Archive for the ‘Equipment - Power’ Category
February 5, 2010 – New Tiller!
We’ve been thinking and starting to prepare for a while about a new way of growing our crops. We want to get rid of the monolithic blocks and instead garden in four foot wide beds separated by grass/sod strips. The mental and physical energy to manage 4 foot wide steps seems easier in ...Read more.
September 14, 2009 – Gettin’ the Cub Runnin’
We’re swapping time and goods for Farmall Cub repair. A few years ago the fan belt pulley froze up.
The initial look-see is starting. We’re replacing many other things as we’re at it – including plugs, points, condenser, rotor, fuel filter etc. It will be nice to get this tractor running again.
one year ago…”School Farm Tours”
February 8, 2008 – Bonus Poo!
What better to do on a 50 degree day than shovel out the barn. Today’s photos are all courtesy of Martin!
The barn floor was getting kind of ripe. Usually, it means adding another layer, but the warm day and melting snow afforded another option – removal!
Since some of the snow was gone, but still not ...Read more.
November 21, 2008 – Sweet Sound of Success
It was a sweet sound to hear the tractor crank, start and turn off after replacing the solenoid!
I could then proceed to the original task, getting the blade on the tractor in preparation for snow. That to is accomplished and we are ready!
one year ago…”First Snow”.
November 19, 2008 – Tractor Repair
I called the John Deere dealer to see if they could tell me what was wrong with the tractor (the starter would keep cranking even when the key was out) and they said it sounded like a bad solenoid.
I’m not much of a motorhead, and only had a vague idea of what a solenoid did ...Read more.
October 29, 2008 – Tractor Repair
The last few times I’ve used the 2510, there has been a smell of coolant – I was able to see that it was a relatively small leak, so I let it go until a later time. That time was today.
I hadn’t yet dug into the tractor, so I had to figure out how to ...Read more.
September 29, 2008 – Corn and Bean Harvest
Most of the neighboring farmers are out in force now harvesting soybeans. The corn was planted very late and is not yet dried down.
The scale of today’s commodity agriculture is exemplified in this photo – a modern tractor and wagon to transport the beans to the elevator can l no longer fit in the barn ...Read more.
August 25, 2008 – Good Old Small Town Life
There are some good things about small towns and knowing your neighbors. This tiller exemplifies one such experience.
We share a small tiller with a colleauge of Linda’s at work. He acquires the tillers and we store and maintain them and he comes out once a year to pick it up and use it. He just ...Read more.
July 23, 2008 – Food Sealer
After going through two different brands of food vacuums, this year we upgraded to a slightly more substantial model.
So far, so good – here are some dried cherries and dried shiitake mushrooms just off the press!
one year ago…”Hops Progress”
May 28, 2008 – New Car for the Girls!
I’ve been looking for a few months for a car for the girls to drive (very soon I hope!) and finally found one that looked like a good deal! I thought I’d use it as an opportunity to get a 4wd vehicle as we don’t have any all-wheel drive cars, and sure could use ...Read more.
May 6, 2008 – Out with the Old, In with the New
Late last fall the old electric fence charger gave up the ghost. I didn’t go to great lengths to investigate why it stopped working as it looks as though it dates to only a few years after the invention of the incandescent light bulb.
I didn’t go to great lengths to investigate why it stopped working as it ...Read more.
April 29, 2008 – More Loader Benefits
I don’t have a long trailer, so when I fetch cattle panels (16 ft long), I usually put them on racks on top of the pickup and topper. It’s kind of a pain to load and unload from such a height, but it was the only way to get them home. When I went ...Read more.
April 15, 2008 – Utility Boy-to-Be?
The last cleanup from the March ‘07 ice storm is taking place. I saw the utility trucks picking up some old poles that have been laying in the ditch and asked if they could bring some over (you never know who or when you could use some 20+ foot poles)!
They dropped some poles off ...Read more.
April 6, 2008 – Tree Gone
After a day and a half of cutting, dragging, and hauling, I had removed all the portions of the tree g that are reasonable to handle for firewood. I was left with a big long stump. Since it is a soft silver maple, it is not good for lumber, so I needed to drag it ...Read more.
