Posted by PJH on February 05, 2019 at 19:20:52 from (50.45.27.3):
In Reply to: Re: Foam filled tires posted by Texasmark1 on February 05, 2019 at 16:47:01:
Mark, if you walk around them, you'll find small pieces of broken limbs, complete with the three inch thorns, well outside of the drip line. The wood is brittle and breaks off easily. I have some in my pasture, and the cattle might kick them out there, but somehow they are there.
Yeah, they get you in areas where you've already mowed. The thorns are nearly as hard as nails and they stand up like a little girl's play jack, so think how much you straddle with your tractor, then next time you don't hit the exact same tracks and find the new ones.
I'm a small timer and mow hay with a NH 451 sickle mower, but I mow other areas with a shredder. It doesn't seem to matter what you're using.
I'm gonna cut the tree on the neighbor's place. It's on a tight corner and the limbs hang out 20' from the trunk, so I mow on three sides of it. It's always a mess when you cut one - there's thorns laying everywhere. I plan to use a leaf rake to police the area, but still bet I'll miss some.
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