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What is Your Favorite Piece of Rear Tractor Equipment?
Posted on 2/11/13 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 2/11/13 at 1:48 pm
1. The Drag – I like this attachement because it's barely noticable when your operating the tractor. However, it can be hard to spot when laying in high grass.
2. The Round Hay Baler - Originally conceived by Ummo Luebbens circa,1910, the first round baler did not see production until 1947, when Allis-Chalmers introduced the Roto-Baler. Marketed for the water-shedding and light weight properties of its hay bales, AC had sold nearly 70,000 units by the end of production in 1960.[2]
The next major innovation came in 1972, when the Vermeer Company began selling its model 605 - the first modern round baler. Previously, round hay bales had been little more than lumps of grass tied together, but the Vermeer design used belts to compact hay into a cylindrical shape as is seen today.[3] In the early 1980s, collaboration between Walterscheid and Vermeer produced the first effective uses of CV joints in balers, and later in other farm machinery. Due to the heavy torque required for such equipment, double Cardan joints are primarily used. Former Walterscheid engineer Martin Brown is credited with "inventing" this use for universal joints.
Round bales can weigh a ton or more, and are well-suited for modern large scale farming operations such as a dairy with 200 or more cows. However, due to the ability for a round bale to roll away on a slope, they require special transport and moving equipment.
3. Aerator -
Lawn aeration constitutes two things: controlling lawn thatch and reducing soil compaction. Lawn thatch is a layer of dead organic tissue that deprives the lawn of much-needed oxygen. Soil compaction makes it difficult for grass to root and it disturbs natural rainwater irrigation. Watering the lawn the night before aerating can make it easier to aerate a very dense lawn.
It is purported that scientific evidence exists that aeration makes a measurable difference in the long-term health or quality of a lawn.[citation needed]
Also is great for the planting of new lawns.
4. Sprayer – I enjoy spraying, especially in the afternoon. Actually, I like spraying anytime of day. It's a very easy activity that requires hardly any effort.
5. Disc Harrow - a farm implement that is used to cultivate the soil where crops are to be planted. It is also used to chop up unwanted weeds or crop remainders. It consists of many iron or steel discs which have slight concavity and are arranged into two or four sections. When viewed from above, the four sections would appear to form an "X" which has been flattened to be wider than it is tall. The discs are also offset so that they are not parallel with the overall direction of the implement. This is so they slice the ground they cut over a little bit to optimize the result. The concavity of the discs as well as their being offset causes them to loosen and pick up the soil they cut.
6. Brush Hog - a type of rotary mower. Typically these mowers attach to the back of a farm tractor using the three-point hitch and are driven via the Power take-off (PTO). It has blades that are not rigidly attached to the drive like a lawnmower blade, but are on hinges so if the blade hits a rock or stump, it bounces backward and inward, and then inertia makes it go outwards again.
The rotary blades are not sharpened in the same way as a conventional mower blade. They are usually quite dull so they whack through dense plant growth, whereas a sharp blade often gets stuck or slowed down. The blades are very heavy, up to an inch thick, so the momentum pulling out is stronger than the forces of the vegetation bouncing in. They are made of heat treated high carbon steel that can withstand strikes with hard objects such as rocks and stones.
7. Hay Rake - an agricultural rake used to collect cut hay or straw into windrows for later collection (e.g. by a baler or a loader wagon). It is also designed to fluff up the hay and turn it over so that it may dry. It is also used in the evening to protect the hay of the dew. The next day a tedder is used to spread it again, so that the hay dries more quickly.
8. Mower - A mower is a machine for cutting grass or other plants that grow on the ground. Usually mowing is distinguished from reaping, which uses similar implements, but is the traditional term for harvesting grain crops, e.g. with reapers and combines.
9. Fluffer - a machine used in haymaking. It is used after cutting and before windrowing, and uses moving forks to aerate or "fluff up" the hay and thus speed-up the process of hay-making. The use of a tedder allows the hay to dry ("cure") better, which results in improved aroma and color. Not to be confused with a person employed to keep an adult film star aroused on the set. These duties, which do not necessarily involve touching the actors, are considered part of the makeup department. After setting up the desired angle, the director asks the actors to hold position and calls for the fluffer to "fluff" the actors for the shot. Fluffing could also entail sexual acts such as fellatio or non-penetrative sex.
2. The Round Hay Baler - Originally conceived by Ummo Luebbens circa,1910, the first round baler did not see production until 1947, when Allis-Chalmers introduced the Roto-Baler. Marketed for the water-shedding and light weight properties of its hay bales, AC had sold nearly 70,000 units by the end of production in 1960.[2]
The next major innovation came in 1972, when the Vermeer Company began selling its model 605 - the first modern round baler. Previously, round hay bales had been little more than lumps of grass tied together, but the Vermeer design used belts to compact hay into a cylindrical shape as is seen today.[3] In the early 1980s, collaboration between Walterscheid and Vermeer produced the first effective uses of CV joints in balers, and later in other farm machinery. Due to the heavy torque required for such equipment, double Cardan joints are primarily used. Former Walterscheid engineer Martin Brown is credited with "inventing" this use for universal joints.
