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From: Victor, MT
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I found this in Great Falls, MT. I like the way this tractor looks, it has 10 more hp than the 2010 i was looking at and it comes with a loader, cab, grapple, snowblower, Cat II 3pt. I just want the tractor with loader....
I found this in Great Falls, MT. I like the way this tractor looks, it has 10 more hp than the 2010 i was looking at and it comes with a loader, cab, grapple, snowblower, Cat II 3pt. I just want the tractor with loader....
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Now that looks like something you will be happy with. But IIRC they have the shifter between your b%^&. They are good tractors, the blowers willbe nice in the nort as we call it over here. The grapple is good for grabbing logs, and this one will have a much heavier front end then the 2010 but not like the 2010 front end is too light.
The valve was listed separatly, did you get that too?
The valve was listed separatly, did you get that too?
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Any good loader is worth 1k around here. You could just cut the bucket down. Rent a gas powered cutoff saw with some blades, cut sections off the outside of the bucket and weld the ends back on. But put it on, try it out and see what you think. Its a good snow bucket but dont fill it with dirt. but you are probably going to move wood and brush and hay, for that its probably just fine.
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I dont intend to...I just need to level it out, I plan to put the bucket down after I go over it with the blade to get rid of the sagebrush. then as I am going by on the second go around and put the bucket down and start digging....
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From: Victor, MT
Ok So I am going to go with taht 2010 and the loader, then remove the grapple and then shorten the bucket. Now I need to worry about finding cows, planting new grass & alfalfa mix hay and Establishing a base for the fence, I was thinking 4-6 strands of either barbed or barbless or a mix of both....what you think?
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Id only shorten the bucket if you use it and think you need to. Personally id go with barbed wire, that way they wont be rubbing aginst the fence. When mixing grass with alfalfa dont mix in brome it grows too fast and heads out before the clover is ready. Orchard grass or timothy will mix well with alfalfa.
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From: Kville, ohio
do six strands of barbed, or four strands of wire, and get a good fence charger. orchard grass and timothy grow very well together, and its very tough, stands up good to grazeing, and it'll grow anywhere. mix some clover in with it too
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From: West Bend
high tensile fences they actually recommend that every other wire is electrified and the wires between are grounded. Better chance of the cow getting a good ground for the fencer to work. When we had the cows in pasture with 1 or 2 wire and no grounded wires they'd push their neck under the wires on dry days and not even bother them as they didn't have a good ground path.