What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

I gave it for free to neighbor with horses.. I would have done cows as sister has beef farm slaughter house 6 miles down road was offered a cow for free.. turned it down Why?

My beautiful bride was going to name it and keep it as a pet. Put it in barn I wanted to name it cheese burger or similar. Not have a 1500 pound pet to feed.. I have a wonderful wife but beef would be better especially at today’s prices.

 

Slacking tonight. Overtime tomorrow at the hospital job. Then hitting up some sidework on Sunday installing some base and shoe moulding

 

Drove past a field of bailed corn stalks and thought of this topic. So when I came back through I snapped a pick for those that haven't seen it before.

 

Bingo!

 

Even bears know orange saws are the best saws...

 

Watching a special on fox6 local about the final voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which sunk 50 years ago today. All souls lost onboard that night.

 

That is a sad story, and who would have thought such a big ship could sink on a lake. But, those lakes are so huge, it is hard to fathom the weather conditions that they produce. I mean, sure, everyone has heard of the extreme weather that comes from the seas/oceans, but I think we all tend to think of lakes as fairly benign unless you are on a smaller boat (or live near one of those lakes).

The Gordon Lightfoot song about it, although heart-wrenching, is one of my favorites.

 

The ship near them said they had waves nearly 50' tall. Waves hit their wheelhouse. The freshwater waves are apparently worse than salt because the salt makes the water heavier and the waves don't peak as high as in freshwater. The great lakes are deadlier than the ocean.

That said, while we didn't really know full on the reason why this happened, it was suspected that the fitz ran aground because radar was out on it. Then it started to list due to this. Then it was over. Bottom line is there were mistakes made, and several things happened afterwards so that a disaster like this never happens again.

 

I'm pretty sure this field was picked for grain with a combine. Then what was spit out the back of the combine is collected up and bailed for cow bedding.

I think I've seen these farmers cut a field of corn for silage and then brush chop the leftover, 1 foot tall stalks. Then collect and bail those for cow bedding.

On top of the water.

 

wildwest seams there's several ways to store silage for cows to consume during the winter.

This farmer usually cuts the corn while it's still somewhat green. I'm sure they have a certain moisture percentage they look for. They then pile the cut green corn on a cement pad and drive tractors over the pile as it's built up. That way it's packed good and tight. Once enough they tarp it and put tires on the tarp to hold it. Here's a Google map snapshot. I dropped a pin where they store silage. If you look closely you can see the tires.

 

Sure as heck hope not. lol

The news story said its laying next to her den and she has two cubs. The guy is afraid to get it back.

 

I haven't seen it done with hay before. Didn't know that was done.