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Cows on a cold day

Soapweed

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Leading heifers into some better wind protection
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Cold day
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Okay, everbody line up
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Now, everyone with a white face, pay attention
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Cows coming around the corner
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The high wind about has the windmill shut off
 

the_jersey_lilly_2000

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Ok....I have a question...or a statement....or somethin..

One of your pictures says you are leading the heifers to better wind protection. Then the photo of them goin "around the corner" looks like you are takin em out of a pasture that had 1 tree. Puttin em in a pasture with a fan :wink:

but seriously tho, with as few trees as you all have, and I've never seen any pictures from you that have "man made" windbreaks. What is in that other pasture that makes for better wind protection? More trees? (that we can't see in the photos?) or hills? I know how the wind can blow in flat country, and it really looks like it could zip right along in your country too.
 

Soapweed

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the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
Ok....I have a question...or a statement....or somethin..

One of your pictures says you are leading the heifers to better wind protection. Then the photo of them goin "around the corner" looks like you are takin em out of a pasture that had 1 tree. Puttin em in a pasture with a fan :wink:

but seriously tho, with as few trees as you all have, and I've never seen any pictures from you that have "man made" windbreaks. What is in that other pasture that makes for better wind protection? More trees? (that we can't see in the photos?) or hills? I know how the wind can blow in flat country, and it really looks like it could zip right along in your country too.

I'll try to take some pictures to show you, Jersey Lilly. :wink:
 

alabama

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the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
Ok....I have a question...or a statement....or somethin..

One of your pictures says you are leading the heifers to better wind protection. Then the photo of them goin "around the corner" looks like you are takin em out of a pasture that had 1 tree. Puttin em in a pasture with a fan :wink:

but seriously tho, with as few trees as you all have, and I've never seen any pictures from you that have "man made" windbreaks. What is in that other pasture that makes for better wind protection? More trees? (that we can't see in the photos?) or hills? I know how the wind can blow in flat country, and it really looks like it could zip right along in your country too.

And another question: Why and how does the high wind shut the windmill off?
 

IL Rancher

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Sometimes just a little topography change is all they need. We have some pastures that have "bowls" in the middle of them that on a windy day have a huge reductiion of wind in the middle of them compared to at the rim. Cows will bunch down in those but also other rises and dips.. We do have a bit more trees than soap does but if our wind comes from the South for the most part the cows are SOL with using the trees and have to figure out other things. I think there is basially 4 miles to the south of our place without a signifcant grouplng of trees..
 

Soapweed

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alabama said:
And another question: Why and how does the high wind shut the windmill off?

The tail of the windmill holds the wheel into the wind. When we shut off a windmill, a lever pulls down on a piece of #9 wire that is attached to the "shut off" mounted up high. This pulls the tail of the mill around 90 degrees, so that it is no longer perpendicular to the wheel but parallel. The wind can no longer push on the fan blades. In the "on" position, there is a spring that holds the tail perpendicular so that the blades catch the wind. With a high wind, the wind overpowers the spring which makes the tail run parallel in the "off" position. This is a feature that prevents a very high wind from turning the wheel too fast and wrecking something.
 

alabama

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Soapweed said:
alabama said:
And another question: Why and how does the high wind shut the windmill off?

The tail of the windmill holds the wheel into the wind. When we shut off a windmill, a lever pulls down on a piece of #9 wire that is attached to the "shut off" mounted up high. This pulls the tail of the mill around 90 degrees, so that it is no longer perpendicular to the wheel but parallel. The wind can no longer push on the fan blades. In the "on" position, there is a spring that holds the tail perpendicular so that the blades catch the wind. With a high wind, the wind overpowers the spring which makes the tail run parallel in the "off" position. This is a feature that prevents a very high wind from turning the wheel too fast and wrecking something.

Thanks. It was the auto cutoff that was new to me.
 

the_jersey_lilly_2000

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Down here in the south....we don't hardly have enuff wind to make a windmill turn to begin with LOL

There are a few windmills around, but the ones you do see, are in areas that have been cleared of trees...big pastures, and usually will be on top of a hill.

I laffed when we first moved down here, folks would say...man the wind is really gittin it....and it might be blowin 20mph. These folks don't know what real wind is.
 

Shorthornguy

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Soapweed, That tree sure looks lonely.

Years ago everybody had windmills here. Now the windmills are coming back, but for electricity, not water.
 

EmptyPockets

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Soapweed said:
alabama said:
And another question: Why and how does the high wind shut the windmill off?

The tail of the windmill holds the wheel into the wind. When we shut off a windmill, a lever pulls down on a piece of #9 wire that is attached to the "shut off" mounted up high. This pulls the tail of the mill around 90 degrees, so that it is no longer perpendicular to the wheel but parallel. The wind can no longer push on the fan blades. In the "on" position, there is a spring that holds the tail perpendicular so that the blades catch the wind. With a high wind, the wind overpowers the spring which makes the tail run parallel in the "off" position. This is a feature that prevents a very high wind from turning the wheel too fast and wrecking something.

Very interesting. I always wondered how you folks kept your windmills from getting wrecked, cause if your country is anything like ours we sure do get some windy days & nights. Cows lookin good as are the pictures.
 
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