So I put the 6' Whistler on the MF35 and tackled the old horse pasture, an area notorious for nasty hardheads reaching up to snag implements. Six hours later I had all the dry parts under control, with the Whistler seemingly none the worse for wear, even after a couple of ear-shattering flights away from nasty boulders.The tractor did a great job, unlike the Ferguson TEA20, which was so unprepared for the challenge it ended up belly-hung on a great, whacking boulder. Anyway, a lot of the stones were just lying there exposed, so I thought it would be a good idea to pick some of them and get them out of the equation for the next session. The first two went fine: I scooped up two hundred pounds of rock and a big chunk of sod, muscled the hardhead onto the trailer, and replaced the divot. But then I tried one that didn't want to come out. Ulp. One tooth on the old Freeman bucket now droops down about eight inches. Quick, bend it back. Full weight of the front of the MF only took it back 6" before it cooled down to where it wouldn't bend any more. So my question is this: do those teeth need to be 17" long? What if I cut them off to about 5" with an angle grinder or cutting torch? What would I lose if I have very little manure to handle? Thanks.
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