farmer,Hot Rodder,dad of heathens,lover of music and comic books eye candy and taker of blame at Paganok Farms Steiger owner and caretaker of Penton motorcycles
This guy here is Kenny. He ran the combine for us for years when I was in college and school. Hes 90 came out today and said he wanted to "run the combine one more time before he goes" I got some dust in my eye when he climbed that ladder cause I knew what he was getting at....
Two things this day.
Don't get in the fucking grain bin alone amd give your dad a hug if you can.
We about had a real real bad day here. Dad is out ok and grumpy. Thankfully our local ems and emt knew what to do and had the tools and training to do it
#onlytakesonce
After a 20 year absence i signed the loan papers on my own operation today.
In 99 i was farming 850 acres by myself also helping my dad and working full time.
Then i fucked up.
Well after two decades of healing up and alot of moral support im back
Hey
#agtwitter
if you don't mind tossing some good vibes, thoughts, prayers and or small animal sacrifices if so inclined my dads way id be cool with that.
He's sicker than a dog with the covid.
#fuck2020
6 years ago tonight I walked out the door after the last fight I was going to have with that woman,slept in the sleeper of the semi for a week before I told my family what I'd done. was all done with taking the fights, being blamed,being manipulated and I wanted out
#imadeitout
Cover crops are a fucking scam. They have yet to do a thing except fuck up my corn crop waste my time and money and drag my aph down.
And i know they work for someone somewhere but it sure as shit aint on my dirt. Now tell me how wrong i am?
Banker just told me to relax, and when folks zig i should be ready to zag. Told me if the opportunity for expasion comes up they got my back. Im now fucking terrified....
Wish my prom date back in the day had the same i don't say no attitude as he does....
Last year I was in bad shape mentally.
I reached out on here. I had folks offer to pray to come check on me and one offered Me a place to lick my wounds.
And to a man and woman where gen x
We watched our parents suffer the 80s in silence or worse.
We don't do that here.
My uber talented knife making neighbor decided he wanted to try a cultery set so I said "hell yeah I'll take one" I told him I didn't want to see it til it was done and surprise me with the look. Here is the finished results.
#badassknives
I'm gonna slice the end off a finger lol
I know it's a popular thing to shit on
#boomers
but in ag they fucking deserve it for the mess they are making. And no it's not every 70 something dad or grandpa but it's 85-90% of em that absolutely will not slow up or let go and it's about to make for a real bad mess.
#fuckem
Just throwing some pics of my careworn,for the most part old,but paid for equipment. I have always ran older oddball stuff because id rather have equity than payments and I was born with a wrench in my hand. Ive got the tech where i need it however
Trying to reduce the amount of non functioning
#steigers
I own to zero. I hired this job out because im spread thinner than a crack head right now.
Dude had the cab off trans out and new one in and cab back on in 3 hours
I promised some pics of the the side hill 6600 and here they are. My cousin
@ChaseGoldinger
snapped these yesterday while filming this old girl my landlord bought new in 1976 its never been wet. He is shelling the endrows for me because he wanted to shell one last time.
#sidehill
First new combine ever in our operation.
#cr890
#newholland
#quincytractor
and the worst part? I've got to wait all year to try it out.
When we got our first used
#cr9070
I knew I was never gonna run another color again. I cannot wait to try this thing out
So Bloomberg spends the day taking a piss on ag,factory guys and generally being an elitist twatwaffle while trump buzzes the tower in airforce one, runs a lap at Daytona and gives one of his better soundbites? Im pretty sure trump won the internet today..
My oldest and one of My best friends is dying of cancer and I can't fix it.
But we can prepare and we can reminisce. And we can laugh and we have cried and we have gotten mad.
I've accepted it but it still tears me up when I know he hurting or having a bad day..
#fuckcancer
What the fuck is the Midwest inexplicable desire to plant beans so early? Yeah the ground is fit.but damn ya'll get a little closer to the replant date maybe? (If I wasn't swamped I'd try some too but shit settle down )
Been a rough week here in my corner of Missouri. Lost a neighbor to a grain truck accident last night. Keith was a good man even if there where days we'd tell each other to piss off. He will be missed and left a huge hole in the community.
bunch of grizzled old war horses hanging out telling stories. It's well known im a fan of the older 4X4 tractors. Why? Because anyone can run one and they get the job done with one payment.I have a late-model planter,tractor and combine because they write and cash the paycheck.
