(June 2, 2023 at 3:24 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: You can run a 48 inch hiller/shaper/layer in two passes with a 40hp tractor..if it's a 4x4.
Also, it costs about two grand to dig a sub40hp tractor out of thick clay mud.
We once pulled a bullock out of a bog with a tractor. Tractor got stuck. Neighbouring farm loaned us their extraction rig. That got stuck. Eventually got everything out with five chains of heavy cable, several winches, and a lot of bad language.
Boru
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