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  • From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] BCS recommendations needed
  • Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 09:16:24 -0500

On 3/9/2012 at 9:05:34 AM, andrea davis wrote:
> I am looking into getting a BCS walk-behind tractor this year and I'd like
> everyones suggestions (pro & con) on what model I should get.
>
> Here is a little information on my farm. I am going into my 4th season
> running my own very small mixed vegetable farm, I'm currently on 3/4 acre
> but
> would eventually like to build up to 5 acres. In the past I have just had a
> neighbor come over with his tractor to disc and rotill my field once in the
> spring and fall. Through out the season I have maintain everything by hand.
> With the neighbor continuing to do the primary cultivation of the field I am
> thinking of getting:
>
>
> 732 model 11HP engine
> 30" rear tine tiller
> 21" brush mower
> additional attachments or accessories???

My farm is about the same size as yours. I have a 732.
--The 30" tiller is excellent.
--I don't have a brush mower, but I am dreaming about a flail mower--you
might think about that as an alternative. I'd use to pulverize cover crops
before tilling.
--I do have a sicklebar mower, which I absolutely love. I keep the Christmas
trees clean all season with it, and cut down the raspberry canes (it is the
perfect tool for that), along with cutting fence rows and the rougher parts
of the lawn. If you want to do large amounts of cutting, get the
double-action model. The single-action will shake you to death after a while.
OTOH, the single, but not the double, takes a moldboard for sweeping the cut
grass away from the uncut grass. That would be nice.
--The snowblower is excellent. My dealer said he knew someone who used it to
move dirt out of a greenhouse; I'm not that brave.
--I bought a snowplow, hoping to use it to push around piles of compost and
wet leaves. So far I am underwhelmed, but will try again this spring with
wheel weights, which may help a lot.
--There's a Youtube video of a fellow digging his potatoes with that
attachment; it looks pretty darn cool.


Richard Robinson
www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
Hopestill Farm
www.hopestill.com






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