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Posted on 10/04/2005 9:56:41 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Here's a pic of that the big modules that they pack it into for transport out of the field and to the gin. Each of them is the size of a semi-trailer. It hasn't been ginned at this point. The numbers spray painted on the sides are the farm number. That's how they know who it belongs to when it gets to the gin...
I've been trying to get a pic of the big compactors that they make these modules with but haven't had any luck so far. They've always been too far away. Also the trucks that they pick these up with are cool. They're like a big semi-trailer that tilts up like a dump truck, then the whole thing slides backward and down to the ground. The bed is filled with long tracks of spiked chains like a conveyor that pull the module up into the trailer as the driver backs up. When they've got it in there, they just tilt it back down and drive off. It's way better than hauling loose cotton in open mesh trailers and having it blow all over the road. It blows bad enough as it is.
Well if you are all interested, cotton picking is going on around us, so maybe tommorow before it gets too hot, I'll go out and take some pics of the process. The kids always get to ride in this huge cotton picker. They love it! : )
Awwwwww, what a cutie!
See how interesting the thread is when we've got lots of pictures? :~D
Your little munchkin Jack Russels are cute :~D
I couldn't sleep. And then while I was layin' there the phone rang and I had to get up.
Dan the Saddle man calling back. He's coming out on Tuesday to re-evaluate Bay's saddle fit and pad arrangement and see he needs something new.
Really, I truely almost didn't post it, because I thought it rather dull. But you did make me look at it differently. I didn't even notice before the tree reflected in the water. I was taking this picture to show the bottom of the creek but it's rather hard to tell that it's one big solid rock.
Becky
Wow, that would be nice.
Altho Harley isn't coming up sore, or hasn't so far, I'm still wondering. The last two times I have ridden, the hair up towards his withers is all ruffled when I take the saddle and pad off. I've never noticed that before, It's usually been smooth. I don't know if that means anything or not.
Hopefully Dan the Saddle man can tell you why Bay got that white spot and fix it.
Becky
You've got the reflected tree, the leaves floating in the water, and the sky is nicely reflected so it's really blue. Blue water is hard to get in a creek. The picture has a lot of good stuff happening :~D
Yeah - I wanted him to come out and do this while Bay is still in winter coat, so I'm sure he can see it. I still have my hopes up that he'll shed it in the spring.
He did say that it's possible it was just from the one ride without the cashell, but also possible that his back has dropped some more and he needs to build up something in the middle.
I'll bet they do. Farm kids and tractors go together like dogs and water. Most of the big farm equipment these days has A/C, CD players and GPS controls. It's amazing!
Oh - and I offered to bring Bay in to the shop for him to fit it, so he didn't have to bring all the stuff... but he said he actually likes getting out of the shop, and I'm not far, so he'd just as soon come out.
Wow, those are some big bales!
Mack and i went to Tunica one time. There were cotton fields all around all the casinos. It was cold while we were there, so the fields were all dead and brown. But I remember thinking I'd have loved to see them while they were still green and right before harvest.
Becky
LOL....thanks, but all that good stuff happening was entirely accedential. I'm no photographer:)
Becky
What kind of stuff does he have to bring, pads, or some kind of tools to measure with?
Becky
Wow.... Sugar's got an enormous wither and low back too, like Bay does. Just a head's up that if you ever do start riding much, some care will need to be paid to saddle fit on her too or she'll get a sore back. Standard stuff probably won't fit her right. Being a white horse, you're not going to get white hairs that help tell you you have a problem.
Smokey has a significant wither too, but not so much as Sugar.
I know you don't know a lot about Sugar's history, but she's carried some weight in life... like my Bay.
As for the mud... light horses are the worst. :~D
That's a good picture of Smokey and Sugar. They look alot alike in this one. They look pretty darned clean right now to me!
I ~think~ he'll bring a couple pads, and some filler foam... But I don't know :~D
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