MoKelly
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I guess it invokes the old saying “I never promised you a rose garden” or something like that…..
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I guess it invokes the old saying “I never promised you a rose garden” or something like that…..
Seems that would be a good candidate for a controlled burn. Heck, they may even be able to get a local FD to do it for training.Some of the crap I get asked to cut is laughable.
20 acres of 7’ tall stickers on top of mud…..
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I guess it invokes the old saying “I never promised you a rose garden” or something like that…..
So what do you do? Your equip is heavy so you'll leave deep ruts in the mud. Wait for freeze or is that to iffy? Just leave the ruts?Some of the crap I get asked to cut is laughable.
20 acres of 7’ tall stickers on top of mud…..
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I guess it invokes the old saying “I never promised you a rose garden” or something like that…..
The worse part for me about cutting stuff that is overgrown and tall with a tractor is the tractor tires mash down a lot of stuff ahead of the mower that doesn't get cut low like everything else, I try cutting back the opposite way that I made my first pass to help as much as possible, but there is only so much that you can do .Some of the crap I get asked to cut is laughable.
20 acres of 7’ tall stickers on top of mud…..
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I guess it invokes the old saying “I never promised you a rose garden” or something like that…..
The worse part for me about cutting stuff that is overgrown and tall with a tractor is the tractor tires mash down a lot of stuff ahead of the mower that doesn't get cut low like everything else, I try cutting back the opposite way that I made my first pass to help as much as possible, but there is only so much that you can do .
Have you tried a flail with hammers, an offset flail would let you move besides the tractor.Yup. Not just the tall stuff, though. My desert acres are mostly "cheatgrass" which, depending how how much moisture we've had, will grow anywhere from a few inches high to about 18" max. I have to use a rotary mower (bush hog type) because its the only thing able to take the abuse of hitting dirt and rocks. Same thing - the tractor tires mash down the cheatgrass before the mower gets to cut it. Two days later that mashed-down cheatgrass stands back up again and it is very plain where the tractor tires passed. Wish there was an easy way to have a front-mounted rotary mower!
Gopher mounds leveled by the mower:
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It was semi-frozen, so ok to cut.So what do you do? Your equip is heavy so you'll leave deep ruts in the mud. Wait for freeze or is that to iffy? Just leave the ruts?
Has anyone ever actually had a "local FD do it for training"?Seems that would be a good candidate for a controlled burn. Heck, they may even be able to get a local FD to do it for training.