The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

[Hay Dude]

Sad that trespassers are always a problem all over the country.

It’s always one of 2 types:

1. Kids on bikes, jeeps, quads
2. The “this land is your land, this land is my land” commies who think that all land is owned by everyone.

The kids are annoying, but you understand their immaturity.

The second type you just want to belt in the mouth.

 

[EddieWalker]

Back in CA, there was a guy who's family used to own a bunch of land we hunted on. His dad sold most of it, and he lived in the family house with a couple of acres. He acted like his family still owned the land and was a constant problem during deer season. Since the used to own it, he felt he had the right to hunt on it even though the new landowner told him to stay off of it and even built new fencing to keep him out.

 

[LouNY]

That's a huge difference. Where those rocks just laying there? Here in East Texas, rocks have to be brought in from Oklahoma and Arkansas. And they are expensive!!!!!

Lots of rocks around here and they are still very expensive, the repair and maintenance cost of working around the danged things is immeasurable.
I see videos of farmers in different areas and they are talking about 7-10 mph tillage, in my area 3 mph is good any faster you will spend more time repairing and replacing parts then working.
The saying around here is slow down and keep your butt in the comfortable seat and get the work done, or go up a gear, go faster and spend all your time working on the equipment.

 

[deserteagle71]

That's a huge difference. Where those rocks just laying there? Here in East Texas, rocks have to be brought in from Oklahoma and Arkansas. And they are expensive!!!!!

If you need some rocks, please stop by. I have multiple piles on my place just like this that I had to pull out of the ground so I could mow. No charge!

 

[scootr]

Clearing a 5 acre field of surface rocks for mowing > 2.5 buckets

 

[dodge man]

If you need some rocks, please stop by. I have multiple piles on my place just like this that I had to pull out of the ground so I could mow. No charge!
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Those look like cairns (sp?)

 

[LouNY]

Clearing a 5 acre field of surface rocks for mowing > 2.5 buckets

Many years ago picking the rocks on an 8 acre field was two days of trudging back and forth along side a flat wagon tossing stones on then pushing them off in the corner of the field. Several loads per day, and that was just picking 6 inch and bigger. The wonders of mouldboard plows and spring tooth harrows.
The use of heavy cultipackers behind chisel plows and no till planters was a god send.

 

[Jason05216]

I don't know if you've every watched the Millennial Farmer on Youtube but I'm amazed at the size of the rocks they keep pulling up in their field when they plow. The size of some of them is really surprising.

 

[LouNY]

I don't know if you've every watched the Millennial Farmer on Youtube but I'm amazed at the size of the rocks they keep pulling up in their field when they plow. The size of some of them is really surprising.

Yes and look at the amount of broken shanks from hitting them and they just have a few scattered around.

 

[Hay Dude]

Makes me more grateful I am no-till and mostly farming land that’s been farmed for over 200 years.