tractorenthusiast
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What would I have to do to make my yard into something worth bailing, outside of plowing and planting it? I have WAAAAY too much yard, and wouldn't mind subsidizing my mowing. I know, I'm dumb, let me have it.
Bale my yard?
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bp fick
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Many people find themselves with way, way too much grass to mow. It's an American thing, it seems. Turning a 5+ grass mowing headache into something less time consuming, fuel consuming, machinery eating sinkhole is something many might consider. Options include pasturing animals, tree farm, allowing it to return naturally to woods with the help of some tree planting, prairie land redevelopment and so forth.
A haying operation on a few acres is iffy, but you never know if a neighbor might have an interest. Best regards.
A haying operation on a few acres is iffy, but you never know if a neighbor might have an interest. Best regards.
Egon
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What acreage do you have in mind for baling and what is presently growing there?
flyingcow
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Also, what size is your tractor?
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tractorenthusiast
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What acreage do you have in mind for baling and what is presently growing there?
I've got about 6 acres that I really don't want to mow any longer. As for whats there now, thick, thick green grass, with a lot of clover. I don't want to get rich, I just ultimately want to spend less $$$$.
Here's a pic.
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tractorenthusiast
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Farmall M, That needs to be run more often.
flyingcow
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A bush hog style mower doesn't give you the clean cut as a finish mower, but i do my fields(20 acres or so) twice a season(keep in mind we have a short season up on this end of the country).
Looks good, some yrs only do once. You should be able to put a 5ft mower behind you, take 4 maybe 6 hours to do the 6 acres. I know it's not bailing hay, but that gets expensive in equipment.
A tag along bush hog does a very neat job for the money. Will,last forever jsut mowing fields, with no bushes or trees.
A Farmall M is a nice tractor. Narrow front end or wide?
Looks good, some yrs only do once. You should be able to put a 5ft mower behind you, take 4 maybe 6 hours to do the 6 acres. I know it's not bailing hay, but that gets expensive in equipment.
A tag along bush hog does a very neat job for the money. Will,last forever jsut mowing fields, with no bushes or trees.
A Farmall M is a nice tractor. Narrow front end or wide?
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tractorenthusiast
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Its a narrow. I'm thinking of something similar to a woods D80. Though I may just let it go wild.
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Depends on the area...I'm in a predominatly row-crop (corn and soybean) area and have a couple guys that are lined up for my 3A hillside. I'd leave it as is, with some fertilizer, it will grow up enough to be hay. What my guy did was put up an electric fence, and pastures sheep on it all summer, works for him and works for me. No mowing that way, and it stays clipped off pretty well all summer long. He usually gives me a few bucks rent even.
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Sheep, I like it.