Hired help

[Klause]

The 25 an hr guy.


Dunno what to do with him. Told him to take long weekend off.

He knows better. Feels like crap about it. But can you trust a guy that pulls this kind of crap?

[ajl]

Too all those who cant handle their land base: there are small and medium sized operators in your neighborhood who can handle some more land. Rant about hired help over.

[Partners]

Don't feel to bad..At least you don't have 30 hired men to baby sit..
Now that's a gong show to watch...

[sumdumguy]

Sure nice not to need them. It's hard to find a good man. One might be a good mechanic but not farm smart. Then old farmer has to learn the new technology. Everyone needs three sons - all 3 absolutely awesome.

[farmaholic]

How the hell did the tire stay on the rim if it was driven that long to stress a wheel motor to the point of failure. Those "fixes" aren't cheap, escpecially if the wheel motor is an integrated hydraulic motor and final drive component. Then there is the system(hydrostatic motors and wheel motors and anything else the shared oil drives) contamination if filters bypass.

We had a wheel motor go on us two years ago. QUIT driving it. Had a full tank, transferred it to my neighbors sprayer and he applied it for me. The same neighbor who also had a wheel motor quit.on him.....but he kept driving, just kept pushing the hydro to keep moving. Complete drive system overhaul--4 wheel motors and the hydro pumps....about 70k into a sprayer that wasn't worth that much, un-real, just got it. Worthless even as a wrecking unit, what do you do?

Our new Rogator now.had the final drive and wheel motors seperate, but am thinking a blown wheel motor could be as catastrophic as before. Maybe a mechanical drive machine would be better.

What do you think hobby?

[sumdumguy]

My brother -in-law took his 1996 Walker to Hydrio Tech in Regina and had Mike install 4 industrial high-pressure oil filters. These filters have built in reversing valves that maintain flo forward or reverse. This is a 1996 Walker that is still going today with 5000 spraying hours.It has a custom built 130 foot boom front mount. That sprayer doesn't owe him anything.

[biglentil]

Wheel motor who, just try n keep up to my chipped apache 1220, it weighs less than your jonny empty fully loaded with 1200 gallons, just wish the autosteer wouldnt kick me out at 27mph. So I spray at 26 and transport at 38.

[hobbyfrmr]

Farma,

I dunno I am cultivating!

Sprayers are like Mistresses. If one is good, two are better. Farmers think they cant go without one. At first its all wonderful and happy times until the attention and maintenance demands begin. Then, they really **** up your life.

Dat's all I have to say 'bout sprayers.

[farmaholic]

Cultivating.....weed homicide.

Another pesticide like herbicide, insecticide and fungicide. Kinda fits in.

[SASKFARMER3]

We run all family and it works great.

Sons are old enough and have been around equipment since 13 they are 17 and 14 plus the old guy still helps out.

If they screw up its easy to forget.

Problems happen on all farms but stupidity you are born with.