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  • silver_bullet
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    Originally posted by SuperBuickGuy View Post

    farming (or ranching for that matter) is not for the faint of heart.... it's one of the few professions that you work all year and could have worse-then-nothing to show for it...
    I fully agree... with the inability to control weather, fuel and supply prices or the final market value, it's a crapshoot.... I come from a very large family of farmers, and those who do not farm, support farming in other ways(transportation(either trucking or shipping), grain processing, feed and grain, implements, or mechanical/electrical repair....) this season is hard on all of us...this is our life and land, and we wouldn't have it any other way...

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    Originally posted by silver_bullet View Post
    Farmers are having a really rough patch this year... My heart goes out to them....
    farming (or ranching for that matter) is not for the faint of heart.... it's one of the few professions that you work all year and could have worse-then-nothing to show for it...

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  • silver_bullet
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    Farmers are having a really rough patch this year... My heart goes out to them....

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    I was watching Welker farms and they were talking about the rain during his video - and he must have quoted you "well, it's not enough rain to really saturate the soil but it's enough to tamp down what's already there" ... tamp down? It's been a year of weather, some places didn't get all their planting down because it was so wet....

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  • STINEY
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    I was just noticing today - while I was mowing - how part of the yard is browning up already. Been a whole 3 days without rain, it’s too early for that, corn needs a little moisture.

    Meanwhile, Wednesday we planted beans. Thursday afternoon that field got 3” in 30 minutes. Those beans are now on the OTHER side of the road. Home rain gauge was bone dry.

    Yep. We farmers pray for favorable weather. No sense confusing the issue, eh?

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    Originally posted by STINEY View Post
    And harvest continues. 3.6" of rain in the last 2.5 days is slowing up progress]
    Farmers.... complain when there's no rain, complain when it is raining, next you all are going to be whining about a bit of heat.... some people's children and the Volvos they drive.

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  • DanStokes
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    Love the dog assistant keeping tabs on the progress - very cool! And a GREAT job of raisin' boys. With them having a vested interest in their cars they'll be a lot more careful with them.

    Dan

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  • STINEY
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    Might not be, lol. And yet the under carriage, floor, and unibody "frame" are the next thing to perfect. Weird. I was tempted to make his older brother put tires on it and drive it "as-is".

    Yesterday Wes was a Machine. Drivers seat, driveshaft, complete dual exhaust system, radiator, and all the front body pieces for engine extraction are removed.

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  • DanStokes
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    Originally posted by Deaf Bob View Post

    Kid'd be a master welder when done...
    'Zakly! Though I'm not sure there are enough old hoods in the US to provide the sheet metal.

    Dan

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  • Deaf Bob
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    Originally posted by DanStokes View Post

    Why not simply restore the van? (Old McDonald - "With a weld weld here and a weld weld there, here a weld there a weld everywhere a weld weld.....")
    Dan
    Kid'd be a master welder when done...

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  • DanStokes
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    Originally posted by STINEY View Post
    And harvest continues. 3.6" of rain in the last 2.5 days is slowing up progress.Click image for larger version Name:	vRzU1vR.jpg Views:	1 Size:	406.6 KB ID:	1245977
    Why not simply restore the van? (Old McDonald - "With a weld weld here and a weld weld there, here a weld there a weld everywhere a weld weld.....")

    Dan

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  • Deaf Bob
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    Salt box!
    Lotsa rain..
    Already burn bans here, normally mid-late July, early August...

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  • STINEY
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    And harvest continues. 3.6" of rain in the last 2.5 days is slowing up progress.Click image for larger version  Name:	vRzU1vR.jpg Views:	1 Size:	406.6 KB ID:	1245977
    Last edited by STINEY; June 17, 2019, 11:16 AM.

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  • STINEY
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    New weather stripping on the passenger side installed. Ran out of daylight, will have to do the driver side today.

    Its the little things that make the difference between a POS beater and a decent ride. These quieted down LOTS of rattles and will keep lots of water out of the inner door/window mechanism.

    Here you can see how bad the originals were. Basically non-existent on the drivers door.

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    And minty fresh goodness.

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  • DanStokes
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    Originally posted by cstmwgn View Post

    WOW - I never realized it was a wagon. You guys should of put the SBF mid-ship!
    In addition to the one up front!

    Dan

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