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i think it's just about getting good deals

farmers dont need school busses but they arent going to turn one down if it's a good deal

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i think it's just about getting good deals

farmers dont need school busses but they arent going to turn one down if it's a good deal
This is for sure how farmers are


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@KST8FAN Get in here and tell me if my dad made the correct tractor selection for breaking out the pasture.


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Disc, mini sweeps, tines ... make up your mind implement!


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where's the damn harvester?


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@KST8FAN Get in here and tell me if my dad made the correct tractor selection for breaking out the pasture.


Seems way too big for 200 acres. He should have went with something smaller so he could milk this pointless endeavor for all it's worth.

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Also that seems like pasture could either tear that thing up or not do much to the pasture. Depends on the ground. I've never used I've of those things in my life though so whatever

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@KST8FAN Get in here and tell me if my dad made the correct tractor selection for breaking out the pasture.


Seems way too big for 200 acres. He should have went with something smaller so he could milk this pointless endeavor for all it's worth.

He didn't buy it, its the new tenant's tractor. My dad is just breaking out the pasture for him because he has nothing else to do.

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@KST8FAN Get in here and tell me if my dad made the correct tractor selection for breaking out the pasture.


Seems way too big for 200 acres. He should have went with something smaller so he could milk this pointless endeavor for all it's worth.

he's feeding america's heartland


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@KST8FAN Get in here and tell me if my dad made the correct tractor selection for breaking out the pasture.


Seems way too big for 200 acres. He should have went with something smaller so he could milk this pointless endeavor for all it's worth.

He didn't buy it, its the new tenant's tractor. My dad is just breaking out the pasture for him because he has nothing else to do.
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@KST8FAN Get in here and tell me if my dad made the correct tractor selection for breaking out the pasture.


Seems way too big for 200 acres. He should have went with something smaller so he could milk this pointless endeavor for all it's worth.

He didn't buy it, its the new tenant's tractor. My dad is just breaking out the pasture for him because he has nothing else to do.

I know, he should have asked for something smaller

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Nice looking rig but the implement looks a bit lightweight for breaking out pasture unless the soil is really sandy.

Did anyone else grow up playing THE FARMING GAME? It was kind of like monopoly but with farm thing. If I could go over to my cool older cousins house and get her to play that game with me for a couple of hours, it was like the most awesome thing that could happen.

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There really is no wrong equipment choice here.

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@KST8FAN Get in here and tell me if my dad made the correct tractor selection for breaking out the pasture.


Is that like a 30 ft disc cultivator?  The tractor horse power is justified if your breaking up sod.  Green, but not JD green so possibly Great Plains brand?  I am RG color blind AF so it could be the light.

Tell dad to wind it up and drop that sucker into the ground until the wheels are off the ground.

Also note my experience was a 90 hp tractor pulling a 23 ft spring tooth.


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Are there any power poles on the property.  How is your dad's depth perception when running something like this?


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https://youtu.be/CBvdw6PR0dc

I saw one of these on my Kinze tour a couple years ago.  Blowing thru downed corn after the Derecho.  That would make quick work of 200 acres of pasture.


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Are there any power poles on the property.  How is your dad's depth perception when running something like this?


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No power poles just a buried high powered line for the windmills along the fence line where the buffer strip is. I'm assuming that if he hit that he wouldn't be texting me pictures of the tractor he has been cosplaying in all day.

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just a buried high powered line for the windmills along the fence line where the buffer strip is.

that's at least three foot deep, probably four.
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I've convinced my dad to worry about it and to leave plenty of room between the buried line and the field so that he doesn't jeopardize his sweet sweet wind money (and also so I have some prime pheasant hunting area).

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pretty awesome that your dad's tenant is turning him loose with over $50k worth of his equipment

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https://youtu.be/CBvdw6PR0dc

I saw one of these on my Kinze tour a couple years ago.  Blowing thru downed corn after the Derecho.  That would make quick work of 200 acres of pasture.


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That's a total waste of time on pasture.  You need a 4/5/or 6 bottom plow set 16" deep to turn pasture into field.  But LOL on knocking down weeds with that contraption.
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just a buried high powered line for the windmills along the fence line where the buffer strip is.

that's at least three foot deep, probably four.

Four foot for distribution, but transmission is deeper depending on voltage.

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i was assuming these were feeder lines from turbines to a substation.  i've never worked on a project where they've buried high voltage lines.
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i was assuming these were feeder lines from turbines to a substation.  i've never worked on a project where they've buried high voltage lines.

This is the size of HV UG cable my son(lineman) was involved with:
https://www.taya.com.tw/proimages/in-product/01/161kv_xlpe_underground_transmission_cable_en.pdfe                                                                                                       
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God damnit Katdaddy, did you just hack me?
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