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Waskom John
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New to learning about tractors and this forum but long time ago I saw in a Mother Earth magazine that a good old fashion bed spring hooked to the back of a tractor is pretty good at leveling. Today it is very hard to find bed springs but if you burn a box spring you will find one inside. A few concrete blocks for weight and go to it. I have the spring but have not used it yet.
Good luck in the down under. Hope to visit it some day.
Good luck in the down under. Hope to visit it some day.
aczlan
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Just dont lose it in the weeds and hit it with a bushhog. That will give you a couple of hours of fun cleaning it out...
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An old section of chain link fence will do that too.
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Sounds risky. At some point would it shed hardened steel springs allover your field? They would be invisible.
Cant cut that wire with a sidecutter, whatever it wraps around you have to use a grinder to cut it. I'd be real careful letting that get near a field, or as aaron said it would be invisible if the weeds grow up thru it.
Cant cut that wire with a sidecutter, whatever it wraps around you have to use a grinder to cut it. I'd be real careful letting that get near a field, or as aaron said it would be invisible if the weeds grow up thru it.
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aczlan
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I have used it in the past to smooth out the field and it did well. The one I hit with the bush hog was buried in 3' of blackberry bushes/weeds by the property line. I dont recommend doing that.
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I'm sorry Aaron, I laughed outloud on that one!!! I had an instant visual of the noise and thrashing around under the cutter before you got it shut off. Then the 30 minutes of cursing and throwing stuff to get it cut out from under. Heheheheheheh!!!!! I call that a "Life Lesson".
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30 minutes? It was closer to 90 minutes that I was under the mower. That was not a fun afternoon...I'm sorry Aaron, I laughed outloud on that one!!! I had an instant visual of the noise and thrashing around under the cutter before you got it shut off. Then the 30 minutes of cursing and throwing stuff to get it cut out from under. Heheheheheheh!!!!! I call that a "Life Lesson".
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