Rotary cutting pics

Stubee · Aug 1, 2011

Just posted these in Kubota subforum but: new B2320 w. LP 48" hog. First pic is my grandson standing on side of trail
I cut. Poplar regrowth in MI. First day if use.

sldva00 · Aug 1, 2011

Here's a before and after shot taken a year apart. Before was on 07/15/2010 and after on 07/16/2011. Used the Stihl 290 chainsaw on most of the trees/bushes. Removed all the stumps using nothing but bucket and forklifts. Now I just keep it down with the cutter.

Topkicker · Aug 1, 2011

This is something most don't see while rotary cutting. My neighbor must have really liked the color of my Massey when he picked out his new helicopter.:laughing: Took this pic after mowing my lower field today.

electrarc · Aug 1, 2011

Hi Guys,

Love all the pix. You can't beat that feeling at the end of the day. In my case, as I have purchased a run down farm it is land I have never seen before. Once you see it you can decide what you want to do with it.

Video of my new tractor on slopes.

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Cheers Zac

If I want to stand on something flat, I have to stand on the concrete in the shed. Everything else slopes one way or another!

TripleR · Aug 1, 2011

Redbug said:
You guys need some cows!

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I grew up chasing those darned things and fixing fences before and after school and during my summer "vacation" growing up. The only time I want to ever be around another cow is after someone has turned it into a nice steak.:thumbsup:

My hat is off to all those who raise them, but it sure ain't gonna be me.

eastexan · Aug 1, 2011

sldva00 said:
Here's a before and after shot taken a year apart. Before was on 07/15/2010 and after on 07/16/2011. Used the Stihl 290 chainsaw on most of the trees/bushes. Removed all the stumps using nothing but bucket and forklifts. Now I just keep it down with the cutter.

What a difference!!
Good job :thumbsup:

eastexan · Aug 1, 2011

TripleR said:
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I grew up chasing those darned things and fixing fences before and after school and during my summer "vacation" growing up. The only time I want to ever be around another cow is after someone has turned it into a nice steak.:thumbsup:

My hat is off to all those who raise them, but it sure ain't gonna be me.

My sentiments, exactly! :confused2:

The city kids had vacations, we didn't.
While they were sitting in their back yards drinking tea and listening to the Ballad Of Davy Crockett, I was helping cut and put up our hay, then helping neighbors put up theirs getting stung by sweat bees and other varmints.
Dehorning, castrating, butchering, chasing cattle that got through the fence, and that was just a fraction of the fun of raising livestock. :laughing:

Now, i enjoy just sitting back, letting others do it (while I rub liniment on my joints and reminisce). :laughing: :laughing:

foreman Etexas · Aug 1, 2011

Not much green stuff to mow around here!!!

TripleR · Aug 1, 2011

eastexan said:
My sentiments, exactly! :confused2:

The city kids had vacations, we didn't.
While they were sitting in their back yards drinking tea and listening to the Ballad Of Davy Crockett, I was helping cut and put up our hay, then helping neighbors put up theirs getting stung by sweat bees and other varmints.
Dehorning, castrating, butchering, chasing cattle that got through the fence, and that was just a fraction of the fun of raising livestock. :laughing:

Now, i enjoy just sitting back, letting others do it (while I rub liniment on my joints and reminisce). :laughing: :laughing:

You forgot hauling hay at night and picking up bales with snakes in them, digging post holes, moving fences, clearing fence rows, getting the snot shocked out of you because there was always someone, dad/brother who thought it was funny to see what happened when they put the surveyors tape up against a live fence.:shocked:

Oh man, I think I am getting PTSD or something, I gotta go lie down.:confused2:

foreman Etexas · Aug 1, 2011

I enjoy the cattle,hay baling,etc. Only 31 but have been doing it since I can remember I figure when I cant do it anymore I have 2 sons (9) and (2) they can pick up were I left off. I think it keeps me in shape and out of trouble and a very good learning and teaching aid for my kids growing up. I dont think of it as a job but a hobby that my family enjoys doing everyday!!! We still have real vacations(6flags,etc.)

You got to wild of cows if they keep tearing the fences up (time for sale barn)!!All my cattle can be hand feed and a sack of feed they are in the corral(no horses needed)!! I have gave my boys 2 cows(piece) and put the money from there calfs back every year towards(college).

