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C B ....thanx...! You got here before me and several others, I’m sure. Anyway, enjoy this young lady’s adventures...!

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@C B You mean, like bunker buddy, pure evil 👿

After over 50 years of mechanical and woodworking, I FULLY agree with your statements. After having my wedding band cut off many years ago, I quit wearing rings when I was doing anything that threatened the integrity of my fingers. My wife fully understood, and although the ring is the outward symbol of your relationship, it is NOT the relationship. Love you guys, and good luck in your future endeavors.

Unbelievable results!! This has been an incredible experience from day one! This wasn't my first time trading but honestly I didn’t know what to expect when I first joined. After much loss. God walked me through the entire process from start to finish, which was a HUGE plus! They made the entire process so easy and hassle-free! I’m very impressed! I will definitely be referring him to you all. Contact him via Instagram 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 @nicholas__fxtrade

i leave my expendable (walmart) wedding ring on my keyring .. and my good one hanging up in the truck/house for when i'm not working ... keeps the danger at bay

I guess you attach it to a necklace tucked under your clothes to avoid it catching on stuff when not on your finger?

THEY ARE AWESOME 😊🇺🇸👍👍 THANK GOD 🙏 FOR THEM 🙌 AMEN 🇺🇸🕊️

Farming means knowing lots of trades and being good at them and knowing when to call in the expert. Having the ability to quickly fix something instead of waiting for an expert can mean, in the Plains States, getting a job done before weather drastically affects the harvest. In my youth, I worked on farms in the summer time. More than once, I raced my tractor from drilling, plowing or cutting in the field back to the farm as lightning from the oncoming storm hit less than 1/4 mile away. Back then, we were "open air", no cabs, just the tallest spot in a flat field. But, rain could mean a delay of working in the field. For harvest, at the elevator, grain was measured for moisture content. Too much moisture can affect quality as we as price. So a rain during harvest could impact getting back in the field as well as selling price. If there was a breakdown in the field, it was important to get fixed and running again quickly. Dave

Hanns Hello hope you are doing great

Mark Hello hope you are doing great

It's amazing how much gear can be found lying around on farms.

It's similar there are two types of combine a Convtional an a Rotorary. I do not know my way around a conventional combine, but I some what konw about the Rotorary combines. There is a Bing drum inside it and due tue the rotation and thrashing action of it the dry cernals fall of the cob an thrue the sieves. There the wind separates the heavy cernals from the lighter chaf. Then it is transporte into the grain tank. I hope I could help you a little bit. But I'm in no way a combine mechanic or have ever operated one.

There are 2 methods that I know of for a combine to remove grain from a corn cob or beans from their pods. For an explanation of the first type used in a combine go way... way... way... back to before machinery was used to separate the grain from the chaff. In those times the farmer had what was called a threshing floor onto which an amount/bundle of grain stalks were place and then beaten with and odd stick. The "stick" was in 2 parts connected together with chain or leather and the person doing the "threshing" would swing the handle causing the other half to slam against the grain shafts and this would cause the grain to separate from the stalk. After "threshing" the grain loose from the stalk the farmer would discard this "straw/chaff" and scoop up the grain from the floor. This is why the first machines that separated grain from the plant stalk was called a "thresher" not a combine. "Thresher" machines were stationary, powered by steam engines and the farmers would bring bundles of grain to it. These first mechanical "threshers" and the earliest combines use a similar method to separate the grain from the stalk as the threshing floor. In the machine there is a "cylinder" with several "bars" attached to it that rotates around at high speed "threshing" the grain stalk against a "concave" shaped barrier which is set to different clearances from the "cylinder" depending on the grain being harvested. This "concave" has holes/slots in it that let the grain pass through but not the stalk. The "discarded" stalk/cob/pod is then moved to large "trays" that shake back and forth in an effort to separate any remaining grain from the chaff. The separated grain is then exposed to a forced stream of air in an effort to separate dust from the grain. Finally, the separated grain gets stored in the bin at the top of the combine. In 1977 International Harvester (IH) produced the first "Axial Flow" combines. These combines do not have the "threshing cylinder" mounted across the opening "throat" of the combine. They instead have a more or less rotating auger that runs mostly the full length of the combine. The idea of how this works can be imagined by taking a stalk of grain like wheat or oats and placing the grain head of the stalk between the palms of your hands and moving your palms back and forth. This will very efficiently remove the grain from the stalk. So the "Axial Flow" combine emulates this type of separation method. The inner "auger" rubs the stalk/cob/pod against an outer shell which has "holes" in it that again allows the grain to pass through. The grain is again exposed to a stream of air to separate the dust from the grain. The grain is stored in the bin at the top of the combine and the chaff is expelled out the back just like with the "threshing cylinder" type combine. The "Axial Flow" combine is said to be able to handle larger amounts of material and do a more efficient job of separating the grain. However, it is also said that for some types of grain the older "Threshing Cylinder" type of combine still works best. Choose whichever design works best for you and your crops.

@@InquisitiveSearcher In the 70s I saw a tractor-towed thresher using the cylinder type of action - it was used for harvesting peanuts (after they'd been "pulled", left to dry for a few weeks, then raked into rows).

@@vk2ig: I think it would be great if more people would have the opportunity to actually personally see this kind of equipment in use. Even just standing beside it, maybe while it's powered up might make quite the impression. Glad you had the experience. I would like to point one thing out though, what you saw I think would be called a PTO powered towed combine not a thresher. If I understand things correctly from the older folk in the community where I grew up a "thresher" was a stationary machine that had no ability to store grain in a bin. Again, if I understand correctly, a "thresher" would be set up in a central location of several farms and the farmers would bring wagons overflowing with bundles of grain to the thresher along with a wagon for the grain extracted from the bundles. Everything was pull by horses no less. The farmer would put his grain wagon under the spout where the grain came out and then feed his bundles into the thresher. Every farmer would come with bundles of grain stalks and go home with a wagon of grain gotten just from his own bundles. By several farmers bringing wagons of bundles they could keep the "thresher" busy all day long perhaps for several days. Some large farms had their own "thresher" but back in the day a farmer may own only 40 acres of land. For horse powered farming that was quite a bit to farm. Today 40 acres is a small drop in the bucket.

Gloves are expensive, especially good ones. So typically, when I grew up on a farm, we only wore gloves when the job absolutely required them like putting up barbed wire fence or bailing hay (small square bails back in the day, 50 to 75# each bail) and especially when it got cold out. But when it was really cold we'd often wear mittens. Other than that, a little dirt never hurt anyone.

@@InquisitiveSearcher And your hands toughen up a fair bit ... as did the soles of my feet when I didn't used to wear shoes much.

DAVID Hello hope you are doing great

Dual tires spread the weight of tractors over a wider area this compacting the soil less. If you notice, the tractors they use are good sized, making it easier to haul heavier loads. I'm not sure on the models they are using but these tractors easily could weigh 2 tons or even well over 5 tons. You notice the ballast weight on the front used to keep that nose on the ground when pulling a heavy load? It's not unusual for ballast to be 4 tons alone. So, with all that weight, duals even front and rear help preserve the soil. Dave