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Upgrading my 12' shredder to a new Viper.... Stock photo, as I pick it up tomorrow... Sold my Woods 12' shredder. It was kind of a disappointment. The wings get VERY hard to raise and lower. In fact, one side won't come all the way up now. (The hinges and wing pin just fit too tight, and a little bit of dust and rust causes that.) The new Viper is completely hot dipped galvanized. It also cuts brush of twice the diameter the Woods cuts. (Woods 1.5" vs Viper 3") I'll be putting it behind my 75hp tractor. Should be a go getter for years to come. P.S. ~ Help Wanted Ad: I could use someone for a month or so to drive one of my tractors around, shredding, shooting hogs, coyotes and rattlesnakes off the tractor... I pay cash, and provide a nice place to stay.Any takers?
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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P.S. ~ Help Wanted Ad: I could use someone for a month or so to drive one of my tractors around, shredding, shooting hogs, coyotes and rattlesnakes off the tractor... I pay cash, and provide a nice place to stay.
Any takers?
Nobody?
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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P.S. ~ Help Wanted Ad: I could use someone for a month or so to drive one of my tractors around, shredding, shooting hogs, coyotes and rattlesnakes off the tractor... I pay cash, and provide a nice place to stay.
Any takers?
Nobody? You didn't specify where this was at
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Outside Victoria.
I have a new project out of Yoakum now that needs 1000 acres shredded.
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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Lol, I used to live in those environs... this time of year, fugeddaboit it! Maybe from December 21 to January 15....
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P.S. ~ Help Wanted Ad: I could use someone for a month or so to drive one of my tractors around, shredding, shooting hogs, coyotes and rattlesnakes off the tractor... I pay cash, and provide a nice place to stay.
Any takers?
Nobody? Is it hot there?
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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Is it hot there? You can put lit charcoal briquettes under each arm. That'll cool you off some
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Wish I didn't have to work. Sounds like it would be fun. For a month. Looking at brush all day, would get old pretty quick.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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Outside Victoria.
I have a new project out of Yoakum now that needs 1000 acres shredded. Too far for me, but I'll ask a man I know. He mostly runs a medium sized dozer, but can handle about any ag equipment made. He's been overseeing a small cattle operation, but last I heard the owner got bored with it and wanted to go do something else and was selling
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Wish I didn't have to work. Sounds like it would be fun. For a month. Looking at brush all day, would get old pretty quick.
Actually, besides sitting in a blind, I can't think of a more peaceful thing I'd rather do. If it weren't for giving my numb butt cheeks a rest and refueling and toilet break I'd sit a tractor all day
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IIRC, newer tractor with A/C'd cab? New cutter? Sounds like a cushy job to me...
1000 acres would take bit. Depends on how rough the ground is and what you're cutting.
How fast can you pull your cutter on this job?
Always drink upstream from the herd...cowdoc...
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Doctor Dan, you seem to be smart enough to not get into many donnybrooks up on the freak show.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Thanks Richard, it's just that I'm not witty enough to compete up there.
Or not mean enough?
Always drink upstream from the herd...cowdoc...
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Is it hot there? You can put lit charcoal briquettes under each arm. That'll cool you off some That’s no bueno. How about January, Barry? I got that open!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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Wish I didn't have to work. Sounds like it would be fun. For a month. Looking at brush all day, would get old pretty quick.
Actually, besides sitting in a blind, I can't think of a more peaceful thing I'd rather do. If it weren't for giving my numb butt cheeks a rest and refueling and toilet break I'd sit a tractor all day Can't begin to guess the hours I've spent sitting in some seat listening to an engine. Bobcat to semis, ag, construction, timber...love it, but boredom comes easy to me. Relaxed peace is boredoms foundation. Nothing more fun than learning a new machine or process. One a good level of competence is attained though, zzzz.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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IIRC, newer tractor with A/C'd cab? New cutter? Sounds like a cushy job to me...
1000 acres would take bit. Depends on how rough the ground is and what you're cutting.
How fast can you pull your cutter on this job? Oh, heck ya! Both tractors have a/c cabs, stereo, and air ride seats! Both are equipped with a hog gun rack! Medium rough in this area, due to some hog damage... I'm making about 3.4mph pulling the 15' batwing.
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Is it hot there? You can put lit charcoal briquettes under each arm. That'll cool you off some That’s no bueno. How about January, Barry? I got that open! January's for huntin', not workin'... Don'tchaknow?
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Got that new Viper outside on the trailer just waiting for me to unload it. But it's 103* in the shade right now... Wonder if that could wait til in the morning?
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berry if it was closer i would love to do it . i got a 19 hp tractor with a 4ft bushhog that i mow with in the woods here .i would be walking in high cotton using one of your rigs
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What kind country/vegetation ya "shredding" that can be done with a bushhog (oops, patent/copyright infringement, "shredder")?
How much of it is too rough to get to with your tractors?
Devil is in the details, living conditions and pay scale.
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