workinonit
Elite Member
Who is everyone and what does everyone have to do with bales of hay littering your property? The hay is abandoned and on your land, it is yours. Have "everyone" call him and tell him to come get his hay.
Using them as fill is a good idea if you can move them.Thought about that.... we ALSO have a nice washout going down the big hill....again, thanks to him as when he loosened the dirt to plant, cultivate, I guess it allowed a channel to develop. (there was always a bit of a swale (correct word?) there but now I have to stop and be careful to cross it with tractor as it's much much worse)
Anyway, thought about using the bales as some filler in there to see if it would compost away and help fill it....meanwhile, simply use it to raise the bottom a bit. (could also add some dirt to that)
I've spoken about burning them and got the horrified look from everyone because they still view those bales as untouchable since they belong to the farmer who abandonded them about 6-7 years ago. I don't agree with that logic at all.
Who is everyone and what does everyone have to do with bales of hay littering your property? The hay is abandoned and on your land, it is yours. Have "everyone" call him and tell him to come get his hay.
Using them as fill is a good idea if you can move them.
He is not coming back for old hay. They are yours to do with what you want. He does not even remember leaving them there.
Had a neighbor do that, and he mowed 12.5 acres every week using a Troy built Honda powered mower. In his particular case, he was doing it for health reasons, to loose weight he said. I will say, that after six months mowing, he certainly looked more fit and trim.We lived in Arkansas for a little while when my wife and I were newlyweds and there was a older man that had about 20 acres that he mowed with a 21" push mower. He started early each morning and would work till dark. By the end of the week he just started over. Everyone said he just loves to mow. I felt bad for him.
I agree with others your going to smoke the belts on your mower. Probably be cheaper to hire it done. By the time you would get it mowed it would be time to start all over againLet me start by saying I'm grew up a city guy living the country life now. I don't know all these farm implement names, terms, etc. So please ignore my ignorance.
Anywho, I own 10 acre field a few miles from me. Nothing is there, it's just a field. I had local guy cut it for rough hay for his horses for a few years which kept it rough trimmed. He has since stopped over the past 2 years, so I was going to start cutting it myself once or twice a year just to keep it trimmed. I own a New Holland TC18 and a 4' finish mower rear discharge, and I unfortunately sold my brush hog a few years back. I was thinking I could use the finish mower at it's highest level to cut this field. It's not thick, just some weeds and growth could be like 3ft high or so.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance..