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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] moving big stuff, and Magnolia
  • Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:51:43 -0700


On Dec 16, 2008, at 9:38 AM, bob ford wrote:

I have already deleted your message about all of the stuff you did with the tractor. Looking at the pic now I see it is a big Front end loader. I know you do raised beds for gardening, but could you have used a big tractor like that for plowing, bushhogging, etc? Or is it just too big.........

Magnolia is a backhoe with a front loader bucket.

Yes, the backhoe can be removed and the unit used for typical tractor jobs like plowing and brushhogging, but it would be a lot of work to remove and reinstall the backhoe.

Don bought a fine Ford 3000 tractor and brushhog that does an excellent job.

I see no use of plowing at Heartwood but if I did our closest neighbor has a little Ford and single-bottom plow. He also has an old John Deere with a belly mower. So, with Don doing brushhogging, Jeff doing belly-mowing, and me doing finish mowing/grass collection with the riding mower, we have grass, shrubs and tree sprouts well under control. None of us raise large animals, so hay is not part of our program.





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