BlacknTan · Aug 1, 2011

Great pics from everyone!

I'm all cut this year, or I'd add something..

I have to cut every year. There is no shortage of rocks in the field, some probably the size of a VW. Unfortunately, like an iceberg, 90% "submerged," but they manage to push themselves up a bit more every spring. I can't let things get too overgrown or I won't be able to see what's goin' on...

Very enjoyable thread!

P.S.

The slip clutch on my Woods Bush hog has saved my bacon more than once!

Marveltone · Aug 1, 2011

BlacknTan said:
Great pics from everyone!

I'm all cut this year, or I'd add something..

I have to cut every year. There is no shortage of rocks in the field, some probably the size of a VW. Unfortunately, like an iceberg, 90% "submerged," but they manage to push themselves up a bit more every spring. I can't let things get too overgrown or I won't be able to see what's goin' on...

Very enjoyable thread!

P.S.

The slip clutch on my Woods Bush hog has saved my bacon more than once!

Ditto on the slip-clutch. I'd rather not think of all the shear-pins I may have had to replace by now... and this is only the second year with the RC!

Joe

TripleR · Aug 1, 2011

foreman Etexas said:
I enjoy the cattle,hay baling,etc. Only 31 but have been doing it since I can remember I figure when I cant do it anymore I have 2 sons (9) and (2) they can pick up were I left off. I think it keeps me in shape and out of trouble and a very good learning and teaching aid for my kids growing up. I don't think of it as a job but a hobby that my family enjoys doing everyday!!! We still have real vacations(6flags,etc.)

You got to wild of cows if they keep tearing the fences up (time for sale barn)!!All my cattle can be hand feed and a sack of feed they are in the corral(no horses needed)!! I have gave my boys 2 cows(piece) and put the money from there calves back every year towards(college).

I am glad that it is working out for you and I agree it will instill a good work ethic in your kids.

eastexan · Aug 2, 2011

TripleR said:
You forgot hauling hay at night and picking up bales with snakes in them, digging post holes, moving fences, clearing fence rows, getting the snot shocked out of you because there was always someone, dad/brother who thought it was funny to see what happened when they put the surveyors tape up against a live fence.:shocked:

Oh man, I think I am getting PTSD or something, I gotta go lie down.:confused2:

:laughing::laughing:
Yeah, gotta love those baled up snakes and saw briers. Nothing better than to grab a bale with a snake sqashed in it.

Or, break open a bale in the wintertime to feed the cows and there would be a mummyfied snake corpse.

And sometimes forgetting to turn off the electric fencer before going over to the field to feed the cows and touching the wire with cold fingers. :mur:

eastexan · Aug 2, 2011

foreman Etexas said:
You got to wild of cows if they keep tearing the fences up (time for sale barn)!!All my cattle can be hand feed and a sack of feed they are in the corral(no horses needed)!! I have gave my boys 2 cows(piece) and put the money from there calfs back every year towards(college).

Some of our best milk cows back in the day, were the onryest. But when that's your only way of making a living you have to put up with them.
The bulls were the main problem. When they wanted to get over to the neighbors cows or fight the neighbor's bull, that's usually when the fence would get knocked down. If we seen it in time, we would get him over to another pasture.

foreman Etexas · Aug 2, 2011

eastexan said:
Some of our best milk cows back in the day, were the onryest. But when that's your only way of making a living you have to put up with them.
The bulls were the main problem. When they wanted to get over to the neighbors cows or fight the neighbor's bull, that's usually when the fence would get knocked down. If we seen it in time, we would get him over to another pasture.

That would be my neighbors bull,wouldnt be u would it:laughing:

Redbug · Aug 2, 2011

Foreman ETexas...Your 4th pic...That's got to be one of the larger bush hogs I have seen in a while. Your tractor will run it OK? Just normal stuff...not like the tall stuff shown.

foreman Etexas · Aug 2, 2011

Redbug said:
Foreman ETexas...Your 4th pic...That's got to be one of the larger bush hogs I have seen in a while. Your tractor will run it OK? Just normal stuff...not like the tall stuff shown.

Yeah it will run it no problem in the lighter stuff,truthfully I never have even tried it on the stuff my bigger tractor is pictured in. I have a 8ft I usually have behind the 5040 but I used that one until my 8ft came in to mow the trails and my yard and cleaning up the pasture beside my house,just to see if it would