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Out in fields the last couple days with the flail mower.
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Thats what I was doing yesterday too. Bit of lime on that ground would reduce the butter cups.
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Would that be safe for the horses?
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Not sure….it washes in quite quickly with a bit of rain.
You would get a better cut with pto powered mower. I have. 23 hp 1.6m flail for the quad, and similar sized one for the tractor. Finish is always better using the tractor. But use quad early in the year and in a couple of fields all the time to a fewvery soft wet patches, due to an under ground spring.
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Things are really chaining for the better….
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Why would you want to reduce the butter cups??
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We already had all the ground care kit designed to be towed behind the quad and as it's only a couple of acres can't really justify spending on pto powered kit. Flail is 1.2 metre powered by a little Honda engine.
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Acidic soil….by adding lime, you reduce the acidity, reducing buttercups, but this helps other things growing to thrive. So in effect better grass.
Buttercups are toxic to dogs, cats and horses. Although they have a bitter taste that will put dogs and cats off eating them, your horse may well indulge in some buttercups if their pasture is full of them.
Apart from that they look quite nice and the bees like them
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Been a hell of a year for buttercups! Not good for sheep and cattle either so they tend to avoid them too.
They can choke out a lot of the spring grass growth in meadows as well which is very much not good.
Little three point toppers seem to be ten-a-penny at farm auctions at the moment, there'll probably be a bargain out there especially if you're willing to do a bit of work on one before putting it to use. I'd avoid an offset one to use behind a fergie though they find them a bit heavy.
I'm hoping to get my little fergie running this year to use with rollers and chain harrows, and maybe a rake when haytiming. They're very useful little machines, if I get round to it I'll make a new thread, but will probably be back here soon asking for advice!
They can choke out a lot of the spring grass growth in meadows as well which is very much not good.
Little three point toppers seem to be ten-a-penny at farm auctions at the moment, there'll probably be a bargain out there especially if you're willing to do a bit of work on one before putting it to use. I'd avoid an offset one to use behind a fergie though they find them a bit heavy.
I'm hoping to get my little fergie running this year to use with rollers and chain harrows, and maybe a rake when haytiming. They're very useful little machines, if I get round to it I'll make a new thread, but will probably be back here soon asking for advice!
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shell out and spray the field with selective weed killer. get rid of them
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Much as I don't like it, it's gonna be a full roundup and reseed on a couple of fields this season.
Maybe even some lime if I'm feeling extravagent!
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Woke the tractor up from it's winter slumber today to do some harrowing, found the fuel tap started dripping once turned on 
I do have a rebuild kit, but would rather rebuild it at home rather than in the field so came up with a quick "farmers fix" of wedging a beans tin under it.
Stopped after about 15 minutes to see how much petrol had collected and the tin was almost dry so I'm guessing the moving petrol had swelled the cork seal and stopped the leak
I do have a rebuild kit, but would rather rebuild it at home rather than in the field so came up with a quick "farmers fix" of wedging a beans tin under it.Stopped after about 15 minutes to see how much petrol had collected and the tin was almost dry so I'm guessing the moving petrol had swelled the cork seal and stopped the leak
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It breaks up the clumps of horse poo and knocks the tops off the divots caused by hooves in the soft ground, a couple of the corners were still too soft to risk taking the tractor into.
I think this is the cause of lots of leak scenarios,particularly on Brit bikes that are only used occasionally. Use and enjoy rather than show and no go.Woke the tractor up from it's winter slumber today to do some harrowing, found the fuel tap started dripping once turned on
Stopped after about 15 minutes to see how much petrol had collected and the tin was almost dry so I'm guessing the moving petrol had swelled the cork seal and stopped the leak
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They average about £2k for a working one here and are so popular there are plenty of aftermarket spares available.
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It was bought to work and is laid up over winter as it's not needed.
There’s a few around here still earning their keep,the only new replacements are Chinese,can’t imagine they’ll be working in 70 years time.
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She'll be 75 this year and still doing what she was designed for
