Tractors and must have attachments

[babsbag]

We just bought the trencher this last summer and I have only used it once but I have a lot of plans for it in the future. The augers on our JD don't have any down pressure but I am pretty sure they make some that do. The ones on the bobcat are amazing.

The disc is faster but not as smooth and handles rocks better.

 

[Lereg]

We just bought the trencher this last summer and I have only used it once but I have a lot of plans for it in the future. The augers on our JD don't have any down pressure but I am pretty sure they make some that do. The ones on the bobcat are amazing.

The disc is faster but not as smooth and handles rocks better.

Then I wish I had discs instead of a walk behind tiller on my last litrl

 

[babsbag]

We use the tiller for the small garden plot; 30'x30'. We use the disc for acres of land. I also have a walk behind tiller that I seldom use anymore and a very small tiller that I can lift into my raised garden beds. There are a few places that I still want to plant lawn that the tractor can't get to so the old walk behind will have to come out of retirement once again.

 

[Mike CHS]

We have the Stihl (Mantis like tiller attachment) that we used for raised beds but this next season we won't be tilling but rather we will pull back the mulch from mucking the sheep pens and just planting. We have a tiller for row planting corn and purple hulls but everything else is in raised beds.

 

[babsbag]

I am planting all my root crops and strawberries in horse troughs that water from the bottom. No mice, gophers, sow bugs, earwigs, etc. I am still tilling my raised beds as I am still trying to get the soil the way I want it so I til in the compost for now. The soil started out as way to sandy. Hopefully I will get to the point soon of not tilling anymore.

 

[Lereg]

We use the tiller for the small garden plot; 30'x30'. We use the disc for acres of land. I also have a walk behind tiller that I seldom use anymore and a very small tiller that I can lift into my raised garden beds. There are a few places that I still want to plant lawn that the tractor can't get to so the old walk behind will have to come out of retirement once again.

The walk behinds are good as long as its not the first till in that spot. That last time, it about shook me to death. The other garden was tilled the year before and it was easy the 2nd time_!!

 

[Alaskan]

Huh.

We use the brush hog only when starting out a new pasture...so not that often.

The front bucket, the road grader/back blade, our homemade road smoother (roll of chain link filled with weights ), and most of all, the snow blower.

It sure would be nice though...if we could drive FORWARD while using the snow blower, instead of having to drive it backwards.

Oh...and the homemade hydraulic log splitter. But we busted the seals two years back...haven't fixed it yet. It was slow, but a dream, would split anything you gave it.

Round bales...we roll those to the barn by hand. ..then use a ramp and an underpowered pulley to get them into the loft. A bit back breaking..so we have switched to square bales fresh off the field for a good price.

 

[Baymule]

Huh.

We use the brush hog only when starting out a new pasture...so not that often.

The front bucket, the road grader/back blade, our homemade road smoother (roll of chain link filled with weights ), and most of all, the snow blower.

It sure would be nice though...if we could drive FORWARD while using the snow blower, instead of having to drive it backwards.

Oh...and the homemade hydraulic log splitter. But we busted the seals two years back...haven't fixed it yet. It was slow, but a dream, would split anything you gave it.

Round bales...we roll those to the barn by hand. ..then use a ramp and an underpowered pulley to get them into the loft. A bit back breaking..so we have switched to square bales fresh off the field for a good price.

How many hay cuttings do you get a season? Here the normal is 3 cuttings, sometimes 4. There is hay being cut right now from established fields.

 

[Alaskan]

Usually two cuttings is the interior of Alaska (gets hot there). I am on the coast so cool and rainy, which often results in only one cutting. Last summer we got two, even here on the coast. Usually though, we are in the 50s to LOW 60s all summer..

It is TOUGH for the locals to hay, it so often rains right after the hay is cut. As a result the vast majority do small square bales...you can dry them the rest of the way in the barn...if you are careful and have the space.

The interior is so much better for hay...and other crops... they usually make the big round bales, and they are trucked all over the state.

I think all alfalfa is shipped up from Washington state.

Our season is SHORT.

Most hay is Timothy or Brome.

 

[Alaskan]

Oh.... and blows my mind that you are having your first cutting now.

We saw our first dandelion in town this week. At our place we have a few, less than 1/2" green grass blades.