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Steven f/AZ
04-15-2008 20:00:00
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Re: Back in ND farming! pics and videos 8630 JD and Flexi-Co in reply to IaGary, 04-15-2008 03:53:04
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IaGary said: (quoted from post at 03:53:04 04/15/08) Steven why do you plant spring wheat instead of winter wheat?
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Some neighbors have planted winter wheat and my brother-in-law has winter wheat as well. I think Dad's reasons are due to the historically lower price for the crop, and the fact that we are still haying when the winter wheat is ready to harvest. Dad is the kind of person who has done something his way for 30 years and is going to keep on doing it that way.
Had barley and oats many years ago, and we also had corn for a couple years, but planting wheat and selling for corn/oats/barley was more profitable. Usually have a few acres of hay barley for feed.
Wyokid said: (quoted from post at 09:31:35 04/15/08) Not super familair w/ farming in ND-but gut feeling is that no one has developed a winter wheat that will stand up to their winters. Cold doesn't begin to describe winter there, in fact most places up there don't even bury people in the winter, frost goes WAY deep- a couple of months of -10/-20 weather with no snow cover kinda discourages most fall planted crops.[/quote:99bc29eb19]
Winter wheat will work fine, you just need some fall moisture to get it sprouted so it will continue in the spring, and some snow cover helps. But that doesn't always happen... I have personally seen the thermometer at -35 degrees, and we went snowmobiling!
| massey333 said: (quoted from post at 15:20:32 04/15/08) How close is your dad to New England Steve?I used to know some people that farmed south and west of there,plus have bought a couple old tractors from there.Seems there was better looking ground up around Dickinson than south of N.E.and around Amidon.I said looking not any better maybe thou. |
We are about 14 miles from New England, near the Rainy Buttes (see them in the pics). About 20 miles from Amidon, I think. Best farming ground in our area is Mott and Regent areas.
[quote:99bc29eb19="rexhellwig"](quoted from post at 16:26:42 04/15/08)Here in SE Kansas, the water pipes to our homes are about two feet deep. In Waterloo, Iowa, I see some buried around five feet deep. I hate to think how deep they are in North Dakota to keep from freezing. |
I believe our pipes are 5 or 6 feet down at minimum. During a good cold snap, with temps around -25 and a nice 40 mph wind the pipes in the wall of the house would freeze. Had to leave the faucets dripping at night to keep the water moving! Thawing cattle waterers is another job I don't miss.
[quote:99bc29eb19="1 Dollar"](quoted from post at 18:02:52 04/15/08) Im just curious, what kinda updates and whatnot have been done to the 8630 over the years? We have a 1-owner 4630 still in the family, 5200 hrs. |
Had a 40 series 6-619 put in around 4000 hours, currently has something like 8400 hours on it. The hydraulic filters, oil filters, fuel filters, etc. are all updated to the 40 series. When we buy filters we ask for 8640... I don't think there are any other types of updates, don't believe the transmission or rearend has ever been opened up. We bought it from a neighbor that was really picky about caring for his equipment, put about 220 hours a year on it.
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