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<blockquote data-quote="Texasmark" data-source="post: 1616584" data-attributes="member: 27848"><p>1. If I see the side of a disc just above your modification, that seems to tell me you made some skids for it, liken unto skids on a 3 pt rototiller. That's an idea but with the weight of the thing in the 900# arena, how much surface area do you have to support it on the soil? I think I have seen pictures of high priced drims that have the ability to raise the drums. That would be nice. Might look into your idea and see what I have for support points. The oil tank is a good candidate, just use longer bolts holding the top on and bolt the mod to the cutter there.</p><p></p><p>Your stubble is perfect. No problem getting fast regrowth with that. Nice job.</p><p></p><p>I/m in Houston Black Clay and it's hard as a rock at the end of the season. I usually clip stubble if needed and then work the field up with the Hay King brand, pasture renovator, running about the same depth as you do, then come over it with a very heavy disc harrow using it as a plow to bury the surface material and loosen the top soil. Then a chain spike toothed harrow inverted so that it catches minimum surface material to smooth it out. I drill the seed and follow with a water filled steel roller. </p><p></p><p>This year I may try to overseed another, existing, mature pasture of Fescue, Coastal, and Rye just to see what happens.....without using a dedicated "No Till" drill. Doing it in probably March soil will be soft enough....will set the spring tension to max since you can plant SS deep. This depends on the going price for the bulk SS sellers in the area. In years past they have been in the $30/50# area, and I usually plant 50#/Ac for stem control, but this year, who knows. Seed is out of sight!!!!</p><p></p><p>I was reading up on it today and the generic SS plant responds very well to the first cutting if made in the 4' give or take height.....why that number I don't know but the article explains that doing that causes the roots to go deeper looking for water (course it's usually July-August time line), rather than remain bunched up near the surface like some other forage crops, (Bermuda obviously excepted) and coupling that with the fact that 4-5 sprouts come out of each stub, you have a better second cutting than the first.............as long as you can keep Sugar Cane Aphids at bay....my added comment which is my SS problem currently, but I'm working it!</p><p></p><p>What are you using for a crimper? I have a NH 404 and it works ok as long as I keep it in the 4-5' height range. That picture I posted was a horrible mess for me to get cleaned up, but I did and it made fabulous hay. Do not want to grow any that tall any longer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texasmark, post: 1616584, member: 27848"] 1. If I see the side of a disc just above your modification, that seems to tell me you made some skids for it, liken unto skids on a 3 pt rototiller. That's an idea but with the weight of the thing in the 900# arena, how much surface area do you have to support it on the soil? I think I have seen pictures of high priced drims that have the ability to raise the drums. That would be nice. Might look into your idea and see what I have for support points. The oil tank is a good candidate, just use longer bolts holding the top on and bolt the mod to the cutter there. Your stubble is perfect. No problem getting fast regrowth with that. Nice job. I/m in Houston Black Clay and it's hard as a rock at the end of the season. I usually clip stubble if needed and then work the field up with the Hay King brand, pasture renovator, running about the same depth as you do, then come over it with a very heavy disc harrow using it as a plow to bury the surface material and loosen the top soil. Then a chain spike toothed harrow inverted so that it catches minimum surface material to smooth it out. I drill the seed and follow with a water filled steel roller. This year I may try to overseed another, existing, mature pasture of Fescue, Coastal, and Rye just to see what happens.....without using a dedicated "No Till" drill. Doing it in probably March soil will be soft enough....will set the spring tension to max since you can plant SS deep. This depends on the going price for the bulk SS sellers in the area. In years past they have been in the $30/50# area, and I usually plant 50#/Ac for stem control, but this year, who knows. Seed is out of sight!!!! I was reading up on it today and the generic SS plant responds very well to the first cutting if made in the 4' give or take height.....why that number I don't know but the article explains that doing that causes the roots to go deeper looking for water (course it's usually July-August time line), rather than remain bunched up near the surface like some other forage crops, (Bermuda obviously excepted) and coupling that with the fact that 4-5 sprouts come out of each stub, you have a better second cutting than the first.............as long as you can keep Sugar Cane Aphids at bay....my added comment which is my SS problem currently, but I'm working it! What are you using for a crimper? I have a NH 404 and it works ok as long as I keep it in the 4-5' height range. That picture I posted was a horrible mess for me to get cleaned up, but I did and it made fabulous hay. Do not want to grow any that tall any longer. [/QUOTE]
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