Recent content by dennisleary

Anybody have an opinion on these? They cost $$ but seem fun to use. I've seen mixed reviews on the Internet but it's hard to figure out if the positive reviews are just made by sales people in disguise... Thanks

on top of the pathetic precipitation in CA so far this fall, the deer are laying waste to my orchard. Kind of breaks my heart to see the peach tree trunks with gouge marks from deerhooves and all the branches broken. I looked into fencing but besides being ugly, its too expensive (like...

Hi everybody I'm trying to clear away some brush to make a swimming hole and there are a few stands of tamarisk that I need to remove. Tried cutting them back with the chainsaw but they just grow back stronger. So I'm wondering if I can hook a chain around the root ball and rip them out with...

I need to move a few hundred straw hay bales around my property and I'm wondering if I should buy a bale spear attachment for the FEL, or buy a set of pallet forks instead, with the idea that they might not do the job as well, but might be more versatile, in the long run. Anyone have an opinion...

I have about 20 acres of purple vetch in flower - does anyone have an idea how much time I have before it sets seed? I'd say some of it is flowering and the rest is about to. I don't want it to become a weed forever - but we just had some rain, and I want to wait a week or two before getting...

I was wondering if there was a rule of thumb for when I can get out in my field with my tractor after rain - it's been a pretty wet winter in CA, and the last rain was about ten days ago. I have 30 acres of purple vetch that is starting to flower, and I want to mow it before it drops seed...

Hey I'm new to welding and wanted to get an opinion of the welds in the attached photos. I'm using a mig welder set at 22 amps, with a wire speed of 330. Am I running too hot? Or is the wire speed too fast/slow? thanks for looking -

I have a dilemma and I wonder if someone could help out. I unexpectedly came into possession of 23 acres of oats/vetch, and I'm trying to figure out the best course to take. One thing I was considering was to mow it all down using the rotary cutter, and then find someone to bail it, or disc...

I'm in the market for a no-till or minimal till drill. I have a 50HP Kubota. Any recommendations? I'm thinking about a 6' width. Not sure if I should go with a 3point mounted model or a drawbar-type unit. I'll be using it for seeding oats and vetch, mostly. Thanks.

I have a 5 acre field that I used to lease out to a tenant, and he left it in pretty bad shape, lots of gullies, ruts, berms, black plastic everywhere. Does anyone have a suggestion about how to level it, so I can row crop it afterwards? Should I just rent a tandem disc (I have a 50 HP...

anyone have a suggestion for best brand bush hog/rotary cutter out there? Thanks.

I bought a used John Deere 110 at a lowes, and it won't move. It fires up and the pto/mower works, but it wont move in forward or reverse. It's like the transmission won't engage the drive train. I checked out the manual, and it indicates that a bypass valve switch on the back can be the...

Anybody have an opinion about a broadcaster vs a seed drill? I have 28 acres I want to covercrop with ryegrass/vetch, so I'm undecided about which one to buy. Based on what I've googled and read, plus conversations with my farmer friends, a broadcaster is more versatile, and cheaper, and...