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Durn, is it expensive to go?

Josh you never handle that aeriator from behind it. It nearly rolled on to your legs just in the demo. Also it's lethall just parked. What I did was put a square tubing frame and mesh cage over it. I noticed in your videos your very cavalier about safety around your implements. There is a reason farming is one of the most dangerous occupations. Safety preceeds all else.

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4 years later and we've graduated to using the cattle to stimulate growth and aerate the pastures with their hooves pretty much...I don't own this anymore

Thanks Terry!

bhhahahha.....Most of the time I'm enjoying the view from the ventrac seat

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I hear that!! Hope that baby has a cup holder!!

That is a genius idea I will be trying out this weekend. Lol Thanks for posting it.

Robert Foote that is a very good idea!

Now combine all of that with a quick hitch.

yep...I think you're describing a plugger not an aerator

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I thought a plunger was used to clear a blockage in a toilet lol Great video btw 👍

bhahahaa spell check..plugger bhahahaa

That and regular humic acid applications

Yep, and you end up using them for a lot more stuff than you might have thought beforehand. I have, anyway.

@@5critters my forks are probably on as much as my bucket.

Lee....I have a set of pallet forks buddy....and I have these for when I don't need to haul a heavy load...they come on and off quicker and do the job that I need done. But when the pallet forks are on the machine across the hill..then this is what I use

Tough to spread.....we're putting down "green manure" this year....google it...actually a term used by the USDA...bet you'll learn something today!

yep...and if we use this they just open a bit larger hold...many ways to do this....here's just one my friend

Thanks man.....we're gonna weld up something with that scrap metal!

Right on...that's what my nieghbor has....we will plug the lawn next year and aerate throughout the year. Plug once and aerate over and over is what I'm hearing

First of all let me thank you for being such a great fan....you're truly what I strive for here on the channel! I hope you'll become a channel member at some point in the future...you'll get some sneak peaks in real time here on the farmMan...thanks ...so I've been studying grasses....weeds and pasture so much lately. One thing that I've seen...and will make mention of in many future vids.....letting grass go to seed is not the way to stimulate growth....over eons of time grasslands have been grazed intensively ....pummeled by large herbivores..stimulating the roots and growing grass....my lawn turf has never ever gone to seed....and it's the best grass on the farm! The secret is feeding that "green manure" back to the land....establishing root systems in our pasture/turf....root systems that are an ecosystem.....mowing grass during the vigorous growth cycle...before it bolts out the seed head....aerating....all of this memicks the herbivore......the 10 foot deep top soil on the great plains of America....all brought on by intensive grazing...and root stimulation from bison....this is what we are doing here on the farm..I've let it go to seed for 3 years ....since we've started mowing intensively the grass is taking over...the weeds are subsiding and the root systems are spreading......I'll do a dedicated vlog to this very soon in the fall.....there has been an unbelievable change in our farms grasslands!

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Thank you for being such a great example of the true American Dream: hard-working, positive attitude, and humble. The following is just discussion, not argument. I'm asking because I want to learn. I've only read a little, and you're actually doing the real thing. I get the mowing before going to seed, like you've mentioned on other videos. Keep it growing at the fastest pace, so you turn more carbon dioxide and nitrogen from the air into organic matter. My question is: when do you get it mixed into the soil? I read an interesting book called "The Ploughman's Folly" (published in 1945). It said that DEEP plowing (ploughing - the writer is British) upset the microbes in the soil. He actually did the opposite of what you're doing. He wanted to take poor soil with weeds (and grass) and turn it into rich soil for crops. He disced (not plowed or tilled) his fields (only 2-3" deep) before the grass went to seed. He kept doing this as new grass sprung up. Let it grow, then disc before it went to seed. Eventually, all the seeds in the field (except those that might blow in) germinated and sprouted. When he was done, he had rich soil without grass or weeds. That's what made me think of discing at the very end of the growing season, when the grass is about to go dormant anyway. The growing grass would be upset, but the new seeds would sprout, and all the green manure would get mixed into the soil. Of course, you mentioned that your lawn is super healthy, and you never till or disc that, so I guess it isn't necessary. Answered my own question, I guess! Once you have cattle, they'll stomp it into the soil anyway. Looking forward to watching the Fence Video that just got posted this morning, Woooooo!

I've been slacking on the garden!! Need to get on it!

Someone else had a cool idea too...so it's set up to have wheels on it....might install some solid wheels to make it easier...it's a bugger to use...good thing we only use it about 2 times a year...and the price was right ! It was grandpas....free!

don't need to overseed if it's already got a good stand of grass...but I do get what you are saying

Great to hear.....maybe tell all the "pros" down there in the comments that it works....they're down there arguing about pluggers being the only way.....bhahahha....can't plug a field of rocks...thanks for your comment Pat

Those still work with some weight I do prefer the knife kind with concrete blocks but they are expensive but these work just fine

Some larger tyned but similar implements have an adjustable offset on the rollers and slightly twisted tynes they do push in to some degree but then the sideways forces shatter the soil profile I prefer these on pasture but not much good on a lawn.timing is everything very soft ground doesn’t aerate very well with shatter tynes and and your tractor Tyers will cause more compaction than you relive.to hard won’t go in to soft do more harm.

John Doe they do cause compaction. Core aerator or don’t bother. Just creating more problems with this type of aerator.

@@jamesbreen7394 based on what I have a ten foot next door with a giant drum and it works just fine they pull it after the first cutting and it does just fine

@@jamesbreen7394 and what part causes compaction in your mind the roller the weight is spread out over the whole drum the spikes are good for the region I'm in

Amen!

Well bolts have been holding the world together for generations and there are welders that can fix those bolt issues if it comes down to it .... all depends on what he paid for it ... as you all know you get what you pay for ....... notice did not hear anything about made in America .... most likely off shore in which case you might get 5 to 10 summers out of it before something bends or breaks ... I think inside rust will be the biggest issue .... seems to be a big problem with off shore stuff ... great paint outside bear metal inside ready to rust.

under $500 tool...should last years and years

And grass seed too! Wooooo!!

I was also thinking of it being useful

bhahhaha.....lots of work has gone into turning this dirt pile into something wonderful

Oil weights 1/3 less than water....better idea a viewer had....concrete!!! Now that sounds good!

Simple enough to drain every season....oil is 1/3 the weight of water too!

We actually did this in our gardens this year...just as a test to see if it would help

Sand!! Great idea!

Hmmm.....well as long as the implement works you should be a happy man. I've given up on receiving an implement without a few dings in it....just what happens during shipment sometimes I guess

Stoney Ridge Farmer Very true, even my EA box grader was shipped poorly. The spike aerator works fine, I think I may prefer a plug aerator over the spiked one though. A plug would create more of a hole where as the spike just creates a slit.

cool...I'm pretty happy with this setup for sure

Might take a few adult beverages for that one bhahaha

Lots of work...and mow mow mow....the grass loves that stimulation...believe it or not this lawn is only 4 years old! Grazing the chickens has really helped alot