What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[S-G-R]

Grandpa used to save all the old oil filters and oil. He would fill the old filters and let them drain out on top of the cedar posts.

Well, I'm old enough to remember the province spraying waste oil on the dirt roads to keep the dust down. That wouldn't cause much commotion these days

 

[rc51stierhoff]

I am trying / experimenting with different patches. In a couple patches I am trying some cover crops. But in some others, like the garlic I will cover them in straw for the winter. The straw I use for that mulching I planted directly into. Planting directly into the straw bales exceeded my expectations. I was really happy with that and as a plus I will use as a mulch or compost what remains from this years bales.

Here are the first (today) squash picked from what planted in the straw bales…

 

[Old_Paint]

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Treated wood here is pure crap, just a extremely light coating. I'd say they spray a microscopic mist on it as it shoots through at 100mph.

These post will last long enough for my treeline to get established.

Yeah if it stays relatively dry, they’ll last quite a while I take it you’re planting a preferred species along the fence line. Is that going to be functional fence, or a reminder to adjacent owners where the property line is?

 

[S-G-R]

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Yeah if it stays relatively dry, they’ll last quite a while I take it you’re planting a preferred species along the fence line. Is that going to be functional fence, or a reminder to adjacent owners where the property line is?

More of a reminder. If we do get any animals they will be on the smaller side and I would probably just do an electric fence. That way I can move them as they eat there way around. I hope to have 50-60 trees transplanted this fall if weather permits. I'll work my way do the line as time and money permit.

 

[Siesta Sundance]

Trained the wife on the B3200 to remove a tree that had fallen across our trails. She did great. Afterwards she jumped on the 1700 to mow. I am stuck watching and enjoying the view.

Nice.

My Laundry Fairy said she will only operate equipment in an AC cab, so I probably need to get another cab tractor, but probably 20hp smaller than the M70 I sold earlier this year. She has yet to jump in the SVL 75-2 that I bought her for last years wedding anniversary present.

 

[Siesta Sundance]

On Friday it was 101* with a heat index of 107* and not much of a breeze at all.


In 6 hours, I consumed 13 bottles of water, 2 bananas, 1 protein bar, 1 bottle of Gatorade, 1/4 bottle of pickle juice. A lot of sweat for this Free hay...

I pitched forked by hand a bit over 2 round bales into the back of my truck. The hay had been on the side of the road for a couple weeks, I was just doing my civic duty and picking up all that litter. $250 in free hay, and the mileage is tax deductible, win, win.

My gloves were about 90% soaked in sweat after I finished.

And of course, a bit of video, most of it is time lapsed.

@Old_Paint and @rc51stierhoff the area I need to disc up is in this video I took on Friday, there is almost zero forage for my cows, I'm gonna start breaking ground tomorrow.

 

[fried1765]

They're cedar. I'd say these are seconds at best but I'm not going for a magazine cover. I like how they weather over time to a bleached gray/white.

Cedar posts are very rot resistant.
However, I have found locust to be better.

 

[JimDeL]

Cedar posts are very rot resistant.
I have found locust to be better.

Old farmers used to say a Black Locust post will outlast three postholes...

 

[fried1765]

Old farmers used to say a Black Locust post will outlast three postholes...

I concur!

 

[johnjk]

Nice.

My Laundry Fairy said she will only operate equipment in an AC cab, so I probably need to get another cab tractor, but probably 20hp smaller than the M70 I sold earlier this year. She has yet to jump in the SVL 75-2 that I bought her for last years wedding anniversary present.

Being unable to get on a tractor for another 5 months and the downed tree had her willing to give it a go. Didn’t expect that she would mow but she was on a roll and who am I to stop her. I can push a broom so I swept out the tractor parking spots in the barn to stay busy. April can’t come soon enough.

 

[Fordtech86]

April can’t come soon enough.

You really think you are gonna get em back now

 

[g_man]

That TD7 is a mighty sweet looking machine!

Thanks 1991 - Only 70 hp but she uses all of them

gg

 

[S-G-R]

On Friday it was 101* with a heat index of 107* and not much of a breeze at all.


In 6 hours, I consumed 13 bottles of water, 2 bananas, 1 protein bar, 1 bottle of Gatorade, 1/4 bottle of pickle juice. A lot of sweat for this Free hay...

I pitched forked by hand a bit over 2 round bales into the back of my truck. The hay had been on the side of the road for a couple weeks, I was just doing my civic duty and picking up all that litter. $250 in free hay, and the mileage is tax deductible, win, win.
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My gloves were about 90% soaked in sweat after I finished.
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And of course, a bit of video, most of it is time lapsed.

@Old_Paint and @rc51stierhoff the area I need to disc up is in this video I took on Friday, there is almost zero forage for my cows, I'm gonna start breaking ground tomorrow.

Nice score on the free hay.

 

[S-G-R]

Cedar posts are very rot resistant.
However, I have found locust to be better.

To the best of my knowledge, there isn't any locust around here.

 

[Old_Paint]

Cedar posts are very rot resistant.
However, I have found locust to be better.

The red heart wood is, but not so much for the white part. Cedar makes absolutely gorgeous lumber or project wood, but the white wood doesn't hold up in direct soil contact. I've stuck a few posts in the ground myself (the hard way with 6' long post hole diggers), and if there was more than 2 inches of sap wood, we let it lay until the sapwood rotted off and THEN used it for a post. We usually bought 3" creosote posts for any new fencing (4-strand barb wire), and back then, the creosote was oozing out of the posts when ya loaded them at the Farmer's Coop. I've my share of chemical burns from them. Not any more. Now there's barely enough green dye sprayed on 'em to begin to call 'em pressure treated. Creosote has gone the way of the dodo bird. Anything that works won't stick around long. It's called planned obsolescence. If something lasts forever, repeat business drops off.

 

[Siesta Sundance]

Nice score on the free hay.

Thanks, as you can see in the video, the cows have nothing else to eat. I'm so ready to get out of this drought.

 

[S-G-R]

Thanks, as you can see in the video, the cows have nothing else to eat. I'm so ready to get out of this drought.

For sure! We had the opposite problem here with too much rain and humidity. A lot of barley ended up getting mowed down.The potato harvest has started and I'm hearing some fields have rot issues.

 

[Lil Foot]

Out here, where it is really dry, cedar lasts a long time.
Near my place up north, there is a homestead that the forest service takes care of, with an original cedar post corral & fencing from 1885.

 

[johnjk]

You really think you are gonna get em back now

Between her and my son, I just may need to go out and get a new one just for me

 

[ctfjr]

Cedar posts are very rot resistant.
However, I have found locust to be better.

I was told that when I built a grape arbor many years ago. They lasted about 10 years. I had an awesome vine system by then but an ice storm brought the whole abor down. Almost every post was rotted pencil thin.