A pleasant Saturday in Alberta

[per]

Photogenic Scenery

Squeezing unit. No more test bales to get an accurate moisture reading.

BIL making something out of my wastage. I will show the finished product at the end of the month.

New dog.

Longview parade shuts the highway down for an hour and lets us see it both ways.

The big chucks are busy in Calgary.

My pick for best float. Batman.

Custom baler.

Causing a traffic jam.

Highway 22, the Cowboy Trail.

Yours Truly, have a good day.

 

[little bow rancher]

I've only ever seen one of those alias balers before when do you think they were made , do you have a place to put a probe after your sample is compressed , sure hope your not getting these showers

 

[Denny]

There's an old guy here baled with those Allis balers until he quit milking about ten years ago. He's got 3 or 4 of them and knowing the guy I bet a couple are field ready.

 

[per]

1947 to 1960, 70,000 units sold. There is an operational one out by Millarville. Yes we keep having thunder showers, haying is not proceeding at it's usual rate. There are a couple of probe holes in the side.

 

[Faster horses]

You gotta like that Hereford cow! And that pup...oh he's so cute.
I hope he's a good one! I'll leave the machinery comments
up to the guys.

Thanks for the pictures. Your country looks lush and good.
We got a shower this morning; almost a tenth at the house,
called the hayfield and it rained just enough there to help the
hay. Mr. FH has been doing a lot of baling at night. He just
can't bale hay when the hay is too dry.

 

[RBT]

Back in the early 1960's my grandad was baling with an allis chalmers WD 45 pulling one of those little round balers when the twine arm tripped but the rollers didn't catch the twine to start tying. Being in too big of a hurry and not thinking very good he left the pto running ,and went to start the twine by hand. The rollers caught his glove and pulled his arm in up to the bicep area before he got braced and kept from being pulled clear in. Only God knows why the slip clutch didn't work that day, but it didn't and it killed the tractor. My dad happened to be raking nearby and saw what happened. They were quite a ways away from their tools so dad's adrenilin was pumping pretty fast and he was able to tear that baler apart with a pair of pliers and his bare hands. They put 3 rods in my grandads arm and were able to save it. Wasn't long after that they found a different means of putting hay up!

 

[Faster horses]

That's quite a story, RBT. Glad it didn't have a terrible ending!

 

[burnt]

Pretty cool pictures! That compressor unit looks pretty nifty. Is it a commercially built thing or home designed?

There were a few of those Allis balers around here at one time. It seems that the guys who used them would leave the bales out in the field for quite a while after baling. Not sure if there was a reason for that?

 

[per]

The compressor was made by a guy in Yorkton Sask. I can't remember his name, I bought the wet kit for the acid on my baler from him. He threw in the squisher. Pretty simple unit.

 

[Jigger Boss]

Neat pics Per. Pup sure is cute. Gotta ask, why was there a parade in Longview yesterday?

 

[little bow rancher]

1947 to 1960, 70,000 units sold. There is an operational one out by Millarville. Yes we keep having thunder showers, haying is not proceeding at it's usual rate. There are a couple of probe holes in the side.

sorry to here about the haying , middle of the week looks better hopefully :roll:

 

[per]

Neat pics Per. Pup sure is cute. Gotta ask, why was there a parade in Longview yesterday?

Little New York Daze. Parade, rodeo, mutton busting, dunk tank, slow pitch and lots of free food. My tradition is check the parade out and go check the cows and head home. :wink:

 

[gcreekrch]

I know of an available wrapper that won't be in use for another week or so.

 

[little bow rancher]

there has'nt been that much rain , just a little slow , hopefully now that Calgary done we can get roll'in

 

[Silver]

Things are looking pretty good out your way Per. That cow looks to be in about as good a spot as a cow could ever hope to be.
If anyone wants one or two of those old Alice balers you can come get 'em. You may have to chop down a tree or two to remove them though... :shock:

 

[Dylan Biggs]

Thanks for the pics Per. Great shot of the PH cow and the mountains in the background. That's one stout looking little Heeler pup. Good Luck!