Recent content by Old_Paint

Your bag is a lot bigger than mine.

Umm, someone else played grammar police, so I will too. The bison was definitely there and participating in the event. 😳

You have one for EVERYTHING, LOL.

I know he can’t drive 55.

Had to giggle a bit. I guess it could be used to till with some very serious and erroneous adjustments, but not very deep and there won’t be any finding where the top soil went. Except for the 6” deep layer on himself and the tractor. I’ve searched a long time for a used RFM. There’s a few...

There's at least 25 acres involved in this endeavor, all of it hilly, and previously 'maintained' by a much lazier soul than me. If there was a tree branch down, rather than remove it, he went around it. None of the fence rows have been maintained and have limbs hanging up to 20 feet out so...

I gotta get some photos of the next part I started cutting at Magic Valley Ranch last Tuesday before I resume this Monday. It's on the back side of her horse barn which also has a barndominium in it. It was getting late and rain was coming so I quit before I got drowned or started slipping all...

My little Cosmo FL-135 has 24 hammer knives, or 48 Y-blades (two per pivot). I didn't use a stop watch, but I think it took me about an hour (+/-). I just lifted it with the 3-point, blocked it up with a 4x4 for safety, and crawled under it. Flipping it over would likely have gear oil...

The Y-blades are definitely better in thick long grass because the long grass tends to wrap around the hammers crosswise and eventually fill them up so that the cutting edge is nearly covered. I can usually tell by the vibration when the buildup isn’t evenly distributed on the hammers. Travel...

I can only wish what im cutting lately was that flat. I’m cutting the fields on a 32 acre farm that has been neglected at least 2 years and the fences haven’t been touched in at least 10 years. The previous operator never bothered to pick up a single stick or anything else that would wrap around...

Here’s one that’s where I stopped last Monday, and approximately where I’ll be starting tomorrow. I think I got a few more laps in after I took the photo. Got about 25-30% left on this field and maybe 50% left for the fence clearing. Should finish up tomorrow, assuming the weather cooperates...

Yep, the oils remain after the plant is dead. Even the smoke from burning is horrible. A neighbor burned a bunch of brush in her back yard and she looked like someone beat her with a baseball bat. The oil is the culprit and is a lot more reactive when the vines are blooming.

Egrets will catch every cricket that dares to move and be seen. They’ll even catch young mice.

Nice looking Horse. I don’t think Ive ever seen one with that much shroud on the engine. Or is that larger fuel tanks? I think my ‘78 model might not be the one to compare to others though.

Good friends who aren’t allergic to PI are handy to have. I only get minor blisters in a scratch or cut that only last a day or so. I had similar vines in my back yard when I bought my place. Cut most of it by machete and axe and pulled it off the trees with a riding mower (until I got the LX)...