Like IH1470 I check this thread daily or more and very little else. I really thank NIF, 98J, Atlas and countless others who have contributed to this thread. The pictures of my brothers 95H are all I have had to contribute because I quit farming before digital cameras and didn't take many film pictures prior to 1983. As with many things, our way of life had been in motion for over 100 years, so, we never thought it would end and saw no need to document it.

I really appreciate the TIME (photos & text) that has been contributed by all so that strangers to most of you could enjoy and learn about the different ways of life within the farming community.

Thank You again for your time.

Casey

Tad, Here are some pics of me chiseling this fall. I made my chisel wider to better match the D6. Now that I know my extentions won't break off I'll paint them (I need to paint my dust nose too). It was 15' and now it's 23' witch is about right with points runing 8" deep in 6th. There is a pic of what it looked like after I mowed but before I chiseled and one after I chiseled. There is also a pic of my fall wheat (Legacy) with the Blue Mountains in the background. Also check out this really steep piece I'm cutting with my level land.

Bruce

My goodness Bruce. You have to be one tough son of a gun to hang on to the steering wheel inside that combine. I'd be rattling around like a jellybean inside a salt shaker.

Kind of funny though. How did you get that wheat to grow sideways?

Casey

Bruce- more good pics you added, if you get the air scoop on the nose painted on the C it will be a very sharp looking tractor. We have a nice shiny yellow air scoop for our D6C hanging in the shed never have used it though, one of the very first things after buying the tractor and hauling it home I climbed on it and unbolted the scoop and took it off.


Here are two pics I took today here, turned out a nice day for a change, temperature in the teens most of the day and sunny. I always find it disappointing that the camera cant capture the super bright look of the snow when the sun shines. The first pic is on chiseled ground that was not harrowed so it has stubble sticking up 12-16inches and is completely covered up most places.





Next three pics are not mine, they belong to a friend nearby, these pics were actually less than a mile from some of our ground. Running a late model 6602 in grass seed this summer. Grass seed is their specialty and they grow kentucky and canadian bluegrass as well as some brome and something else it seems like as well. The swathing is mainly done at night and early morning or on cloudy days when the humidity is above 30% because too much seed comes off when the humidity is lower. They also run a 1983 6622.

"D4Jim" wrote:

Good Lord, those are steep hills. Thanks for posting 98j.

Is the feed auger an add on from another manufacturer or does Draper make that too? What drill spacing do you use when planting? Mostly 10" or 12" here in KS.

Hey D4Jim! The spacing depends. When I use my Model B's, it's a 7" spacing:


If the moisture is crummy, I roll on the depth bands and dust it.



If the moisture is such that I can reach it with the double disks ( the B's are DD)
then the bands come off & I sock the spring tension to them;

If the moisture is too deep for the B's.........out come the HZ's......the spacing
on them is 16"








Had some real good luck with them on this crop;

Almost all of Wasco Co. has switched to no till....the spacing on the drills used in
that process are predominately 12" There is some Yellow Paint at work in the county:

The hot tractor here now however ( and this pains me as I bleed Cat Yellow)
is the Quad Trac. These Bad Boys will really handle the big loads that come with
no till.....especially the turning;





This one is my son in law's:



The working width is 45 feet......the spacing is 12" using Anderson Openers
& 4.5" press wheels:

As you can see.......it handles the steep ground real well:

Most of the no till units are hoe types like the one seen above. There are a few
disk types being used. You need lots of speed on them to make them work .......
6mph plus vs about 4.2 to 4.5 (max) on the hoe drills. Seeing some good results with these units & I expect to see more of them around here in the future: