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Brush cuttin 101

Haymaker wrote:

Got my new toy today,believe I will try it out till I can get one of the boys up from the south place to start cutting brush with it,I envy you folks on the prarie that have no brush and trees,can use post pounder etc............dont happen around here.............good luck
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Haymaker, you may not like open prairie so well when you get a blizzard with the temperature near zero, wind about 50 or 60 mph and snow so heavy you can't see 20 feet. We would just be tickled to death if we had to go out and clear brush now and then.

In 1997, 30,000 head of cattle were lost in eastern Colorado in an October storm (about 25 of them were ours). Fortunately, those only come around once in a while, but anything to slow the wind down is appreciated!! A lot of cows that survived lost all the hair on their butts from the cold. Grew back, though.

The only thing we had on some of our ranges was a four wire barbwire fence. We have since built about a dozen windbreaks and have them in most of our pastures.
 
All of our brush has basically been removed as the row crops farmers have turned 8 40 acre fields into 1 320 acre field instead while the road commishiners and ditch commishs have cleared their fair share as well... To think that all the fields around here use to be 1/4 mile by 1/4 mile surronded in hedge fences... OH well, We are planting more to try t keep our windbreaks intact.. The only good news is that if you let the trees grows... Tehy will..
 
new holland skidder delivered on a truck with john deere mudflaps........

is there no one in texas that shows respect????
 
Cowpuncher, I sure have not so fond memories of the 97 storm. burried my pickup and gooseneck untill you couldn't see either--any part of either. Lost just 4 calves. Was two days getting home-walked the last 3 miles. My daughter was a sophmore at the time. She sorted our cattle that were at home out of two neighbor's stock and brought them to the house because of a deep, iced over pond in the south pasture they had been in. Done her daddy proud. I had gotten to another pasture(30 miles from home) earlier on foot and walked those cattle back to our pasture. One neighbor had several shorter haired cattle with a little ear on them and lost about 40 some cows and even a bull. We were blessed to have had the minimal losses that we did. Several 12 to 15 foot drifts.
 
Now that will lay those pesky cedars down alright!!!


That cost ya a shiny new nickle fer sure!!!
 
Cowpuncher said:
Haymaker wrote:

Got my new toy today,believe I will try it out till I can get one of the boys up from the south place to start cutting brush with it,I envy you folks on the prarie that have no brush and trees,can use post pounder etc............dont happen around here.............good luck
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Haymaker, you may not like open prairie so well when you get a blizzard with the temperature near zero, wind about 50 or 60 mph and snow so heavy you can't see 20 feet. We would just be tickled to death if we had to go out and clear brush now and then.

In 1997, 30,000 head of cattle were lost in eastern Colorado in an October storm (about 25 of them were ours). Fortunately, those only come around once in a while, but anything to slow the wind down is appreciated!! A lot of cows that survived lost all the hair on their butts from the cold. Grew back, though.

The only thing we had on some of our ranges was a four wire barbwire fence. We have since built about a dozen windbreaks and have them in most of our pastures.
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Yes you are right cowpuncher,brush does provide some benefits,wind break,some erosion control,and wildlife habitat..............good luck
 
kolanuraven said:
Now that will lay those pesky cedars down alright!!!


That cost ya a shiny new nickle fer sure!!!
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Yes cedar dont stand a chance with this thing LOL...........good luck
 
Manitoba_Rancher said:
Nice looking unit haymaker... Have you ever ran one before?
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No I have not,lot differnt than a tractor,hafta use your feet for the boom and bucket control..............good luck
 
jigs said:
new holland skidder delivered on a truck with john deere mudflaps........

is there no one in texas that shows respect????
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The dealer around here has the market cornered,he is the New Holland ,case and John Deere dealer..............good luck
 
Faster horses said:
Haymaker, if anyone has any brush to speak of in these parts, the LAST
thing they'd do is cut it down. :wink:

Looks like you got a dandy machine there.
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Yes its pretty nice,I can see why they sell so many of them.............good luck
 
the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
Oh wow Haymaker.....can I borrow that???? Chop chop :D :D
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Yup,I reckon this thang will cut pines,and if I get into any of this cedar that will make posts I will let you know if you are interested............good luck
 
Sure would be handy...not sure Dad n Law would want me playin on somethin like that LOL he likes the pines.....I'd have so many of em chopped down before he'd know what happened. :D

I've made threats to get on the dozer and start pushin........

Reminds me one time, kids were smaller and they rode the bus to school in the mornin. It had been rainin for weeks, and I took them down to the cattle guard and then couldn't leave...I wasn't stuck, just sittin on top of the ground spinnin....in about 6 inches of blackland clay muck......in a 1 ton dually. I looked up and just happened to notice in the rear view mirror..the dozer sittin at the edge of the woods.......didnt take long for me to decide to use it. I hooked onto the truck with a chain, and drug the truck far enuff back to get it outta the muck...which was about 30 yards or so......I thought my daddy n law was gonna have a coniption fit.
 

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