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TwinCreek

12-27-2001 05:37:56

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I have about two acres of steep hills on my farm that I would like to mow. It feels too steep to mow with my tractor and brush hog. Does anyone have any good suggestions for mowing on a steep hill?

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david

01-01-2002 14:42:23

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Re: Hill Mowing in reply to TwinCreek, 12-27-2001 05:37:56

buy a goat

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Rob

12-28-2001 02:15:16

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Re: Hill Mowing in reply to TwinCreek, 12-27-2001 05:37:56

Don't get the small wheels above the big wheels. ROPS & seatbelt.

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Bull Dozer

12-27-2001 17:32:53

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Re: Hill Mowing in reply to TwinCreek, 12-27-2001 05:37:56

Cat D-12

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RWK in WI

12-27-2001 16:36:34

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Re: Hill Mowing in reply to TwinCreek, 12-27-2001 05:37:56

If you really have to mow , you might try using dual rears and wheels set as wide as possible, even the fronts. Front weights can help some. Have you considered a walk behind brush cutter. Slower but safer. Have you looked at the one Country Home Products has. It works well for me on trails that I can't even get the tractor to.
Be safe.

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Roundup herbicide

12-27-2001 13:02:32

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Re: Hill Mowing in reply to TwinCreek, 12-27-2001 05:37:56

Try it

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Steven M

12-27-2001 12:39:32

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Re: Hill Mowing in reply to TwinCreek, 12-27-2001 05:37:56

Sheep!

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paul

12-27-2001 12:14:00

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Re: Hill Mowing in reply to TwinCreek, 12-27-2001 05:37:56

Let it grow. Good habitat for wildlife and all. Not everything has to be a lawn. :) A good grassland, would look nice that way.

Otherwise, let livestock harvest it for you and make a couple bucks off it, after paying for the fence.

--->Paul

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TwinCreek

12-27-2001 12:20:21

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Re: Re: Hill Mowing in reply to paul, 12-27-2001 12:14:00

I considered leaving it grow as a "grassland", however, the brambles, small trees and poisen ivy is beginning to take the hillside over and it looks lousy.

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paul

12-27-2001 14:10:48

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Re: Re: Re: Hill Mowing in reply to TwinCreek, 12-27-2001 12:20:21

I'm a farmer, so rural land either pays bills, or sets empty. :) I'm not into mowing for recreation. Now, if you were going to mow it to bale hay.... I sure wouldn't risk life, limb, & tractor just to make it look nice.

Maybe you want to get it reseeded into natural native plants and then let it grow native. That will take a bit of work & dealing with the hills while working & reseeding of course. In my state, the govt is tripping all over itself to offer programs & money & equipment for just such programs. Might want to check your ag & extension services, often by the courthouse.

--->Paul

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Plant Trees

12-27-2001 12:09:14

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Re: Hill Mowing in reply to TwinCreek, 12-27-2001 05:37:56

Plant Trees on hill and creat shade.

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12-27-2001 11:05:27

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Re: Hill Mowing in reply to TwinCreek, 12-27-2001 05:37:56

If it feels too steep to mow sideways, it probably is. If it feels too steep to mow up and down, don't mow at all. Down is the safest. You will not flip going down (unless it is awfully steep). Up is safer than sideways, but a tractor can flip backwards if too it is steep or if you hit the throttle to much. If you can widen your rear tires spacing, do that. Whatever, make sure you have a ROPS and use your seat belt.

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B~B

12-27-2001 14:06:51

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Re: Re: Hill Mowing in reply to BB, 12-27-2001 11:05:27

Back up and forward down , I also have some steep spots every other year
it takes longer, but

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dab

12-27-2001 06:41:41

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Re: Hill Mowing in reply to TwinCreek, 12-27-2001 05:37:56

Can you give us an idea of how steep is steep in % slope? Calculate as feet of fall per 100' or reference a NRCS book.

Just a general FYI, here in central KY, I think of "steep" as 20-30%. We use a 7600 Ford, 18.4-34's on the rear full load of water and calcium plus a full weight rack on the front, wheels and axles just as wide as they go, and mow up and down with a slight turn into the steeper part of the slope on the way down. Pull a 15' Bushhog. Never had a problem. I do use a roll bar and seat belt just to be safe.

Got some friends up in eastern KY (mountains)who mow gas pipeline right-of-ways. Use 4wd 14XX and 15XX IH's duals, loaded heavy with fluid plus a front loader full of gravel, plus a roll cage. Mow anything.

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Bigdog

12-27-2001 06:34:56

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Re: Hill Mowing in reply to TwinCreek, 12-27-2001 05:37:56

Sheep.

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F14...Talkative, ain't ya?

12-27-2001 07:12:15

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Re: Re: Hill Mowing in reply to Bigdog, 12-27-2001 06:34:56

":^)

Had a feller call me on the phone once, tried like anything to sell me weed control products "for around my outbuildings and fences, where ya can't mow".

Told him I had it covered, and of course he wanted to know what brand I used, as his was no doubt better, and more environmentally sound.

"Shetlands" sez I.

"Never heard of it. How's it work?"

"Easy," I sez, "Grass in one end, sheep sh!t out the other."

He hung up...

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