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[GardenKit]

one gearbox failure in particular

 

Hahaha , Renault gearboxes were more than a bit prone to failure. The gears and shafts were normally good. It was the synchro's that failed.

 

Marvellous tractors though.

[Daniël Bos]

Used to have a 65-14(I think?) and it was awesome.

Tiny wee tractor on 650's all round, the cab would have never got wet driving into the sea!

 

Did have to replace the synchro rings on the shuttle more than once though...

[alex_m]

Been rolling the fields on the farm today. Nice weather for it.

[18 stoner]

Just curious, but why have you been rolling grass with a flat roller?

[Rich2484]

Just curious, but why have you been rolling grass with a flat roller?

 

Pushes the moisture back into the ground and root systems...

 

Plus it make it easier to walk on. :lol:

 

And you get pretty lines in it....

[alex_m]

Don't ask me. Honestly, i'm no farmer, i just happen to live on a farm and he asked if i could go up and down the field for a few hours

[dangeroussteve]

Just curious, but why have you been rolling grass with a flat roller?

 

It pushes stones in, compacts mole hills or damage to field so help minimise contamination to hay/silage. also can cause the grass to tiller out so make a thicker sward.

 

 

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[alex_m]

It pushes stones in, compacts mole hills or damage to field so help minimise contamination to hay/silage. also can cause the grass to tiller out so make a thicker sward.

 

Yeh I was just going to say that...

[18 stoner]

Pushes the moisture back into the ground and root systems...

 

Plus it make it easier to walk on. :lol:

 

And you get pretty lines in it....

 

It pushes stones in, compacts mole hills or damage to field so help minimise contamination to hay/silage. also can cause the grass to tiller out so make a thicker sward.

 

 

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I wondered if those answers would come up!

 

In fact, rolling with a flat roller is one of the worse things you could do, I only asked as its a method that was proven to have too many negative results, before the tractor was even invented!

 

Rich, pushing moisture is not needed, the roots of the grass will already be below the compression level of using a flat roller. Using a flat roller actually caps the soil and prevents moisture penetration.

 

Steve, most of what you say would be correct if a cambridge style roller was used, not a flat one. Harrows should be used to level molehills prior to rolling as, if they're rolled in this causes massive compaction restricting root growth where the mole hill is. Following harrowing, it should then be rolled with a ringed roller to promote tillering, thats what they were designed for. The ringed roller will obviously still push in stones and repair surface damage to prevent crop contamination.

 

 

 

 

 

Just thought I'd clear up the reason I asked!

 

 

Rick is spot on though, it does look pretty:001_rolleyes:

 

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[Peasgood]

Load and a half of logs