tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post179891055993218985..comments2024-03-18T20:50:36.597-07:00Comments on Rural Revolution: Stupid &^#$@*^ country livingPatrice Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-39341684257983982192012-04-29T20:43:18.997-07:002012-04-29T20:43:18.997-07:00A block and tackle maybe? Come-along? Truck winch?...A block and tackle maybe? Come-along? Truck winch? You can just use a real long rope/chain and a solid sunk post or two to angle it around obstructions. We've used truck winches and other trucks as posts to move heavy equipment before. The trucks were armored vehicles that weighed several thousands of pounds so while I wouldn't normally suggest vehicles as posts it did work. Good luck.CathyGohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986401801032970237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-6944016596150141142012-04-29T15:35:51.360-07:002012-04-29T15:35:51.360-07:00Patrice,
We ran out of hay as well just recently. ...Patrice,<br />We ran out of hay as well just recently. We've put all the animals out on pasture though and they seem to be doing great. Our cow began giving record amounts of milk the first day! <br /><br />Being brand new farmers ourselves, we borrow tons of stuff all the time as well. And one day I hope we can repay all the generousity! (it's hard to repay neighbors that already seem to have everything we do plus more, lol)rootsonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11388745679245539129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-59286907309069900562012-04-28T14:03:57.489-07:002012-04-28T14:03:57.489-07:00Darn tootin'!
Just MeDarn tootin'!<br /><br />Just MeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-48272060369112519582012-04-28T06:01:34.011-07:002012-04-28T06:01:34.011-07:00It's entirely possible that you were Lord'...It's entirely possible that you were Lord's instrument for allowing your neighbors to be generous...<br />KatieJ<br />GermanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-62757949595764934432012-04-28T05:45:36.180-07:002012-04-28T05:45:36.180-07:00The rough days make you appreciate the good days, ...The rough days make you appreciate the good days, besides, bad day plus time equals good story sometime in the future!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-14505607711021807262012-04-28T05:19:36.742-07:002012-04-28T05:19:36.742-07:00Ah yes, hay. We are down to three bales, but than...Ah yes, hay. We are down to three bales, but thankfully our pasture is lush and we have another 200 bales ordered. <br /><br />Usually our disasters involve the goats getting out... at the most inopportune times! After we got our goats I heard a saying about goat fencing... "If it won't hold water, it won't hold a goat!" It is very nearly true!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-64669217447848603062012-04-27T21:47:21.013-07:002012-04-27T21:47:21.013-07:00Yes, Patrice we have all had days like the one you...Yes, Patrice we have all had days like the one you did today...errr yesterday (really? it's 12:46AM already..??)<br /><br />I guess the sayin', "When it rains, it pours..." ??? <br /><br />Lol...sorry don't mean to irritate, honestly. (Ok, I'll stop...blame it on sleep deprivation, please..)<br /><br />Love your interesting blog. Both hubby and myself read and enjoy. Have learned alot, too. Thank You. <br /><br />Tomorrow will be better..<br /><br />RebaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-58841104085314558092012-04-27T21:20:47.271-07:002012-04-27T21:20:47.271-07:00Hi, Patrice, As a founding member of the club I wo...Hi, Patrice, As a founding member of the club I would like to offer some of the extra t-shirts, bumperstickers, and coffee cups. We have had motors throw rods hauling hay, not to mention over heating and a broken distributor shaft. The real challange was the trip to get a cow and calf that turned into the pitstop from Hell. We replaced a water pump in a convience store parking lot 200 miles from home.We truely relied on the kindness of strangers.Cathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-14538445366699090252012-04-27T20:11:29.534-07:002012-04-27T20:11:29.534-07:00A bad day in the country still beats a good day in...A bad day in the country still beats a good day in the city!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-41620885263578722072012-04-27T19:53:28.062-07:002012-04-27T19:53:28.062-07:00I feel for you. Thank the good Lord that out of 36...I feel for you. Thank the good Lord that out of 365 days a year there really aren't TOO many like this!Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328022532018010780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-10157507942787354152012-04-27T13:19:08.830-07:002012-04-27T13:19:08.830-07:00you have wonderful neighbors! here in n.e. mississ...you have wonderful neighbors! here in n.e. mississippi it is difficult to find the small hay bales too...most that can be gotten are those huge rounds of hay...and those can be expensive during really dry spells. used to be all hay came in smaller easier handling bales...we used to get paid a nickel a bale for loading fresh baled hay onto trucks and into barns when we were kids and needed to earn county fair money. sometimes progress is not what it is cracked up to be..sometimes, the old ways of doing things make more sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-39488963196497106822012-04-27T10:38:43.557-07:002012-04-27T10:38:43.557-07:00Im living this today as well Patrice... Though it ...Im living this today as well Patrice... Though it is really no consolation. One of our 3 calves died over night from sudden scours, and the other 2 aren't fairing well. Besides work, and other obligations during the day I am very thankful my parents were near by for my catastrophic meltdown over cow poo. *SIGH* Its cold here again, and well... just a bad bad day here too. :-/ Hard work, little pay, and even less sleep. Take the good with the bad I suppose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-47074579640903105452012-04-27T10:25:52.000-07:002012-04-27T10:25:52.000-07:00At least you only had 1 day like that. Remember t...At least you only had 1 day like that. Remember the era of many days like that? I do! Ugh!