flusher
Super Member
- Joined
- Jun 4, 2005
- Messages
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- Location
- Sacramento
- Tractor
- Getting old. Sold the ranch. Sold the tractors. Moved back to the city.
My 6-acre hayfield needed mowing (weeds about a foot tall in some places) to reduce the
fire hazard. We've only had about 11 inches of rainfall this year (1July through 30 June). Normal is 18 inches. This is the 3rd year of drought around here. With no irrigation available I did not plant a crop this year. Hence the weeds.
Sharped the blades on the 6-ft Hawkline brush hog similar to what I do for the riding mower to get a decent cut. To make this job easier a few years go I cut an access door in the top of the mower housing. A few minutes with the angle grinder and the job is done.
Got pretty good results with that sharpened blade. There are no rocks or other junk on the field so I mowed in third low (about 4 mph). I'll cut the fenceline and internal firebreaks Monday with the 7 foot tandem disc just to be on the safe side.
fire hazard. We've only had about 11 inches of rainfall this year (1July through 30 June). Normal is 18 inches. This is the 3rd year of drought around here. With no irrigation available I did not plant a crop this year. Hence the weeds.
Sharped the blades on the 6-ft Hawkline brush hog similar to what I do for the riding mower to get a decent cut. To make this job easier a few years go I cut an access door in the top of the mower housing. A few minutes with the angle grinder and the job is done.
Got pretty good results with that sharpened blade. There are no rocks or other junk on the field so I mowed in third low (about 4 mph). I'll cut the fenceline and internal firebreaks Monday with the 7 foot tandem disc just to be on the safe side.