Said goodbye to what has easily been the most reliable trouble free fun to run tractor thats ever been on the place.
My trusty
#8360agcostar
had it longer than my kids.a tractor nobody hated to run. Ita sat more that it ran the last 2 years. Somebody is gonna love her tho.
Well this green
#pignosedbastard
is as ready as she's gonna get. New cab kit seat led lights decent radio and ice cold ac. Hopefully she fulfills her mission this spring
#st310steiger
#big80spower
Dad and i farm together still and will continue to do plus ive got custom acres as well. The planis to build some equity and buy dad out in two years.
Yes I'm 15 year behind. Alot of really poor decisions and two ex wives slowed progress but i never gave up.
I have came to the conclusion that the entire economy of small Midwestern towns is powered by a combination of dollar general,variously named Mexican restaurants and Casey's general stores
#changemymind
#burritosanddishsoap
#caseyspizzaisgoodshit
had a pair of my
#steiger
tractors parked at an away from home farm way off the road waiting for it to dry up. Full of fuel.. get up there today to find two empty fuel tanks That's balls man. And that's right at 400 gallon
#fuckingshitbags
My dad
#thewayneiac
dead ass said to me "why are you changing sweeps,hell they got some life in em still" then walked off like God damnned Wyatt Earp in tombstone..
#uhnotheydont
I love my dad.
Im not an
#allischalmers
guy at all. But always dug the looks of the 8000s and that giant ass semi engine.
This.8000 is one of like 2 8095 prototypes with a Komatsu engine and i guess way way bigger trans and what not.
As a lover of oddballs and orphans i dug this thing.
#HCOP23
Last year you may recall a tweet where my 90 year old neighbor ran the combine one last time.
Well here he is chewing my dad's living ass for the grain bin incident and my dad took that talking to like puppy who shit on the rug
#damngladheshere
My grandpa was in a wheelchair my whole life. I didn't get to do normal grandpa grandson stuff like go to a sale. I had to snap this pic if my dad and my son. Doing things I didn't get to...
If nothing else my
#prettygirl
#caseih9370
#steiger
looks damn good.
New rubber New paint New cab kit New lights New radio and speakers
This one found its forever home with me
The girls at the coffee shop my dad goes to got together and bought him a safety harness....
Some of you guys know me and know my dad in real life.
If you don't think he hasn't made a difference in folks lives around here this pretty much proves it at least to me...
#caseih9370
#pretty
girl is getting some autosteer and nh3 controlled today. I have to say this thing is hands down the prettiest slickest tractor I've ever owned..
Shitty rainy days are not near as productive as one has been led to believe don't wanna work on this fucker or really anything.being busy for the sake of being busy is toxic.
I really think the constantly working my ass in the ground cause that's what we do has hurt my sanity
#prettygirl
#caseih9370
#newsshoes
Well other than sliding the new radio in it my 9370 is complete.8 new
#mitas
tires inners full of beet juice. When I bought this thing back in January it was gross . It's low houred (5500) rock solid and now looks new.
#laboroflove
Is it some cosmic law that if you drive a Subaru wagon you have to plaster it in stupid fucking stickers about free trade,Tibet,coexist amd shit? Or is that a Missouri thing
#fuckinghippies
Got some big changes coming for 24 and need to thin out a tractor. And this one is my baby. It's a 10 out of 10. Ground up if if needed it it got it and then some. Not to brag but it one of the nicesest 9370s on the planet.
Hit me up on here $75,000.00
Gravity,a lack of traction and too many soybeans all made for a nasty ride for my dad the other night. Nothing that cant be repaired and nobody got hurt but man i could use a break once in a while
Even after doing it for 7 years the Sundays I take the kiddos back to their mom still suck and with both of em sick this weekend made it even worse.
So I'm gonna sit here and watch this sunset and play some
#Tylerchilders
and get out of my head.
You ever just take a second look around and say to yourself "none of this shit is adding up"? Cause its not adding up.Not one thing is making sense.
None of it. And everyone is too busy pointing fingers and spewing whatever your side told you to spew to see that it's fucked.
Here is a 1969 ad my grandfather put in the local paper when he was selling grain bins.
Landlord gave this to me. The reason it was saved was it's the moon landing edition.
