Recent content by ken erickson

Yep, the common Mullien! Good eye.

Spent yesterday , perfect weather, working on my ice storm damage clean up and mowing the rifle range unit and some of my trails. I think one more session should do it as far as grapple work and ice storm damage. When I purchased the L2501 I was only intending on using it for mowing , and box...

One of the reasons I planted 30 acres in native forbes after a sizable investment in money and time, then tilled in a 1/4 acre of useless grass in my backyard and planted native species that benefit not only honey bees, which are not a native species, and many many native bees including bumble...

Wow! Something like that would be my worst nightmare. Even though I only have a tractor shed on the 57 acres I do not want to burn down any of my neighbors places! A very good friend that comes up and helps me at times is deeply involved in central Wisconsin working in the...

Looks like you had a great day outdoors mowing also! Even though central Wisconsin is still very dry we did have some rain the last 4 or so days. The major storms have skirted either to the north or to the south. I spent 3 1/2 hours mowing the remaining trails on my property but then also...

I have small but regular population of black bears that visit my oak savanna habitat project. I have photographed one in person , but the bulk are caught on trail cameras. This capture was fun to see the bear scratching his back.

Does your 5HP for every foot of implement include what implements? Every implement, whether ground engaging or not? Just PTO implements and if so, all, or just rotary cutters? Also have to disagree, a rotary mower, or fail mower has a lot of stored kinetic energy. Shut off the pto if it...

Would have to agree to disagree. Limiting a L2501 with 19PTO HP to a 4 foot cutter is complete nonsense.

I believe that this often repeated rule of thumb is flawed , especially when it comes to PTO implements with a lot of rotating mass such as flail mowers, rotary mowers. When doing a bit of reading this rule of thumb originally pertained to ground engaging implements , 2 wheel drive farm...

I successfully run a 6 FT light duty Landpride cutter on my HST L2501. Hills, 3.5 miles of trails. 1 1/4 mile of grass along my easement road. Prairie grasses and a variety of woody species ranging up to 1 1/4 dia. all on 57 acres. I consider myself a decent operator , take my time and in tune...

As good as phone camera's have gotten over the last 10 years, in my opinion , they really fall down when less than ideal light conditions are present. When I set out to photograph birds this is the rig I take. It is a Sony 77 , now discontinued, with a 150 to 600mm Tamron lens. I...

I have 6 plus seasons on my Kenda 513 front turf tires on my B7100 in the hard to find size of 20.5 8.00 x 10. I could not be more satisfied with not only the performance in different conditions including snow on gravel and black top, but also with the resistance to any side wall checking...

I also use the Merlin app and INaturlist. I like INaturlist to document the species on my land. Easy to keep track of what I have documented with pictures and able to sort and keep a count. Just a few of the many species that frequent my land.

Lubricated and freed up the PTO lever and cable on my L2501HST. The other day when I got on the tractor to do some trail mowing I promptly found out I was able to engage the pto but not disengage it. Made it a pain to start and stop. Starting I had to depress the clutch and then hold tension...

I use Garlon 4, with a surfactant and dye. Cut stump treatment within minutes of cutting, and foliar treatment with the same mix for the small seedlings.