Mowed Pasture

[inyati13]

My babies got it made in the shade:

 

[denvermartinfarms]

Looks good, lot like this area around here.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

I know it's much steeper in reality than these pictures show cause our hills look just like yours. Our grass, well that's another story.

 

[Jogeephus]

Pretty view.

 

[Farmgirl]

As steep as this is I'm sure glad I didn't have to mow it.

Farmgirl

 

[skyhightree1]

Looks really good ...

 

[inyati13]

As steep as this is I'm sure glad I didn't have to mow it.

Farmgirl

Are you kiddin. I can mow this by going around the hill. I got places where it is so steep you better go up and down. And when you start over, you think you are beginning an amusement ride.

I have a JD 5083 4WD. Fluid in tires. Weight on front. Wheels out. Next tractor will be minimum of 100 HP. But I don't even spin a tire with the 4WD. But there are places I am very careful.

PS. My ground has been graded so that helps. I have mowed for two days and did not hit anything but grass. That is pleasure.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

We have one hillside that we can't even pay anybody to mow! :shock:

 

[hillbilly beef man]

As steep as this is I'm sure glad I didn't have to mow it.

Farmgirl

Are you kiddin. I can mow this by going around the hill. I got places where it is so steep you better go up and down. And when you start over, you think you are beginning an amusement ride.

I have a JD 5083 4WD. Fluid in tires. Weight on front. Wheels out. Next tractor will be minimum of 100 HP. But I don't even spin a tire with the 4WD. But there are places I am very careful.

PS. My ground has been graded so that helps. I have mowed for two days and did not hit anything but grass. That is pleasure.

I assume that you know what ball-hooting is then? We have some pasture that you have to back down and pull back up straight up and down. A 4wd JD 5510 will scoot off of them if you try to go down hill foward.

 

[Bigfoot]

I'm an absolute neat freak. Nothing would make me happier than to mow my whole place. I just can't make myself clip something close like that, unless I'm cutting it for hay. If inyati has had the ran Ive had his grass is in good shape. We don't get 1 out of 15 - 20 years with moisture like this. I would rather graze it, stockpile it, or bale it. I can't just clip pasture down like that. It's chemicle for weeds, spot spray for bushes, and cattle for grass here.

 

[denvermartinfarms]

I'm an absolute neat freak. Nothing would make me happier than to mow my whole place. I just can't make myself clip something close like that, unless I'm cutting it for hay. If inyati has had the ran Ive had his grass is in good shape. We don't get 1 out of 15 - 20 years with moisture like this. I would rather graze it, stockpile it, or bale it. I can't just clip pasture down like that. It's chemicle for weeds, spot spray for bushes, and cattle for grass here.

Me too.

 

[inyati13]

As steep as this is I'm sure glad I didn't have to mow it.

Farmgirl

Are you kiddin. I can mow this by going around the hill. I got places where it is so steep you better go up and down. And when you start over, you think you are beginning an amusement ride.

I have a JD 5083 4WD. Fluid in tires. Weight on front. Wheels out. Next tractor will be minimum of 100 HP. But I don't even spin a tire with the 4WD. But there are places I am very careful.

PS. My ground has been graded so that helps. I have mowed for two days and did not hit anything but grass. That is pleasure.

I assume that you know what ball-hooting is then? We have some pasture that you have to back down and pull back up straight up and down. A 4wd JD 5510 will scoot off of them if you try to go down hill foward.

I do, and that means you got it worse than I do. There is no place that I cannot turn around at the bottom and go back up and turn around and go back down. But I know places where they do that here.

 

[inyati13]

I'm an absolute neat freak. Nothing would make me happier than to mow my whole place. I just can't make myself clip something close like that, unless I'm cutting it for hay. If inyati has had the ran Ive had his grass is in good shape. We don't get 1 out of 15 - 20 years with moisture like this. I would rather graze it, stockpile it, or bale it. I can't just clip pasture down like that. It's chemicle for weeds, spot spray for bushes, and cattle for grass here.

Bigfoot, I am surprised to see you state that. I thought I mowed more than I needed to but when Dr Ray Smith visited he has been out twice, he said mowing promotes pasture. His basic approach was mow at least twice a year and leave it seed once every three years. I believe it. The more I mow, the more grass and clover I get. BTW, we should do a competion to see who is the biggest neat freak.

 

[Bigfoot]

Dr. always knows best. I've scoped out your pictures. You've definatly got a neat clean place. The vast majority of my time is devoted to useless OCD type things around the farm. I spent most of the day yesterday with my Texas fence fixer tightening barbed wire. When I retire, I will definatly take it to the next level.

If you've got more grass than you need, you might look into grazing some steers through the summer.

 

[Yearling]

I spent most of the day yesterday with my Texas fence fixer tightening barbed wire.

Hello, Bigfoot.

I first thought that the Texas fence fixer was a gift from heaven and it does do the job. But I've found that the "fixes" can't handle the stretches put on it by a fence stretcher. Am I doing something wrong or is this it's weakness?

Thanks,
Yearling

 

[Bigfoot]

I make my twist 3 times. That's probably overkill. I would think less would be fine. I've never had a section I've used it on come loose. I recently had a tornado come thru my place. My Texas fence fixer has been getting overtime.

 

[TexasBred]

I'm an absolute neat freak. Nothing would make me happier than to mow my whole place. I just can't make myself clip something close like that, unless I'm cutting it for hay. If inyati has had the ran Ive had his grass is in good shape. We don't get 1 out of 15 - 20 years with moisture like this. I would rather graze it, stockpile it, or bale it. I can't just clip pasture down like that. It's chemicle for weeds, spot spray for bushes, and cattle for grass here.

Bigfoot, I am surprised to see you state that. I thought I mowed more than I needed to but when Dr Ray Smith visited he has been out twice, he said mowing promotes pasture. His basic approach was mow at least twice a year and leave it seed once every three years. I believe it. The more I mow, the more grass and clover I get. BTW, we should do a competion to see who is the biggest neat freak.

You don't need more pasture...just more cows to eat what you got. Seems grazing IS mowing. BTW I'm glad you AI those cows...a bull would have to be a math genius to get his aim right. :lol2: :lol2: