Re: Re: Ploughing capacity of 42 hp tractor

Posted by Robert in W. Mi. on July 29, 2002 at 13:00:22 from (208.224.4.208):

In Reply to: Re: Ploughing capacity of 42 hp tractor posted by Ed on July 29, 2002 at 10:01:24:

Nope, i'm NOT a dealer, nor do i have any stock in the company, but i am a long time user of Howard rotavators, and they have made me a bit of $$ through custom rotavateing. That's kinda refreshing durning these times of depressed farm prices!!

I all so like to set the record straight when people lump all tillers together, because they really have no idea that a rotavator doesn't just grind the soil into powder. You DO have to learn how to ajust it, and use it properly.

With tall green matter you can get some plugging, so in that case i prefer to brush hog the field first. I'm talking about "thick" woody weeds ect. over 18" tall. Grass will NOT plug it, and it does NOT plug easily. All the dry crops for the most part get chewed up, includeing the rye field you mentioned.

I rotavated a rye field the other day that the rye was all over 5' tall, and some of it at least 7' tall when combined. The straw was left in the field, and it was NOT brush hogged before i rotavated it. There was some wrapping of the straw, but i never had to stop and cut it out. The field does need a second pass to incorporate that amount of trash.

The reason the straw wasn't baled was because lots of veggie farmers here are now going all "organic", and they are building up their fields by leaving the straw in the field. I even get customers that get old small square bales of hay for free, and drive out in their fields and throw them all over. I rotavate right over them!!

The worse case of plugging i EVER have had, was last fall when i took out a patch of willows!! It took them out, but they were wound every place, and i did end up haveing to unwind them and pull them out when i was done!!

Just make sure you stay away from fences though!!! :)
Robert

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