Tractor/farming pics

Here are some pics of our tractors used on our farm. Any questions, just ask.

first is a shot of our D4D caterpillar and great plains seed drill, behind is our D6C cat and john deere chisel plow.



the D6C chiseling wheat stubble



D4D harrowing



D6C cultivating with wil-rich cultivator



D6C moldboard plowing



this is our older cat that doesn't get much use a D6B and John Deere disk



You may wonder why we use cats for farming with? Well it is fairly common in Idaho, Washington, Oregon and some parts of California to farm with crawlers. This picture should show why.



Cats hold better on hillsides and pull better uphill with better traction, it sometimes makes a big difference especially if a wheel tractor is only two wheel drive. And the working speed is faster than one may think, we can work at 5.5mph with cats. Our three cats were never designed to be bulldozers, they have no blades or rippers, a direct drive transmission and drawbar.

This next picture is courtesy of John McManigal showing what real steep farm ground looks like, and trust me there is steeper farmland than this near here. This D5 cat holds the hillside though.



Okay so maybe you want to see a wheel tractor, we also have two massey fergusons, first is an 1155



pulling a roller with the river in the background



and the 275 pulling the sprayer



I also have pics of our combines with automatic hillside leveling. just a sample






If you want to see more let me know, and if you have any questions about the tractors, farming, area, just ask.