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Give a neighbor with a heavy disc a bottle of good sipping whiskey to come over and disc it for you.
I'd pay somebody more than that. The guy way up on the hill across the street is a fatcat that owns several hundred acres. I've never met him. But I occasionally see one of his hired men out working with some kind of big ass John Deere tractor. I'd be more than happy to stick a couple of hundred dollar bills in his hand to bring it across the road here and disc that stuff up for me. I just hate to ask. I don't want to be "that guy" that goes around asking the neighbors for favors. It's not a favor if money is involved. It's honest work for honest wages...
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Give a neighbor with a heavy disc a bottle of good sipping whiskey to come over and disc it for you.
I'd pay somebody more than that. The guy way up on the hill across the street is a fatcat that owns several hundred acres. I've never met him. But I occasionally see one of his hired men out working with some kind of big ass John Deere tractor. I'd be more than happy to stick a couple of hundred dollar bills in his hand to bring it across the road here and disc that stuff up for me. I just hate to ask. I don't want to be "that guy" that goes around asking the neighbors for favors. It's not a favor if money is involved. It's honest work for honest wages... That's true. I need to go do that.
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Give a neighbor with a heavy disc a bottle of good sipping whiskey to come over and disc it for you.
I'd pay somebody more than that. The guy way up on the hill across the street is a fatcat that owns several hundred acres. I've never met him. But I occasionally see one of his hired men out working with some kind of big ass John Deere tractor. I'd be more than happy to stick a couple of hundred dollar bills in his hand to bring it across the road here and disc that stuff up for me. I just hate to ask. I don't want to be "that guy" that goes around asking the neighbors for favors. Is this the same guy that forbids fishing on his pond?
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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To bad you can’t find a one-way disc.
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I appreciate you looking for me, Sam. But my little 8N won't pull them big sumbitches.
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Give a neighbor with a heavy disc a bottle of good sipping whiskey to come over and disc it for you.
I'd pay somebody more than that. The guy way up on the hill across the street is a fatcat that owns several hundred acres. I've never met him. But I occasionally see one of his hired men out working with some kind of big ass John Deere tractor. I'd be more than happy to stick a couple of hundred dollar bills in his hand to bring it across the road here and disc that stuff up for me. I just hate to ask. I don't want to be "that guy" that goes around asking the neighbors for favors. Is this the same guy that forbids fishing on his pond? No,...the guy with the pond is another guy. I met him recently. He's okay. Strangely enough,..his last name is the same as my mother's maiden name,...and his ancestors came from Virginia,.....as did mine, of that name. We're probably 9th damn cousins, or something.
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Give a neighbor with a heavy disc a bottle of good sipping whiskey to come over and disc it for you.
I'd pay somebody more than that. The guy way up on the hill across the street is a fatcat that owns several hundred acres. I've never met him. But I occasionally see one of his hired men out working with some kind of big ass John Deere tractor. I'd be more than happy to stick a couple of hundred dollar bills in his hand to bring it across the road here and disc that stuff up for me. I just hate to ask. I don't want to be "that guy" that goes around asking the neighbors for favors. Is this the same guy that forbids fishing on his pond? No,...the guy with the pond is another guy. I met him recently. He's okay. Strangely enough,..his last name is the same as my mother's maiden name,...and his ancestors came from Virginia,.....as did mine, of that name. We're probably 9th damn cousins, or something. He SHOULD let you fish then.
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Oh hell,...I'm no rancher. I'm just a guy who bought a little patch of land that a hippie had grown a big ass fuggin' cane patch on.
I had the forest mulcher guy come out and chop it into mulch,.....but now I've got a foot thick layer of mulch on about a quarter acre.
I need to disc it to hell and gone so I can go over it with the zero turn mower when that damn bamboo sprouts up again in the spring. You’re lying. Post photos or it didn’t happen.
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Bristoe;
Good evening to you sir, I trust the weekend treated you acceptably and this finds you well.
While it's been a good long while since I spent an entire summer in front of a breaking disc, there are a few things that stuck with me that I'll attempt to articulate.
The disc I was pulling that summer was a breaking disc and was extremely heavy, so while it was only 18' wide, it required a tractor which had 150PTO HP/130 HP at the draw bar to pull the heavy rascal.
It absolutely and positively did break up old cattle pastures and sloughs however, which was the purpose of the exercise.
The disc blades on a breaking disc were serrated for lack of a better term, not rounded like a regular disc.
In between the disc blades are spools which I want to say were likely cast? Anyway they do crack and break so any used disc should be inspected carefully for sure, the frame, spools and disc blades are all susceptible to breakage.
That's all I can think of off the top of my semi-ancient memory tonight sir - my goodness that was 44 summers ago when I did that now that I think of it!
All the best to you this fall and good luck on your disc purchase whichever way you decide.
Dwayne I missed your post the first time. I was typing. I appreciate the information.
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I have a 26 foot Wishek disc.
Should be fine.
I am MAGA.
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You will save money by hiring it done.
In training to be an obedient master to my two labs
Shooting, fishing and hunting
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]do you the Rural King stores up in your area?
You could probably get an appropriately sized disc for $ 700-800$
Then it'd be yours if you want get into that old man type gardening lifestyle.
Might have to add some concrete blocks to it for weight.
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]do you the Rural King stores up in your area?
You could probably get an appropriately sized disc for $ 700-800$
Then it'd be yours if you want get into that old man type gardening lifestyle.
Might have to add some concrete blocks to it for weight. $999,...5 foot. Tractor Supply sells the same one for the same money. I might go that route. I'd like to pick up a good used one that I can sell afterwards. My plan is to go out there and drag it around every time I get bored. It would probably take me all winter to get it chopped up with any little disc that I can pull with an 8N.
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"Be sure you're right. Then go ahead." Fess Parker as Davy Crockett
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I am starting to understand that Bristoe and this cane patch are codependent.
I am MAGA.
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No,...no codependant.
It's just that not many people have had a quarter acre of river cane 20 feet tall to deal with.
It's like that old science fiction movie, "The Blob".
It'll eat you if you don't kill it.
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You would be lost without your cane patch and crummy water line.
I am MAGA.
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You're grumpy when you're drinkin'.
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If liquor doesn't make you jocular, you should give it up.
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