PICTURES ONLY thread

mangus580 · Jun 4, 2013

Do they have to be tractor pics???

bsentryrich said:
Very nice cut from that flail mower Joe-----wondering how those compare to rotary cutters/bush hogs in terms of finish? Never seen one used in my neck of the woods-----Southern IL

Flail mowers usually do leave a better finish. Most Interstate mowers are flail mowers if I am not mistaken....

Hers is my $200 flail mower

TSO said:
I could use one of those... can they plant ANY seed or is it specifically sized for certain kinds?

'Plate' planters work really good for beans and corn. Some of the odder shape seed like pumpkin is harder to get to work. For that, we just take the seed pot off, and put a rider on, and give them a funnel. Said rider is to drop a seed every 'so many' feet.....

I just picked up a 4 row IH-56 planter. We put in 4 rows of corn last weekend with it, (2 at a time). I have ordered more seed plates for it, to handle some of the other size corn seed. I think we shall be doing the same thing for pumpkins still though - we dont put in 'that' many pumpkins, but it sure is nice to have the planter opening up the spot for the seed, and adding the fertilizer.

joemd11 · Jun 5, 2013

bsentryrich said:
Very nice cut from that flail mower Joe-----wondering how those compare to rotary cutters/bush hogs in terms of finish? Never seen one used in my neck of the woods-----Southern IL

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I think it gives a slightly better cut than a bush hog. My flail is considered a rough cut model as it only has 56 knives as opposed to the finish cut model which has 88 knives. Never used a bush hog so I can't give an accurate comparison. The flail works fine for my needs.

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TSO · Jun 5, 2013

mangus580 said:
Do they have to be tractor pics???

Yeah... gotta have a pic of your LS (or part of it to be fair) somewhere in the pic

BlackDogTx · Jun 7, 2013

View from the seat rolling up a bonfire..

mangus580 · Jun 9, 2013

Mama always said there would be days like this.....

TSO · Jun 10, 2013

mangus580 said:
Mama always said there would be days like this.....

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Oh that sucks! She still stuck in there, or did you get her out? I did something like that with my Kioti last year:

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My 4047 with the custom cab I'm building:

rwork · Jun 13, 2013

Clearing underbrush with the ratchet rake.

Mike1369 · Jun 14, 2013

So I'm thinking about upgrading...

Scary awesome!!!!!

SpaceBuckaroo · Jun 15, 2013

This is a picture of the lime that I spread for my pole building

If I ever open my hood and have to unlatch the brush guard up front, I always place something over the control so I won't forget to double check that I secured the brush guard.

This is a picture of my Auger with 18" bit.

mangus580 · Jun 16, 2013

Some of yestardays adventures....

Towing the 12' Case Disc...

And one of the several times I found a soft spot (too much **** rain....) and was 'pawing' my way out with the bucket

mangus580 · Jun 16, 2013

Some more....

Here is a shot where I got stuck with both the 12' disc, and the little 5'. I was able to work myself out of both with the bucket, leaving the discs behind. Came back in from the 'dry' side, and pulled them back out with a chain. Was desperately trying to break the ground up some, to get it to dry out. Too bad its RAINING again today!!

Another couple shots discing with the 12'

And... last but not least - getting the planter ready to toss some Sweet Corn in...

DavidBR · Jun 17, 2013

Couple of pictures of starting this years pasture mowing. Very pleased with the new tractor and cutter.

TSO · Jun 20, 2013

Received 4 gravel trucks of asphalt millings to put on my driveway. It's kinda neat to say my driveway is made out of "Rochester Rd"... A well known and traveled roadway here on the north side of Detroit.

Guesseral · Jun 21, 2013

Well I finally got my grapple on and plumbed. It took me for ever because I just couldn't get the hydraulic fittings terminology down so I kept getting the wrong stuff. Well that just means that I have a few extra parts for the next project.

taking the first bite

Got a pretty good one for my first try.

This is my first attempt at posting pictures I hope it works. I have to make a bracket still to mount the flat face connectors to but I just couldn't wait to go out and try it out. And by doing that I found a problem. I used the switch I installed on the joystick to control the diverter valve direct and took the switch out already so I have to mount a relay and control it with the switch instead, I should have known this but I got in a hurry. I will post more pictures as I get the bugs worked out that is if these even work.

mangus580 · Jun 23, 2013

Yet another use for the bucket mounted hitch.... Keeping centered up on the row marker from the planter!

Rows of pumpkins & squash....

Dad riding the planter - and dropping in squash seeds (hard to get the right seed plate for them)

Rows of corn planted last weekend

TSO · Jun 23, 2013

mangus580 said:
Yet another use for the bucket mounted hitch.... Keeping centered up on the row marker from the planter!

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Rows of pumpkins & squash....

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Dad riding the planter - and dropping in squash seeds (hard to get the right seed plate for them)

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Rows of corn planted last weekend

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Very cool. What kind of spacing are you doing on the pumpkins? I don't have any planting equipment yet, so I did it the redneck way and made some for rows with a middle buster, dropped the seeds in every few feet, then covered them back up. Actually, I had to do that with the corn and the watermelon too. The pumpkin seedlings are actually coming up pretty well, but I'm sure they would have done better had I had the proper equipment.

So now I have more equipment added to my list of things to buy, which now includes a stump grinder, a grapple, a disc, a cultipacker, and now a planter. ( I know there's more on the list, but I can't remember at the moment).

Moving the wood chipper around...

My poor man garden rows

mangus580 · Jun 23, 2013

The rows themselves are about 11' apart. We did 1 row at a time, using the outer section. Then followed the marker for the next row. Planter is set for 34" rows.... I think it will work quite nice.

Not sure how often he was dropping seeds in... We took the seed pot off, and put a funnel in its place. The rider just drops a seed every 8-10' I think (who knows, he could have been doing them every 4')

We put beans in with it today too. Those, we used the same plates that we used for the silver queen corn.

We have also used this planter to mark rows for transplanting purposes etc.

Here is a pic of the planter when I went to pick it up. Got it for $500 - its an IH-56 4 row. Seems to work decent. Original plan was to make 2 2-row planters out of it, but now I am thinking we may just leave it alone.

This shot is from last weekend, putting sweet corn in - my uncle is making sure the seeds are properly distributed in the pot. Because we plant so little, you have to make sure the seed gets put in the right areas, to work properly with the plate in the planter.