putt_putt_green
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My wife and I recently to a trip to Europe to visit our exchange students. One of them is from Switzerland and is living on a hobby horse farm maintained by his girlfriend's father (Ernst). Farming on the side of a mountain/hill is very interesting. There is no way I'd drive a conventional tractor on these hillsides. I found this equipment very interesting, perhaps you will too.
Here is a picture of Ernst operating his walk behind tractor. It has a PTO shaft on the front which he connects to his implements. Some of the hills he farms are about twice as steep as the one pictured. Basically, if you can walk on it, you can farm it.
Here is the tractor with the hay cutter on it.
Here is a picture of the hay raking implement.
Here are pictures of a hay mover. Basically, some parts are too steep to run a bailer and the fear of round bails rolling down the hill is high, so this machine is used to move the loose hay to the barn where the bailer is. The back has a track in it to move the loose hay into the wagon.
Here is a picture of the little round bailer, and a round bail. Sometimes he borrows the neighbors square bailer, because it is a lot faster. The round bails aren't much larger than a conventional square bail.
Here is a picture of a 40+ year old tractor with a flatbed. It has a new Kubota 20HP diesel engine in it. The front cover folds open to expose a place to sit and drive. Needless to say, this has an extremely low center of gravity.
Here is a picture of Ernst operating his walk behind tractor. It has a PTO shaft on the front which he connects to his implements. Some of the hills he farms are about twice as steep as the one pictured. Basically, if you can walk on it, you can farm it.
Here is the tractor with the hay cutter on it.
Here is a picture of the hay raking implement.
Here are pictures of a hay mover. Basically, some parts are too steep to run a bailer and the fear of round bails rolling down the hill is high, so this machine is used to move the loose hay to the barn where the bailer is. The back has a track in it to move the loose hay into the wagon.
Here is a picture of the little round bailer, and a round bail. Sometimes he borrows the neighbors square bailer, because it is a lot faster. The round bails aren't much larger than a conventional square bail.
Here is a picture of a 40+ year old tractor with a flatbed. It has a new Kubota 20HP diesel engine in it. The front cover folds open to expose a place to sit and drive. Needless to say, this has an extremely low center of gravity.