@GailSimone
my mother whom is a master bad ass quilter made my super awesome daughter a DC comic heroine themed quilt. And it made my day. She loves it and I do too. Maybe its silly but the fact my 10 year old daughter can find hope and inspiration from comic books gives me hope.
I'm doing the stupidest thing ever today. What's that? You might ask?
Disking really well established crp ground at 1/2 of depth so the guy can get his payment.
#whattheactualfuck
Gonna teach 4 h kids welding this afternoon. In this heat,with gloves and welding shirts cause the 4 h moms went all out.
#cantwait
. Two of the boys said they want to weld cause pipeline welders get hot chicks... one said he was gonna post his shit on the instagram. #
#lordhelpme
Mowed the hemp down yesterday day. It was 17 feet tall and sounded like a wood chipper going thru that disk mower. It made my buddies 4455 bark the whole day.
It's got to lay for three weeks then gonna roll it up and sent it to mizzou
#damnigrewsomehemp
#smellslikehippies
The guy from cat is either the toughest or the most sadistic dude I've ever seen he's putting an injector pump on dad's d-4 and it's-2°f with a brisk west wind. And even worse it's a warranty job.
#dedicatedorinsane
There is this documentary that was made in the mid-90s out of Nebraska.
And it's the hardest thing I've ever watched. You get mad at him mad at her, really mad at his parents It's called
#thefarmerswife
there's no spin no drama real as it gets for the era it's on YouTube.
that's the pass been looking for all year.
#cropflop23
is done. And outside of a death its been the meanest hardest spring since 1993.
Blew up 9370
Totaled the salford
New planter bugs
Broke nh3 again
Fought sprayer
Got the shingles.
But we got it in.
After 2 months of waiting for parts and finding time to get it all back together with a part time mechanic the
#prettygirl
#caseih9370
left the shop with a new engine and more horsepower than she limped in with..
OK
#agtwitter
, let's choose violence today.
What are some of the trendy things you see in your neighborhood that don't make money? Here's my list:
Kelly diamond disk
Cover crops
Track tractor (since deere invented the 4 track)
Foo foo juice
99% of planter toys
Let's party!
You run old shit you get to repair old shit but it was a quick fix thanks to a neighbor and some spare parts.
#caeeih9230
#paidforjunk
i dont think the pto was ready to accept 10 hour days of being on. And that was 8000 hours on that u joint so i cant bitch too much
My 11 year old daughter has discovered the band Panic! At the disco.. more specifically the song I write sins not tragedies.... this is going to be fun.
She also suddenly likes Depeche Mode and Fleetwood Mac and asked for vinyl for Christmas. Im winning this dad thing!
The amount of unnecessary and absolutely ignorant shit we put on planters these days is a shitshow.
I used to think that I needed all that shit. These days I Wan
Autosteer
Row shut offs that work
VRS
But nothing on this list is a necessity.
12 row finger pickup will make $
Had a pretty couple of days in January so we went and fixed a bunch of terraces. I decided to try out my dirty girl southern belle 9350. The 13 year old farm kid in me thinks my steigers look really cool all paired up. And they do lol
Tonight I will sit with some life long friends at a bonfire to figure out what we are going to do in the face of a harrowing diagnosis for one of the guys.
@GrainBeltBeer
will be drank and those songs we grew up will be played.
Tears will fall but hope will prevail.
#fuckcancer
A
#ford9600
appreciation post.
bought this one night to run an auger. 74 9600 Ford. I've put tires and a power steering pump on it in 8 years and bought it for well under 5k. It's never let me down and I sidedressed 850 acres a year with it for 5 years. The best iron ive ever had
Random neat pics from the last few years I went from glorified hired hand to farming on my own again. Things are not pretty right now but I'm gonna get thru it.
#9600ford
#9110caseih
#agcostar
.
Took some time tonight to finish up
#pretty
girl
#caseih9370
got the lights aimed and the radio in.
Also fired up my lathe and made a thick hitch spacer for the
#730becolotiger
which is about to get stuck in the ground later this week.
It's not for everyone but ive got to say that my
#9230caseih
#steiger
and my
#3600kinze
have proven to be a sweetheart of a combination. Or at least that's what bob tells me cause I haven't gotten to run it yet.
