Wheat cutting like it was 1975 ".....

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Wheat cutting like it was 1975 ".....

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Wrapping up wheat harvest... Got rained out today :(
The 62 got plenty of road time.... My father in law drove it
And my 65 Chebby for the first half of harvest
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The combines are about 1973 vintage... One gas, the other diesel
They are tiny compared to what the neighbors run :o
A new combine & header can cost a half a million dollars
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I have about $7000 total invested in the 2 trucks & 2 combines
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But I don't farm a 1/5 of what they do.....
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When my youngest graduates we might go bigger
He wants to farm & teach highschool Ag classes


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I miss those days. I worked for a farmer when I was in high school and college. We had a 63 Ford wheat truck with a low/high axle and some brakes. When it was fully loaded, you had to use caution on braking. We ran an old JD combine and later added an old Gleaner.

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Using it last fall to haul seed wheat to fill the grain drill
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Using it last year to haul milo
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Awesome! Old farts (trucks) rule!
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Pat you hauled Milo? without Otis? :P

Dude I hope you are killin those big guys using the old classic equipment... ;)
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foodstick wrote:Pat you hauled Milo? without Otis? :P

Dude I hope you are killin those big guys using the old classic equipment... ;)


I don't know if I'm killing them.....
But it seems like I make them real happy :D
They point at me and just laugh & laugh :?
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They might laugh and laugh but they still gotta pay the note........yours is paid for , all profit. :D
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Great pics Pat. Glad to see you all ''Got R Done''. TR
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Actually..... Just finished today
Cut a small patch we had left at moms
Then I went over to a neighbor & finished his field
as his combine had broken down.....
Last round raindrops were falling
Got home & put em in the shed & started raining GOOD !
Sure welcome moisture for the beans , corn , alfalfa !
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That`s great to hear Pat, a bumper crop too I hope!....is that last pic the paddock we had the photos taken in with you and Colleen? :D
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Almost....
Just on the other side of the river....

That milo crop was my last year I got to rent that land
The owner is going to let her grandson farm it
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[b]'' I think what scares me the most about you guys is that I understand you '' ..... KID
'' lookin good, a little paint adds at least 100hp!'' ....... COOTER
'' well an old guy can dream cant he? ''............ICEMAN
''I would donate organs before selling my slick''........ HOOFBEAT RACER
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