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Dave H (MI)

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than trying to do a project outside on a day when it is supposed to rain "later in the day". Keep watching the sky. Wind comes up and I grab the tools and pack it in...nothing happens. Clouds get heavy, same thing. Felt a raindrop...ditto. Just checked radar...looks like it is serious this time. Maybe it will pass by tomorrow and I can get at least ONE of these projects done!
 
Well, Dave, its raining here just south of Gregory but most of the thunder seems to be coming out of the south. We just got back from Jackson and its raining there.
 
It held off here long enough to bale that last 25 acres of hay. I was sprinkling the last pass across the field then cut loose as soon as I was done.
Had a casualty. I had to rake with the 1850 because I'm still waiting for the clutch for the 1550. I made three rounds and clubbed a woodchuck hole hard and the tractor started whining and growling and I lost the steering and hydraulics. I just put a PTO shaft in it a year ago and a pump two months ago,so I have a good hunch I lost a cotter pin out of the gear that drives the pump and the shaft slid out of the needle bearings when I hit the hole. I had to wrestle the rake off the 3pt without the tractor running and put it on the 1365,but it's done. Now I can spend the day tomorrow taking the top off the transmission and rear end to see for sure what happened.
 
Was out to the farm working on the old barn door when it started to rain. Ran to the pickup, windows were open, shotgun laying on the cover of pickup as I planned on shooting a few clays later. Put gun in pickup through passenger side door, reached across, turned key on to close windows. Went back to work in barn. Later, time to go home, hummmm, pickup switch on, doors locked, cell phone inside. Jumped on tractor and buzzed over to neighbor to see if I could borrow a vehicle to go home and get a key. Nobody home. came back to farm, wife trying to figure out how to get door open. I looked things over, no way. Found enough extension cords to reach house, got out the Dewalt side grinder, ground off head of rivet holding extended cab window and could reach door latch. I wouldn't make a good burglar I guess.
 
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