Hoggin' Snow
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Re: Hoggin\' Snow
He is just chopping the stalks. Up around Rochester they were plowing with snow on the ground. around the beginning of December. Had a few inches of snow but the ground wasn't froze yet so they could still do it.
He is just chopping the stalks. Up around Rochester they were plowing with snow on the ground. around the beginning of December. Had a few inches of snow but the ground wasn't froze yet so they could still do it.
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Re: Hoggin\' Snow
I would think that the snow would pack in tight into the corners and under the deck, such that there would be no room for the corn stalks to get chopped up. Maybe the corn stalks knock the snow loose so that isn't a problem.
Cause it reminds me of when I thought to try the push mower to blow snow off the walk. Hmmmm? Didn't work.
I would think that the snow would pack in tight into the corners and under the deck, such that there would be no room for the corn stalks to get chopped up. Maybe the corn stalks knock the snow loose so that isn't a problem.
Cause it reminds me of when I thought to try the push mower to blow snow off the walk. Hmmmm? Didn't work.
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Re: Hoggin\' Snow
<font color=blue>Cause it reminds me of when I thought to try the push mower to blow snow off the walk. Hmmmm? Didn't work. </font color=blue>
Didn't work for me, either /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
<font color=blue>Cause it reminds me of when I thought to try the push mower to blow snow off the walk. Hmmmm? Didn't work. </font color=blue>
Didn't work for me, either /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
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Re: Hoggin\' Snow
He is trying to get the stalks chopped before spring. Chopping them makes them deterioriate faster so that they don't have as much stubble in the spring to plug up any of their equipment. In most cases the farms use regular Stalk choppers but this farm looks to be using what they have on hand which is a brush chopper. Still works though.
He is trying to get the stalks chopped before spring. Chopping them makes them deterioriate faster so that they don't have as much stubble in the spring to plug up any of their equipment. In most cases the farms use regular Stalk choppers but this farm looks to be using what they have on hand which is a brush chopper. Still works though.
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Re: Hoggin\' Snow
I knew what he was doing. Just thought it was kinda funny looking w/ the snow and all. Thought maybe I had been doing it wrong all of these years w/ a shovel or snow blade. Hadn't occured to me just mow it down like you do the grass /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
I knew what he was doing. Just thought it was kinda funny looking w/ the snow and all. Thought maybe I had been doing it wrong all of these years w/ a shovel or snow blade. Hadn't occured to me just mow it down like you do the grass /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
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Re: Hoggin\' Snow
Ditto, been in the stands freezing when the fire was warm at home, but its all those dang deers fault, they made me do it!
I do remember seeing a farmer in Germany in Jan. 1994 plowing with about 4-6 inches of snow on. Had those plows that turn over so he could go back up the same furrow. Sure made me look while driving by on the Autoban.
Ditto, been in the stands freezing when the fire was warm at home, but its all those dang deers fault, they made me do it!
I do remember seeing a farmer in Germany in Jan. 1994 plowing with about 4-6 inches of snow on. Had those plows that turn over so he could go back up the same furrow. Sure made me look while driving by on the Autoban.
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Re: Hoggin\' Snow
My one brother-in-law bought a large batwing mower a number of years ago to shred up the stalks. He told me there were pests (forget which ones) that had a tougher time surviving the Winter if their stalk "homes" were chopped up............chim
My one brother-in-law bought a large batwing mower a number of years ago to shred up the stalks. He told me there were pests (forget which ones) that had a tougher time surviving the Winter if their stalk "homes" were chopped up............chim
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Re: Hoggin\' Snow
One thing I thought was kinda weird. He didn't do the whole field. Just the perimeters. Which if he would have just made one pass around the outside I could have kinda understood and thought he was just cleaning up weeds, but he made probably 2 or 3 passes around the whole thing including the side that butts up to another. Guess that is why I'm not a farmer I don't understand.
One thing I thought was kinda weird. He didn't do the whole field. Just the perimeters. Which if he would have just made one pass around the outside I could have kinda understood and thought he was just cleaning up weeds, but he made probably 2 or 3 passes around the whole thing including the side that butts up to another. Guess that is why I'm not a farmer I don't understand.
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