Recent content by miltrade

I toiled away for four years, mowing the four or five acres of my 13 that are cleared and have grass using either a riding mower and/or my JD4500 pulling a six foot landpride mowing deck. Usually, after golf on Saturday or all day Sunday, I went out and suffered through about 3.5/4 hours of...

My first near-death tractor experience happened when I least expected it and I wasn't doing anything particularly dangerous. I had about and hour to spare so I thought I would go out into the pasture and pop a large trunk and rootball out of the ground with my JD 3200 tractor using the fork...

I have several acres of fenced pasture in Virginia. The original owner of my property didn't clear as much as he should have so the fencing in some areas runs through "wooded" areas. I have done some work to keep the pastures clear of underbrush and saplings, but there are simply too many...

I have a four foot Kioti core aerator, three point hitch type, on reserve at a local dealer. I haven't paid for it or picked it up yet. Does anyone have experience/knowledge of this particular type of core aerator? Is it sturdy enough for use with my John Deere 27 horsepower tractor, for...

My existing driveway, about 175 yards long, is gravel, with the area outside of my garage being blacktop. I live on a 13 acre horsefarm. I want to create more of a country estate feel by having a packed pea-gravel drive and parking area to replace the granite and blacktop. Does anyone know...

I am gradually clearing out two fenced horse pastures that I have that for some reason were fenced in areas that have just too many trees. I have some knowledge of tree felling from research and talking with people who know how to do it. (of course safety is my primary concern and I cut with...

I posted earlier about how I had tilled up my entire lawn last fall to plant new grass using my JD4200 and a rented tiller. Yesterday was the first day of the season that I used my new Husqvarna garden tractor with 54 inch mower to mow the grass/weeds that resulted. I created a real dilemma...

One of my first projects on my new property was to use a 3-pt tiller on my JD 4200 to till under my lawn, which was a mix of zoysia and weeds in order to plant a new lawn of fescue grass. I thought I had all my research in order and a good plan. I tilled it under, planted new seed, and laid...

I know that this should be in another forum, but I feel like people in here know what they are talking about more than over there. I got a JD 4200 tractor when I purchased my property in Virginia. The previous owner used it exclusively as a giant lawnmower. Well, the lawn was like cement from...

I recently bought my home (13 months ago), which was built in 1989. In the unfinished basement, there is no roughed in plumbing at all. The whole home is on a well and septic-system, so all the water and drainage pvc and copper is run overhead, both coming in from the well and draining out...

Yesterday I purchased a Husqvarna garden tractor with a 54 inch cutting deck to mow my 2-3 acre cleared lawn. Last summer, with my John Deere 4200 tractor and LawnPride 6 foot mowing deck, I shot a rock out near the house that travelled through the driver's side window of my pickup...

I'm new here, so if I ask too many questions, forgive me. I own a horse farm in VA, about 13 acres or so. The previous owner did nothing whatsoever to clear brush from the areas outside of the horse pastures (we are about 1/2 cleared and 1/2 wooded). I have a JD 4200 tractor with brush mower...

I live in Virginia. Last fall I purchased some regional wildflower mix to plant in my pastures and in a sloped area of my property that is too difficult to mow ("waste" areas if you will). I never got around to planting the seeds in the late fall because I took down some significant trees that...

I have a concrete garage floor. I have tried the various garage floor paints, none seem to work as well as advertised. I was considering trying to lay black linoleum tile squares instead. Seems like they would hold up and could easily be cleaned. Anyone ever tried this?