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Taking the lumps out.

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Loren

07-15-2006 14:47:03




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I have an opportunity to get a job smoothing out a grass field here for an outfit wanting to hold events there. I will need to come up with a bid and method of working it that will eliminate the gopher hills along with hopefully smooth most of the clumps of Fescue. I have a somewhat lightweight 8' double gang pull disc, double section pull springtooth and can rig up I beams or something else for a drag. My friend has offered the use of his pasture harrow(chainlink style), and what he is calling an orchard disc. It's maybe 4 feet wide with discs that are about 2' diameter, double gang. International 300U and Oliver 77 Starndard to pull with. I'm sure the landowners will not want to go through serious ground tillage with plowing. This event is slated for next, late spring if memory serves correctly. I see the major problem with the Fescue clumps. Am I correct about that? The field is quite a bit smoother than a couple hay fields I do.
What would you folks recommend for method and feasability? Thanks.

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JD9295

07-16-2006 12:53:21




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 Re: Taking the lumps out. in reply to Loren, 07-15-2006 14:47:03  
raking and baling would help also on the clumps. that will get rid of the clippings, i would mow it close and round bale and feed it to the cows



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Loren

07-16-2006 14:10:00




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 Re: Taking the lumps out. in reply to JD9295, 07-16-2006 12:53:21  
Again, I seem to have left out an important part of the situation. We have already taken the hay off half of it and the other was mulched in early June. I do think that half will need to be cut again and maybe the clipping's removed going by what you all have said. If I can persuade them to let me, would shallow work with a tiller be a good method? Appreciate the info so far.



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Chick

07-16-2006 05:58:54




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 Re: Taking the lumps out. in reply to Loren, 07-15-2006 14:47:03  
Spray the fescue first, let it die, then start close mowing. Use a box blade to spareingly shave any small hills.



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hayray

07-16-2006 04:18:17




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 Re: Taking the lumps out. in reply to Loren, 07-15-2006 14:47:03  
Everybody is right about your disk, just way too light. There is something else you could do - use some round up this fall on it and give it all winter to die and rot and then your light equipment would do alot better but you are going to need to preceed this with a moldboard plow, then your disk and I-beam and chain link would do pretty good. Otherwise you would need to plow it early fall or late summer and start fallowing it. The round up would really help get rid of the clumps of sod that your light disk won't get rid of.

Ray

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paul

07-15-2006 21:18:56




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 Re: Taking the lumps out. in reply to Loren, 07-15-2006 14:47:03  
You need to talk to the ground maintenence folks at some grass-runway airports.

You got all the wrong tools, a disk will make it wavy.

All you need is a heavy roller during the right season.

--->Paul



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Nebraska Cowman

07-15-2006 18:43:11




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 Re: Taking the lumps out. in reply to Loren, 07-15-2006 14:47:03  
Who is going to get rid of the gophers? How big is the area? I doubt your light disk will do much, the springtooth will load up with the clumps and those chain ling drags are worthless for anything except breaking up cow pies. Me? I'd pass.Other wise my suggestion would match JD's. Mow close and get rid of the "hay" Then disk (heavy disk) several times and use a rake to gather up and remove the clumps.

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jd9295

07-15-2006 16:41:13




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 Re: Taking the lumps out. in reply to Loren, 07-15-2006 14:47:03  
i sure wouldnt run either of the discs you talked about over it! if you have until next spring i would start mowing it CLOSE to the ground. that will start the fescue clumps to going away. gopher holes, maybe after you mow it down a few times check and see how bad they are and fill them in.
last thing youll want in those fescue clumps is a disc if your not going to redo the whole thing



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