Don't try to do it in 3m widths. I've mowed thousands of acres with a patchwork .
I set it at 26m and go up every second width then ignore it till the next break . At 26 or even 52m you'll get everything in a slightly narrow mower width instead of trying to drive spot on and ending up missing a...
Some days I'd curse mine to bits for wheel grip especially in a trailer and others it would really surprise me .
You need to be prepared to play with tyre pressure a lot but the biggest bother was really heavy mounted stuff you couldn't get the rear pressure low enough to carry the weight when...
It was forecast for showers so we went prepared soon got the leggings thrown off tho . It was really needing done we filled the forklift bucket 3 times off 25 acre but we did manage to roll it yesterday so could've just lifted the big ones but it looked like rolling was out of the question on...
This week started still wet enough we couldn't run the tramlines with the forklift and has dried up a lot since .
Started drilling on Tues afternoon and just been working away between putting fert on ploughing and drilling . It's a fine spring day today.
My garden is a bit smaller but not much . I bought a stiga front deck and it was an OK mower i replaced it with a 4wd husqvarna and it's a far better machine both used the stiga was a chunk cheaper but the husky certainly cuts better
I'm employed and my normal hours are 7 till 5 half hour for dinner.
Busy times I try to not work after 10 at night on a regular basis. But that weather dependent also could start a lot earlier to get something done due to weather but that's not a regular thing
There's a couple trying round this way one is straight behind the plough the other isn't it'll not be fancy .
I has a think and out of 350 acre we'd have 25 that could get the rest will have a swamp in it somewhere so better just wait a bit longer .
Our ruts are still too wet to try the rolling the sides back in trick after 3 fert passes and the sprayer has been through most of it too . It's gonna be a rough ride with the baler this year in places.
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