I won't be listening to the
hum of my sewing machine today...
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I will be listening to the roar of this
John Deere 4440 tractor...
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Climb aboard and check out
the cockpit...
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This is where I will spend the day...
that is an oh so comfy hydraulic seat !
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This is a room with a view...
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My mission today is to flatten out
these mole hills...
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The mole hills are big...
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There are hundreds and hundreds of them
in the pastures and hay fields...
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The implement attached to the back of the
tractor is called a "drag"
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Here is a close up...
the drag is big and very, very heavy...
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It is pulled behind the tractor and
drags over the mole hills
smashing them flat...
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You can see on the left side of the image
that I have run the drag over that area
and the mole hills have been obliterated.
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We will be cutting hay in this field this summer
and the mole hills will make the hay dirty
and they are also hard on our hay equipment.
By flattening them out we get better
quality hay and our fields are not full
of large bumpy mole hills.
That was very interesting. There’s a lot of behind the scenes to ranch work!
ReplyDeleteI actually enjoy dragging mole hills, it is kind of relaxing.
DeleteMany Thanks for your comment,
LuAnn