Recent content by kneedeep

JMHO I run treated water in rears on a Mahindra 8560, which is a heavy tractor. Wheel weights won’t pull ‘more’ plow if the tractor can’t slip the wheels engaged in the ground. Ground would have to be soft and sweet for a 60 hp to roll dirt with a 5 bottom plow. I had a 8’ disk in dry ground...

I drag a 3 bar harrow behind my disc to cover seeds. Set disc almost straight, run just deep enough to turn the disc blades and go fast. 3.5 - 4 mph

Cone spreader and a drag harrow will make a good foodplot with enough rain and fertilizer

Planting too thick, turnips need room to ‘make’ a root.

Best planter for foodplots is a Covington. Easy to set up a 2 row with fertilizer ‘knocker box’ and it will plant corn, beans, peas , etc with exchangeable seed plates. Broadcast wheat and plant into it for Deer Deli! Wish I never sold mine.

Soil test cost about $8 bucks around here. Extremely accurate.

I don’t like to spray chems but…… I bought a jug several years ago and spray twice a year, first in spring as soon as green up starts and in mid season to keep ground clean. I use a 15 gal sprayer at about 40 oz of chemical per session. Will keep area bare for about 6 mos at a time. PS Price...

I have a IH end wheel drill but it plants on top of trash requiring a pretty clean seed bed. 4 or 5 passes with disk. I'm thinking a 2 pass rig to expedite Duk hole as time is running out to make grain before frost. Duk Hole is a priority endeavor every year.

I'm trying to save at least one, maybe 2 trips across a 10 ac Duck Hole in MS Delta. Right now, the ground is dry and will need 2 passes to cut mowed residue with a 8' disc. About 15-18 gal of fuel per trip and 1.5 trips already with a 10' mower. Idea is to mount a 12v broadcast spreader on the...

I’m wondering if one is worth the effort or just a ZTR fad. Seems most folks don’t use one?

I have my old contractor rotary laser from working days that still is accurate to 1% slope at 300’. Paid about $800 for it new, bet they are double that now vs 10 years ago.

New to me 60” has the stock grass flap and makes windrows to recut. I need to be able to close the chute off around cabin and wife’s flower beds and open it up away from buildings. Several manual brands are available as well as Amazon generic starting at $150 up to foot controlled for $3-400...

Had a broke spring on the pressure plate did the opposite as yours. Need free play in clutch, yours may not be adjusted right.

Only rusty ones I see are from never washing the wet dirt road splatter off the inner fenders. See quite a few rust buckets in town around the first of month but it ain't from road salt.

I was concerned about having to take a BH on and off my compact tractor, so I bought another tractor. Problem solved!