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bjrogg:
Today I’m planting our furthest field from pilling grounds. This one is almost 40 mile round trip to town. With fuel prices I’m thinking probably shouldn’t have panted this field. Harvest probably going to be expensive.

Dry and windy now. Next problem is going to be keeping them in moisture. Can’t plant beets very deep. That’s another reason it’s nice to get them planted early.
Bjrogg

bjrogg:
A rock

And no those tracks aren’t from it rolling out of the way by itself.

Bjrogg

bjrogg:
We almost got done with sugar beets last night. About 25 acres to go. Had sprayer pump quit. I replaced it with my spare pump. Started tractor back up and fuel lift pump quit. Tractor wouldn’t stay running.

I’m sure hoping they have a new one I can get this morning. Hearing all kinds of stories about people unable to get parts for their tractors and down time is a real killer. Glad we got as much done as we do, but it’s time to keep the planter going. As soon as I get done with sugar beets I’ll switch planter over to corn. Then to soybeans. Got lots of spraying to do to.

This farm is right by the lake to. You can see it in this picture

Also one from behind planter. I keep checking to see if seeds are still in moisture.

Bjrogg

Buckskinner:
You guys are cruising right along!  Hopefully you got some rain last night. it missed us but we have good moisture yet.

Looks like it must have been something like the park sensor.  I agree too much electronics these days to go wrong, I miss the linkage days, when it wouldn't go into park there was likely a pin missing...

My grandparents bought this new in 1945 and it replaced horses, was their main tractor for decades.  The B was kept in the family and my aunt gave it to me in 2020, so I rebuilt it and got it running again that winter.  Fun project and very easy to work on, although I have more money into than it's worth...  Wish my dad was still around to see it, he would have gotten a kick out of it.

bjrogg:
That’s great news it was a sensor even if it is aggravating being down.

AC  model b was a nice little tractor

Got to closest John Deere dealer at opening and they didn’t have my pump. Had to go to another store. $1,100 and 130 miles later I have my tractor running again. No rain yet. We are really about perfect for moisture but sugar beets can only be planted about a 1 1/4” deep max and this time of year it can easily dry that out before they germinate. I saw a lot of farmers scratching to see if their seed was still in moisture on my trip for parts

Cloudy now so maybe we can keep them in moisture.

Bjrogg

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