<br />--K in OK <><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-6120069558512377842012-04-27T10:17:26.282-07:002012-04-27T10:17:26.282-07:00Until we get our small barn, we have no place to s...Until we get our small barn, we have no place to store hay, so we un-bale it into feed, grass seed and plastic bags. We have a tiny shed out by the coop that will hold three bags. The rest of the bags are loaded into the pick-up. When we have to use the truck, we gotta unload all those bags! <br />3 demerits for me, too - can't drink wine without ice!Phyllis (N/W Jersey)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-59464239686070194962012-04-27T09:21:22.351-07:002012-04-27T09:21:22.351-07:00Except we couldn't get our neighbor's truc...Except we couldn't get our neighbor's truck and trailer into the barn at all. Angle was too tight and there were piles of lumber in the way (another thing we need to address). Otherwise we would certainly have used this idea...<br /><br />- PatricePatrice Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-29139203915546784372012-04-27T09:13:02.498-07:002012-04-27T09:13:02.498-07:00A Suggestion for unloading the bales
Back the tr...A Suggestion for unloading the bales <br /><br />Back the trailer into the shed then chain the bails to the back wall posts. Then drive the trailer out from under the bails. <br /><br />No need to move them :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-26327575495312282092012-04-27T08:12:10.966-07:002012-04-27T08:12:10.966-07:00If your Ford tractor has a 3 point hitch you shoul...If your Ford tractor has a 3 point hitch you should be able to buy or have made a set of hay forks that will attach to it. I have seen them but have never used one so cannot say if they would work on the big square bales or not. I have seen them used on round bales however. Something to think about.stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-35746712796422113262012-04-27T07:29:08.429-07:002012-04-27T07:29:08.429-07:00A few years ago I had a company truck that constan...A few years ago I had a company truck that constantly ran HOT. Checked the thermostat - OK. Not the water pump because it wasn't leaking out of the weep hole in the pump. Checked the antifreeze level - WAYYY to high, 90%. Antifreeze has no heat transfer capability and the percentage shouldn't be above 50%. Just a thought.<br />RedrockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-68906823527739041812012-04-27T06:25:12.683-07:002012-04-27T06:25:12.683-07:00Is that ICE I see in your wine??????
Naughty!!!!
...Is that ICE I see in your wine??????<br /><br />Naughty!!!!<br /><br />3 demerits for you<br /><br />Hangtown FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-17942921404794716982012-04-27T06:15:37.793-07:002012-04-27T06:15:37.793-07:00Patrice, OMG, when it rains it pours! Sorry to h...Patrice, OMG, when it rains it pours! Sorry to hear you had one of those days. Thank God for great neighbors. Now I hope you sat back last night and enjoyed that glass of wine and laughed the day off. I don't have a glass of wine in my hand, but I do have a cup of hot tea. So, I am sending you a Friday cheer. Here's hoping for a better weekend, fixed truck and plent of hay to feed the animals. Salute!!!!Sandy Livesayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183449816586125720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-64028666739197813832012-04-27T05:46:03.206-07:002012-04-27T05:46:03.206-07:00Thank the Lord for good neighbors when time are
r...Thank the Lord for good neighbors when time are <br />rough.<br />Pray that it's a simple fix for you truck and that Don can do the work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-57467468432366820782012-04-27T05:39:25.193-07:002012-04-27T05:39:25.193-07:00So sorry you had such a rough day. Thankfully I f...So sorry you had such a rough day. Thankfully I find most days are not like this and so it makes the ones like this not seem as bad in the big scheme of things.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829131322960256603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-24609876691560129812012-04-27T05:15:58.925-07:002012-04-27T05:15:58.925-07:00Sometimes I hate rain too Patrice...Sometimes I hate rain too Patrice...Brian Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-72857922585289262532012-04-27T04:38:17.309-07:002012-04-27T04:38:17.309-07:00Patrice, we have bought large bales before and don...Patrice, we have bought large bales before and don't have the equipment to move them. Here is what we do. Run a chain or stout rope around the bale and then tie it off to something sturdy like a post or tree. Then drive out from under the bale. Works like a charm. But your right, this life isn't always what it is cracked up to be! But it is better than the alternative. Blessings, KatKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932224189710732528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-35667068197356106042012-04-27T03:28:27.622-07:002012-04-27T03:28:27.622-07:00Had to chuckle a bit, sorry Some days you just wan...Had to chuckle a bit, sorry Some days you just want to sit all day a eat chocolate! Living on a farm looks so fun until I see your posts like this one, it ain't for sissy's thats for sure!! Hope you have a better day today!!Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319991952705204675noreply@blogger.com