Catching Up on Spring 8N Pics

Ed S.

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Location
Middle Tennessee
With the mild Winter we had, Spring has sprung a little earlier than usual. The 8N saw no snow, and only got run a couple times to move hay racks around as the cows consumed last year's crop. Even after sitting for 6-8 weeks, it still fires right up on the first or second "rumpa."

So my first real Spring workout was to dig out the Van Brundt grain drill and overseed some pasture mix:

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And since the alfalfa is looking like it's ready to be cut soon, I dug out the balers today to do some parts swapping. The hitch mount on the 273 was somewhat buggered up when I bought it, so I decided to swap with the mount off the old 68. I also transferred the hay rack hitch off the 68 onto the 273 (bolt holes were already there). With no sons at home any more, I usually drop-bale, but every so often, someone will stop and offer to help (I must look pitiful). This way I can accept help and put them on the rack instead of driving around picking up bales.

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es
 
Still looks great Ed! I'm hoping to get on my fields soon.
Still have water standing in my yard though and 5 inch grass. :(
 
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Saved to yer file here, goofy ED;
And now have two more background pix for my Vostro Comp.!!!!

Thanks

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Ed an 8N will pull a 273? We have one we bale Bermuda hay with but run it off a 5610 Ford. I never even thought about hooking it up to the 2N we have but I may try it behind the 8N I am restoring now. I never dreamed an 8N had enough azz to run one.
 
(quoted from post at 21:00:59 04/24/17) Ed an 8N will pull a 273? We have one we bale Bermuda hay with but run it off a 5610 Ford. I never even thought about hooking it up to the 2N we have but I may try it behind the 8N I am restoring now. I never dreamed an 8N had enough azz to run one.

I've run many a bale through the 68 behind the 8N, but haven't tried it with the 273. It would probably "just" manage with light windrows (and my ground is flat). I run the 273 with my Boomer 8N...

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es
 
As always, love your photos! We had snow last night with a low of 22*. It's been a crazy spring. Generally too warm (we had a poor maple sap run), so everything is out of sync.

Any way, here's a photo from last week's preparation of the onion beds. We put in a bit over 3,000 onions this year. Mostly plants purchased from an onion nursery out of Texas. We do set out a few hundred onion sets.

Colin, MN
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