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Help in the garden
JurassicApiary:
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--- Quote from: Seeb on May 28, 2020, 11:23:08 am ---I had a tractor when I had a 22 acre farm, and loved it [especially bush-hogging]. Wish I had one now, but with an acre of land . . . my pride and joy now is a BCS
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I looked high and low for a two wheeled tractor (no tiller) and they just aren't used in this country any more. So I made one out of a rusted out snow blower. It was my pride and joy for weeding between the rows but the hard dry clay in the hot summer made it a work out. So I took the implement that I made and mounted it to a riding mower. I used the mechanism for lowering the mower deck to raise and lower the implement. That was the creme de la creme.
Two wheeled version:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/QQrwKXghdt9xSwiu6
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Awesome, engineering, Acebird! My wife would love this for her garden. Now where can I find an old snow-blower in Hawaii to modify? :tongue:
Seeb:
It IS awesome engineering, I always admire people that have the talent to think and work outside of the box.
I used to use a troy built but that would throw me across the garden if I hit the littlest thing, and the tilling result was far less than acceptable, so when I hurt my back, I couldn't afford to take a chance with it. This walk behind that works off a PTO does beautiful beds, like what you get with a standard tractor and has much better stability. Many other high quality/usable attachments are available. I think it is made in Italy.
Acebird:
--- Quote from: JurassicApiary on May 29, 2020, 12:36:22 pm --- Now where can I find an old snow-blower in Hawaii to modify? :tongue:
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She wouldn't be able to handle it anyway. As Seeb posted it would throw her. Handles need to be extended backwards a long way for stability.
However if you have enough land go with the riding lawnmower version. You have to make the rows 30+ inches and every subsequent year off set the rows to the center of the path. Basically that soil is fallow every other year.
Seeb, I have an issue with tilling with a tine tiller. It kills the worms and ruins the soil over a period of time. It is basically only good for establishing a garden in a sodded field the first year. You will have to kill the soil with chemicals if you continue using it. Before I got a bottom plow for my tractor I converted a tine tiller to run off the three point. The garden you see by the highway was a wiled forest like you see in the right of the photo. Large rocks, roots and tree stumps needed to be removed. For that kind of work you need a second tractor to pull out the one that got stuck.
Seeb:
Seeb, I have an issue with tilling with a tine tiller. It kills the worms and ruins the soil over a period of time. It is basically only good for establishing a garden in a sodded field the first year. You will have to kill the soil with chemicals if you continue using it.
I don't know Ace, I understand it is not the preferred way, but I do plant cover crops, add manure, and generally do the best I can for my situation. I'm not sure what you mean when you say I will have to kill the soil with chemicals.
Large rocks, roots and tree stumps needed to be removed. For that kind of work you need a second tractor to pull out the one that got stuck.
Now this I understand - lol
Acebird:
Chopping up the soil kills the worms and destroys the ecosystem of the soil. I don't know the exact science but over time the soil degrades even with green and animal manure. Even the use of a bottom plow has it's negatives. Chemical fertilizers kill the soil but the yield is more in a smaller area. It is like round up, once you go that route you have no other choice in the future.
Actually with that two wheeled tractor you have you could just use a stationary till to just scratch the surface for planting and you would be fine. No killing worms and no beating up of the soil. If you let the garden go fallow for a few years you would be forced to use the rotary tiller again. As long as you plant something to keep the weeds down you should be able to scratch till.
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