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Hauling Hay with the 4020, 3020, and 4230
Over the weekend (July 13 2013) we were hauling some hay (alfalfa) from the dry farm to the barn. These videos show the John Deere 4020 and 3020 loading the hay, and the John Deere 4230 hauling it.
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John Deere No. 5 Sickle Mower
My grandpa gave me a John Deere No. 5 sickle mower that he used to use on his farm. He spent a lot of hours with it mowing alfalfa with his dad while he was growing up. Since I’ve got the machinery to pull it, I thought it’d
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The Story of the A
I had intentions on writing up a photo-book story of the restoration process of the John Deere Model A. I’m having a hard time finishing it, so I thought in the meantime, I’d just throw it up here. If there are any major spelling/grammar mistakes or things
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Planting with the John Deere A and LL-A Grain Drill
This year I took the opportunity to have a little fun with planting oats in one of our smaller fields. I used the 1947 John Deere Model A that I recently restored, as well as our old grain drill (aka planter, late 1950s). It may not have been the quickest
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Feeding Cattle & Spring Update
Sometimes feeding cattle can be more than just driving out to the cows and dropping off hay. For instance, watching hawks fly by and Sandhill Cranes walk around the field looking for some leftover food (grains) left over by the cattle. This spring has been an interesting one. Although the
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Snowmobile Ride Up Stump Peek
A few weeks ago my sister and her husband came up for the weekend, and we were able to go on a quick snowmobile ride up Stump Peek. We had a lot of nice deep powder–the Polaris Dragon definitely had an advantage over the older 800 RMK.
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Shuffling around the Classic JDs
I had to get something out from the back of the barn, and that meant pulling out all of the classic tractors… Since I had them all out on a cold wintery day, I thought that would be a good opportunity to get a quick little video of them running.
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Christmas Video
Here’s a little video that goes along with my last post.
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Christmas Season
Christmas was good to me this year. All of the family was up, and everyone seemed to have had a good time. Growing up my cousin and I both had toy pedal tractors. We had a lot of fun on them, and tried to take them everywhere. My little nephew
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John Deere A Pulling Straw Wagon
This is a video of my restored 1947 John Deere A pulling a wagon loaded with 3×3 straw bales (1/2 ton alfalfa sized). Although we have newer and more appropriate tractors for such a task, it is fun to see the A that I worked so hard on
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JD 4230 with 945 MoCo Swathing Alfalfa Video + Timelapse
This is a video of me swathing (windrowing) a small alfalfa field next to my parent’s place. I love seeing old footage and videos on our farm–which not much exists of. So, I try to record this type of stuff because maybe some day someone will find it
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John Deere 4020 FWA Loading Hay HD 2012
This is a video of a John Deere 4020 loading half-ton bales onto a wagon being pulled by a John Deere 4230 on August 1, 2012.