For grazing? How often do you fertilize? Do you alternate with anything else?Put out a little 21-7-7
Used an antifreeze mix and it worked well. Very 'slippery' feeling.Antifreeze? That's a new one. Did you mean Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF)?
Ha! I got the exact same one last week! You just can't beat that price and the quality is A#1.One of the best additions to the tractor:
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We use it to move hay trailer, horse trailer, etc. Use it almost daily.
ATF is the more common mix as it is an oil based product. Anti-freeze is hygroscopic, absorbs/mixes with water. I'd think you'd want more of a lubricant than something meant to modify freezing/boiling points. Now I'm not saying that it won't work or isn't a good mix, I have no data on antifreeze/acetone mixes. There is significant data on a 50/50 mix of ATF and Acetone as being the best of the penetrants, even over the commercial ones.Used an antifreeze mix and it worked well. Very 'slippery' feeling.
Why ATF?
Yeah, I'd run it through a composting cycle myself, however, I know a lot of folks that do direct add and let it mix in over the winter. Some even want the new stuff to be hot to keep existing plants warm in winter. Knew a lady that did this to her roses over the winter after she cut them down. Banked them with manure and straw. Before the snow had even fully melted the roses were going nuts.Sharryn, might want to consider starting a pile for your "processed hay". Use your loader to pick it up and roll it over once in a while. Then periodically take material off the bottom edges and put on your garden. You'll be sure to not have too hot of manure on your new garden plants.
Oh yeah, I'm putting it on where the garden is finished for the year for now. Then once the rest of the garden is done I'll spread it out and run the tiller through it. It should be well cooled down by gardening time next year. The "new" manure will be piled up in a corner and turned like you said. Thanks for the advice!Sharryn, might want to consider starting a pile for your "processed hay". Use your loader to pick it up and roll it over once in a while. Then periodically take material off the bottom edges and put on your garden. You'll be sure to not have too hot of manure on your new garden plants.
Standard Grade 2 bolt is all a sheer bolt is. Even Kubota admitted that in a manual I read on one of their equipment items. Your hardware store has them.Changed the T-stat to fix an overheating problem ( partial success, still gets hot under load), changed the oil and filter.
Dug a hole for a pond liner, about 2 feet deep, 5 feet wide, 8 feet long. Used the rototiller to loosen the soil, then pushed the dirt out with the front dozer blade. Worked great until I hit a giant rock and broke the shear pin on the tiller. More on order with Land Pride. First time I broke one in 6 years. Tried an ungraded bolt, then a shear bolt from a snow blower, and accomplished nothing but turning the tiller into a rotary bolt cutter!