, MI in Hillsdale county and about 8 mile North of the Ohio line. We had a light dusting of snow on the ground Wendsday morning when I got up but was all gone bye noon. I agree it's best to stay off clay ground when it's wet. (Like concrete after it dries.) It could be a little bit dryer but like last spring and fall we had so much rain in this area it was almost June getting in the fields last to worked it up. Some had to mud it in and mud it out in the fall. Mike

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tinyy

04-06-2007 18:07:23

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Re: Working clay ground in Michigan today. in reply to Mike in MI, 04-06-2007 17:40:43

What no snow there? We got a few flurries with just a dusting on the ground just north east of Grand Rapids.

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BLinWMI

04-06-2007 18:26:47

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Re: Working clay ground in Michigan today. in reply to tinyy, 04-06-2007 18:07:23

I am north of GR and there isn't a chance any one is working ground yet around here, been some spreading in the last couple weeks but nothing beyond that. Now talk about clay ground, my old farm up in Oceana countys Claybanks Township, it will be a long spell before there is any heavy tillage going on. It amazes me how ground can be different, at the home place to pull a 4 bottom in some fields took 2 3020s chained together, heck even the 5020 could handle a 5 16. But over here my 70 can pull the same 3 16 we used the most with our 3020.

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