Steve_Taylor
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I just recently purchased a Mahindra 2810HST with FEL and box scraper. So far this has worked well for snow removal considering that we only get 6-8” at a time and it doesn’t come very frequently.
In the spring I want to start a vegetable garden in an area that will allow up to about 5,000 sq. ft. This land has been worked before by the previous owner, but I don’t know how long ago that was. I have a 5hp Troy-Built rototiller that has a hard time breaking through the compacted soil. The cheapest thing for me to try would be to use the box scraper rippers and then follow with the rototiller. Alternatively, I could get a used two bottom mouldboard plow and follow that with a lift disk or again just use the rototiller. Another way would be to get a small chisel plow, but they seem to be expensive and I haven’t been able to find any used ones. Finally, the most expensive option would be to buy a 3pt rototiller which would make quick work of it but would probably be overkill for the small area that I have. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Pallet forks are another question. Paynes 800# for $290, Gearmore 1000# for $380, or build my own. I have done a bit of welding in the past but am pretty rusty at it. These may be a good first project and I could save a little bit of money here.
I think a chipper would be something I could use and the Jinma 6” has been talked about here a lot. Does anybody have the 4” model? I would think that would be sufficient for my needs.
Finally, I have a lot of pine needles to pick up from a small lawn area, naturally landscaped(i.e. mostly dirt) area, and lots of driveway. How well would a landscape rake work for this. I am also considering a vacuum such as the Trac-Vac. The vacuums are all design to attach to a MMM which I don’t have and really don’t need. My lawn are is quite small and there are numerous trees and other obstacles that would make it difficult to mow with the tractor anyway. I am thinking I could fabricate some kind of ground hugging manifold that would allow the vac to pickup the pine needles. Any thoughts?
In the spring I want to start a vegetable garden in an area that will allow up to about 5,000 sq. ft. This land has been worked before by the previous owner, but I don’t know how long ago that was. I have a 5hp Troy-Built rototiller that has a hard time breaking through the compacted soil. The cheapest thing for me to try would be to use the box scraper rippers and then follow with the rototiller. Alternatively, I could get a used two bottom mouldboard plow and follow that with a lift disk or again just use the rototiller. Another way would be to get a small chisel plow, but they seem to be expensive and I haven’t been able to find any used ones. Finally, the most expensive option would be to buy a 3pt rototiller which would make quick work of it but would probably be overkill for the small area that I have. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Pallet forks are another question. Paynes 800# for $290, Gearmore 1000# for $380, or build my own. I have done a bit of welding in the past but am pretty rusty at it. These may be a good first project and I could save a little bit of money here.
I think a chipper would be something I could use and the Jinma 6” has been talked about here a lot. Does anybody have the 4” model? I would think that would be sufficient for my needs.
Finally, I have a lot of pine needles to pick up from a small lawn area, naturally landscaped(i.e. mostly dirt) area, and lots of driveway. How well would a landscape rake work for this. I am also considering a vacuum such as the Trac-Vac. The vacuums are all design to attach to a MMM which I don’t have and really don’t need. My lawn are is quite small and there are numerous trees and other obstacles that would make it difficult to mow with the tractor anyway. I am thinking I could fabricate some kind of ground hugging manifold that would allow the vac to pickup the pine needles. Any thoughts?