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    Gas prices

    I had to deliver a new 24' trailer yesterday to Glendive Mt which is a 1050 mile round trip. I have a 5.4L gas motor I spent $405.50 on gas for the trip. The trailer went on another 400 miles so I bet there was another $300 in that direction. Over $700 in fuel to get the trailer to it's...
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    Crazy

    I see Topp Hereford's averaged over $7700 on a 109 Hereford Bulls. I thought boy thats a mark for Schaffs to try and hit. I heard that they averaged around $10,000 on 390 bulls.I guess I've used some SAV genetics AI and see no greater value than an average home raised bull in the performance...
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    Big Buggies

    80"x36' Stock Trailer 3 8k axels 215x17.5 tires on plate wheels Rumber floor. 80"x30' Two 10k torsion axels plate wheels with 215x17.5 radials. All we have on order now is 3, 24' stock trailers should'nt take a couple weeks to be thru them the one in the shop is 2 days from being finished.
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    Mid December

    cows on the chow line My wifes yellow mare my gelding OOP'S This calf was'nt expected born in a snowbank he got right with the program and never had any outside help on a -17 below night. The cow was smart enough to have him out of the wind. Well thats all folks.
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    10/18/10

    couple heifers this morning group photo a little tough to see but a pretty good bull calf This one has her Dad wrapped around her finger. All ready for Homecoming.
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    Some Viking Calves

    The calf in the middle is a Shoshone Viking GD60 bull calf Bigger calf GD60 son Center calf is a DDA Fahren 58f son 62# birth weight which carries from the cow side. Another GD60 son We've had ample grass this summer which makes running cows quite simple.The rain made making hay...
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    Last few weeks

    I started this on Wendsday the 4th of August at 4 pm and loaded it on a semi on Saturday morning August 7th I had 5 hours of paid labor in it and no sleep for a few days. Loaded and about to head to Bellingham WA thats as far west as you can send one without getting wet. Broke down and...
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    Hay-n-cows

    I spread 130#s of commercial fertilizer on this ground it's putting out 5500#s to the acre. Sitz Alliance bull calf DDA Fahren 58f bull calf 62# birth weight looks to be gaining well. Another trailer we finished up a couple weeks back 80x24'
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    Black cows green grass

    Home grown Sitz Alliance son. This is a picture of Leaf River Ag Service in Wadena Mn about 6 weeks ago last thursday a F4 Tornado leveled most all the building's the large building was a couple year old fertilizer plant it's missing the west side of the roof and the smaller office is pretty...
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    Water Wars

    I purchased this piece of land a few years back it was under water due to beavers. After shooting and traping over 15 beavers and blowing the dams we went to cleaning ditches. After years of draining and leveling we got it seeded down this spring. The seed machine. It blows on a...
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    Few Photo's

    Only got a few photos of my latest creation 80x28 tri axel stock with smooth skin.Taken on an off ramp near Bismarck ND yesterday on it's way to Montana. My senior herd bull now he's a SAV Bandolier 1916 x New Design 878. The bulls have been turned out since early april and today was the...
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    Andy Low budget syrup storage..

    Bales set up for syrup. Unloading have about 9000 gallons in it at this point. Stored Syrup 2 months later. End product after its mixed with silage and ground rank swamp grass. Grinding the last of the swamp hay yesterday. I baled it in September off a meadow that had'nt been hayed...
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    Shoshone Viking GD60 calves

    This is a heifer born 2/14/10 MGS Alberda Traveler 416 sire GD60 Bull calf GD60 X Connealy Freightliner Another GD60 son I used 5 straws last year had 5 calves 2 heifers and 3 bulls. Heifer again.She's pretty nice I think.
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    Long weekend

    I had to finish up a trailer was in the shop till10 pm thursday 10pm friday and 1 am sat night then at 6 am back at it.Finished it up and pulled out of the yard here at 10:20 am sunday drove to Glendive MT by 6:30 pm slept the night in the pickup in Belfield ND and was back home by Noon today...
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    Private Messages/scammers?

    I've got 2 private messages in the last two days both looking for someone to help them with their excess money all they need is an account number to send $10.5 million. And when they get to our country I can keep 30% and give them the rest what a crock..
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    Ouch

    I went over to my brothers tonight to get some used oil. I went to the house after helping myself. There was blood all over in his mud room. He has cancer and has been doing chemo he was in his shop office and took a drink of ice tea and it went down the wrong pipe and he had a coughing fit...
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    77 hours

    I built this between christmas and new years was a total of 77 hours between mine and 21 paid labor hours. I've got two more to build right now. Building these is my penance for owning farm equipment :wink: It's an 80"x24' with two slide center gates rubber mats and bumper. 7000# Dexter axels...
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    Grapple photo's Big Muddy

    Here's the photo's of the grapple I was talking about a month or so ago. I built this for gathering firewood the lazy man's way. They get somewhere between $4000 and $6000 depending on who's got one for sale. I've got around $1200 in this one. I really suffer from Iron disease can't have enough...
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    Last few weeks.

    moving hay Ron wintering with the cows the rest of the horses are pawing for a living. Zeke the new pup. He's totally worthless as of yet. silage is served a few of the cows they seem to be wintering well. I got a new camera for Christmas trying it out. Bred Heifer By OCC...
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    Preg checked today

    We pregged cows today ended up with 9 opens out of 153 cows 1 yearling heifer 5 2nd calvers 1 3rd calver 1 4th calver and one cow that would be 12 this spring not to bad I thought. One of them I had seen aborted a week ago and the yearling was kinda manly looking anyhow.
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