[AT] : Re: Good tractor day

[Bob McNitt]

Joe - You're right about deals this year. Our local JD dealer told me he was 
expecting some good tractor & equipment buys once spring weather gets here.
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>I think Gene's comment about cabin fever abouts sums things up.? I was 
>having a hard time this winter, then was able to spend a week in the 
>Bahammas and now everything doesn't look so bad.? At least the suns shining 
>here in Michigan again.??Now I'm just waiting for the flowers to 
>start?coming out of the ground so?I know there's still hope for the world.
>
> I'm also anxious to get back on a tractor, I'm afraid all?the tires are 
> still frozen to the ground right?now, but they should?be mobil in another 
> month or so.?Hopefully, once everyone is able to get out and move around a 
> little bit, we can all start focusing on tractors again.? I'm predicting 
> with the scrap prices down and the economy in the tank, there should be 
> some good deals in the spring.
>
> Enjoy, Joe
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Dotson <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 10:52 am
> Subject: Re: [AT] : Re: Good tractor day
>
>
>
>
>    Farmer;
>    I have been taking advantage of the cold mornings by cutting firewood.
> Have access to neighbor's woods behind me to cut downed trees for wood. 
> Been
> cutting a little along all winter to get by as the snow would allow, The
> snow all melted 2 weeks ago during the warm spell we had in February. Now
> the last week of freezing nights has made the ground solid enough to be 
> able
> to get back to cutting. Have a good selection of red and black oak and ash
> and hickory cut and hauled to my woods waiting to be split when the ground
> dries up. Now have a pile about 8 feet high, 12feet wide and 15 feet long
> redy for the splitter. Been using the little Case V and my homemade dump
> trailer to haul it out. Both the tractor and trailer are very narrow, so
> real handy getting through the woods. Can haul about 3/4 cord on each load
> and have 9 loads on the pile, plus about 4 loads I have hauled to the 
> barn.
> Should be in good shape for next year.
>    Unfortunately, the hydraulic on the tractor has gotten so weak that it
> won't dump the trailer any longer so I have to unload it by hand, the same
> way I load it. The exercise has gotten me into pretty good shape and no
> cabin fever.
>
>                Gene
>
>
>
> -
> The weather is finally breaking here and I'm kind of chomping at the
> bit to get some things done. For all of the global warming it seems to
> these old bones that this winter has been really bitter. Lots and lots
> of wind. I was moving the last of the round bales last week to sell
> them to a regular hay customer and a couple for our horses and I got a
> few moved and the cold wind just got to be too much. I stopped and
> waited a day for less wind. It "might" hit 50 today and possibly mid
> 60's in a few days. That sure beats that 10 with high winds a few
> nights ago.
>
>
>
> -- 
> "farmer"
>
> "Good clean muck never hurt nobody!!!"
> Morris Moulterd
>
>
> Hay and Straw Exchange (Buy it, sell it and trade it.)
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>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
>
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