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Hi Donn

I enjoyed your report but especially your metaphor ” ideas coming like a meteor shower”

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Yes, it’s on it’s now way to South Carolina for a sweet little boy to rock away on.

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Neat collection, thanks.

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Good poem. My wife was giving me a haircut when we both read it on my Blackberry in my lap and we cracked up laughing. Good thing she stopped working while she was giggling.

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Vickie

Is the metal plate on top of the runner attached to the runner by anything other than the pin holding the rings in place?

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Howie

Are your pins the same design as the ones Fabian showed us?

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Interesting, not what I envisioned but very clever. It would require making that slot for the pin. I suppose I could do one side of my bows that way with standard holes on the other side and thus have a choice of which pin type to use. Lets see what else comes up.

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Pat Colby also has a “Natural Cattle Care ” book that spells out a safe way to get the copper into the cattle and it’s effect on the worms. I also have used Shalklee’s Basic H (liquid soap) in the water tanks. I read that Joe Satalitn (Polyface Farm) has used the Basic H for many years as his only wormer. My cows seem to love the stuff, suds and all.

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I tied them last night and it worked great. The stall is just wide enough and my ties are such that the must either stand or lie down parallel to each other. This morning I found a neat row of manure which was easy to pick up and put on the pile and except for that one small area the rest my bedding is nice and clean.
My stall has a dirt floor which I cover with some mulch hay and shaving. The dirt absorbs the urine and the hay makes picking the cow
pies up easy. The stall is open to the east and has three double walls and a ceiling. At the end is a raised 2′ feed area with a salt/mineral box in the middle. The oxen are tied to vertical pipes with a chain and rings which allows the chain to move up and down at will. Round bale hay is fed outside in a feeder where the cows spend the day.
I plan to install some pulleys in the ceiling so I can suspend the yoke over this tie up area. That’s today’s job.

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Excellent photos Vicki. They make it easy to understand.

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Hi Bradbury

You diden’t put any contact information in your post.

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Here are some more photos. The only mark I can fine on the back is a raised number 1. I can see what Grey described as plow wear and wondered if I could weld in some steel and reshape it to get back to the original shape? Doesn’t appear to have any provisions or adjustments to change the width of the plow.

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Here is another part which was loose wired to the plow. Any ideas what it is or is used for?

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Thanks for the drawing and explanation. I will look at the plow more carefully in the morning. I did examine the wood beam and being a life long wood worker know something about dry rot and other wood weaknesses. I think the beam is sound and fine for what I want to do with this $50 plow which is to plow my garden. No rocks, roots or anything but nice loose topsoil having been my same garden spot for the last 30 years. I could probably plow it with a coal shovel on a rope. I also looked again at the plow share before I came in this evening and don’t think the wear on it is significant enough to effect what I want to do with it.
I bought the plow and the cultivator after reading about all the fun folks were having with their walking plows and wanted to give it a try without spending a lot of money. I do have a rototiller in case it doesn’t work.
I am sorry I snapped at the critiques of both you and Carl as I know you both were just trying to be helpful, no excuse for that and I apologize.

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@grey 12578 wrote:

Sorry to say, that share looks like it is done for. Not much left of it.

I don’t think you can see that from the photo, It appears to me that their is plenty of life left in it for my intended use. The same goes for the remark previously made about the wood beam. Those comments can be helpful and initiate a detailed look at the parts in question but I don’t think their was enough information in my post and photos to write the plow or parts of it off. Especially since the intended service for the unit is such a major factor.

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