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    Who should suffer the loss?

    :cuss: I sold 100 roles of hay to a dairy farmer that is 215 miles from my house. The buyer contracted with a Farmer / trucking operation to haul the hay to the fellows dairy. Well, the first trailer was sent out to my place and it was a low boy type trailer, not a flatbed trailer. I loaded 33...
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    View from my back yard

    Me and my son this past spring with his first turkey. Got the turkey right behind our house, our land. Great morning. Marshall
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    C. B. radio users??????????? question.

    My father and I have communication problems. When we pass each other in the hay field, he makes all kinds of hand gestures of what he wants me to do. Of course, I most of the time have no clue what he is trying to get across to me. He has now resorted to calling my cell phone every 3 minutes...
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    Pictures from GA. (new tractor included)

    Three generations. Pop on the left, me in the middle on the new tractor, and my son on the right. My son on the tedder, all finished. Me loading the hay hauler trailer, to take them to the barn. Pop stacking at the barn. Hope you enjoy. Marshall
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    I need help. PTO switch dumping all at once on brand new 5085M tractor.

    I got a new JD 5085M in September. The PTO is turned on by a pull type button that is the same button pull switch as all the new lawn mowers when turning on the blades. I have problems with this and I need to know if there is an adjustment that can be done on this. When I pull the button for...
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    I need some information and nobody knows the answer

    The 5085M 2wd that I have is said to weigh 7600 lbs I believe. The HP is 85. I have a Kuhn GMD 700 attached to it and I have water in all the tires. I need some weights on the front, but I dont know how many. The owners manual for the tractor said that if the implement code is 76 to 85, 2...
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    New disc mower needed, Krone, or Kuhn?

    We currently have a Kuhn GMD 700 I believe, it is a 9' + disc mower. We are going to add another mower to the equipment. My father stands by the Kuhn we have, but doesn't want to spend alot of money on a second mower. The Kuhn was purchased new in 2001, so this is its tenth grass season. It...
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    NH 310 baler, How much $$$$ for one?

    I have a fellow that I know down the road that has a New Holland 310 that he does not use. Hasn't used it since the second year after he bought it. He told me that there have been around 3000 bales of grass through it and about 1000 bales of straw through it. I went over and looked at it and...
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    Hay equipment question and my story.

    Here is my story and a question. I grew up in a farming family in central GA. As the kids grew up, the three boys worked the row crops, hogs, cows, and of course worked the square bales for the cows feed during the months there was not enough grazing. All the boys grew up and each of us moved...
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    sync reverser or power reverser?

    Anybody out there have experience with both of these reversers? Is the power reverser that much greater than the sync reverser? I am getting a 5085m 2wd and it has to be built. It is currently with the sync reverser. Anybody????? Marshall
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    JD 5085M - any owners out there?

    Very first post here. I am about to buy a 5085M, 2wd with a deluxe cab. I will be cutting hay, tettering, and raking with the tractor. I will probably use it later on for running my round bailer as well. I currently use a 4030 for cutting and raking. It has an open station cab, it has the...
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