Pictures from a skid steer mowing contractor

[Lineman North Florida]

We don't have any wild turkeys in my part of Texas, so I'm raising a few so we can hear them gobbling!!!

I walked outside this morning just before daylight and heard 5 different gobblers hammering away still in their roost trees here on the farm, I called my oldest son to give him a report since he was working and to give him a heads up on where to set up Friday morning when he is able to go.

 

[Rustyiron]

We had a dozen in the yard the past couple of mornings.
The dogs love rolling around in the resulting turkey chit, on the snow.
I think we'll just let them out to chase them next time. We enjoy watching them, but having to wash 2 dogs before you're done with your first cup of coffee....
It's much easier to wash that stuff off before it "sets up"!

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Worked on a little underbrushing job on a nice bass fishing lake that some customers bought and plan on building a house on, also cut down a tree that they wanted down while I was there, they say they want me to do a lot more work there over the next year or so, we will see, I also found a junk pile hidden in all those vines, looked to be an old bed frame and mattress, propane cylinder, oven and miscellaneous other junk metal. Hope everyone has a good week, and may God bless you all. Charlie.

 

[sixdogs]

Beautiful work.

What about getting into poison ivy or poison oak?

 

[Carl_NH]

Charlie, what do you do with the metal stuff you "find" or cut into? With the density of underbrush and hidden stuff do you hit it and back up and clear it? Or do you leave that area undone?

BTW great transformation from a brush backwater to a nice lakeside site!

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Beautiful work.

What about getting into poison ivy or poison oak?

It usually doesn't bother me as long as I don't wallow in it, when I have a lot of hand work I usually have to deal with tic's and cat claw briars but I hate vines more than anything but they do get me a lot of work, being in the enclosed cab probably helps more than anything.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Charlie, what do you do with the metal stuff you "find" or cut into? With the density of underbrush and hidden stuff do you hit it and back up and clear it? Or do you leave that area undone?

BTW great transformation from a brush backwater to a nice lakeside site!

I cleaned up as close as I could to it and the next time I go I will take my grapple with me and I will move it to a location of the owners choosing, for either a scrapper to get or straight into a roll off dumpster.

 

[BackRoad]

Sweet location...any chance to negotiate some fishing access into the deal!!! I'll come help you on the days we go fishing!

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Sweet location...any chance to negotiate some fishing access into the deal!!! I'll come help you on the days we go fishing!

It's actually a public lake with a public boat ramp, the name of it is Little Orange Lake and it's supposed to be 576 acres in size.

 

[paulsharvey]

It's actually a public lake with a public boat ramp, the name of it is Little Orange Lake and it's supposed to be 576 acres in size.

We camped with scouts at Little Orange Creek nature park years ago, up on the north side, right off Sr20.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

We camped with scouts at Little Orange Creek nature park years ago, up on the north side, right off Sr20.

This place is not far past there on the South side bordering the lake.

 

[BackRoad]

It's actually a public lake with a public boat ramp, the name of it is Little Orange Lake and it's supposed to be 576 acres in size.

In that case, you're on your own for clearing...I'm going fishing!

 

[Lineman North Florida]

In that case, you're on your own for clearing...I'm going fishing!

LOL. Good luck, there are some big bass in there.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Well today was a little weed spraying in one of my coastal Bermuda hay fields and then back to the Vermeer baler bearing project, finally me and my neighbor got all the belts back on and ran it about 10 minutes and started hearing a squealing sound and wouldn't you know one of the drive chain bearings was bad, so got it off and ordered so we will see as I plan on cutting those oats that I planted in December this Saturday or early next week if the weather holds out. Hope you all are having a good week and God bless. Charlie.

 

[Carl_NH]

So you will cut and bale the oats you planted this winter? For forage/feed?

 

[Lineman North Florida]

So you will cut and bale the oats you planted this winter? For forage/feed?

Yes sir, I will sell some providing I get it put up dry and will keep some for my own cows, I haven't seen anything in a bale that will put weight on cows/yearlings like oats do, the last time I did this even horse people were buying it like crazy, I was sold out within 2 weeks of getting it baled.

 

[Carl_NH]

Agreed, the spring oats make great feed - when we farmed in PA a winter rye was sowed and plowed under in the spring for nitrogen and soil replenishment of the fields. The new oats would indeed make great feed stock - we always let them dry and harvested the grain, but those new oats are sweet feed,

 

[sixdogs]

Yes sir, I will sell some providing I get it put up dry and will keep some for my own cows, I haven't seen anything in a bale that will put weight on cows/yearlings like oats do, the last time I did this even horse people were buying it like crazy, I was sold out within 2 weeks of getting it baled.View attachment 3236481View attachment 3236482View attachment 3236483

How does that crop dry down for feed? Is it harder to dry or does it dry fast and shatter while baling? Does the seed hold moisture and present drying problems??

 

[Lineman North Florida]

How does that crop dry down for feed? Is it harder to dry or does it dry fast and shatter while baling? Does the seed hold moisture and present drying problems??

It usually takes about 5 or 6 days to get dry enough to put up, I haven't had any problems with it shattering but I don't put a tedder on it either or I believe it would knock all the seed heads off which makes it less appealing to horse people. I try to cut it when the seeds are in the milk stage if possible and about the fourth day of drying I put it in a wind row to help it dry, then I wait till it's right and cross my fingers that the weather holds.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

More work over by the lake, found an old 6 cylinder engine while cleaning up the scrap metal pile that I found the other day and found some barb wire with the mulcher while cleaning out an old fence line, took down several trees and made brush piles that I will burn at a later date.