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    chicken manure subsurfer

    Watching youtube videos an ran across the video on the keith poultry litter subsurfer. I love the idea of drilling the manure into the ground. Only problem I see is I only fimd videos of prototypes. Did anyone ever put them into production?
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    hp/ft cutter requirements

    My dad and I are looking to upgrade from our current 353 series kuhn cutter to a 4000 an upgrading tractors. Local jd has a 6150m and a 6170r. We have always went by the 10hp/ft of cutter. The local sales rep an my dad say the 6150 is fine which I know it will be but I have always had the idea...
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    kubota hay equipment

    Our kuhn tedder was in an accident while transporting on the road so we bought a 1 season used kutoa 17' tedder. It worked really well. Has anyone used any of there other equipment? I see on the site they have round balers an mower condiers with tine conditioners like we use. Just curious.
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    goossneck for half ton truck

    I have a half ton dodge truck with the 5'7" "baby bed" as my dad calls it. What I'm looking to do is put a hidden gooseneck hook up that will not void warranty. Mainly just to pull our trailers out of the field loaded with hay. Very short hauls. We have a 1 ton dodge we use but sure would be...
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    m125x

    My father an I aquired a kubota m125 at a auction this past week. Had to wait a fee days because of title issues but they czlled my dad an said its ours. It was used to pull a 20 ft mower exclusively an only has 1128 hours. We pln to use it to bale an chop wheat an rye silage. I've read good...
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    ordered me a new dodge eco diesel today

    Well I've been looking since I heard about them last year. Today I decided to trade the duramax on a new dodge 1500 eco diesel. Its the laramie edition 4x4. I was torn between white or black. Saw a dark metallic grey while at the dealship an fell in love with it. I sure hopeall the kinks are...
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    first cutting of hay

    Been riding over our hay plots an I believe with all this rain its gonna be 1 of the best first cuttings we have had. We are planning on knocking it down here in about 3 weeks. How does everyone elses hay look?
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    1998 jd 338 with kuhn accumulator

    My dad traded our 24 model jd baler for a jd 338 an kunh accumulator. It stacks 10 bales together ata time an I plan on purchasing a matching grapple for loading the hay. My thing is after the purchase was completed we were at parts house an an older gentalman said we will absolutely hate the...
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    whats the earliest you guys bale hay?

    Just curious what's the earliest you guys bale hay. I also considered baleing the dead grass from winter as ruffage instead of just mowing it
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    dion rotary head for silage chopper

    Looking for a new 3 row head for our silage chopper an dealer suggested a dion rotary head. I've seen them on the big self propelled units. He said its very few moving parts an a lot more efficiend an less strain on tractor. Does anyome have any experience with the rotary heads? How's the...
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    koyker loaders

    Recently I purchased a new holland t4.85 with a llader to mainly handle 5x6 hay bales. For years we have only used 1 loader. My dad an I was talking about how nice a second loader would be around the farm. Especially when we haul hay. 1 in the field 1 back at the barn. We already have a jd 6715...
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    building my own grapple

    My dad found an old rake for a front end loader that went on some logging equipment. With little modification we can make it attach to my 655 loader on my new holland tractor. He thinks we can modify it futher an add a grapple to it. Anyone ever done this? I think it would be a fun project.
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    dad drove 3 hours to buy a jd 535 baler came home with a 567.

    We have been wanting to upgrade to 5x6 baler a few years. My dad found a 535 almost 3 hours from here. He left this morning to get it but came home with a 567 with monitor an all. Very good shape for only a few thousand more. Belts in good shape. Seems to have very little wear. Even gave us...
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    kubota 1100 lift kit

    Tires are completely wore out on my 1100. Thinking about putting a lift kit an upgrading to bigger tires and rims. Anyone done this to a 2007 kubota 1100 rtv?
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    sizing a bush hog

    Do u guys think a 7' heavy duty bush hog is to much for an 85 hp tractor. 75 pto
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