CumminsRedneck

Well guys, i started getting ready for this summer and field work by ripping the fields and burning one. Last night i was out ripping from 6pm until 1:30am and today from 10am to 4pm when it started raining. Heres a few pics from last night and today. I will get more as the season progresses.

Geico266

Is that red diesel I see in your truck?

CumminsRedneck

it is but we used it to ignite the field

gman07

Nice tractor... or was the focus supposed to be on the truck?

I sat in an 8940 for 12 hours yesterday, but I was just smoothing the fields up; we did all our deeper tillage in the fall.

Where in Iowa are you?

CumminsRedneck

North Central, Mason City area

You must be in the dubuque/clinton areas, on or near the great mississippi

gman07

Yeah, I'm about 20 miles west of Clinton.

CumminsRedneck

ok, bout 3 hrs from me

Ridiculous

oh ya, it's deffinetaley begun, doesn't seem like i've had ANY time for my precious DTR, lol!

BTW, let's debate this issue, i believe in no-till!!!

AkTallPaul

Farmers don't start planting here till first of June...We get our garden starts started in greenhouses.

CumminsRedneck

wow, but its still cool/cold up there till June

Adam3291

Every bit of our corn is already in the ground and up here in North Carolina.

AkTallPaul

We can still have killer frost in May....Course we can have at anytime, but that is "usually" the safe time to plant. Have seen snow in mid June too. We were having a Summer Solstice (june 21) party couple years ago, storm moved in and we got a inch of fresh snow the evening. It didn't stay long,

CumminsRedneck

lol we had 6" of snow a week and a half ago

dieselJon

So, you bleed red dont ya?? I am about 4 hours from you, an hour from clinton.

Tractor running a little hot eh?

Jon

AkTallPaul

Heck...We still have snow in my yard, been there since Sept. Its startin to go pretty quick, but temps are still dropping to hi 20's at night. That will soon end as the sun gets higher and we get over 20 hours off direct sun light. Puddles are freezing over at night which helps keep the skeeters down for the time being, but they are out in droves in the evening.