New guy from South Dakota

[Bill Doyle]

I have had teams for 25 years. What I am new at is running this computer! But fumbling around on it I found this forum and what a nice deal for people interested in draft animals. My wife and I have been married and farming 330 acres (with a tractor) for 33 years. We have mostly hay , pasture and CRP land . We have a daughter and a son (both married off) 50 mother cows (mostly Hereford) and 4 horses. We also own and operate an Upholstery and Saddle/Harness shop on the farm. My wife upholsters furniture (beautifully !)and I repair saddles, Harness and build custom Tack. Mostly I’m looking for places to find machinery and parts for our horse equipment.

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Bill

[jac]

Welcome Bill. You sound like 90% of the folks on here regards computers. It is a great site to be on and a load of info from decent people. Catch ya later..
John

[J-L]

Welcome Bill. I’ve been to some places in SD. Some very productive country there. I thought there was a lot of old horse equipment layin around there too, but that was a long time ago when I went through.
It’s good to have more new folks here and some different perspectives are always welcome. As you’ve probably read, there are some interesting folks that post on here. Many people with great experience. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

[Big Horses]

Hi Bill,
Where at in SD? It’s a great place here….lots of interesting info and ideas!
John

[Bill Doyle]

@J-L 19003 wrote:

Welcome Bill. I’ve been to some places in SD. Some very productive country there. I thought there was a lot of old horse equipment layin around there too, but that was a long time ago when I went through.
It’s good to have more new folks here and some different perspectives are always welcome. As you’ve probably read, there are some interesting folks that post on here. Many people with great experience. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

There was a lot of horse equipment here but about a year ago scrap iron price got up to $200 a ton.

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We lost a lot of it!!!

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Bill

[Bill Doyle]

@Big Horses 19010 wrote:

Hi Bill,
Where at in SD? It’s a great place here….lots of interesting info and ideas!
John

Flandreau. I’m only about 4 miles from Minn.(Don’t tell anybody!)

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Bill

[Stable-Man]

Right on. I visited SDSU in Brookings, very nice area around there. You’ll find good people and discussions here. Oh, and if you know somebody that needs a farm hand….

[Iron Rose]

Welcome Bill
know what you mean about horse machinery. Between the iron buyers and the people who use good pieces as yard art , not much left for those of us that still use it. I have started to design and built what I need. Built a three wheel for cart with a hydraulic 3 point hitch last winter(works okay but will have to tweak a couple of things this winter). Working on a ground drive PTO addition for future use.

Welcome
Dan
SE Minn

[Bill Doyle]

@Iron Rose 19025 wrote:

Welcome Bill
know what you mean about horse machinery. Between the iron buyers and the people who use good pieces as yard art , not much left for those of us that still use it. I have started to design and built what I need. Built a three wheel for cart with a hydraulic 3 point hitch last winter(works okay but will have to tweak a couple of things this winter). Working on a ground drive PTO addition for future use.

Welcome
Dan
SE Minn

Dan, you sound like a guy I need to talk to! Have you ever made a round bale unroller? One that I can pull with my team? I’m looking for something simple and light as my team is a pair of registered Paint mares and really aren’t made for pulling the big loads. Anybody got any plans for something like that? Thanks

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Bill

[Big Horses]

Bill,
I spent about a year in Watertown, going to school for the second half of my aircraft mechanic’s license…that was in about ’84/85. Spent the year before in Fargo.
John

[Iron Rose]

Bill
Never made a bale unroll-er, but that’s only because I haven’t needed one. I have thought of it from time to time and have an idea of what I want. Nothing down on paper just rolling around in my head with a bunch of other ideas. Usually design as I built. Keep in touch I’m sure we can get one made.

Dan
SE MN

[Anonymous]

@Bill Doyle 19018 wrote:

Flandreau. I’m only about 4 miles from Minn.(Don’t tell anybody!)

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Bill

Haha!! I’ve been to Flandrea! I lived in Arlington (technically the itty bitty town of Sinai, but address was Arlington). I lived on a working bison ranch there. I’m sure you’ve heard of it- Harmony Hills? I went to school at SDSU in Brookings and worked at Larson’s… and a short spell at 3M. I just recently moved back to Nebraska. Welcome former neighbor! 🙂

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