Hi guys,
This afternoon, Andrew and I worked on "Peeley", Andrew's combine. A bearing had gone out on the feeder house, the part of the combine that takes the grain from the header up in to the thrashing components...
So, after fighting with the big electric clutch/gear, we finally got that piece off of the combine, to find two very chewed up bearings! You see, when one bearing goes out, it usually sends lots of little metal shavings everywhere, and in this case, they went into the other bearing and took it out too. >:-(
After examining the damage, we lifted up one of Andrew's cars to try to figure out if he had a warped brake roter, or if there was just a bunch of junk in behind the roter, causing it to be mounted a little off center. It turns out that it was just a bit of rust, and not a warped roter.
Well, time to go do the chores. Jacob B.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
School...
Hi guys,
how ave you all been doing? We've all been doing fine around here... Well, except for the cows knocking the water hose out of the water tank and making a huge muddy mess, that is. :P At least almost all of the cows are staying in the fence now!
This morning, Mom left to do sessions in Bismarck again; Dad and Andrew both left for that farmer's farm; Cora worked around the house, and I worked on my school some; checked the cows again, and also played some too...
I am having a rather hard time coming up with something more to write rite now, so I will say goodbye.
how ave you all been doing? We've all been doing fine around here... Well, except for the cows knocking the water hose out of the water tank and making a huge muddy mess, that is. :P At least almost all of the cows are staying in the fence now!
This morning, Mom left to do sessions in Bismarck again; Dad and Andrew both left for that farmer's farm; Cora worked around the house, and I worked on my school some; checked the cows again, and also played some too...
I am having a rather hard time coming up with something more to write rite now, so I will say goodbye.
Monday, October 31, 2011
It's that time of year...
...for mysterious packages to arrive, only to be whisked away to Cora's bedroom. The reason for that is because my brother Andrew and my birthdays are just around the corner. In fact, mine is only five days away! And then I will be 16!
Anyway, yesterday we all got up and did our chores, and then we went up to our pasture to move our cows the five miles (roughly) home. That project took us a good three hours... When we got them home, we put them in our combined corn field, so they can eat on the stalks for a while.
We are working on school in full swing now days, so between doing school; checking the cows; and doing odd jobs around the farm, I have been keeping plenty busy... Andrew and Dad have been keeping busy too, as they have been gone almost every day of the week.
We have talked about building an ice hockey rink for several years now, but we never got around to building it, but this year I think that it might happen! Andrew has found a fairly inexpensive liner, but we are still looking...
Well, gotta run, Jacob.
Anyway, yesterday we all got up and did our chores, and then we went up to our pasture to move our cows the five miles (roughly) home. That project took us a good three hours... When we got them home, we put them in our combined corn field, so they can eat on the stalks for a while.
We are working on school in full swing now days, so between doing school; checking the cows; and doing odd jobs around the farm, I have been keeping plenty busy... Andrew and Dad have been keeping busy too, as they have been gone almost every day of the week.
We have talked about building an ice hockey rink for several years now, but we never got around to building it, but this year I think that it might happen! Andrew has found a fairly inexpensive liner, but we are still looking...
Well, gotta run, Jacob.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Alas, the school hath started again... :-)
Hi guys,
Yes, I am back at the grindstone so to speak. Actually it's not that bad, just a little annoying. This morning, Mom is doing a couple of sessions; Dad went to haul grain; Andrew went up to the pasture to work on some fence; and Cora and I are staying inside as much as possible. :P
Last Friday, we got a phone call saying that our cows were all out in the same alfalfa field that they were in the last time, so Mom and I, being the only people home, went up to get them back in. We finaly got them in, but then we had to go around the fence to find any bad places and fix them...
Well, by the time we got home, it was about 6:15 and we had left at about 1:30! And to make things worse, Friday is the day that we clean the house on. Needless to say, the house didn't get cleaned very much...
Yesterday, we combined some of our corn around here! We had both of the combines going, and I was driving the white truck with the grain box. I think that Andrew is going to try to combine some more today when he gets home...
Well, time to go. Have a nice day today! Jacob B.
Yes, I am back at the grindstone so to speak. Actually it's not that bad, just a little annoying. This morning, Mom is doing a couple of sessions; Dad went to haul grain; Andrew went up to the pasture to work on some fence; and Cora and I are staying inside as much as possible. :P
Last Friday, we got a phone call saying that our cows were all out in the same alfalfa field that they were in the last time, so Mom and I, being the only people home, went up to get them back in. We finaly got them in, but then we had to go around the fence to find any bad places and fix them...
Well, by the time we got home, it was about 6:15 and we had left at about 1:30! And to make things worse, Friday is the day that we clean the house on. Needless to say, the house didn't get cleaned very much...
Yesterday, we combined some of our corn around here! We had both of the combines going, and I was driving the white truck with the grain box. I think that Andrew is going to try to combine some more today when he gets home...
Well, time to go. Have a nice day today! Jacob B.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
School goes on.....
