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Our dilemma here is mesquite thorns on the ranch. We have a number of wheeled vehicles on the ranch so I have had the opportunity to try many approaches to the problem over the year. Interstingly enough we have never had an issue with flat tires on our tractors (Ag Tires) other then having a...

I actually had a new swivel connection put on a used hose that was about three months old. The guy that made the original hose locally is the same guy who changed out the fitting. About $12 vs. $50-55.

My wife was visiting Houston area a couple of weeks ago. Had her go by one of the JD dealers in the metro area and she picked me up two cases of the polyurea grease. NP, they had plenty.

A lot of companies have banned the use of lever binders in their business due to the potential that they can 'pop' open. While I still have my old lever binders, I switched to ratchet style years ago after I had a number of instances where they did come loose.

More than a decade ago I was in your shoes. Trying to figure out what I needed, wanted and could afford. I had lived on a smaller place back in the 80's (50 acres) and had bought a used Yanmar 25 hp, 4 wd with a front end loader and shredder. The machine ran great but it could not do squat to...

Have you talked to your local NRCS agent? They have programs through their EQIP program and others that will heavily subsidize your clearing costs. Also there are greater subsidies if you are a 'beginning' farmer/rancher. Beginning is defined as 'within the last 10 years' or at least used to say...

Over the past 10 years or so I have cleared over 300 acres of mesquite ranging from thin new ones to 24-30 inch diameter. Currently working on another 150 acres. I use a S650 Bobcat with a shear to cut and built in spray tanks to kill the stump (i try to get close to the ground on the cut but...

Well we are on a good sized ranch in the west edge of the Texas Hill country. Over the years we have added a number of vehicles for various 'jobs' on the ranch. First, even though we may be traveling miles on the ranch it is not necessary, IMO, to be able to be able to have a vehicle to drive at...

trying again

Here you go. In action and the net result after moving the clean dirt.

I have large piles of topsoil piled up after scraping the topsoil off a building site a few years ago. This topsoil is full of rocks and I am using the topsoil for ground preparation around another site on the ranch. I estimate the unsifted 'dirt' is about 30+% rocks ranging from 3/4 inches to...