[Carl Russell]

I think you’ll have to call them to find out if they have a dealer in your area. It usually is just someone like you who has agreed to have a couple extra plows on hand. 717-768-8313

Or try this link to send an electronic contact:
http://www.macraesbluebook.com/search/company.cfm?company=474598

[Carl Russell]

You should just give Walt a call and talk it over with him. I’m sure he will give you a good deal, Carl

[Carl Russell]

Jay that would be cool too!!

I have a four wheeled rubber tired wagon with bunks that we can use.

Donn, I was thinking that we can lay the planks on the ground and drive the wagon over them so that the wheels have to stay on. Also laying them on the ground to layout the foot print of a bay in a barn or shed to back in, etc.

Carl

[Carl Russell]

Welcome, I hope you find more inspiration here, Carl

[Carl Russell]

Livewater Farm;20622 wrote:

I have a ground drive forecart with a 3pt hitch I replaced the batteries for the hitch with a manual hydrolic pump works great and does not run out of power unless I fade the cart was made in the lATE 80 EARLY 90 BY TEAMSTER 2000 GOOD HEAVEY CART FOR MODERN 3PT EQUIPMENT i RUN A ROTARY RAKE + KUHN 16 FT TEDDER WITH IT WITH 2 HORSES IT WILL ACCOMMADATE MULTIPLE HITCHES AND A COMFORTABLE CART TO RIDE HOURS AT A TIME IF i CAN GET A TRAILER i WILL BRING IT ALONG TO THE NEAPFD CART IS NOT MADE ANY MORE THE MAIN PTO ELEMENT IS A FORD FIESTA REAR END TURNED UPSIDE DOWN TO SPIN PTO RIGHT DIRECTION PUTS OUT 540 RPM AT 3MPH WITH 3HORSES THEY RUN 7FT HAYBINES CORN PICKERS AND BRUSH HOGS OFF THIS MACHINE
BILL

We would love to have you bring that this year Bill. Let me know if it will work out, Carl

[Carl Russell]

George it’s been a few years since I made hay, but I remember that this time of year is really tough. The nights are long and there is a lot of moisture that comes out of the air and ground.

I always had really good luck with this schedule.
Day 1, mow late afternoon. Day 2 ted late am, and mid-late afternoon. Day 3 possibly ted or more likely rake late am. Often rake again late afternoon day 3, then mound the hay for pick up. I put it up loose, and found it much more fore giving if it wasn’t crispy dry. Unless it was rained on it was always rich and green in the middle of the winter.

I think the secret to affective raking and tedding is doing it in hot direct sunshine. The hay dries fastest if it can get that hot dry air all around it.

Once rowan is raked it will compress and mat down, reducing air flow. I would rather ted it one more time than rake and rake and rake. If it was still not dry in the windrow, I would ted it out instead of raking again.

Carl

[Carl Russell]

This is called the Yard hitch. It is designed to perform heavy 3pt tasks. Four wheeled, articulated, battery powered hydraulics. This is not a small garden tool, more appropriate for using horses to employ existing tractor equipment.

The cart in the front is an I&J PTO cart, and the one behind is a White Horse Machine 3pth cart designed for lighter items like cultivators etc.

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I don’t have any picture of 3pth carts with accumulators, but they are usually tag-along implements to give extra stability to accommodate more weight associate with greater lifting capacity.

Carl

[Carl Russell]

Andy “John Deere” Carson!!!! Keep up the good work.

Carl

[Carl Russell]

Ben, you are entirely welcome to bring this innovation to 2010 NEAPFD. I will look around for the correct size mower. I will also contact the fellows putting on the Equipment Innovation workshop to see if we can make some room for you to show this piece.

Carl

[Carl Russell]

I can supply planks, ramps, and blocks of wood for artificial structures like barns, sheds, bridges, and other maneuvering challenges.

