What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[WI_Hedgehog]

Found this on Block Island;

 

[NCL4701]

Found this on Block Island;

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An example of one of the advantages of Kubota paint. If you’re looking for a used one, you can tell from 100’ away whether it’s been stored inside or outside. That one looks like it hasn’t seen the inside of a building since it left the factory.

 

[dirtydeed]

Horse hay action this am before the heat/humidity make it miserable...

3x3x6 bales

 

[lynnmor]

Horse hay action this am before the heat/humidity make it miserable...

3x3x6 bales

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Looks like straw, if that is sold as hay there ain't much nutrition in it.

 

[dirtydeed]

Looks like straw, if that is sold as hay there ain't much nutrition in it.

Agreed. Pretty crappy stuff. It looks like it got rained on.

I'm picking some new stuff up tomorrow for the neighbor. Hopefully it's better than this.

 

[D2Cat]

Dirtydeed, not to be negative but that hay should have more leafs in it, but it may just be dry from last years cutting. When you open the bale if the horses won't eat it you'll have plenty of bedding.

Around here we have had a lot of moisture for two years so hay prices are lower then normal. I see 1300-1500# round bales for $60-$75.

What's interesting is cattle will eat grass horses won't. Maybe it's because the horse people spoil their animals with "special" feeds. I can put out three year old hay out for bedding, or dump it in a low spot to stop erosion and cattle will consume the whole thing!

 

[dirtydeed]

Dirtydeed, not to be negative but that hay should have more leafs in it, but it may just be dry from last years cutting. When you open the bale if the horses won't eat it you'll have plenty of bedding.

Around here we have had a lot of moisture for two years so hay prices are lower then normal. I see 1300-1500# round bales for $60-$75.

What's interesting is cattle will eat grass horses won't. Maybe it's because the horse people spoil their animals with "special" feeds. I can put out three year old hay out for bedding, or dump it in a low spot to stop erosion and cattle will consume the whole thing!

Oh. I agree with you 100%. I didn't source or supply it and they aren't my horses. I'm only paid to move it from point A to point B.

I stopped the local farmer next door 2 weeks ago while he was cutting hay on the next lot to see if he would sell any of it to my other neighbor (with the horses). I only did that to help my neighbor find another local alternative to this stuff that she'd been getting. They bring this stuff here from about 2 hours away. It looks bad and the transportation cost must be significant. The horses have been (reluctantly) eating it.

Hopefully the stuff that I pick up for her tomorrow is of better quality. Cost is $75/ 3x3x6 bale. Not sure if that's good, bad or other. Either way, I'm not the one paying for it.

I do know what good hay looks like. Worked for a farm many years ago...we had mostly alfalfa hay and just a bit of timothy.

 

[S-G-R]

Added side mirrors and a window rack to the RTV.

 

[KubotaHawg]

The old L2800 has been busy the past few weeks—finally got her out to my 65 acres, mowed the trail to the cabin, clearing around the cabin (moved the leftover logging remnants with the bucket), and mowed all of my trails and firebreaks.

Amazing how much new growth comes up after dozing trails and firebreaks. Made a little firebreak with the bucket yesterday around the 1 acre clearing after mowing so could burn the adjacent 3 acre patch of cedar tops, left the bb at home.

Plan on burning more brush piles/tops tomorrow before we get into burn ban, then will push leftovers into more piles to finish off burning that 3 acre clearing.

All together about 20 hours meter time in 2 weeks and mostly bush hogging. Amazing what working a tractor hard will do for the engine, those little diesels just love to be max throttle for extended periods.

 

[Russell King]

What's interesting is cattle will eat grass horses won't. Maybe it's because the horse people spoil their animals with "special" feeds. I can put out three year old hay out for bedding, or dump it in a low spot to stop erosion and cattle will consume the whole thing!

I know that cattle have four stomachs. I think horses have less maybe 1.5?

So horses can’t digest the same things as a cow can, or at least they can’t get any nutrition out of poor quality food.