***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[Ksane]

He and she both were a pleasure to handle and I miss them!
This little Stag is one of their`s.

He's really beautiful. His pen looks nice also. I'd like to make something like that for one of the mismatched pairs I have. They're tiny and don't need much room. I'm really liking that pen and rooster both.

 

[nocityboy]

My main tractor is a 641 Ford, about 30hp and probably from the mid-50s and it will do quite a bit of work and the secret is in the rear tires. They are ballasted with calcium water. With the extra weight I pull a 7' back blade or a 5' box blade with no trouble at all. It's geared kinda high to bale heavy windrows with my small square baler but it does a good job in med. windrows.

The previous owners pulled a 14' hydro-swing swather with it that hooked up to the hydrolics of the top cover. The swather didn't hook up to the PTO at all.

If you buy an older tractor I would suggest what they called a 1000 series Ford. The 2000 Ford was about the same as the older 800 and the sizes went up to the 9600 or maybe the 9700 which was around 100hp.

Ford understated their horsepower and we never put a tractor on the dyno that didn't test out greater then the listed PTO horsepower. We once put an 8n on the dyno just to see what it would do and we had that little feller jumping off of the ground and blowing black smoke like crazy. When the dyno finally stalled the engine it peaked out at 45hp. Tough little buggers.

The reason I nearly always recomend Ford is because of parts availability. There are more aftermarket parts for the Fords then any other brand.

Plus let me tell you something that happened back in about '84. I was doing a routine oil change on a 9600 and I found metal shavings around the base of the filter. Now this is not uncommon with older equipment but these shavings were steel which is uncommon. The tractor carried good oil pressure so we nearly ruled out bearing problems at once. The service manager called Ford about it and they told us to drop the pan and inspect the oil pump which we did and a thrust bearing had gone out letting the gear hit the case.

Even though this tractor was 15 years out of warranty they told us it was a "known problem" but not bad enough to do a campaign to replace the pumps on all of the tractors built. Ford stood for replacing all of the rod and main bearings plus the cam bearings and paid half of the labor on it.


But for my money if you are going to buy a new compact there are two that I would highly recommend the Boomer that is made by New Holland and the Kubota. My 17hp Kubota has been used and abused by me to the max for nearly 20 years. The injector pump leaks and sometimes it fires on all three cylinders but most of the time not. In the winter it takes nearly an entire can of ether to get her started as long as it's not too cold outside. And it smokes bad enough that most of the time you can't see the front bucket. But I can still push a round bale anywhere I want it and it will move a lot of dirt in a day's time.

This one should do the job, I don't know if it's a good deal or not. http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/grq/3163132159.html

 

[mjgigax]

was a pretty morning could stand to have a lil coffee outside even. knocked down the high spots of grass in the yard. Now am in process of finishing up the rabbit hutch. Got hot after i started to work on it. Having me a quick cool down then am off to finish it up. The way i have done this looks like a cool brooder idea. May be my next project we shall see. The best part is its all built out of scrap lumber

. Hope all is having a wonderful sunday. As for my chick count with this heat i have three light brahmas and looks like five cochins and one blue red laced wyndott. All are doing well at this point lets hope i can keep it that way. Mj we have named all the bantam cochins we got from you. we have sophia bella rosa, angle, velvet, and waffles. They love being in the castle pen with the cochin roos. Pepper my bared cochin has taken them as part of his flock and dose one heck of a roo dance. I will keep you posted as to further happenings in the coop.

So glad you like them. Take some pics to show me as they grow. They will change alot.

 

[Elbert Garrett]

He's really beautiful. His pen looks nice also. I'd like to make something like that for one of the mismatched pairs I have. They're tiny and don't need much room. I'm really liking that pen and rooster both.

Thanks! That`s a round pen I used to make out of 2"X4"X4` field fence, I just cut off a 4` section and use hog rings to connect the ends and then I used a 4`X4` piece for the top and I just laid a piece of plywood on top, It`s alright for a temporary pen as long as it is in a safe area.

 

[jcatblum]

Buster glad you were able to get seen in the ER & have safe travels tomorrow.

The fire in Ninnekah must have picked back up. Fire trucks just zoomed by sirens blazing. Thankfully the wind is calm tonight. Hopefully they will be able to get the fire under control quickly.

 

[artsyrobin]

oh kass! how heartbreaking! what about a covered pen for broodies and chicks? wouldn't really stop a cat, but might deter a hawk? once the weather cools down mine won't be freeranging so am looking at needing to cover the runs

 

[nnbreeder]

Every time I hear the weather guys say "Turn around don't drown" I think of these videos.

Music sux on the first one. lol.

 

[nnbreeder]

This one should do the job, I don't know if it's a good deal or not. http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/grq/3163132159.html

Here is the spec. sheet on it.

http://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/005/9/3/5933-ford-2120.html


And here are used prices.

http://www.tractorhouse.com/list/list.aspx?manu=FORD&mdltxt=2120

Here is my favorite place to shop for tractors.

http://www.fastline.com/v100/index.aspx

 

[erinszoo]

Quote: Thanks, that makes sense given our temps and conditions this year. I was thinking it was something along those lines but having never grown any type of grain I didn't know for sure.

And here I am up at 5:30 again. I can't breathe. Guessing that I'm having a reaction to all the pollution from the fires or something. I've had to do two breathing treatments in less than 8 hours and I'm still wheezing and feel like I have an elephant sitting on me. Allergy counts must be through the roof. I hate having asthma. And then the meds make me jumpy on top of it. I tried to not even go outside yesterday but that's impossible with the birds and such. No way they can fill their own waterers ... hehe ... although I have a couple of turkeys who would try I think. Not that they're smart or anything, just curious as all get out. One of them stepped on the sprayer nozzle just right and sprayed our older turkey. They all sure talked about that. Gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble.

Hope everyone has a good day! Hubby starts his new job this morning so we'll see how it goes. Me, I'm hoping to go back to sleep if these meds will ever kick in and do their job.

 

[Elbert Garrett]

Good morning friends and neighbors! I hope y`all have a great week ahead!