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Machinery Infatuation

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I bought my first NEW piece of farm machinery. I am not sure if this is a failure or a success, but it is different. I picked up a NEW Rotary Cutter (bush hog, brush hog, mower, etc) from a dealer. It cost me almost as much as the tractor did with its bits of hardware and options. It seems to work well on the CNH Boomer 33. I planned on getting up to NY in the next couple of days, but Gracie has been sick.. she has been up and down. The steroid treatment and a change in diet seem to be helping at this point. Besides hauling the tractor and mower up to NY I have numerous events planned over the next month. I will be in Charlotte for a conference as well as Tucson Arizona and of course other events and activities. I started installing radio equipment in the Humvee. It now has a telescoping 30 foot antenna, a 24 volt to 12 volt converter, a removable SDR radio and some other stuff to be sure. I'd like to get it to the Stone Mountain Hamfest -- thats what i am shooting for. I thr...
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We were up in Boston this weekend. I needed to rescue a bunch of antique radios and test equipment. We packed up 35 boxes of stuff for the movers to bring to Georgia. A much smarter move than driving the truck up and back down. It is 16 hours each way, it would have been a much larger commitment.
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Here is a pic I took a couple months back of a fire truck greeting us on the ramp. No we weren't on fire thankfully. It was the last flight for the captain before retirement. The other pic is Jackson county Airport, Georgia.
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A pic from Curitiba Brazil a couple of weeks ago. I always seem to see cars upside down in Brazil.
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We were up in Rochester and Berkshire, NY. It was nice to spend time on the farm. We had half a day in Rochester, here is the quick video.
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Back from a trip in Minnesota. One of my global teams. Folks from USA, China, France, Brazil, Italy, Germany, England, Denmark, Netherlands, Finland shown here.