Or the ones with the solar panel work for equipment that sits outside since you don't have power to the shop yet.

amen!!! We farm Soil! Later this week I'm publishing a video that's all about soil

oh it wasn't dead...just had to wait a second and it started up

Thanks! Will do!

My friend....I've been there and done that....the brush piles will decompose, rot, bugs will get in there and consume the wood and after about 5 years we'll have wonderful top soil to spread with a few stragglers (stumps and logs) of course. I've pushed up piles, burned them, burried them and made burms like this....I'm experimenting with this method to see how well it works. Not worried about a sapling or two sprouting in the winrow.....just keep watching we'll turn that brush late this fall and get some of that precious soil spread out on the land. Trust me I've tried it all....I will say the nutrient that's flowing out of the brush pile makes the grass greener on the down hill side. It's not like feeding 28 cow high protien feed and the rest cheap cubes....it's using nature and time to decompose biomass and utilize it in the soil that has no biomass....keep watching and we'll both learn. FYI I don't feed my animals any grain..it's grass only here on this farm my brotha. Not putting down your ideas....just trying something a little different on this pasture

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Love experimentation

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I guess the trees are softer there than here in Texas. I agree pine will decompose much faster than hard wood. Bit I did almost the same project that you are doing now taken woods and turning them into plush pastures or hay fields. I had several oak stumps that were pushed out of the ground that stayed in tack for over 12 years. Yes there was some decay of the stump, but you didn’t want to brush hog over it. Again good luck and you are fortunate to have weather that supports raising cattle with only grazing or hay. Most of our pasture land here in Texas are burnt up during the drought and you have to supplement with cubes or loose your cattle. Enjoy your channel and keep the videos coming.

lol...well...I just proved that the world isn't perfect brotha bhahahaha

lol......one tree every 300 feet won't hurt a thing my brotha...in the pines where the sun never shines lol

They like to fall is why I do not like them and hard wood trees provide more shade to the cattle.

lol....you like that. So...with these new electronic systems you most certainly have to use these machines. This is a big ol 110 hp engine so it takes some cold cranking amps to get here fired lol

Yeah, that was LOL funny Josh!!!!!

oh man...I can't say what a blessing this tool has been! Such a time saver!

I love my TYM tractors!

not at all.....grinding the stumps over a 25 acre pasture when the land is gully washed and the stumps are as big as a car is simply not a viable way to clear land and establish pastures. The forestry mulcher can only do so much and isn't really made for grinding down 25,000 stumps from a timber cutting operation. It would cost ya 5 times as much and you'd still need to grade out the land to smooth for pastures

not lately.....but I will eventually...the proof is in the pastures....don't need a soil test when I have the pastures growing this lush ...It's gonna take me about 5 more years to get things just right

Took a long time to get bad going to take a long time to get right ! Keep up the good work. My wife calls me a soil and grass nerd 😂

yep sold it....money pit!

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the mower is only rated for 540 pto my friend...750 will destroy the gearbox and void the warranty

I see no Cons...I love it! It's a well thought out nice machine!

It's tough to see this...but there's a marshy area in the lower middle part of this field...if you look back now you can see some spots close to the woods down hill from the brush piles that I nearly sunk up to the axles....this will be filled with the soil from those burms.....but yes...to answer your question I can mow near the creek here but only if it's really dry outside....otherwise I have to use the lighter ventrac tractor

look on the TYM usa website and you'll find an ever expanding network of dealers

I do not spray fence lines at all anymore...the cows do the work there and I clip out any trees. The product I use is linked in on my amazon page in this and other vids...click "show more" and you'll find it in my influence page amazon link...it's called Lonarch pro..that's what I use in the driveways

man...when you have 150 acres of NC forest....you have way way more trees falling than you can keep up with. People around here don't burn pine because it creates too much debris in the stove pipe...so it gets pushed back into the woods

first time mowing this rough ground so I didn't have much of an expectation my brotha

we have been divorced for nearly a year now....however.....there's something in the works...hmmmm

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Well it looks like I need to catch up your videos 😂

I earn my living creating farming content on the web my brotha....make no mistake this is a 80 hour a week job

In the new shop building most of the time

yeppers that's me doing it all

yep...shoulda got a woods bhahahha 😉

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer we have a land pride

yep...got another $20k I can use my friend? It's just heavy grass...weeds and a little brush...batwing kicked butt on this for sure!

brotha..why insult me? What good can come from this? I'm a hard working guy showing you what I'm doing....working very hard to bring you quality content ...I don't deserve to be mistreated or talked down too

well my brotha...if that happens then I'll cut them and deal with it for sure. I'm happy to let some trees sprout in the windrows of brush....however I don't need to spray them...when I push them off the saplings will sort themselves out

I've been known to slip the shoes off in the cab lol

I’d rip that system right out

yep...not a good idea lol

mowing over time will help get rid of dog fennel...however when we have a weed growing in our pastures it means something....it's telling us something about the soil quality and we need to listen. Dog Fennel grows when there is overgrazing, newly cleared land and or a nutrient defficiency in the soil. We'll keep working at it by mowing, grazing and rolling out hay until it's no longer a problem on the farm. Spraying is often the best way to get rid of it...however I'm not spraying on the farm so the holistic approach is to mow and graze. Cows will eat it but it can cause dehydration in cattle and is known as a natural diuretic

Thanks for good reply. Man, you have it all figured out. Damn the herbicide, holistic and patience is the answer. Cheers.

DEF takes the particulate portion of the fuel and transforms it into Amonia, Nitrogen and water...thus keeping down airborn carbon emissions according to everything that I've read

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Thanks for the clarification

the plants in your pastures are telling you something...it won't grow unless the enviroment is right..fix the soil and the dog fennel will go away my friend

sorry my friend....but I don't....keep on watching the channel and you'll see how this shapes up...look at my other pastures! It's amazing how they have grown up!

my friend...pines don't have a deep tap root...their roots spread out in my experience...any tree is a lightning rod for sure...you are correct...many cows have been struck by lightning too...my insurance agent wanted me to insure my cows for fear of lightning

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I True they have some roots that wander away from the base, but even after those are severed..... you will still have to dig out that big vertical root in the center to get it out the ground.... Heaven Help you if you only have the stump minus the trunk.....Takes a Bad ass Dozer

cows are pretty tough...but they do like a good shady spot to lounge

Where I come from we teach children manners and that putting other's down is inappropriate? How bout where you're from? I always like to ask...in case there is a breakdown in the educational system...where are ya from Roy?