Prepping for Spring – New Water tanks and More Pumpkins
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G'Day Folks. Prepping for Spring to us means harvesting Pumpkins, removing the hidey holes for rodents & the "nope ropes"๐they attract, organising New Water tanks to improve our water security and getting the tractor fixed so we can start improving the pastures.
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Dot forget to put you guess of how many pumpkins we harvested this time in the comments below folks. ๐๐
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So easily 300 with whatโs left in the field! I am having a bit of a similar issue with cherry tomatoes ๐ we picked 2 plants and had over 12lbs. Only 10 more bushes to go ๐
thanks! Do you ever consider doing a woofer program? Like having farm interns live on site for a bit of training and experience and food/lodging? My friends in Hawaii had an aquaponics farm with a little yurt and it allowed her to get a lot of low cost labor to make some big projects possible.
You need a kune kune pigs they love pumpkins ๐
Crooks also love pumpkins if you open them up๐
Crooks might like pumpkins?๐
I’m not a tractor expert but the mower on my compact tractor has 4 wheels to support the deck at a set height. That takes the weight off the tractor, at least while mowing. Regardless, the tractor should be able to support the weight of the mower especially with the front counterweight.
here in the u.s. we pull that type of mower on smaller tractors, but the difference is our mower have a wheel or wheels on the back for support.
Great to see the progress guys and you both seem pretty happy which is awesome ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
yeah, in the grand scheme of things, that’s not a lot of weight. you’ll be better off building a box on the front or getting a 5 gallon bucket or bottom of a 55 gallon drum and filling it with concrete. (get some longer bolts or all thread to bolt the bucket/drum to the front then fill with concrete) as for water in the tires, there’s a kind of beatjuice they put it in that’s supposed to less reactive as far as rusting out the hubs.
You may be able to view/download a manual online. If you have your own printer, then you can make the pages you need as you need them.
By the way, there are some slasher/brushhog/ bushhog videos I’ve seen going into some details about dos and don’ts. There’s also buyer’s guides and common troubleshooting techniques.
You can get a swivel wheel to fit on the back of the slasher to help take the weight.
Trailing wheels aren’t for taking the weight of the tractor tipping, they are only to keep the back up and front down of the slasher itself.
Keep it up
I just got my 5″ flail mower today. LOL. Cant wait to try it.
Hey Rob. I wonder if you could chuck on some snorkeling gear and put an o-ring and collet(nut?) or something on that fitting from inside the water tank?
G’day Rob and B, if you get some Araldite and some cheap red car gasket glue, mix it together in even parts ( do it outdoors as a chemical reaction happens that let’s of a smoke ) you can use that around the seal to fix it while you wait for your new tanks.
It’s shrimp and bristles noses safe it’s also petroleum safe to do a quick fix on a old victor carby.
If you are worried about the water leaking while the glue dries put some tissue or towelling paper on the water run line
Oh and 217 pumpkins ๐
Hi Rob and B, Nice amount of pumpkins. Using chook chook to find the bad pumpkins is a great isea.
hey mate you can get buggie wheels for the back of the slasher that take some of the weight which can help with your balance issues
The skids on the sides of the slasher should be on the ground. Some are adjustable. A rear jockey wheel helps carry it too.
Steering alignment check. Whilst the front wheels are set directly ahead, measure the centre to centre on the front of the wheels/tyres then the back. Adjust the tie rod to suit. They should be equal.
Looking at the way the tyres compressed under the weight when you took off, Iโd be looking at filling the back tyres with water tooโฆ
Liquid doesnโt compress like air.
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Good to see you are doing well. Always lots to do with a new property.