What did you do to your Gen 1 today?
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My little toyota has mudders on it, and makes all kinds of road noise. Dodge, OTOH, has all season road tires, and doesn't make nearly as much.
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You guys would love this dude's farm. All fresh dairy and meats. And he's a big fan.
Tried to get him to join here, but being a farmer, I'm sure doesn't have much time.
Told him about carlisle. Hopefully he's interested.
1st gen and older brother
Tried to get him to join here, but being a farmer, I'm sure doesn't have much time.
Told him about carlisle. Hopefully he's interested.
1st gen and older brother
#8673
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We like to get our beef from local butchers. They have better quality. Grass fed is much better than CAFO beef. We bought a deep freeze for meat only and filled it up with bartered beef last year. Good stuff.
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#8674
we buy a 1/2 beef from a buddy and I get a 1/4 buffalo from work every year. Can’t be compared to any store bought meat. That’s for sure.
#8675
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Decent looking '80 flatbed at the farm there T-man.
I don't know if he will be able to fit those new mud tires he has in the picture without some serious fender trimming...Haha
I don't know if he will be able to fit those new mud tires he has in the picture without some serious fender trimming...Haha
#8676
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Topped off my battery with the trickle charger. Took the 1/2 drive impact gun to the spare IP screw on the AFC. I want to check how the smoke screw is adjusted. Allegedly it has an aftermarket fuel pin in it.
#8677
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It's the heat for me in Hawaii that is a problem with no headliner- you could burn your hand on it if you park it in the sun!
#8679
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I agree completely, can't eat "commercial" meat hardly anymore, and I drink my own cows milk, have two dexters. In fact, here is me moving them back to the farm with my first gen!
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#8680
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Took a 3 hour trip and brought home a used 2,500 gallon water tank. Going to hook it up to my shop's rain gutter for rain water harvesting. Shop is in the back ground.
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#8681
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I haven't seen it yet. My brother is building a 3200sqft condominium he has a 15,000 tank.Will use it for everything.. This will include his gardening. He is building in Volusia County Florida. If it was me I would pump the water out of the swampy areas of his property for the garden. It is loaded with nutrients. We pumped it on to his grass seed on his drainfield back in November.
You can't let light get into the piping. White PVC is not sun blocking.
Not sure what he's going to use for purification on the rain water. He told me, I forgot.
You can't let light get into the piping. White PVC is not sun blocking.
Not sure what he's going to use for purification on the rain water. He told me, I forgot.
#8682
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In Hawaii we call that "catchment" - we all have it, the main way every house has water- "county" water is kinda rare. I have 3 five thousand gallon tanks all fed from my roof.
#8683
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Were just getting started with rain water harvesting. The new to use tank will be used for the swamp cooler in the shop and gardening. The previous owner let it get contaminated with algae, will see if it can be de-contaminated and used for potable water. If you look at the top right of the picture you can see our 3000 gal well tank. About 9 months ago our well went dry and we've been living with bulk water delivery. We redrilled the old well down to 500' from 200' and just got it hooked up to the tank today. Now we can afford a long hot shower, at least once a month.
#8684
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Wow, you fellers have been chatty lately! That's good!
Glad to see youall appreciate grass finished beef! Weaning 9 tomorrow. Kept two from the year before, they'll be harvested this fall. My oldest daughter kept 4-6 every year to sell as freezer beef for her FFA SAE & some income. Ruminants evolved to process grass, not grain. They actually have to completely change the micro-biome in their rumen when they are finished on grain. Old English cattle like the Dexters finish sooner and seem to marble more on grass than the continental breeds, I'll bet their milk has a higher butter content too huh? How do they handle the Hawaii heat?
That '80 Power Wagon resembles my '77 with the flat bed. Looks like it might have a slight lift or maybe that's just because the front bumper is missing? Still not near enough for those tractor tires though!
Scout4bta, I dig those old school white spokes! I had a set on my '62 ****** CJ-3B... I bought a set of turbines, my other favorites, with Ground Hawgs a while back. Not really sure why because they are way too wide for anything I'd ever run but I always wanted a set (like the General Lee had).
We're really starting to promote water harvesting here too. Not that we're short on water with 50"+ a year but now it comes in quick, heavy bursts and all runs off and/or causes erosion. Plus city water for cattle can be expensive but they do better and consume more if it's cool clean water.
Wow, bovines & Mopars - I could talk all day...
Glad to see youall appreciate grass finished beef! Weaning 9 tomorrow. Kept two from the year before, they'll be harvested this fall. My oldest daughter kept 4-6 every year to sell as freezer beef for her FFA SAE & some income. Ruminants evolved to process grass, not grain. They actually have to completely change the micro-biome in their rumen when they are finished on grain. Old English cattle like the Dexters finish sooner and seem to marble more on grass than the continental breeds, I'll bet their milk has a higher butter content too huh? How do they handle the Hawaii heat?
That '80 Power Wagon resembles my '77 with the flat bed. Looks like it might have a slight lift or maybe that's just because the front bumper is missing? Still not near enough for those tractor tires though!
Scout4bta, I dig those old school white spokes! I had a set on my '62 ****** CJ-3B... I bought a set of turbines, my other favorites, with Ground Hawgs a while back. Not really sure why because they are way too wide for anything I'd ever run but I always wanted a set (like the General Lee had).
We're really starting to promote water harvesting here too. Not that we're short on water with 50"+ a year but now it comes in quick, heavy bursts and all runs off and/or causes erosion. Plus city water for cattle can be expensive but they do better and consume more if it's cool clean water.
Wow, bovines & Mopars - I could talk all day...
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