siegmund25
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I live on 10 acres. I mowed about 6 acres with a finish mower for the first 15 years then stopped mowing about 3 acres in the back. I was working then and got tired of mowing so much. That was about 15 years ago. No trees or weeds for the first several years, just tall grass. Last fall I mowed it with a rented tractor and bush hog. It was full of saplings 1" and smaller, about 20 2" saplings and six trees 5" oak being the largest. I only mowed over the 1" and smaller saplings and mowed around the 2" saplings and trees.
I removed the 2" saplings by hand. I burned off the dead grass after it dried enough. I marked all the stobs I could find (about 500) with flags and cut them close with a chainsaw. After I remove the six larger tree stumps and roots when it dries up in the spring I would like to plow it.
I have a JD 5103 (about 50hp) and an Iternational 420 plow (2 bottom 14"). Will I be able to pllow this or will the roots mess me up? The tractor has good ag tires (fluid filled) and 800 lbs of weight on the front.
We are over run with deer here and I will put it in food plots after I get it tillable. Sorry for the long post.
I removed the 2" saplings by hand. I burned off the dead grass after it dried enough. I marked all the stobs I could find (about 500) with flags and cut them close with a chainsaw. After I remove the six larger tree stumps and roots when it dries up in the spring I would like to plow it.
I have a JD 5103 (about 50hp) and an Iternational 420 plow (2 bottom 14"). Will I be able to pllow this or will the roots mess me up? The tractor has good ag tires (fluid filled) and 800 lbs of weight on the front.
We are over run with deer here and I will put it in food plots after I get it tillable. Sorry for the long post.