Winter was nice

[nwobcw]

   Well, the winter has been pretty good until now.  2 bouts of thawing then freezing rain have really caused some problems with outside stored net wrapped round bales.  Not only is the net wrap froze to the bales but the stacked up  bales are froze to each other.   I pick up 3 when I spear 1 on top of the other 2.  There's going to be a lot of netwrap debis to pick up when it thaws and even more to cut off the beaters on the manure spreader.  Has anyone else had unforeseen problems this winter?

[jrsiajdranch]

Unfortunatly NW I foresaw all the problems and couldn't do a **bleep** thing about the!

Been real busy the past few days.  When I went outside this morning it was -18! by the time I got done with chores just as the sun came up it was -24.  Thats cold on the cow t i tties.  

BTW when I started the Bobcat this morning I had to glow plug it 4 times but she did start!  Haven't expeierienced haelth problems in the cattle yet.

I did have a motor go bad in the corn silage silo this week so I am waiting for that to get back to reinstall. It was only 65 feet off the ground.   

[nwobcw]

   Darn JR I never knew you had such foul weather out there.   We haven't had cold like that since about 1983.  We got some snow yesterday and should have plowed the yard and driveways but the blade is froze in about 4" of stone and water so I didn't even try to do it.  Just looked at it and thought "that's never happened before.  Picked up a round bale of straw the other day that the wrap had been ripped off and watched 534# of straw unroll in the barn galley way before my very eyes.  My comments would have made a sailor proud.

[jrsiajdranch]

NW the only thing between me and the polar ice cap is a few reindeer, and a bunch of minnisodans! 

[k-289]

Jr--have a couple of Van Dale 20 ft. unloaders ----maybe I could fax over what repairs u needed--good outfits for corn silage -- earlage--hi-moist corn---one was only used 4 seasons---kinda miss going up the chute in todays temps-

[jrsiajdranch]

i'll bet your typing tongue was firmly in your cheek there!

[nwobcw]

JR I thought you were in Iowa.

[jrsiajdranch]

I am if I look north all I see is minniesodans (iam very close to the border) and then it is to a very sparsley popuylated part of Canada and then the artic circle! Should have said carabou instead of reindeer.

[nwobcw]

   Gotcha JR  Bobcat wouldn't start today at -4.   Ran out of juice half way into the 4th glow plug cycle.  It fired after the third cycle but quit.  The booster charger spun it over like the starter never did.  2 hrs. on it moving bales and loading a trailer with bales for the auction about did me in.  The cattle were out milling around like it was a fine day in May.  I think they do better in the cold then in the heat of summer.   I don't do well in either.  Ha

[jrsiajdranch]

Darn feedwagon tractor got unplugged last night prolly by a coon or a cat. so haven't fed cows yet. Maybe in  an hour?