Last few weeks

[Denny]

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 purchased this discbine man do they cut.

It's been raining here all summer as you can see this has been rained on also.

Shoshone Viking GD60 x Connealy Freightliner calf.

Sitz Alliance daughter

These calves are all 1/2 Angus 1/4 shorthorn and a 1/4 hereford they are out growing all other pastures. Only Gripe I had was all the red calves which will cost me come fall. It's a crock the best calves will bring the least money just on a the red color.

 

[Faster horses]

Nice trailer!! You do good work. I like the color, too!

I can't see the Viking GD60 calf real good, but what I see,
I like. Maybe some day you can get a better picture of him.
I'd really like to see him better, but I bet he is a good one.

In western Montana, a rancher there had Angus cows with a
Shorthorn base. Boy, he raised some popping good calves--
most were black but you could see some roan in their switch
sometimes.

I've always liked shorthorn cross cattle, but in this part of the
country they
aren't very popular. We had a holstein-shorthorn cross milk
cow we called "Blue" and she was a dandy. Milk was just
right and her calves were always
good beefy ones out of Black Angus bulls. I'd have to say she
was the best milk cow we ever had.

When we first started ranching,
the fellow that helped us get started had some roan cows and
I always liked those cows and their calves. I had the idea that
is what we should get when we were buying cows...but I got shot down...
for one thing, they weren't readily available in larger groups.

P.S. I think your cows need more to eat. :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

You sure cracked that trailer out in a hurry. It looks good. Your country and calves are also looking good. Gcreek will be saying "I told you so" about the disc bine. :wink: :lol: :lol:

 

[Jassy]

So that is what a new trailer looks like..lol Ours have seen alot of critters and miles and years! lol Very nice...Looks like the rain God's have been good for your pastures and cattle...and hopefully you'll get hay enuff to last all winter...

 

[PureCountry]

Great looking trailer Denny. You do good work. Good to see you've got lots of grass. It's a nice problem to have - needing equipment to deal with it all.

I like that combo of Angus-Shorthorn-Hereford. Worked great around here for many years. Then I had to go and throw some fuzzballs in the mix. :lol:

 

[leanin' H]

I sure think all that grass is beautiful Denny! Cows look fat and happy and if the truck driver gets lost headed for Washington, he can leave the trailer in Utah!

 

[Soapweed]

These calves are all 1/2 Angus 1/4 shorthorn and a 1/4 hereford they are out growing all other pastures. Only Gripe I had was all the red calves which will cost me come fall. It's a crock the best calves will bring the least money just on a the red color.

Nice pictures, Denny. You need to organize a "Minnesota Cattle Association" and have an annual carcass contest. This is an outlet where we put our "off-colored" calves each year, and once in a while we even win a belt buckle with something that would have been discounted at the local auction barns. Our winning heifer entry this year would have been retained as a replacement heifer had she been black. She was out of a black Angus cow and sired by a black Angus bull, but turned out red. Another option for you would be to "retain ownership" and put those great looking off-colored calves in a custom feedlot.

That is a fine looking trailer, and I'll bet the folks in Bellingham, Washington will be well satisfied with the product delivered to them. Thanks for the photos.

 

[RSL]

Wow. That is "still green country". Nice trailer.

 

[gcreekrch]

Thanks for the update Denny. You keep getting these trailer orders and you won't have to ranch to make your million!

I told you so about the discbine! Does it outcut the double nine mower? Does Kuhn still put grease in the gearbox instead of 80-90 oil?

Alkali Lake Ranch owned one of the first Kuhns in this country. They took out 2 gearboxes in less than a week and then the farm-boss filled the third one with grease. Two years later a company rep came for a visit and wanted to know why they weren't replacing gearboxes. They came from the factory with grease for a number of years.

Not my business but what height are you cutting? They should cut cleaner than that. I carry a 15" crescent in the tractor to straighten any knives that get bent up and use a disc-grinder several times a day to sharpen.
Wild Redtop is the hardest grass to stay sharp in.

 

[Silver]

Great pics Denny, that country sure looks nice. Congrats on the big purchase, I bet you don't develop any regrets about that purchase. I know we haven't. I always understood that Kuhn made the JD discbines as well.
How many horses is the tractor you're pulling it with?

 

[Denny]

Thanks for the update Denny. You keep getting these trailer orders and you won't have to ranch to make your million!

I told you so about the discbine! Does it outcut the double nine mower? Does Kuhn still put grease in the gearbox instead of 80-90 oil?

Alkali Lake Ranch owned one of the first Kuhns in this country. They took out 2 gearboxes in less than a week and then the farm-boss filled the third one with grease. Two years later a company rep came for a visit and wanted to know why they weren't replacing gearboxes. They came from the factory with grease for a number of years.

Not my business but what height are you cutting? They should cut cleaner than that. I carry a 15" crescent in the tractor to straighten any knives that get bent up and use a disc-grinder several times a day to sharpen.
Wild Redtop is the hardest grass to stay sharp in.

I had it set at 3 inches on that field I've since lowered it and sharpened up the knives. That was the first field I had cut. That hay had been rained on for 5 days by the photo time. I mowed a field the other day 5 miles of road 47 acres and 5 miles back to the truck in 6 hours.The double 9 would have maybe been done a bit quicker on that field as it's smooth and the hay was thinner.My problem this year is it has been raining every other day and the hay is so thick it keeps wrapping on my power shaft going back to the gear box for the second mower. Got to where it was quicker to unhook the power shaft and mow with a single nine. Next field is all laying down and tangled so the double nine would be next to worthless in that situation.But after that I have a hundred acres of rocks that I will mow with the double 9.

 

[Denny]

Great pics Denny, that country sure looks nice. Congrats on the big purchase, I bet you don't develop any regrets about that purchase. I know we haven't. I always understood that Kuhn made the JD discbines as well.
How many horses is the tractor you're pulling it with?

It calls for at least a hundred horse the tractor is a 7060 Allis 160 hp so it handles it fine. Does consume a bit more fuel than the Belarus though.