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ParticipantGuilty of hopping on the tractor last night to “get it done” I am looking at it as a symptom of putting too much on my plate to actually work the way I want to. With that in mind, I am trying to address it by thinning out the work so that I can manage my time better. I dont like to “create work for the horses” I rather hitch the horses because I need them. I also have young children and a wife which consume way more time and energy than the farm.
My wife always reminds me that it is better to farm small and love it than to grow to a point where I am not savoring the moments that I love.
If you enjoy the scale you are working at and the pace then the tractor makes more sense, if you love horses keep then for that part, but don’t stress about justifying them.
ParticipantFrom my experience it depends on the individual animal as well as many other factors. I have some old hedgerows that are multifloral rose and honeysuckle that most horses and cattle wont push through. I think lilacs would be a good addition but I am not sure if they could do it on their own. With that being said I know they would push through if the pasture was smaller, grazed off, or they had one of many other reasons to get out of dodge. I like to have the hedgerow with a single strand of electric fence just inside of it. When the grass in the hedgerow gets thick or I want to push it back a little I will take the electric down and let the animals browse into it.
In my ideal world there wouldnt be high speed roads nearby that my animals could get hit by cars on and I would use living fences on all of the pastures with the understanding that a few times a year they would get out and wander the neighborhood.
ParticipantThis is very interesting, please keep posting information as it comes so that we have some more documentation. I hope you get it under control.
ParticipantThere was a similar cart in the small farmers journal a while back. I always thought that would be a good way to build one. I second the request for you to keep us updated as you build!
ParticipantI might be interested in the use of his stud, and the foal. Where are you in NY? I’m on the eastern side in Cambridge, 12816.
ParticipantI did a reality show once, It was fun until I watched it, it is pretty embarrassing to see yourself on TV. Chopped might be better though…..
ParticipantI checked it out and it is a mild case of scratches, I hadnt thought of that and it is barely visible without close inspection.
Thanks
ParticipantI would be very interested in the first article, I have a team and probably always will from here out but he sounds like my kind of guy. If you have a way of scanning and sharing it that would be great, if not I could try to write to SFJ.
ParticipantIt also looks like there might be a finger weeder in the bushes behind it, make sure you grab that too!!!
ParticipantI have seen that style but it doesnt look like it would work well with a 2 wheeled cart. I think the pole weight would pull the back saddle down between the horses. Interesting photo with the chains, sort of like a d-ring harness…
Keep them coming
ParticipantI have a small tractor that I have been brushhogging with since I was a kid and am very hard on it. Based on that experience my expectations for the ground drive brush hog are pretty low, but I think/hope it will work well for clipping pastures and 1st year growth. If I can get the $ for the cart and build the 3pt trailer I will find a lot of uses for it.
I cant afford the I and J trailer mower but I can find pto sickle bar mowers for very cheap. Can you think of any downsides to running one of those off of a 3pt cart?
ParticipantI found a picture of an I&j Cart with a brush hog. It isnt on a 3pt cart but it looks like it is running.
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http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/general-homesteading-forums/homesteading-questions/437420-farming-horse-power.htmlParticipantYes Jeroen that is what I was picturing. Do you have any more pictures of that one?
There is a picture of one on the I and J site but nothing listed that I could see.Donn, I am curious to see how it works as well. Most of the time I will be using it for clipping some of the bumpier pastures. If it doesnt work I will put a motor on the brush hog, “live PTO” that way.
ParticipantMost our local shops that sell chainsaws carry that style of choker.
ParticipantThe buckle is “harness quality” but I dont think it will hold up to much of a load. It is the type that has a bar through the middle that the clasp pin attaches to and it isnt very burly metal. I am saving my pennies and I will upgrade in the next couple of months before I try to slow down bigger loads.
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