Carl

[Carl Russell]

Far from cool here…..near ninety last few days. Horses sweat just eating hay, and they can hardly stand still in the woods…

Carl

[Carl Russell]

dominiquer60;20540 wrote:

…. but I always make a point to interact with them everyday at feeding time. Whether they are loose in a pasture or tied in the barn, I always make them take a step or two back before I feed them. It was the same when I had horses under my care, I was the leader and I made them move back before they ate. Maybe I am wrong but I feel that this has helped maintain our working relationship even when it has been a couple of weeks since we have done any real work. When we do go back to work we generally manage to pick up right where we left off with me as the leader.

Erika

This is a big key. I think a lot of people see working as a teamster as that time with a goad or lines in their hands. Every minute is a leadership opportunity, every chore, every tool, any time we are near our animals we need to remember we are they leaders. They want this from us, and if they don’t get it, they will find their own initiative.

The challenge is when you are just beginning to understand something it is hard to act with the confidence that you need because we are trained to connect confidence with understanding. It is a feature used to maintain social structure.

To lead animals effectively we need to allow our selves to be confident in our actions. It is a way of moving… body language. That is why the little tasks, like stepping back a step or two are so important, because these are the times when it is easy to act confident, because there is very little riding on the outcome, so anxiety doesn’t tarnish the presentation.

Carl

[Carl Russell]

I would not get concerned about how the animal is responding to your routine. You should set a routine that works for you, and then do what ever you need to get him to follow it.

They are definitely at the age where they will assert themselves if they feel they are not being led.

I always feed my animals, horses and steers before work them. I never set a routine with the idea that they will be able to understand that they get a reward for following it. The reward is that I am calm and accepting when they do what I want. I am, however, not that when they don’t do what I want.

It is a good idea to teach the steer to move forward by pulling hard until they step, then allowing them to move a few steps with no pressure. However, if you’ve gotten to the point that they are too big for you to pull them forward, you can always pull their head to the side, so that they learn that they have to take a step.

BUT, in the situation as I read it, I would not wait for this knucklehead to get a chance to pull back on the lead. I would step to his side, behind his shoulder and put the goad to him. I like to poke him in the ribs with the butt of the goad so that he moves for me while I am in the lead(this is figuratively as I am beside him), as apposed to me trying to regain the lead after he has challenged it.

Remember, the real lesson is that the animal follow your lead, not that you figure out how to correct an animal that won’t follow. Once they figure out they don’t have to follow, even if you find a way to correct it, they have figured out that there is this initiative they can assert, and that feels so right to them that they will feed on it.

It is a hard concept to grasp sometimes in the beginning, but set-up a series of events in your own mind, and make sure that it is accomplished to the “T”. Just going along for a walk to see how things go will often times lead to a series of corrections.

Keep it simple. Out of the stall, and past the barn without me pulling on you. Let’s see how many times it takes you to figure out that you can do it with ease, and i will reward you by leaving you alone and allowing you to do it freely. I always say, you can’t put on the roof until you have a good foundation.

It is hard to resist the temptation to be at a certain place in training with animals of a certain age, pulling this or that, or moving in a certain way, but you will find that your animals will be more responsive if you learn to read them, and begin to be ahead of them at every turn. This will get their attention, and respect, and it will make a huge difference when they are 7 years old, and you’re stuck with a load of wood on a sled down in a stream bed with no place to go but up……

Carl

[Carl Russell]

Well it’s been a bit slow for the last couple of weeks, Ben’s getting ready to get married on his farm next weekend, Brad’s had a few on-farm projects, and I’ve been distracted working on a management plan for a 1300 acre parcel…..

The town of Bethel Vermont is made up of little hamlets like Bethel Gilead, Christian Hill, East Bethel, Gayesville, Lympus (near Mount O’lympus), Camp Brook, and Lilliesville. They are little clusters of homes and historic farm communities mostly related to some small stream, valley, or nearby hill. Lilliesville is located in south central east west Bethel. There is a three way road intersection surrounded by five large old farm houses, and a three story structure that used to house some manufacturing as well as a road house.

Things should start happening in earnest again next week, as we begin harvesting some big white pines.

Carl

[Carl Russell]

George, also make sure you get into a chainsaw safety class if you haven’t already.

Call the mills that you hope to sell to and visit them. Spend time with the log buyers at the mill, so you can see what they are looking for, and how they use it.

Just a few more thoughts, Carl

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