A seeder we need..
The salesman had this old seeder he said was still great that he wanted to peddle. A Case IH 5100 seeder from 1983. Yeah.. He knows its old, but he says its still awesome and I can have it for 48382 kroner. A bargain.. Well.. Lets hope he's right.. The seeder however, is a bit wider than we thought from the bro-chu-re
(If I remove the dashes in that word it gets censored to hu** for some insane reason). Do you have a low loader the salesman asks? Low loader? What's that? He shows me.. That's 150000 kroner I don't have.. Can't we fit it on my trailer or something?
Didn't get to test this seeder out in my '75 game as I paused before '83.. So wanting to do it now. It's from before '96 at least, and all the seeders in the shop are way too new.. Though from the stats, I think I'd prefer this direct drill over several of them
With the surprisingly active traffic around here, and narrow roads to our plot, driving this thing just towed looks hopeless as long as all the other drivers refuse to give way.
We got up to the plot alright. Though at 12 kph up the hill, I guess the drivers behind me would be willing to start collecting money for me to get more horsepowers..
But unloading got interesting..
Our behind weight seems insufficient. Until we realize the seeder is entangled in the loading straps on the trailer, even though they are just fastened over the trailer bed. Running quick out of the tractor to unstrap the straps made wonders..
Another thing looking like a game bug.. When I approach with the front loader, it seems to move what I'm approaching long before we get near it.. As my front loader was like 1-2 meters away, the trailer shook like it was afraid and started moving. Have seen the same with bales, when I've tried to approach them with the bale wrapper. They are still to begin with, but starts shaking and moving when I approach them.
But the damn trailer won't stand still. It has no breaks while parked it seems. It's moving away and we need to go after to not tip forwards.. Then we manage to shift hold on the seeder to lift it free.
Only to watch the trailer rolling away.. Run Forest.. Run!!!
We wondered how far we had to go to find the trailer, and if it would still be in one piece.. Not to mention if it ended up hitting someone on the road..
Phew.. it stopped in a tree just before the road.
We got the trailer back up and parked (and after unfastening it, it slid a bit forwards as we tried to park it in a slight incline.. We have to remember that), and were eager to test if the seeder still worked after the debacle.. But then the phone rang again.
*ring*.. *ring*...
Official: I hear you're trying to start a seeder. That is not allowed in February.. It's winter..
Me: Why? There's no snow? The ground ain't even frozen? Why can't I just sow some grass?
Official: Regulations are there for a reason. You have to wait until March!!
Ich.. I guess we'll wait then..