[AT] Tire chains

[Herb Metz]

Farmer, I remember that.............because my reply/response was "when I 
was growing up on the farm in KS, Dad would get concerned about when to 
start cutting wheat.  Without fail, a neighbor who had the other half 
section (of that square mile), would be the first to start cutting, causing 
Dad to really get itchy. Normally two or three wheat harvesting days later, 
Dad would start harvest. And the wheat was just now ripe enough.  Quite 
often, a week or two later, our neighbor would be hauling wheat to town 
elevators; it was getting hot and he had to get rid of it".
For those unfamiliar with above: weather storms (hail, wind, rain) can 
destroy a crop of ripe wheat in a few minutes; a mild rain will swell the 
wheat berry, then the sun will dry and shrink the berry, now the wheat 
kernel is loose in the dried shell/hull, and a slight wind will blow the 
entire head to and from and the kernel may fall from the dried shell/hull.
Farmer, Barbara and I are enthused to know of your feeling better.
Herb(GA)

-----Original Message----- 
From: Indiana Robinson
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 11:52 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Tire chains

Hi Herb:
People used to ask me how I decided when to start spring tillage. I would
say that I would go out and drive around the neighborhood every day and
when I saw three guys out plowing I would go home and wait a week...  :-)


On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Herb Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:

> Mattias, my post was not very clear. First sentence was about European
> tractors (with tracks).  There was plenty of dirt on one or two because
> they
> were in a recently tilled field, and going very fast (and the dust was
> really flying).
> The other sentences were about stateside tractors that I mostly saw at
> Portland, IN show. They were clean and probably not used in the field, and
> if they had been in any mud they had since been thoroughly washed.
> Approx dozen years ago I passed up tracks for an Allis G; $1100 if memory
> serves.  Haven't seen another set since.
> They would probably see more use in snow country; they probably perform
> well
> in wet, muddy soil also, however tilling soil that is too wet will pack
> that
> ground preventing its being an ideal seed bed. Herb(GA)
>
>
> From: Mattias Kessén
>
> <snip>
>
> Herb,
> I wouldn't expect much mud, I think they we're mostly used in the forest
> during winter (before I was born). It would be mighty cool to have a setup
> like that though.
> Mattias
>
>
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