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    Full fed Bulls

    The program were on is a high protein lower starch diet. I would bet the majority of bulls in South Dakota are on this feed program as well as other states it really works in my opinion. I tried accuration one year it ruined 2 of 30 bulls feet at 2 of 25 heifers won't use it again..
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    Full fed Bulls

    I push them now days. Everyone wants bulls that aren't pushed until you have a pen of them to sell. Ours were 1200 to 1500#s as yearlings last year this year will be the same.
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    Ready for more

    My brother's been gone about 4 years now sure miss him though. He was a great mechanic and always would help you fix stuff but he would make you do it and he'd always say think about it their just nuts and bolts. About a year ago I was trying to fix something and was having troubles when I felt...
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    Only 32% of cattle on feed

    Well around here kill cows are bringing 50 cents to 60 cents maybe a few up to 70 might just as well chance them at that price.
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    Hillary

    I was at a Farm auction about 2 weeks ago and a guy had on his tailgate those white and black letters you would buy to use on a mailbox it read "HILLARY FOR PRISON" I GOT A CHUCKLE FROM THAT.
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    sick bull

    Open cow's don't pay bills. Most likely he's done for. Your vet "thinks" must be a real confident vet. I'd get a new vet that actually KNOWS. I could take one look at him and KNOW if he's broke or not either way if he's not broke the VET should have got him on some antibiotics. You could try...
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    livestock dead stock...

    We had that happen last year lost one cow. This year the bales are stacked farther apart. We did have about 30 pairs that kept climbing thru the fence this past week now its a 6 barb fence and post's are 9' apart. I could have ran electric fence but being I'm not there every day a good woven...
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    hauling water in winter?

    I'd bring a rose bud along and have brass valves. When we hauled syrup it would freeze in the valve on the way home I just brought along a 3/8 rod and rammed it up inside. 2 of my tanks just had 3" caps on them poke a small hole and as it flowed it opened up quickly but it was hot and we hauled...
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    hauling water in winter?

    that's what I use of course it has to snow
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    Balers

    Some even had net wrap. I could have bought that one for $3750 but when its -30f I'll just stay in the cab and feed hay sisal twine makes that possible.
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    Balers

    Mine are 855 balers both have the drum one is rubber coated the other has 1/4 x 1" flats welded on it to help the bale start. I bought that one home and ran a bead of weld across each one and made them rough welds that helped the starting of a bale. We stuffed a 187 bales thru ours one day this...
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    Balers

    Mine has a drum to turn the bale no floor chains. If you've never ran anything better you don't know what your missing or so I keep telling myself.
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    Balers

    I just poke along with my late 80's 855 nh.
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    Wrinkled Saddle

    I had that problem local saddle maker said get it wet and then oil it.
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    How Cold at Your House?

    It was in the upper 70's f here today suppose to be near 80 tomorrow. We are pretty dry here now as were baleing those meadows that normally don't get baled until late November. I have about 40 bales to bale tomorrow then I better get after the corn chopping I have a 100 acres of very nice corn...
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    Travalong VS Titan

    Most likely all the impurities we had some channel here one time that would cut very hard it had automotive glass embedded in the iron most likely from a poor smelting job. that was Canadian channel made from junk cars from the good old U.S.A.
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    Travalong VS Titan

    Better steel then ??? I've been in this business 30 years and have never seen a drop in steel quality. Have worked on trailers where the angle iron had KOREA embedded in it every 16 inches and that trailer was 20 years old 25 years ago. The older the trailer chances are the lighter and cheaper...
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    Travalong VS Titan

    Does the travelong have channel iron used as a gusset for the neck assembly. If so we fixed one that the upright which was 2x3 3/16ths angle which I feel is to light anyhow it was broke at the bottom of the gusset. When we build them our gussets go all the way down to the bottom of the main...
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    Travalong VS Titan

    If you notice they do the same on the titans or at least some of them I'd look them over to make sure. Make sure the floor cross members are welded on and not just tacked we worked on one for a guy and all the cross members were just tack welded seamed pretty cheesey to me but I like heavy iron...
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    The goings on of our bunch, Pictorial style

    Well I commend you on the RED ribbons my sister spends big money on lambs,rabbits poultry whatever it takes to be 1st place your kids will learn a lot more wth red ribbons than her's did with Purple's They had to get to the fair a day early so a professional could fit their lambs seams unfair to...
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