Jim D4&6: Liked your pictures of unloading grain bags. I had no idea how it was done. Now you need to show us how you load the bags. Thanks. Darrol

I really like the idea of bags. We use some for extra corn silage every year and the book on the bagger says we can use it for high moisture grain, but by the time we are combining grain, the moisture is low enough, I didn't think it would ensile in the bag like it's supposed to.

On the other hand, talked to a fellow here in Alabama that used bags this year and he said his beans and corn that he put in at around 15-16% did fine for the month or two he left in in there. I would have thought it would mold without any aeration and moisture too low to ensile. I know lots of places the weather is plenty cold to protect the grain at that kind of moisture or even higher until spring when it warms up. Not in Alabama though! We're usually combining when it's still hot in late September or early October.

Now if someone could just invent a good way to keep the deer, racoons and crows out of the bags, I would feel better using them. We're taking advantage of the neighbor's watchdogs to keep our silage bags safe!

Jim- that is interesting I never knew such a thing existed. Never heard of anything like that around here but we dont have any really long hauls usually 15 miles max and there usually isnt much waiting in line at the elevator.

"Haole wrote:

Really great pictures..Nice collection of iron. And I like the Fergi too, of course I have an old M.F. 135. That's another fine piece of engineering. That Perkins Diesel is a wonderful engine. Really enjoyed your pictures!

Cant say as though the masseys are any favorite of mine, way to many break downs and hard to work on. But regardless here are some more pics for you.

275 spraying

Parked and tarped for a hard freeze

The 275 has been a very useful tractor for odd jobs with its front end loader

1155 harrowing

move alot of the bigger equipment around and on the roads with it since the cats obviously cant go down the pavement and go slow.

No fluid in its tires anymore so heavy work is hard for it, but we usually plow firebreaks around the combines during harvest and it does okay with 6 bottoms if the ground is nice and level.

Hi North Hidaho Farmer. two questions are those breakbacks for rocks on your ploughs. The depth wheels on your spray rigs do you leave them on when late applications are applied on advanced crops thanks. Atlas

Atlas- that massey plow has hydraulic reset bottoms. We dont spray tall crops at all, we usually dont need any fungicide or anything like that on wheat but when needed we have it custom applied with a self propelled sprayer, they also spay the insecticide on legumes in the late stages of growth. We used to be able to get an airplane to do all that but no one will spray my area by air after a couple incidents 6-7 years ago.


Okay here is something that many people will probably find interesting. Just east of the farm about 7 miles down on the north fork of the clearwater river sits the Dworshak Dam.



It was built in the late 60s until completed in 1973. 700ft high it is the largest straight axis dam in North America.



The 54 mile long lake formed in the canyon behind the dam. Because of this lake we have to deal with lots of motorhomes, boats, etc. on the roads headed for the state park in the summer.



all the hydroelectric power generated gets run up the mountain to the substation which they built here in a neighbors field.



then two of these big power lines leave the substation, one west and is the one seen in some of my pics from the lower ground. Luckily they built all the towers on scab patches down there so we dont have to farm around any of them. The other heads north right near our easternmost ground

small world-- we don't have hi dams in the flat land- but this one was built in 1920-abandoned in 64- 10 years ago revived by a couple guys from calif- they bought the gen equip from russia - a gentleman from Idaho power helped us keep the 2 russian engineers straight-since it went on line it's my pastime to keep it going----ps-- no huge electric towers here- just windmills--something like 90 east & guess more than 100 west of me- looks like when they get more money they will connect over me[outfit from portugal] had a meeting last year to give everybody notice but haven't seen any contracts yet.. makes it a little tough on skydivers & ultra lights though..they light up all the towers blinking red lights on and off together so the whole skyline blinks in syncro--

Thanks for the info.....was wondering about the transmission towers shown in several of your pictures.

"Haole wrote:

Really great pictures..Nice collection of iron. And I like the Fergi too, of course I have an old M.F. 135. That's another fine piece of engineering. That Perkins Diesel is a wonderful engine. Really enjoyed your pictures!

Hey Haole Cat!! How are things on the Big Island?? The wife & I were on Oahu in early November on our 4th trip to the Islands....haven't got over to your Big Island yet......really looking forward to that on another trip. One of the neighbors traded a D6B off for a new D5SA years ago.....the D6B ended up being sold to an outfit in Hawaii ......worked in the cane fields if I remember right. I have just the thing for those of you back east that are
sick & tired of shoveling the 20 or 30 inches of 'global warming' off of your
driveway.....something to take your minds off the mountains of snow. Had a great time with these guys on the Na Hoku...



Did the hike to the top of Diamond Head......took this shot of the Diamond
Head Light from the top:



The weather was great.....sunny and 85 each day with a 100% chance of
afternoon blended margarita's. Checked out the action in the surf.....they
start 'em young over there;



Spectacular scenery.......the Byodo-In Temple at Kahalu'u:



Some of the scenery was more spectacular than others:

"tanker" wrote:

small world-- we don't have hi dams in the flat land- but this one was built in 1920-abandoned in 64- 10 years ago revived by a couple guys from calif- they bought the gen equip from russia - a gentleman from Idaho power helped us keep the 2 russian engineers straight-since it went on line it's my pastime to keep it going----ps-- no huge electric towers here- just windmills--something like 90 east & guess more than 100 west of me- looks like when they get more money they will connect over me[outfit from portugal] had a meeting last year to give everybody notice but haven't seen any contracts yet.. makes it a little tough on skydivers & ultra lights though..they light up all the towers blinking red lights on and off together so the whole skyline blinks in syncro--

Yo Tanker......getting to be a lot of wind turbines out our way too. It's been
a good deal for the local Cat dealership ( Halton Tractor)......they have been
real busy taking care of the outfits putting the wind farms in. As you can
see from this shot, a lot of dirt had to be moved ( access roads & site prep)
before the turbines could go up. Check out the turbine at the lower right of
the frame......look for the white pickup at the base....gives a good idea of the
size of these Bad Boy's;



These turbines are over in Washington near Goldendale......took these on a recent trip up to Seattle. A little different installation than in the flat lands
of the mid west:



Had the hood up on this one.....looked like a hoist arrangement set up to lift
something up......I know a guy who does turbine maintenance; I need to pick
his brain about what exactly they are doing with this.

98j;52060 wrote:

Yo Tanker......getting to be a lot of wind turbines out our way too. It's been
a good deal for the local Cat dealership ( Halton Tractor)......they have been
real busy taking care of the outfits putting the wind farms in. As you can
see from this shot, a lot of dirt had to be moved ( access roads & site prep)
--- it's been real good for local cement people- can't believe a semi load of rebar and 100+ yards of high dollar cement under each one- think all the ones round hear are GE- top part is boxier than in your pics- rigs hauling tower parts from rail head- are a sight to see-= I started counting axles- think they are 36 wheelers- still to heavy for local roads- so they just pay to fix after they tear them up..there is 1 weird one[private party] that has no gearbox to give trouble- but it's a 6 phase alternator - converted to DC then back to 3 phase AC to feed grid- seems like a long way around the bush..