TODAYS SEAT TIME

Gordon Gould · Jul 25, 2019

BrokenTrack said:
I have been working on backroads, beating back the trees with a flail boom mower.

I try to get as much as I can with the flail mower because the cost per hour is cheaper, as well as the knives and shackles that I inevitably break. But when I get the different towns done, then I will go back and get the areas I could not get with the forestry mower mounted on an excavator.

It is an endless battle in Maine, beating back the forest in all the right of ways.

That is for sure. And I think this year is way worse than most as far as branch out reach and foliage growth goes. Must be all the rain. Good exercise for me on our road, too good really, with my ArmStrong pole saw. The town hires a guy with a big JD tractor that has a side mounted HD mower on a boom. He makes two passes. First is vertical getting branches and such that stick out and the second is the shoulder and ditches getting the grass and any branches that fell from the first pass. A very impressive tractor implement.

gg

TXCOMT · Jul 25, 2019

Gordon Gould said:
That is for sure. And I think this year is way worse than most as far as branch out reach and foliage growth goes. Must be all the rain. Good exercise for me on our road, too good really, with my ArmStrong pole saw. The town hires a guy with a big JD tractor that has a side mounted HD mower on a boom. He makes two passes. First is vertical getting branches and such that stick out and the second is the shoulder and ditches getting the grass and any branches that fell from the first pass. A very impressive tractor implement.

gg

Funny you mention that thing...the county we just purchased land in (Parker County, Texas) uses the same setup to keep the growth at bay. He even cleaned up my side of the ditch! I need to shake his hand and say thanks at least...I figure he saved me an hour of "weed eatin'" if not more!

TXCOMT

Sawyer Rob · Jul 25, 2019

aeblank said:
I think they can use power/power tools etc. For "work/job" just not "home".

I don't understand that answer?

I've seen them using a gas powered "push" mower, mowing grass...

I've NEVER seen any farms with electricity to them, but I do see electricity hooked to "some" Amish business'...

SR

Sawyer Rob · Jul 25, 2019

Yesterday I was rotavating in the morning and raking hay in the afternoon...

As I rotavate at this veggie farm, the lady that owns it is planting behind me. Here she has tomato plants,

Today, it was more raking hay and I got all those "little fields" done that I cut the other day. I use my "little field rake" to rake, little fields. lol

SR

Alan W. · Jul 25, 2019

Sawyer Rob said:
I don't understand that answer?

I've seen them using a gas powered "push" mower, mowing grass...

I've NEVER seen any farms with electricity to them, but I do see electricity hooked to "some" Amish business'...

SR

The Amish in the county over from me are all over the place on what they do and dont.

Steel traction wheels on their tractors, skid steers, loaders and even their zero turn mowers.

Their vehicles have normal tires as does their bicycles.

The buggies have rubber ringed wheels.

Some still use horses or mules to work their farm.

All their businesses have electricity and phone. Most carry a cell phone.

When I had an Amish crew framing for me I would over hear them talking about watching TV. When I asked them about the TV they denied it and said it was forbidden.

I cant figure it out.

LouNY · Jul 25, 2019

Saw a 7110 Magnum down in PA last summer on steel wheels, quite the eye catcher.

daugen · Jul 26, 2019

The Amish in the county over from me are all over the place on what they do and dont.

same in Pennsylvania. Some very conservative Mennonites are more "strict" than their neighboring Amish friends but
one thing for sure, no set rules as to what powers farm equipment.
And it's not like one sect is disobeying, they are obeying what the head of the family/local church says.
However, all Amish and Mennonites and Quakers are pacifists, the three "peace" religions that started on the East Coast and spread West, almost
exclusively in farming communities. Lots of common traits and lots of differences.
Now some Mennonites painted the bumpers on their new vehicles flat black, so as not to be showy.
Chrome is a no-no, most Amish and many Mennonites agree on that. Good thing farm equipment usually doesn't come chromed...

I see a lot more pulled power machinery, seems the pulling part is often a horse team, but there's a motor on the thresher.
That's cool for one area, very uncool for another.

Can you imagine steel wheels on a zero turn?