Farm life

[reeltime]

Been mowing one of my pastures for 4 hours and been waiting for the sunrise and as always it never disappoints.

 

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[airedale]

 

John Denver – Thank God I'm A Country Boy Lyrics

from album: Back Home Again (1974)

Well, life on the farm is kinda laid back
Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack
It's early to rise, early in the sack
Thank God, I'm A Country Boy

Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
A raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank God I'm a country boy

When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin' up the bow
The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low
Thank God I'm a country boy

I'd play "Sally Goodin'" all day if I could
But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good
So I fiddle when I can, work when I should
Thank God, I'm a country boy

Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
Thank God I'm A country boy

Well I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels
I never was one of them money hungry fools
I'd rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools
Thank God I'm a country boy

Yeah, city folk drivin' in a black limousine
A lotta sad people thinkin' that's a mighty keen
Son, let me tell ya now exactly what I mean
I thank God I'm a country boy

Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy

Well, my fiddle was my daddy's til the day he died
And he took me by the hand and held me close to his side
He said... 'Live a good life and play my fiddle with pride
And thank God you're a country boy"

My daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle
He taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle
Taught me how to love and how to give just a little
Thank God I'm a country boy

Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy

[sodfather]

12 minutes ago, reeltime said:

 

Been mowing one of my pastures for 4 hours and been waiting for the sunrise and as always it never disappoints.

 

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Looks like a good spot to goose hunt 

[Arcade Hunter]

Looks like a Farmall H ?  I have a lot of hours on my 53 Super H making hay.  

[nybuckboy]

I hope you wear hearing protection. These old tractors are the culprit for farmer hearing loss... generally worse in the left ear from constantly turning your head to the right to check the implement tracking behind you. 

[landtracdeerhunter]

Still have all your thumbs?  Ever plow with a trycicle?

[stubborn1VT]

Been helping my buddy with a big batch of 2nd cut this week.  He makes his living selling hay.  He has mowed 70-80 acres since Sunday.  I haven't got to do any tractor work, just hauling and unloading wagons.  I have farmed pretty much my whole life.  We've really been going after it, running 2 tedders, 2 rakes, 2 square balers and one round baler.  If the weather holds, this hay will be big bonus for him.  I will be glad when the days are too short to bale hay and I can focus on firewood and getting the rest of my stand ready for bow season.

[reeltime]

Looks like a Farmall H ?  I have a lot of hours on my 53 Super H making hay.  

Super MTA one of the few around. Was my dads favorite tractor since the day we finished the full restoration of it 25 years ago.

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[reeltime]

Still have all your thumbs?  Ever plow with a trycicle?

I have more hours on a trycicle than I care to remember. So far another 6.5 hrs today.

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[reeltime]

Been helping my buddy with a big batch of 2nd cut this week.  He makes his living selling hay.  He has mowed 70-80 acres since Sunday.  I haven't got to do any tractor work, just hauling and unloading wagons.  I have farmed pretty much my whole life.  We've really been going after it, running 2 tedders, 2 rakes, 2 square balers and one round baler.  If the weather holds, this hay will be big bonus for him.  I will be glad when the days are too short to bale hay and I can focus on firewood and getting the rest of my stand ready for bow season.

Weeks like this in Sept. Are darn rare, I laid down another 1/5 th of my hay here in pa and there are tons of hay hitting the ground this week here. But doing it lol alone I am not 20 anymore so 3 or 400 bales is about my limit per day anymore.

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[UpStateRedNeck]

2 hours ago, nybuckboy said:

I hope you wear hearing protection. These old tractors are the culprit for farmer hearing loss... generally worse in the left ear from constantly turning your head to the right to check the implement tracking behind you. 

What?!

No, seriously, didn't hear you.

[reeltime]

I hope you wear hearing protection. These old tractors are the culprit for farmer hearing loss... generally worse in the left ear from constantly turning your head to the right to check the implement tracking behind you. 

Nope. All my tractors have good mufflers and are rarely if ever roaring wide open. I need to hear what is going on with the machine and implement when in operation. A lot of times you can get it shut down before it comes apart if you hear something happening.

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[UpStateRedNeck]

2 hours ago, reeltime said:

 

Been mowing one of my pastures for 4 hours and been waiting for the sunrise and as always it never disappoints.

 

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I really miss it on mornings like this.  Stuck in an office.  I know I'm remembering through some Rosey glasses, but I miss time with my grandfather on the farm.  Just glad I still get to do this sort of thing with my dad once in a while.  Hope my girls get the privilege of doing so someday too.

[reeltime]

Finely finished the small pasture. Now onto the next one to mow till the dew burns off so I can rake and bale hay.
A pic just for you moog50 I never go anywhere without my bottle. Lol.

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[Jeremy K]

9 minutes ago, reeltime said:

Nope. All my tractors have good mufflers and are rarely if ever roaring wide open. I need to hear what is going on with the machine and implement when in operation. A lot of times you can get it shut down before it comes apart if you hear something happening.

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Good thinking ,it's always easier to replace your hearing then a tractor part. 

[The_Real_TCIII]

2 hours ago, reeltime said:

 

Been mowing one of my pastures for 4 hours and been waiting for the sunrise and as always it never disappoints.

 

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Is that fog on the lake in the background? Great pic!

[The_Real_TCIII]

21 minutes ago, reeltime said:

Finely finished the small pasture. Now onto the next one to mow till the dew burns off so I can rake and bale hay.
A pic just for you moog50 I never go anywhere without my bottle. Lol.

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Can confirm; that Mountain Dew bottle is always kicking around RTs boat!

[Arcade Hunter]

31 minutes ago, reeltime said:

Super MTA one of the few around. Was my dads favorite tractor since the day we finished the full restoration of it 25 years ago.

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Absolutely a fine machine...  I always wanted an MD but never found one in my price zone.  I was always red over green...ha ha

[The_Real_TCIII]

3 hours ago, sodfather said:

Looks like a good spot to goose hunt 

Agreed! Call us when the sky carp show up and we will be there in a flash!

[UpStateRedNeck]

We're rocking a Ford 3000, 8N, and a Massey Furgason 65 diesel right now.  Just put a grand into the Massey, head gasket, radiator etc.  

[reeltime]

Is that fog on the lake in the background? Great pic!

No sir that would be fog on the Allegheny River

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[reeltime]

Love my Farmall C run it all day on a gallon of gas

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[reeltime]

I've had enough! Last load is in the barn and can wait till the am to get put away. Ended up with 504 bales, perfect since I baled with my 504 tractor. Might have to buy my first ever lottery ticket.

Came back to get my truck and trailer and my yard inspectors were out front and didn't even care I was there.

 

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[Arcade Hunter]

I was dropping them on the ground too... hated the field clearing part of the job and I a sure this is why my back will never be the same.  Actually have to handle each bale twice.  The horses didn't mind at all though..

[UpStateRedNeck]

Is that an old Hayliner?  Takes me back.  Blisters on the hands, sunburn on the back of the neck, arms covered in little hay-needle marks.  Spend an hour in the creek down in the valley by falls getting the sting of the burn out in 50 degree water.  Certain amount of Darwinism involved in haying with a 70+ year old man from age 12 to 30 every summer.  RIP Grumps, hope you're navigating your Flying Tiger over the Himalayas somewhere in the afterlife.