Round bales can weigh a ton or more, and are well-suited for modern large scale farming operations such as a dairy with 200 or more cows. However, due to the ability for a round bale to roll away on a slope, they require special transport and moving equipment.
3. Aerator -
Lawn aeration constitutes two things: controlling lawn thatch and reducing soil compaction. Lawn thatch is a layer of dead organic tissue that deprives the lawn of much-needed oxygen. Soil compaction makes it difficult for grass to root and it disturbs natural rainwater irrigation. Watering the lawn the night before aerating can make it easier to aerate a very dense lawn.
It is purported that scientific evidence exists that aeration makes a measurable difference in the long-term health or quality of a lawn.[citation needed]
Also is great for the planting of new lawns.
4. Sprayer – I enjoy spraying, especially in the afternoon. Actually, I like spraying anytime of day. It's a very easy activity that requires hardly any effort.
5. Disc Harrow - a farm implement that is used to cultivate the soil where crops are to be planted. It is also used to chop up unwanted weeds or crop remainders. It consists of many iron or steel discs which have slight concavity and are arranged into two or four sections. When viewed from above, the four sections would appear to form an "X" which has been flattened to be wider than it is tall. The discs are also offset so that they are not parallel with the overall direction of the implement. This is so they slice the ground they cut over a little bit to optimize the result. The concavity of the discs as well as their being offset causes them to loosen and pick up the soil they cut.
6. Brush Hog - a type of rotary mower. Typically these mowers attach to the back of a farm tractor using the three-point hitch and are driven via the Power take-off (PTO). It has blades that are not rigidly attached to the drive like a lawnmower blade, but are on hinges so if the blade hits a rock or stump, it bounces backward and inward, and then inertia makes it go outwards again.
The rotary blades are not sharpened in the same way as a conventional mower blade. They are usually quite dull so they whack through dense plant growth, whereas a sharp blade often gets stuck or slowed down. The blades are very heavy, up to an inch thick, so the momentum pulling out is stronger than the forces of the vegetation bouncing in. They are made of heat treated high carbon steel that can withstand strikes with hard objects such as rocks and stones.
7. Hay Rake - an agricultural rake used to collect cut hay or straw into windrows for later collection (e.g. by a baler or a loader wagon). It is also designed to fluff up the hay and turn it over so that it may dry. It is also used in the evening to protect the hay of the dew. The next day a tedder is used to spread it again, so that the hay dries more quickly.
8. Mower - A mower is a machine for cutting grass or other plants that grow on the ground. Usually mowing is distinguished from reaping, which uses similar implements, but is the traditional term for harvesting grain crops, e.g. with reapers and combines.
9. Fluffer - a machine used in haymaking. It is used after cutting and before windrowing, and uses moving forks to aerate or "fluff up" the hay and thus speed-up the process of hay-making. The use of a tedder allows the hay to dry ("cure") better, which results in improved aroma and color. Not to be confused with a person employed to keep an adult film star aroused on the set. These duties, which do not necessarily involve touching the actors, are considered part of the makeup department. After setting up the desired angle, the director asks the actors to hold position and calls for the fluffer to "fluff" the actors for the shot. Fluffing could also entail sexual acts such as fellatio or non-penetrative sex.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 1:49 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
How long did it take to form this thread?
Posted on 2/11/13 at 1:53 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
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Not to be confused with a person employed to keep an adult film star aroused on the set. These duties, which do not necessarily involve touching the actors, are considered part of the makeup department. After setting up the desired angle, the director asks the actors to hold position and calls for the fluffer to "fluff" the actors for the shot. Fluffing could also entail sexual acts such as fellatio or non-penetrative sex.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 1:55 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Mississippi State Board
Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:01 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Gotta be my Cultipacker... broke a shaft on mine Sat... Imma devastated...
Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:04 pm to dallasga6
Cultipacker or drag - best thing to use for food plots.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:07 pm to wadewilson
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Cultipacker or drag - best thing to use for food plots.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:08 pm to dallasga6
NSDNC
No seed drill no care
Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:10 pm to Patton
I was waiting for somebody to sit through the whole gif.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:16 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Fluffer
I don't know anything about farming, so I picked one of the pieces of equipment that can also be used as a porn term. I guess Sprayer would be #2.
I don't know anything about farming, so I picked one of the pieces of equipment that can also be used as a porn term. I guess Sprayer would be #2.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 4:01 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Be honest. The whole point of this was to talk about the fluffer, wasn't it?
Posted on 2/11/13 at 5:28 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Whats my favorite piece of rear end? J Lo
Posted on 2/11/13 at 5:38 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
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What is Your Favorite Piece of Rear Equipment?
This is what I read.
Not really sure if I'm ok with it.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 6:00 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
SImply for the fact that these things have saved us millions of dollars over the year keeping catfish alive in the summer when Oxygen levels get bad.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 8:25 pm to deltaland
Thread needs more farmers
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