Recent content by GM888

Any one using the Ideal post pounder? Are they as good as the wheat Heart?

Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year

I like running my old equipment. It seems like its more reliable then some of this new stuff. In saying that I don't farm land to farm land I just put up hay and rejuvenate a piece here and there so I am not dependent on a lot of iron.

Hahaha. For barb wire that works fine and is how I splice. For High tensile it comes apart. For high tensile and high tensile barb wire I tie a square knot then wrap about 6 times but you need to tie 2 knots and wire that has been up a while is harder to work with in the high tensile. I probably...

I am running 2 wire electric fence on all my interior fences . Bought a load of posts a grain farmer pulled out 10 years ago for next 2 nothing, with no pressure on the fence , cows reaching through I think I will get another 20 years out of them. I can put up a mile of fence in a afternoon and...

What are you guys using for splices. I have been tying the broken spots but have to ty twice because cant get enough slack. Was at ufa and they have one that pushes the wire in and locks, and a crimp splice. Is one better then the other. I have no issue with tying other then its time consuming

What is it you are trying to accomplish exactly? I am looking at building some solar pumps and RSL mentioned building his own . Couldn't remember what he was using for pumps. Also one of the companies had a insulated tube to go through the ice if you don't have a wet well for winter. He had...

Hey a long time ago there was a thread about solar pumping units. You mentioned building your own and I can't find the conversation. . Did you ever try the insulated pipe through the ice and what were you using for pumps when you built your own.

we sent cattle 800 miles away in 2002 drought. Neighbor sold all cows older then 6. No feed so we hired a guy to custom feed cows and in the spring BSE hit .I realize that was un lucky but we were caught with some big bills and a lot of cows we maybe should of shipped. My neighbor seemed to make...

Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement Yep

Is that vermillion or Olds?

kids and ranching make life busy . nice pictures. Do you teach the AI course

Testing the herd bulls is the most stressful day of the year for me. For quite awhile now it's been just my daughter and the vet with me and we have good facilities so we don't have much for problems but I worry about getting in the pen and moving them and having the bull getting away from a...

Nice video enjoyed watching.

Have seen to many wrecks not to test. 1 bull out with a bunch of cows maybe poor fertility gets a cow or 2 in calf and you think he is working. Multiple bulls in the field and the boss bull is no good. I have had prime age bulls fail the semen test from degeneration , frost, infection, etc. I...