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Feeding Today Jan 22

gcreekrch

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Fog below and clouds above the Rainbows.
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Itchas in the sunlight.
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Youngest recruit, Tito. He is the last pup we kept out of the female we lost two years ago. He has a lot of try.
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7200 loaner that JD wants me to buy. At $25,000 I think it will stay here.
It does need a new set of tires and a couple of minor repairs that I can do myself.
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Morrison Meadow bunch.
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Unique Spruce
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Itchas again.
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Hoar frost on the trees.
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Faster horses

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Good choice on the 7400 gcreek. You'll like it...A LOT!
Looks to me like those tires will go quite awhile yet.
Looks to me like that front tire is on...backwards... :???:

Thanks for the stunning photos. Cold, but stunning... :shock:
 

per

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How big is a 7400? Is it a BC thing or do you have the tire reversed before they deliver the tractor? Free electricity is expensive and keeps you from being wasteful with it.
 

gcreekrch

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per said:
How big is a 7400? Is it a BC thing or do you have the tire reversed before they deliver the tractor? Free electricity is expensive and keeps you from being wasteful with it.

This is a 7200, I believe it is 90 or 92 HP. That right front tire made me laugh also as it is the same corner that is reversed on the 7400 (102 HP ?) I sent to the shop. Both fronts have been booted a couple of times and the left rear is nearly bald. No oil leaks have appeared in the three days I have fed with it, starts good. Both front wheel bearings need to be tightened. It does have 8000 hrs on it but is in decent shape for the money. Also has a bucket and grapple.
 

John SD

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8K hours sounds like a lot but a guy has to take into account these modern tractors with electric hourmeters go by the clock hour. My old mechanical tachs on Fords take about 1 1/2 to put an hour on the clock when I'm putting around in the winter doing chores. In the field at full throttle, I can put an hour on the clock in 45 minutes. I'm sure the same holds true for all makes. My Ford is about ready to turn over 9300 on the meter. Another 700 hours and I'll have a new tractor! :wink: :lol: :D
 

Cedarcreek

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Nice pictures. At that price I'd keep the 7200. I've looked at some 2955's with those kind of hours and they wanted more than that for them. At 8000 hours it's still got a lot of life left.
 

gcreekrch

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Cedarcreek said:
Nice pictures. At that price I'd keep the 7200. I've looked at some 2955's with those kind of hours and they wanted more than that for them. At 8000 hours it's still got a lot of life left.

Our first Deere was an 1840 that had 11,000 hrs when we bought it. We traded it off at 19,000 hrs and only lost $2500 in value.
 

Faster horses

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I see it's a 7200, now. :oops: The 740 was for the loader... :oops:

We had a 7210 and really liked it. Never had one bit of trouble with it
either. Would have been nice to have been able to keep it, but we're
a one-tractor family out of necessity!!
 

Clarencen

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Don't laugh at the front tire. It is not uncommon to put the front tires on a front wheel assist on backward. Helps to back away from the bale stack. Often that is when you need it the most.
 

WyomingRancher

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Wow, pretty pics :D . What you need is a few days of these 75 mph gusty winds to open that ground back up... I'll send some your way :wink: :lol: . Your cattle look great, and the dog looks to have potential :wink: :D .
 

Grassfarmer

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Is that $25k for the tractor or for the change gcreekrch? There is the exact same model with same loader and grapple sitting at a dealer in town here with an asking price of $43k+ It may have less hours than yours I haven't enquired.
What direction are the Itchas from your place? I'd be interested to see that area as it looks most intriguing on the map and in your photos.

John SD said:
8K hours sounds like a lot but a guy has to take into account these modern tractors with electric hourmeters go by the clock hour. My old mechanical tachs on Fords take about 1 1/2 to put an hour on the clock when I'm putting around in the winter doing chores. In the field at full throttle, I can put an hour on the clock in 45 minutes. I'm sure the same holds true for all makes. My Ford is about ready to turn over 9300 on the meter. Another 700 hours and I'll have a new tractor! :wink: :lol: :D
That's interesting John SD - I swear that Massey of mine with a mechanical tach puts on hours way quicker than it should when I'm feeding with it in winter. I never thought to time it against an actual clock :? Maybe my tractor suffers from premature ageing :D

I swathed a couple of years running for my neighbors and got to drive the same machine on both occasions - funny thing was the hours showed 1500 hrs both times :? :shock: It would make me wary buying used JDs etc in this province if you know what I mean :wink:
 

John SD

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GF, the owners manual says my x600 Fords will register a clock hour @ 1666 engine rpms. 540 PTO is rated @ 1900 engine RPM. 1000 PTO is rated @ 1935 engine RPM. Your MF manual might have similar info.

They don't call it a tachometer in this manual. It's called a proof-meter. :roll:

gcreekrch, that is a good straight looking tractor. Used but not abused and should have a lot of life left in it. And the cows look happy with it. :wink: :lol:
 

allen57

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Clarencen said:
Don't laugh at the front tire. It is not uncommon to put the front tires on a front wheel assist on backward. Helps to back away from the bale stack. Often that is when you need it the most.

What I was thinking also.... course it could just be on the wrong side instead of backwards. :D
 

hillsdown

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Boy I sure love your part of the country GC I think it is time for me to plan a little vacation to Fairmont Hot Springs again soon.

I am looking for a new tractor too, I need a little more horse power though. That sounds like a pretty darn good price for that tractor even with the hours.

Again, :) thanks for taking time to share your pics.

Love the pup, I can't wait until I can get mine out and working with me. These new born calves are driving nuts, can't open a gate with out a couple quickly running out. What a gong show. :roll:

For those of you that have gate opener you do not know just how lucky you are. :lol:
 

Faster horses

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I'm wondering what GCreeks pictures have to do with Fairmont Hot Springs. Is it the mountains? Are you far from the mountains, hillsdown?

I am always surpised when us here in Mt. SD and Neb. put
up storm pictures and it isn't storming in Alberta. How does that
happen when some of our worst storms are called Alberta Clippers?
I'm just curious.
 
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