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Bender, we are a little late getting the hay put up and it dried out fast. Everything is ready at once...
Cheesy, I'd shut the PTO off before I messed with pulling the drawbar pin.
Crazy women.....
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Bummer dude.....
Stay safe...
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Good judgment, Sam. I'm afraid I would have hooked up the one way and headed out.
It could have been worse.
"Be sure you're right. Then go ahead." Fess Parker as Davy Crockett
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It could be a little sporty this year.
Glad it turned out as well as it did Sam.
I am MAGA.
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Campfire Ranger
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Amazing the differences between similar jobs depending on location.
Fire in a baker or combine can happen here, but it's rare.
I guess humidity has a silver lining, sometimes.
Sam, I watch the Welker family Youtubes, for a guy who grew up on Farmall and AC
30-50hp tractors with a few 100-150hp "big" tractors, it's amazing how things are
done in Montana.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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We’ve seen a lot more semi’s burn up since they mandated the after treatment systems. When they do a regen, temps in the DPF need to go to 1,200 degrees. Sometimes, that’s a little more than the heat shields can handle....... Makes me wonder if these fires may have a similar cause?
Sic Semper Tyrannis
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Campfire 'Bwana
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SC, stay upwind....
Couldn't imagine fighting a wild fire whipping through tall trees in a forest.
Look out, that would be scary.
Grizz, I just about unhooked a loader tractor from a baler and hauled ass over to start moving bales.
But wasn't sure about wind and help.
A bale bed pickup would have been really handy.
But in all reality it was a small fire and thankfully didn't amount to much.
Good reminder though.
Jim, there is plenty of fuel in places.
And it's getting dry.
Normally we have a water tank and a little pump setup on a flatbed but this year it was nice and green up until last week.
The hill people were ready though.
Dillon, the Welkers have some cool Big Buds!
They cover a lot of acres.
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Glad to see it wasn't worse, Sam!
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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Damn!
Sorry about the bales, Sam.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Sorry you loss the bales but I'm glad it wasn't worse.
Retired cat herder.
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We had a little fire last weekend, lightning strike. Fortunately it was in the high country near several mountain lakes so the choppers dipped and dumped until it was out. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/135514.jpeg)
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Timbermaster, that looks like the Tobacco Roots? Old Baldy? Hope they get that one out cold.... Beautiful country up there.
I called in a couple of starts near Rock Creek west of Missoula last week after a short lightning storm right at daybreak. They got on them quick due to good road access. Fire season is upon us!
“I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love, and it’s difficult to analyze love when you’re in it.” John Steinbeck
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Yep that is Old Baldy near Twin Bridges, good eye you have. They got it out completely. There is another fire somewhere near because it is very smokey today. We are getting a dry storm seems like every afternoon with lots of lightning.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Sam them wild land firefighters are some tough dudes, this is my son on a fire last month in Arizona. He is in Nevada right now winding down on another one. ![[Linked Image from imagizer.imageshack.com]](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/492x656q90/923/NgBLbf.jpg)
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Last year there was a straw stack fire not too far from me. There was an old semi parked right next to it and the plastic body pretty much just melted away. I still question whether parking there was intentional along with a match or two.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Sam them wild land firefighters are some tough dudes, this is my son on a fire last month in Arizona. He is in Nevada right now winding down on another one. Tough breed right there. I’ve known a few. Bet you are proud as hell, and rightly so.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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