[AT] stuck machinery

[Gene Dotson]

    Ralph;

    Can only feel compassion for the hopelessness of some of these 
situations.

    We are still very dry here in Western, Ohio. Fall tillage is going very 
slow. Local IH dealer has a hard time keeping chisel plow shanks in stock.

    I finished my plowing 2 weeks ago. Used my 65 horsepower Case 700 with a 
2 bottom 16 inch plow. Had to add 200 pounds of tractor weights to the rear 
of the plow to keep it in the ground. Pulled up clods bigger than 
basketballs with the plow. We did get 1 inch of rain on Tuesday and more 
forecast for middle of next week.

    The dry ground made for an easy harvest. Trucks and grain carts anywhere 
in the fields. Even saw one guy unloading on the go into a semi truck. Never 
seen that before. Guess the grain cart couldn't keep up. Crop yields here 
were good and low moisture. Further west of us the crops were late getting 
planted and yields were low due to excessive rain in early spring, then a 
dry late summer. Lots of wheat planted just waiting for rain to get started.

                        Gene



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 12:15 PM
Subject: [AT] stuck machinery


>I may have mentioned the fact that we have been dealing with the wettest 
>growing season in recorded history. This website has a few pictures of 
>local farmers who had the misfortune to get stuck in the mud and have 
>pictures taken of it.
> http://www.stuckinthemuck.com/allphotos.php
> New photos are coming in every day lately and I'm wondering who of my 
> neighbours will be next to show up there.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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