The Official Farming Thread...

[Bill G]

Got an old side delivery rake to make windrows to burn?

I have a old 6 wheel New Idea inline wheel rake that I have used to rake small twigs from brush clearing around fields but it will not hold up to the abuse it will take to move this heavy material. I pulled this pic from a equipment dealer site where they are asking $2200........what a joke. I gave $100 for mine.



I have a Deere 640 bar rake but the material will sheer every finger instantly.

The Gehl 10 wheel V rake is in good shape and way to big to dodge trees.

My son was telling me about a guy that built a heavy wheel rake that would literally windrow soil but damn I am a cheap ass. I just want to clean the ground up so one of our timber fallers can keep his daughters hay burners here. He has already spent a poo ton and I am spending a poo ton so I need to stop the bleeding..........
Who am I kidding In the end I will spend what it takes as I am an animal lover and want to get her horses on better ground

 

[jakethesnake]

I’d let the hoses walk on it. They’ll mash it in the ground. It’ll rot in 6 months

 

[Only the Tony]

I have a old 6 wheel New Idea inline wheel rake that I have used to rake small twigs from brush clearing around fields but it will not hold up to the abuse it will take to move this heavy material. I pulled this pic from a equipment dealer site where they are asking $2200........what a joke. I gave $100 for mine.

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I have a Deere 640 bar rake but the material will sheer every finger instantly.

The Gehl 10 wheel V rake is in good shape and way to big to dodge trees.

My son was telling me about a guy that built a heavy wheel rake that would literally windrow soil but damn I am a cheap ass. I just want to clean the ground up so one of our timber fallers can keep his daughters hay burners here. He has already spent a poo ton and I am spending a poo ton so I need to stop the bleeding..........
Who am I kidding In the end I will spend what it takes as I am an animal lover and want to get her horses on better ground

I was thinking more along the lines of a bar rake. Cheap NH256 or the likes that wouldn't be much good for hay. Weld some pieces of rebar to it to push the chips without worrying about breaking teeth off.

 

[Mastermind]

I was thinking more along the lines of a bar rake. Cheap NH256 or the likes that wouldn't be much good for hay. Weld some pieces of rebar to it to push the chips without worrying about breaking teeth off.

This.

 

[Bill G]

I’d let the hoses walk on it. They’ll mash it in the ground. It’ll rot in 6 months

The problem is the ground is really poor in quality so I wanted to remove the shred to stimulate seeding but I doubt I will accomplish it If I was a gambler I would do with the guys used to do and seed it today. The current temp is 12F and we have a few inches of snow on the ground. The forecast is to go 17, 20, 29, 40, 49, 48, 45, 41, 43. If you can believe the forecast seeding on top of the snow should work but damn that is gamble

 

[Bill G]

I was thinking more along the lines of a bar rake. Cheap NH256 or the likes that wouldn't be much good for hay. Weld some pieces of rebar to it to push the chips without worrying about breaking teeth off.

Well I use the 640 to rake hay yet.... I am not ready to molest the ole gal yet

 

[eric4]

Is this the dog on the bottle??

Tried @eric4 s wine. The gsm blend. Very good stuff. If any of you fellas or your ladies like good red wine I’d give it a go. Pleasure to order from and quick shipping. Thanks buddy! Good stuff

Thanks Jake!

The dog on the bottle was Gus.

He passed in 2011, but earned immortalization, on the label

 

[jakethesnake]

Thanks Jake!

The dog on the bottle was Gus.

He passed in 2011, but earned immortalization, on the label

Really cool. Your bottles do look nice also

 

[eric4]

Really cool. Your bottles do look nice also

Thanks! I do the designs

 

[jakethesnake]

Thanks! I do the designs

You’re doing a fine job sir. I’m gonna drink these but I have a little display that I swap out the bottles and would like to have one on that shelf

 

[Bill G]

If I drank wine I would buy some...........awe poop shoot me a PM and maybe I can have some drop shipped to my former MIL.....

 

[Bill G]

I joke a lot but I am serious here................

 

[Dustin4185]

These are pics from last summer.

I need to redneck engineer a way to remove the shred.

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If it’s been forestry mulched; fire is the best way to get rid of it. That’s what I’ve found anyway.

 

[Dustin4185]

Got an old side delivery rake to make windrows to burn?

Good idea.

We tried that with a 256, it broke teeth. We just disked a line around the fields and burned the whole thing. Keep in mind, we burn 100-150 acres a year and are trained. A lot of state forestry agencies will do it for a very reasonable fee and have the dozers and brush trucks on standby.

 

[Only the Tony]

We tried that with a 256, it broke teeth. We just disked a line around the fields and burned the whole thing. Keep in mind, we burn 100-150 acres a year and are trained. A lot of state forestry agencies will do it for a very reasonable fee and have the dozers and brush trucks on standby.

The conservation department offers burning training clinics at different times throughout the year for free. Just be one of the first ones to sign up to get into it since it is limited in size.

 

[jakethesnake]

Hay. Don’t know what kind of stand I’ve got but maybe it’ll thicken up.

 

[jblnut]

These are pics from last summer.

I need to redneck engineer a way to remove the shred.

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If you were closer I’d lend you a skiddy with a grapple or this rake I built. It works great to move bark and other wood debris.

 

[Bill G]

Hay. Don’t know what kind of stand I’ve got but maybe it’ll thicken up.

I see you smashed your left thumb. (nail) I keep losing my right and it keeps growing back................

 

[Bill G]

If you were closer I’d lend you a skiddy with a grapple or this rake I built. It works great to move bark and other wood debris.
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I am still trying to redneck engineer an option from the ole scrap pile

 

[jakethesnake]

I see you smashed your left thumb. (nail) I keep losing my right and it keeps growing back................

28ft lvl beam. I was on the end trying to lift and carry it up a ladder. The fellas stepped forward and my thumb got mashed between the beam and the wall. Took a load bearing wall out of an old house. Beam is roughly 20 inches wide couple inches thick and yeah 28ft long. Full of glue. Heavy. We didn’t have a great plan. Got them up there though