{"id":2461,"date":"2012-08-07T15:19:39","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T19:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2012-08-07T15:19:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T19:19:39","slug":"when-you-make-hay-with-old-farm-equipment-you-have-parts-that-wear-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2012\/08\/07\/when-you-make-hay-with-old-farm-equipment-you-have-parts-that-wear-out\/","title":{"rendered":"When you make hay with old farm equipment, you have parts that wear out"},"content":{"rendered":"

We were haying a few days ago. It was hot and I was making the last swing on the last side of the field with the baler. Will and Eric were on the wagon, stacking hay. All of a sudden, the baler started making a terrible, loud, banging up in front of the flywheel where the over-running clutch is located. I shut things down at once. Not good!<\/p>\n

Will checked it out and found that there were parts in the over-running clutch that were either broken or worn out. It turned out that they were both. In the morning, after taking it apart, Will called the New Holland dealer (100 miles away, and he’s considered “local”). Two days later and $400 poorer, we got the parts … and there were a bunch of them.<\/p>\n

Just check out the difference between “old” and “new” parts! We were amazed that the baler even baled at all before. These parts had been worn out for years!<\/p>\n

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Will put it back together and we are once again haying. The storage barn loft is nearly full and we are stacking below, on the floor. We both wish that our new, big barn was finished … or at least had a roof on it so we could stack hay in the new hay loft. We’re so close; Will’s been making trusses and there’s a huge stack of them. They’ll go up quickly. And steel roofing is on sale at Lowe’s this week. Oh well, we’ll get it done when we can and NEXT year we’ll fill that barn loft full of beautiful hay!<\/p>\n

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Today I’m canning green beans again, as well as dill pickles. Every year I get more and more jars and every year I fill them up. It’s wonderful to have a fat, overflowing pantry. And I haven’t even started canning in earnest!<\/p>\n

What a wonderful predicament!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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