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with the fresh sawed edge, I thought it might have been cut down.  I was wondering if it was turned over. but hard to tell from a picture.

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Does the bracket look like one on a mowing machine?

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How do you stick these to the ground.   Drive steel stakes ?

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I read a few old horsemanship books a few years ago.  One told of a guy who broke horses to harness and would make a worker out of any sour older horse.  The thing he had that we don’t always is help and time.  But it told how he would plow over and over the same fields to knock the weeds back and give the horses steady work to get worked as he thought they should be.

I was wondering how well repeated plowing would kill the weeds. If I  remember ,he would let them get 24in or so, then get them  covered well. This was before the seed pod could develop.

Any thoughts on the success of this ?   Time and help would be a factor for sure.

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Two things you said I can relate to. Might help and give some insite.  I worked for 30yrs as a farrier. And still here people who know nothing question what i say or what I do.  I have heard everything from my friend has done this for 5yr to I  was married to  a farrier.  Good for you all.  Is a lady married to a brain surgeon qualified to give talks on surgery?  The point is most people just don’t know what it takes to do a specialty job. They are to lazy to do it there selves so they hire you ,,then think that gives them the right to question you.  That whole thought will never go away, only you can go away from it.

Now as far as working for the welding shop people.  They pay well? Have insurance? Have work?  When I was working. I had to go everyday and make a job. No back up,no benefits. If I did not find and do work.no eat.  You get the picture.  There is a lot to be said for working a public job.  I like nights off and any other day I wanted as well.  you might talk them into working 12-14 hr. days and get more time in a row off, still keeping your benefits.  Or the last thing to think about is the fact that right now might not be the right time of your life to have horses and so many irons in the fire.

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Can you explain anymore about this and its use.  I never seen such a animal my self.

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In times like this with the ground rod,my grandfather used a old pitch fork.  Had the ground wire clamped to the center of the step.  It was easy to get good contact and to find as well.

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Sorry to disagree with you on the mixing…That has not been a problem.

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The most useful thing about a pad is the fact you can dry them out quicker than a collar.  I even know people who have to sets.   Your supplier would be able to tell you what you need.  Different styles of collars use different size pads.

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Steve ,,you can use fryer grease with out mixing.

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All the correct padding you can get is great..  Some pad to make a collar fit right.Some to protect the face of a high dollar collar.    and sorry to say ,,some just to be able to claim their horse wears a bigger collar than he does.   Now just chose,,canvas covered deer hair or vinyl.

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Its called   Mike Brown Steam engines and Alternative Energy

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There’s a guy on line somewhere in the south that makes two kinds . One he calls a 500watt   the other 1500 watt…hook them to your own steam engine…Shows the smaller one running of the steam from a pressure cooker on the stove..Nice thing about steam,,you end up with several thousand BTUs of hot exhaust water.  If anyone is interested past here ,I will try to find the site again..I think its in my favorites

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Andy,,,after your hay is up you can put the steam boiler to making electricity.  Have seen boilers that ran off as little as 11lb. steam pressure.  500 watt,,,,and 1500  watt at about 35-40.

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Anyone thought about gathering fryer grease ?  might be something to  think about . Filter ,warm and pour.   For the small amount needed to bale one season of hay, might just fit in.

I think its worth doing when you look at all the possessing going on the bio-diesel. I was always short of time and help. Then give up crop land to boot.  We as want to be horse farmers have scaled down in the farming world already.  Time to do that and land to do it on might be hard to get.

My first tractor was a 8N ford,,nice little guy but very limited.  Next was a  30-35hp Int.300 Utility.  Had good and bad points as well. PTO was the biggest. and just to under powered to pull baler and wagon.  The best all-around was a 50hp  Zetor,4×4 with a good loader. Was able to handle round bales and pushed a good bit of snow.  Not bad on fuel. That would suit me at this point if I went to power for hay making. And snow.  Also I could gather fryer grease and gut the expense way down.  My old land lord used straight grease in a old Mercedes car and went every where,,every day.  Just smelled like French fries. He converted it all himself, so that contested to the simplicity of it all.

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