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Jonathan Shively
ParticipantWhat a ride!!! Had 10 fat calves a couple of weeks ago we hauled to be butchered. Kind of foggy, coldest evening so far, come to the four way stop on a downhill and slid for just a few feet, saw that trailer want to come around to my side of the truck. What a pucker factor for sure. Glad to hear the horses and people are all okay, equipment can be fixed. My dad had a wrecker service and we pulled a horse out of a trailer that had come unhitched and was laying on its side. Pulled the horse with a bunch of guys by his tail. He stood up (a nice little paint gelding saddle horse) shook himself and walked right into the waiting trailer for him!
ParticipantStray voltage is what I think I remember the term used around dairys. Something, the ground is allowing some voltage to the water causing a shock. Some rural electrical coops will come out and help find the source/problem.
ParticipantJared you have nailed exactly why I haven’t done the conversion. I don’t know if the Swisher or DR mowers are better designed knowing the operator is in front in the line of fire so they have created a safer mower from debris flying from the front. I plan on opening the complete back end of the mower as I also don’t need any windrowing effect. Also, I am not going to be in brush, just pastures that I am mowing to keep weeds from going to seed. My little woodlot that was nothing but brambles, we overloaded it with goats then culled the ones we didn’t prefer or others wanted to pay cash for. No more goats, bought three this year but they were another story.
ParticipantI have an old 5′ pull type bush hog type mower in the one fence row, have thought about putting an engine on it and running a throttle cable and shut off wire up to the forecart. Just always wondered if those Swishers and DRs had figured out a better way of keeping things from being flung forward.
ParticipantThe upside, loading and ease of movement. Downside, all of your eggs are in one basket so to speak.
ParticipantBilly, since Carl doesn’t seem to be responding, do you think it feasible to pull two of those mowers and double up the cutting? How hard do the pull? I’m not talking 3′ tall grass mowing to 4″, I’m talking setting at high setting and mowing/clipping pastures.
ParticipantIf I were to build a new house it would be a pole building style home on a concrete slab with in floor heat supplied by my outside wood boiler. All steel with 8″ walls. Even would consider classic footer and block foundation and then 6″ walls with steel roof and walls outside. One floor has everything, one bathroom, bedroom, living room and kitchen. Okay if two floors but be able to not heat the upstairs if needed and when older it is a home you can still live in. 36″ doors for walkers or wheelchairs and plenty of closets.
ParticipantCarl, thanks for the information about your DR mower. Really been looking at them on Craigslist (also the swisher brand) thinking one or two behind the forecart and I could leave the tractor and bush hog in the shed. I prefer to rotary cut my pastures so this has been running through my brain for the past couple of years.
ParticipantThe Elmo Reed hitch cart had an engine that bolted as a unit (pto/engine/various neccessaties) in a cage format so if you didn’t need the engine with four bolts it could be lowered to the ground and the cart backed over it and out of the way.
ParticipantMy guess Carl is the combo snap on the strap under the collar for the neck yoke since he states the harness is not complete for a pole. Just a guess though.
ParticipantGoats are browsers and actually a bunch of young meat goats will make you some money and clear the brush at the same time.
ParticipantI rode a QH/Belgian cross when I was on the Sheriff’s Posse. That is when I bought my Easy boots. No matter the time of day or night we were called out I could slap them on (easier getting them on then off!). What I didn’t realize when I bought them but really came to appreciate was the bottom of the hoof being covered (along roads in glass and junk). Never had them come off in mud/muck/water. Liked the way they provided traction coming off of wet grass onto blacktop.
Dan, if you know anyone at a dentist office and can get the powdered material to make false teeth, mixed with water to make a paste in a dixie cup (for the wax protection, will get hot) with the crack cleaned out well, that stuff will bond and can be cut with nippers as the hoof grows out.
ParticipantSounds like you need a copy of “The Evener” from Rural Heritage magazine, it is a one time a year resource of all their advertisers.
ParticipantMan that is a nice team. Hope they find a good working home.
ParticipantMight be a reason for a good generator and a couple of fans. Then gas is your only concern and livestock can stay safely trailered. Removing them from a solid trailer opens a whole ‘nother can of worms.
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