#paidforshit
Am I the only guy on
#agtwitter
that is both excited about spring because of the fact its spring and yet full of dread because nothing is ready and the weather is going to fuck us and no prices? Its like im craving tractor time but yet dont want to do it?
Today I am burying a great man.He was a great farmer and a great human. Haven't spoken to him in years but was asked to attend his funeral today by his granddaughter (whom happens to be my first ex wife).. Dale is having a great big belly laugh on me today
#akwardreunionday
These 3 old guys right here are who get me thru harvest it was an honor to buy them lunch even if it was drive thru grub finishing up yesterday.
Ill take part time old guys every day all day.Tween these guys,my SIL and the
#cartmistress
ive got a hell of crew. And we have fun.
This is not my favorite time of year. I don't care for the holidays but I never let the kiddos know that. But this year not getting the kiddos til tomorrow tonight and all I'm bluer than a smurf. And what bugs me is I get chastised for not liking the holidays. Cause that helps.
As much as I hate to admit it the best thing I did for my little farm operation waw get my hands on a used fuel trailer. Plus I put a meter on so i can track gallons. This is also my on farm fuel storage as well.
#outherekillingit
Here is my son showing his grandpa something of importance on the tablet in the shop.
My Grandpa Bier had MS and was in a wheelchair and house bound my whole life. My son doesn't know how lucky he is having dad there for moments like this.These little moments mean the world to me
So ivr got a landlord that was a serious bad ass mx rider in the 70s early 80s. And today his 62 year old ass was 19 again.. 2022 705cc husqvarna dual sport. Like 140 horsepower.. and he can ride it too im glad he is having fun and enjoying the fruits of his years of work..
I love farming and im lucky I get to do what I love. Its long hours sometimes and stressful. But so is every other labor job and alot og desk jobs. We in ag need to get off the cross and carry on.i need the wood for fence anyway.
I dont know whats more impressive
That i found a spicer semi u joint yoke in the middle of a bean field
Or that it didnt go thru my
#cr890
combine. Farmed this since the 60s i cant imagine where it came from or why
This red headed heathen turns seven today. He keeps me on my toes and worn out most days. More energy than a nuclear power plant and asks questions that sometimes I have to Google happy birthday Alex
Today is my Grandma Kathryn Bier's 96th birthday! One of the greatest people I've ever known in my life. Raised 4 kids, took care of grandpa when he couldn't, has been around the world, Went and got her college degree as a mom,been the most amazing grandma and great grandma!
Had an opening day hiccup to say the least that pile of shredded aluminum is the number one piston out of my 9370. Im bummed but if you run em hard sometimes they get a bellyache.
#9370caseih
#steiger
#itmadeathump
Pics from 1999. I was gaining acres and swinging a dick. No tech the lowested houred 7720 in the world for a 2nd combine a sweet 7150 and 2 weird but cool semis I was shitting in tall cotton. Farming 1000 of my own 2500 of dad's and a full time job. No wonder I'm wore out.
The day I quit giving two shits about anyone and what they thought was the 1st day I felt alive in 2 years
I've been thru a wringer of bad luck&pure horseshit since the summer of 22. My mental health has suffered from it all.
But things are looking up finally.
Fight and you win.
You ever just get a case of the winter blahs? Things are good here I'm in a good place both mental and fiscal but we've never slowed up since Sept
Had a killer productive fall that went right into shop work. Just whining I guess but im.not feeling it here lately is all.
#whiny
The neatest oddball I've had thru here yet.
Ca360
#steiger
industrial with factory blade. This will go on a dirt pan and stay there. Right now however it's gonna go shove up some terraces.
Worst thing I've found the brakes in a 5 gal bucket....
@CowsnRedbirds
I can tell you dropping a bunch of acres was one of the best agronomy descions I ever made. Went from carpet bombing fertility and chemical to a much tighter management system and am seeing some pretty amazing results. Had a lot of help in getting this going but worth it
Riding home from supper tonight with my fantastic 11 year old daughter talking about life the universe and rock and roll she said to me..
"Dad in a world of Taylor Swifts I wanna be
#joanjett
"
I'm doing something right here I think
I don't really get attached to tractors (I grew up at a dealership and they are like mechanical feeder cattle to me)
But this old girl here can stay around as long as she wants.
#ford9600
quick trip thru the shop for a cab kit and led lights and its almost new again....
#paidfor