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When I was a boy growing up on a farm in Tennessee, the local John Deere dealer would proudly proclaim to new customers:

"I'll stand behind any piece of equipment that I sell!"

" ... Except for the manure spreaders."

ERLover wrote:

swampgator wrote:When I was a youth growing up on farms in Tennessee, we had contraptions known as manure spreaders. Basically a wagon with a conveyer belt in the bottom to move the material to the back, the gears run by the back wheels spread the fertilizer all over the place. Some post and poster remind me of those wonderful machines.



Steve, the old Florida swampgator

Just remember on that machine to drive into the wind!!!!

Some posters are always upwind. Some threads could qualify more for a PM to the target person or group without spreading all over the forum. Enough from me.

Steve, the old Florida swampgator

skou wrote:Anyone want to translate?

steve

It does not require translating at all!

Drive slow Ed!

JPG wrote:

skou wrote:Anyone want to translate?

steve

It does not require translating at all!

Drive slow Ed!

Having no experience in this area, my guess it the faster you drive the farther it get spread?

Ed

reible wrote:

JPG wrote:
It does not require translating at all!

Drive slow Ed!

Having no experience in this area, my guess it the faster you drive the farther it get spread?

Ed

Me neither! However fast may induce back lash?

Maybe even falling off the tractor into the 'mix'.

I can guarantee that driving faster with a PTO driven spreader will sling it forward all over the tractor and driver.
Requires a bath in the horse tank.

Gene Howe wrote:I can guarantee that driving faster with a PTO driven spreader will sling it forward all over the tractor and driver.
Requires a bath in the horse tank.

I am glad as a yute, I just had my paper route

I've heard that the horse tank might well have a few carp in them. Easier to catch them in there then at the river? Friday fish fry? Again not a farm boy, just heard stories.

Ed

reible wrote:I've heard that the horse tank might well have a few carp in them. Easier to catch them in there then at the river? Friday fish fry? Again not a farm boy, just heard stories.

Ed

Carp and Suckers are good eating when caught in cold water/ winter early spring, the Germans imported them here in the 1800s. Make a good smoke fish also, the problem is when the water warms up they tend to eat in the shallows and the meat turns soft and gets a muddy taste, that when in fall the water is colder there meat firms up, and they eat less of the green stuff in the mud shallows and there flesh/meat cleans out and is more palatable.

reible wrote:I've heard that the horse tank might well have a few carp in them. Easier to catch them in there then at the river? Friday fish fry? Again not a farm boy, just heard stories.

Ed

When I worked at the Oak Creek, WI Power Plant on Lake Michigan, on our condenser discharge lines, I would see 30lb Carp with scales as big as your thumb nail, and living in Lake Michigan water temps. They where there for the smaller food change fish because the condenser discharge water was about 12* warmer then the intake/ambient water from a different area.
Yes I can spell ambient.