Farm Equipment....

[jsbmaine]

Here's 2 of the tractors, Ford 7610 II w/ Kuhn bale grinder and a New Holland TL-100 4X4 w/ bale hugger. Both rather tired... not a whole lot of money in dairy any more.
The third is the little one in the last thread.

[ripple]

Nice pics
Hows the firewood sales going this winter?

[jsbmaine]

Thanks,

I sold all the firewood I could afford to (actually too much) before Thanksgiving. I heat entirely with wood, so now I am scrambling to get more for home! It's amazing how the price has gone up too, some guys are getting $300 per cord delivered.

And, for that matter, sawdust is up too- $22 a cord last I checked.

The joys of winter in Maine.....

BTW, where in PA are you. I grew up in West Chester. (Chester County) and then farmed near Honeybrook for 2 years before I moved up here.

[jaybird]

boy that looks cold.

[jsbmaine]

boy that looks cold.

It was about 38 when I took the picture. Right now it's in the mid 20's, tonight it will be colder.

[jaybird]

man you are one tuff hammer-knocker. tractors also.

[Travis Followell]

How's the hay sales going? What do you get per roll?

[jsbmaine]

Well, all the dry hay round bales are gone, have about 100 balage still, but most will be going, and have sold all but 300 small squares....
In other words, GREAT!
This was a wet spring, hence the balage. Chopped a lot too, but the cows get that.....

Jeff

[zim bob the landscaper]

do you like to farm alot of work and hours to run one i here do you have people to help you or you work by yourself?

[jsr2741]

not a whole lot of money in dairy any more.

I grew up on a dairy from in Northern MO. From time to time I wonder how the business has faired since I left it. Sorry to hear it isn't doing to well anymore. My family made a good living when we were still in it.

Nice equipment.

[jsbmaine]

do you like to farm alot of work and hours to run one i here do you have people to help you or you work by yourself?

I do like farming, and it is a lot of work. I average 60 hours a week in the winter, and 90 or more in the summer. However, this year I'm cutting back on the farming and going to start cutting more grass... Hopefully eventually I can get to the point where the landscaping is primary income and I can just keep a few cows instead of taking care of so many.....

There are three of us on this farm, but often we each work independantly.

Really farmers don't work any harder than a landscaper during his peak season, the reason farming is harder overall is that there are no days off.

[n2h20]

how many cows do you have?

[chuckers]

Are you milking Guernsey or Holsteins? we have black angus or self

[Travis Followell]

Just curious but what kind of mowers do you run?

[True Cut Lawn Maintenance]

Farming is just as hard or harder, you wont b*tch about loading leaves once youve loaded a couple semi's worth of hogs.

[bowhunter1432]

Awsome pics thanx for sharing them.

[DUSTYCEDAR]

BTW, where in PA are you. I grew up in West Chester.
i am just over the hill from WC
not to many farms left here they r all housing now

[jsbmaine]

how many cows do you have?

milking 34 right now, total of just under 100 animals on the farm

[jsbmaine]

Just curious but what kind of mowers do you run?

This past season I had a scag walk behind, but it got so old and tired I just bought a Bunton to replace it. Haven't even picked it up yet.

For the haying I run a NH 1411 discbine, and sometimes rent a 1431 center pivot. pulled with the tl-100 you see above.

[jsbmaine]

BTW, where in PA are you. I grew up in West Chester.
i am just over the hill from WC
not to many farms left here they r all housing now


Yeah, I farmed in Chester and Del counties for 5 years before moving up here. I keep thinking about heading back (much less winter) but I don't know what I would do. Nowhere to farm anymore, and an awful lot of guys cutting grass........

In the winter I used to sub for one of the guys plowing the QVC complex.

[Travis Followell]

This past season I had a scag walk behind, but it got so old and tired I just bought a Bunton to replace it. Haven't even picked it up yet.

For the haying I run a NH 1411 discbine, and sometimes rent a 1431 center pivot. pulled with the tl-100 you see above.
We run 2 JD discbines. An older 9' 1460 and a fairly new 925 moco 9'. We run mostly JD equipment. We have 2 6200's, 1- 4wd, loader, open station and the other is a 2 wd with a cab. We also have a new 6420 4 wd, cab, ldr and a 7410 4wd with cab. We're thinking of selling the 7410 and buying back a nice IH 886 or 986 with a cab.

[TreeSqueak]

Good for you. It's a tough way to make a living...Don't know if there is much harder than dairy farming day in and day out. Hard work, long hours, little money. But the satisfaction from doing what you love makes it all worth it...