Market Farming

["Robin at NamaYasai" <robin AT namayasai.co.uk>]

Thanks Mark, this is useful – I’ve never used a rotory plough. I’m going to visit a chap with a Goldoni later this week, but the BCS seems to be equal in every respect.

http://www.goldoni.com/eng/motocoltivatori.htm

 

Robin

 

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From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Mark Abner
Sent: 25 February 2008 23:50
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Two-Wheeled Tractors - Seedbed after Ploughing

 

Robin

    I use a BCS walking tractor for about all my vegitable cultivation and my haying to for that matter. With the rotory plow I dont need to turn the sod with a large tractor the rotory plow both inverts the soil and breakes it up ready for seeding in most cases. With soil all ready turned by mold board plow I would probalby use the 26 inch tiller attachment on my BCS to break up the clods and work it down for seeding. It isnt a cheap inverstment to purchase a BCS and implements but you can do an awful lot of farming with the thing,and they are very fuel efficient. I like the fact I can load it into the back of the pick up with most every emplement includeing the hay baler on it  I only have to use my traler if I am hauling the rake tedder  implemnat as it is to wide to fit in a pick up bed.

 

 

Mark

zone 6b kentucky USA

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From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Robin at NamaYasai
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 9:49 AM
To: 'Market Farming'
Subject: [Market-farming] Two-Wheeled Tractors - Seedbed after Ploughing

Greetings all, I’m new on this list and rather far away (East Sussex in England!). Topic on seed planters was very useful to me as we are about to buy a couple.

 

Question. After the first ploughing of the season, where a mix of grass and cereal stubble was turned under by a local farmer with a tractor, do you think that a two-wheeled tractor with a harrow attached could deal with the big ridges and furrows to prepare a seed bed? We want to try and manage with a two-wheeled tractor for all our mechanised work, thinking that the bigger 4-wheeled machines are too heavy and too expensive on fuel, but I have doubts that the likes of Ferrari would be up to the job. Any advice and links to your recommended manufacturers would be appreciated.

 

Here’s the state of our soil now: http://www.namayasai.co.uk/Farm/Isfield.htm

 

Tx. Robin.

 

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