Hi guys,
Yesterday evening, Mom and I went up to Steele for a meeting about the John Birch Society. We were there for about 2 hours, listening about how to take back our country... I think I will let Mom tell you more.....
This morning, Mom left for Bismarck to do sessions; Dad left to go haul some more grain; Andrew left to go drive grain cart for a farmer; Cora worked around the house, and , before Andrew left, Andrew and I worked on the rafters some more.
After lunch, I started working on school, and this is the last thing on my school list! YAY!!! :P I am also going to run up to the pasture to check cows pretty soon, as that has become one of my daily jobs, because they kinda like to jump out of the fence. >:-(
Well, I will talk to you all later, Jacob B.
Yesterday evening, Mom and I went up to Steele for a meeting about the John Birch Society. We were there for about 2 hours, listening about how to take back our country... I think I will let Mom tell you more.....
This morning, Mom left for Bismarck to do sessions; Dad left to go haul some more grain; Andrew left to go drive grain cart for a farmer; Cora worked around the house, and , before Andrew left, Andrew and I worked on the rafters some more.
After lunch, I started working on school, and this is the last thing on my school list! YAY!!! :P I am also going to run up to the pasture to check cows pretty soon, as that has become one of my daily jobs, because they kinda like to jump out of the fence. >:-(
Well, I will talk to you all later, Jacob B.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Washing the baler...
Hi guys,
As the title suggests, yesterday I pressure washed the baler. The reason for doing this is to get rid of all of the old hay leaves and dirt and dist that had gathered during the haying season. I will try to dig up a few pictures that Mom took of me yesterday. Sorry, they don't want to load. :-(
Anyway, once Andrew and I had finished washing the very dirty baler, which took us about 3 hours, we "winterized" the pressure washer. To winterize it, we ran all of the water out, and ran some straight anti-freeze in until it was through all of the systems.
I have also been working on tearing apart the rafters that got blown over by the wind. We have to take them all apart so that we can figure out what is all wrong with them so that we can start rebilding them again...
News for my game fans: Giants software is releasing a special "Platinum" edition of Farming Simulator 2011 with all three of the DLC packs, as well as a new game; Ski Region Simulator 2012. Those two will be released on the 21st of October. Also, Agrar Simulator 2012 should be coming out on the 25th of November...
Gotta run, Jacob.
As the title suggests, yesterday I pressure washed the baler. The reason for doing this is to get rid of all of the old hay leaves and dirt and dist that had gathered during the haying season. I will try to dig up a few pictures that Mom took of me yesterday. Sorry, they don't want to load. :-(
Anyway, once Andrew and I had finished washing the very dirty baler, which took us about 3 hours, we "winterized" the pressure washer. To winterize it, we ran all of the water out, and ran some straight anti-freeze in until it was through all of the systems.
I have also been working on tearing apart the rafters that got blown over by the wind. We have to take them all apart so that we can figure out what is all wrong with them so that we can start rebilding them again...
News for my game fans: Giants software is releasing a special "Platinum" edition of Farming Simulator 2011 with all three of the DLC packs, as well as a new game; Ski Region Simulator 2012. Those two will be released on the 21st of October. Also, Agrar Simulator 2012 should be coming out on the 25th of November...
Gotta run, Jacob.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Busy with everyting but school. :-)
Hi guys,
as the title suggests, we have all been very busy around here for a while, and now is the first time that I can write. Mom has been talking some more BodyTalk classes in Bismarck, and along with going up for sessions, she has been home for 1 whole day this week! :-)
The other day almost all of the cows were out in our neighbour's hay field, so we spent two and a half hours getting them in and fixing all of the fence that they knocked down. By the time we were done, we had to ride back home in the dark!
We also worked on the grain trailer for the truck in the past week. We put in new brakes, bearings and oil seals on all of the main axles, as the seals were letting all of the hub oil out of the hub, and the bearing were not getting enough oil.
Andrew will be working for a farmer for quite a while, driving a grain cart chasing the combine! They have enough corn to combine to keep him busy for a while. ;-) Anyway, I need to get going, as I should go check the cows pretty soon. Bye
Jacob.
as the title suggests, we have all been very busy around here for a while, and now is the first time that I can write. Mom has been talking some more BodyTalk classes in Bismarck, and along with going up for sessions, she has been home for 1 whole day this week! :-)
The other day almost all of the cows were out in our neighbour's hay field, so we spent two and a half hours getting them in and fixing all of the fence that they knocked down. By the time we were done, we had to ride back home in the dark!
We also worked on the grain trailer for the truck in the past week. We put in new brakes, bearings and oil seals on all of the main axles, as the seals were letting all of the hub oil out of the hub, and the bearing were not getting enough oil.
Andrew will be working for a farmer for quite a while, driving a grain cart chasing the combine! They have enough corn to combine to keep him busy for a while. ;-) Anyway, I need to get going, as I should go check the cows pretty soon. Bye
Jacob.
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