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I wonder if Disney would let that in. I could zoom all over with the kid and have a ball without ever standing in a line.
Most of you have seen round hay bales… The balers do catch fire occasionally, several reasons, mechanical failure is what happened to me. I knew if I stopped the baler would burn to the ground. I made a mad 400yrd dash to a water hose and saved the baler. I've seen another one burn completely.
There are now new cotton pickers that produce round bales, the biggest weight about 6000lbs.
Evidently these balers catch fire also. This is the first I’ve heard about it though... I saw the evidence in a field this morning. The fire was 3 days ago and the pile of cotton was still burning…
The cotton picker dumped it's cotton in two piles, the second burned completely. The first was still burning. They saved the picker/baler.
Pic 1 round cotton baler (stock photo)… pic 2&3 burn baby burn!
There are now new cotton pickers that produce round bales, the biggest weight about 6000lbs.
Evidently these balers catch fire also. This is the first I’ve heard about it though... I saw the evidence in a field this morning. The fire was 3 days ago and the pile of cotton was still burning…
The cotton picker dumped it's cotton in two piles, the second burned completely. The first was still burning. They saved the picker/baler.
Pic 1 round cotton baler (stock photo)… pic 2&3 burn baby burn!
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I hate the smell of burning cotton. The farmers out here use the big square balers and when they move the cotton bales to the edge of the fields they leave plenty of room between them so the fire doesn't spread if one catches fire.
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We just have mud puddles all over the place.
We got about 4" and according to my weather app there's supposed to be more coming.
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Maybe didn't have the reflective triangle on the back
That's a ticket
Maybe didn't have the reflective triangle on the back
That's a ticket
Earlier this week when I took dad to the doctor... I stopped at the barbershop so he could get a haircut. They had hand forged axes w/hand carved hickory handles for $12. Any guesses whats in the last 2 pics? You can get just about anything at this barbershop... including a few good laughs, lots of stories...
Baby cheekinz.
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Jim
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Raw cotton.
Shifty
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Now who does this remind you of..good looking guy .
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Terri beat me to it. Cotton.
I would have bought all 3 axes. Dont really need them, but look like nice tools and never hurts to have spares.
I would have bought all 3 axes. Dont really need them, but look like nice tools and never hurts to have spares.
@Bacpacker I thought about getting the red ax on the left, the hickory handles were beautiful. The 2 to the right are foot adzs. I have my grandfathers, it's in the shop.
I was checking the net for different types of axes this morning... lots of expert morons on the net who don't really know anything about axes...
We have a "Trim Axe" I've used since I was a kid. It's a double bit axe but smaller than the red one in the pic. It's for trimming and topping felled trees. I've never seen one like it anywhere. It was purchased, not home forged. Wish I could find the real name for it. From blade edge to blade edge it's about 1.5 inches shorter than a standard double bit and lighter, not the same heft.
Oh! the photo... I was asking whats under the raw cotton? A lot tougher!
I was checking the net for different types of axes this morning... lots of expert morons on the net who don't really know anything about axes...
We have a "Trim Axe" I've used since I was a kid. It's a double bit axe but smaller than the red one in the pic. It's for trimming and topping felled trees. I've never seen one like it anywhere. It was purchased, not home forged. Wish I could find the real name for it. From blade edge to blade edge it's about 1.5 inches shorter than a standard double bit and lighter, not the same heft.
Oh! the photo... I was asking whats under the raw cotton? A lot tougher!
I'd love to have an Adz. Dont see those around much.
Peanut, not sure if you are talking about a cruiser (cruising axe) or not but that is what we use to clear the branches from a felled tree. Its slightly smaller and shorter than a normal double bit.
Made of raw cotton.A bag.
A bag.
Its a cotton sack... each kid in this pic has one... It has a short strap that goes over one shoulder so someone could pull it along. Cotton they picked by hand would be dropped into the bag. It's designed and sewn a special way to make dropping cotton into it a lot easier. One side of the bottom part had a special material to make it slide easier on the ground and not wear through very quickly (see the little blue spots above)... I've spent days pulling one of those while picking cotton when I was a kid.
