Arghhh!!! It's going to be a bad week!

Shelly

We were supposed to be delivering hay to a dairy today, ain't happenin' now! Brakes are froze solid on the trailer, trailer tires are frozen to the ground, and we discovered a flat on the inside dual of the semi. Got the truck in town to fix the flat after we got it unhooked from the trailer, will have a heater under the trailer unthawing the brakes, and the hay unloaded so if we ever do get the brakes thawed, we can get the trailer moved. Grrrrr, it's only Monday!!!! What's gonna happen the rest of the week?

alabama · Rancher Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 1744 Location: Alabama

I just hate it when that happons to me. I just go in and sit in front of the fire and wait for better weather. It will though out in a day or two. Heck it is too cold to work outside anyway if the brakes are frozen. Some days are better spent in the sack. Why fight it?

Jason · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 2:33 pm Post subject:

Cheer up Shelly, we have warmer weather but the wind is blowing trucks over. I would rather be frozen to the ground than on my side in the ditch.

My truck is going in for some well deserved servicing tomorrow, and I hope to have a new starter solienoid for the skidsteer by Wednesday. $270 for the switch, $770 for a new starter. Right now it starts with a screwdriver and jumper cables Shocked

Shelly · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:07 pm Post subject:

katrina · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:24 pm Post subject:

Shelly, Hang in there baby.... Spring is around the corner!!! Very Happy

IL Rancher · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject:

Hey, one of the best days of the year is coming up and I don't mean Christmas... I mean winter Solstice as in from that day on the days start getting longer again, won't notice much at first but oh.. Vasn't wait for more than 8-9 hours of light again... Than soon enough it will be March 21st and we will be well on the way to spring... Hope springs eternal after all.

cowsense · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:30 pm Post subject:

Boy it's refreshing to hear that we aren't the only ones with problems. We've got about 500 hay bales that got stormed in the back country. The municipal patrols were out this morning and opened up 6 miles of back road. Got back to the yard and found our feed tractor leaking fluid out of a back tire......phoned the tire repair guys and nobody was available today. Went to the loader tractor that will be going to the field and found that it is leaking fluid also so I guess we can get two tires fixed on the same trip. Confused

Just hope the wind don't blow our road in before we get everything running! Could be worse I guess.........at least it ain't 40 below!

Big Muddy rancher · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:48 pm Post subject:

Northern Rancher · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:06 pm Post subject:

My cows are kind of snowed in Ty walked two miles in 2 plus feet of snow to switch paddocks tonight. Don't want to plow out there till my hay hauler is coming For Sure-ohh well keeps him in shape for hockey. Of course he did a hunting loop so he was pretty gassed didn't wander back till almost 7'00 tonight.

Badlands · Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:15 am Post subject:

LOL, aaah, to be 17 again.

It was so much work, dad, I just couldn't resist adding another mile or two to scout!

The young man has his priorities right!!!

Badlands

PPRM · Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:17 am Post subject:

Badlands · Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:23 am Post subject:

If it is could enough, PPRM, it doesn't matter!!!!!!!!

Badlands

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