As soon as I got up this morning I checked on Berky and found she had her piglets overnight. She ended up having 8 live ones but 3 got laid on/stepped on out in the pasture before we got her moved to the barn this afternoon. Last year she had them outside without any problems but this year she nested in the pasture with the cows....and they were not as careful where they stepped as she is.
Her and her babies are resting in the barn tonight with the fans running. I penned her up for the night and I will let her out in the morning now that she knows where the babies are and can relax a little. We also penned up Lady as she is getting close and we didn't want the same thing to happen to her.
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| Berkshire sow and Tamworth Boar |
Willie and I started early this morning and finished up the last of the nailers for the metal roof. Josh and Steven showed up shortly thereafter to help with the metal. It took us till about 1pm to finish up the roof.
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| Starting to put metal on the new cow shed. |
I snapped a couple quick pics while the guys started the first sheet.
Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of the completed shed. I will get those tomorrow. We only have one little section of siding to finish on the old barn and we will be done for this year other than a little bit of lighting and wiring work I need to finish up and rain gutters. Next year I am planning on either staining or painting the barn. I am sure you are noticing that the roof metal is different colors. That is because other than seeing it from an air plane, or from the neighbors hill top you cannot see it to know they are different colors. I found some leftovers from a local contractor from several different jobs over the last several years. Regardless of the color it all sheds water the same! So, if I get time and paint some day in the future, I will wash the entire roof and paint it all the same color. Otherwise, it will remain this way till it needs a new metal roof.
Now, to show you my new Disk mower. It is a Kubota DM2032. It is a 10'6", or 3.2 meter, cut width disk mower. My old one was made by Taarup and was 9'2" or 2.8 meters. Taarup was bought out by Kverneland group shortly after I bought my first disk mower. Last year Kubota bought the Kverneland group and made some improvements to the product line and started producing their own haying equipment.
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| Kubota DM2032 on a Kubota M9540 |
I have been considering an upgrade to match the extra acreage I have started doing and with the special rebates and 0% financing option it was an easy decision to do it now.
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| Kubota DM2032 on a Kubota M9540 |
I ordered it with high lift skid pads and swath boards. I mowed my second cutting with it here at the house this afternoon to try it out. I took the tractor side swath board off as it is not needed for the second and third cut since we tedd it all anyway and I want to lay it wide. I also decided after seeing the cut on the field that I wanted to try it without the high lift skids. Kubota changed the base skids so it will cut a little higher than my old one without adding a higher skid. Also, the skids I got are a little too high for the lighter crop and it doesn't cut as nice. So, we will see how it goes tomorrow. If I think it is cutting too short I will just order the medium lift pads and try that. The high lift pads will be great for first cutting and mowing straw as they leave a higher stubble and keep the blades out of the rocks on tilled soil.
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| Kubota DM2032 on a Kubota M9540 |
While the new mower is about 150# heavier it doesn't feel that way when I pick it up. I love the extra cutting width and did notice a difference. It does use more power especially on the hills so I may look into options to boost the power of the tractor a little bit. It is 95hp stock but I would like to bump it up to 105-110. If anyone know how to do that please send me the info so I can get it done. I will be mowing about 110 acres of hay in the next day or so and after that I will have a much better feel for how it runs. I will give a much more in depth review after that.
Now, off to bed since I still have an enormous amount of stuff to do before the party on Saturday.
Kenny
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