Harv
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Well, it was only 3 weeks since my last trip to the property, but oh what a difference 3 weeks can make! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif
Last time up I tip-toed gingerly across the still soft "muddy stretch" of my tractor path and hiked out to check on all 3 of the culverts I installed last year. The weeds had started, but I figured a couple more weeks and I'd start driving the path, which would keep them down just by virtue of being driven on.
But when I returned this time, I couldn't find the path at all! The dang weeds were 3 and 4 feet tall and thicker than crabgrass! /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif The good news was that I finally had reason to break out my as yet untried rotary mower. Now, I'd like to think we all went through a little bit of hell the first time we tried to hook up a PTO-driven attachment, and I was certainly no exception. It all seems so easy after you've done it once!
Bottom line -- tall grass has no chance against a 60" rotary cutter. In fact, once I repaired culvert #3, I went out in search of more challenging growth. Shrubs and 24" saplings turned to sawdust as fast as I could mow them, but the most satisfying of all was the blackberry vines that were trying to come back from my last engagement with them. What a wonderful tool. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
I only chickened out when I couldn't find my partially caved-in culvert. Afraid to get the tractor wheels too close to the crumbling part, I whipped out the DR Trimmer/Mower and gave the culvert a good military-style haircut. I guess the trimmer/mower will always serve its purpose. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
Pictures attached.
Last time up I tip-toed gingerly across the still soft "muddy stretch" of my tractor path and hiked out to check on all 3 of the culverts I installed last year. The weeds had started, but I figured a couple more weeks and I'd start driving the path, which would keep them down just by virtue of being driven on.
But when I returned this time, I couldn't find the path at all! The dang weeds were 3 and 4 feet tall and thicker than crabgrass! /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif The good news was that I finally had reason to break out my as yet untried rotary mower. Now, I'd like to think we all went through a little bit of hell the first time we tried to hook up a PTO-driven attachment, and I was certainly no exception. It all seems so easy after you've done it once!
Bottom line -- tall grass has no chance against a 60" rotary cutter. In fact, once I repaired culvert #3, I went out in search of more challenging growth. Shrubs and 24" saplings turned to sawdust as fast as I could mow them, but the most satisfying of all was the blackberry vines that were trying to come back from my last engagement with them. What a wonderful tool. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
I only chickened out when I couldn't find my partially caved-in culvert. Afraid to get the tractor wheels too close to the crumbling part, I whipped out the DR Trimmer/Mower and gave the culvert a good military-style haircut. I guess the trimmer/mower will always serve its purpose. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
Pictures attached.
