This was made from drift wood and willow branches which we wove together. It was fun figuring out how to do it.
Then we ran into the old neighbor guy who talked about fishing. He once saw a Northern Pike in Alaska eat a seagull. He said it pulled the gull right under and all you heard was a gurgling squawk.
Finished up with the annual ryegrass yesterday. It was still a little wet. Now we are fertilizing Muddy Valley.
Not sure if the color shows up but there was a difference you could see!
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It all looks very green. Driving that fert. spreader would make a good youtube video.
ReplyDeleteSorry for the lack of comments lately. Getting fertilizer on has been a bit of a challenge this year....preaching to the choir I know! I set ours up with a Teejet Matrix GPS for the first time this year...Dad actually really liked it. It's always amazing how fast the ryegrass can take up that N. Did you single-shot or split your application?
ReplyDeleteBTW, ours has parts from Willys, Chevy, WWII GMC 4x4 truck, ford backhoe and (you guessed it)....Massey combines. Needs Johnny Cash's "One Piece at a Time" playing at all times when it's running.
Orin, I have to build one of those spreaders. It is one of the keys to success in annual ryegrass.
DeleteI put on 8 gallons of 10-34 with the drill and 200 or 250lbs (there were some problems) of 40-0-06 this week. That was the first time I have been able to even walk on the field. I hope it works.
I changed computers and lost your email. Need to talk to you about the Massy 760 deal!
Budde, dashboard comes up on your blog, I never noticed that before. Clicked on it and it went right back to my html page without the editor and I can't get to my dashboard to add pictures or text or manage my blogs. Frustrating.
ReplyDeleteJust took another look at that fertilizer buggy. I notice that it has a MT 2405 on it. Is he using that as a rate controller? And if so, how does it work? We're still just adjusting the gate to set rate. Primitive but effective....I can almost always get within 10 pounds...if the density of the fert is consistent. Which, as you noted, this year....it isn't. I'd really like to add an AgLeader controller and generate GPS based application maps but it's hard to pull the trigger. Might get easier as fert prices go up.
ReplyDeleteOrin, the MT is just used as a monitor which makes it a bit difficult to drive. The fertlizer chain is hydraulic drive but it is not keyed to ground speed.
ReplyDeleteIf I were making one I would buy a $250 GPS sensor and a controller that supports a PWM hydraulic flow controller and spend $1300 and get a variable rate tied into ground speed.
Either that or put a pulley on the drive line and drive the conveyer chain off of that.
What ever you do, you still have to key in the density of the fertilizer.
I wonder why couldn't add load cells and go by the change in weight of the box for an auto rate controller. I suppose the rough ground would cause to much variation in the weight.
The GPS is really nice and it doesn't have to be under a foot accuracy.