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Re: New 53acre purchase

Unread postby Ghost Hunter » Sun Jan 30, 2022 12:57 pm

Congrats ED!!


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Unread postby Kokes » Sun Jan 30, 2022 1:19 pm

oldrank wrote:Landtacular !!!


I literally LOL’d at this…

Guess when you’re around long enough and have read enough of Ed’s kill zone comments you get it

Congrats Ed very happy for you
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Re: New 53acre purchase

Unread postby Andyschulte » Sun Jan 30, 2022 1:25 pm

I’m jealous!

Congratulations!
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Re: New 53acre purchase

Unread postby hunter_mike » Mon Jan 31, 2022 1:35 am

:clap:
Landtacular is correct LOL
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Unread postby Sailfish_WC » Mon Jan 31, 2022 1:53 am

Very nice
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Re: New 53acre purchase

Unread postby Lockdown » Mon Jan 31, 2022 2:07 am

Very cool! Congrats Ed!

I LOL’d at the landtacular comment too
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Re: New 53acre purchase

Unread postby 1STRANGEWILDERNESS » Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:31 am

Congrats!

I don’t know that you need to upgrade your tractor. Though that thing is kind of a lil play toy :lol: what’s that saying? Build a shed or buy a tractor and you’ll always wish you went bigger?

What do you want to do with the tractor? Food plots? I screw around a bit and have had some crappy and very good results.

If you are talking plots I would have a forestry mulcher come in and go to town where you want them. Then you can use a broadcast spreader and sprayer that mount on an atv. I’ve got a 45 hp tractor. I don’t use it much. If I’m planting I have an old quad. I like to spray the area, wait a week or two, spread seed and fertilizer by hand or atv, then go mow the dead stuff with tractor and take atv in to spray again, killing off anything that was beneath the tall weeds. I try to time it right before a rain. The seeds will germinate under the thatch and pop thru.

The first year you wouldn’t have a thatch.perhaps plant buckwheat heavy and seed into it/also kill it later.

Here I would load it up with rye it makes a nice thatch the following yr for me. I just let it seed out and mow it then it grows back with whatever else I mix in.

When I plow with the tractor and plant.. it’s weeds galore.

Sounds like you might have to take some oaks down. Red oak saw logs? Portable sawmill? Nothing like lumber from your own hard work.

Anyhow after all that all I mean to say is unless you’re planning on getting big timber out I wouldn’t worry so much about tractor size.
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Re: New 53acre purchase

Unread postby justdirtyfun » Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:39 am

Congratulations.
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Re: New 53acre purchase

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Mon Jan 31, 2022 7:46 am

1STRANGEWILDERNESS wrote:Congrats!

I don’t know that you need to upgrade your tractor. Though that thing is kind of a lil play toy :lol: what’s that saying? Build a shed or buy a tractor and you’ll always wish you went bigger?

What do you want to do with the tractor? Food plots? I screw around a bit and have had some crappy and very good results.

If you are talking plots I would have a forestry mulcher come in and go to town where you want them. Then you can use a broadcast spreader and sprayer that mount on an atv. I’ve got a 45 hp tractor. I don’t use it much. If I’m planting I have an old quad. I like to spray the area, wait a week or two, spread seed and fertilizer by hand or atv, then go mow the dead stuff with tractor and take atv in to spray again, killing off anything that was beneath the tall weeds. I try to time it right before a rain. The seeds will germinate under the thatch and pop thru.

The first year you wouldn’t have a thatch.perhaps plant buckwheat heavy and seed into it/also kill it later.

Here I would load it up with rye it makes a nice thatch the following yr for me. I just let it seed out and mow it then it grows back with whatever else I mix in.

When I plow with the tractor and plant.. it’s weeds galore.

Sounds like you might have to take some oaks down. Red oak saw logs? Portable sawmill? Nothing like lumber from your own hard work.

Anyhow after all that all I mean to say is unless you’re planning on getting big timber out I wouldn’t worry so much about tractor size.


We live on a lake, & lake lots are small. So cute it is~ :whistle:

Good info -thanks!

Looking to plant the logging strips/roads in specific areas 1st (already to go on that).
Maybe a plot or two over time...
Get some mountain laurel in around a bedding area.
Cut a water hole in.
Some stumping & rock walls.
Timber frame pole barn in a few years...

We are starting out with a used 43' travel trailer to help temper my wife :lol:
She DOES NOT Want to leave the lake.
I told her - congical visits ;)
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Re: New 53acre purchase

Unread postby seazofcheeze » Mon Jan 31, 2022 9:03 am

Congrats Ed, thats awesome! Buck bucks, no whammies!
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Re: New 53acre purchase

Unread postby welded34 » Tue Feb 01, 2022 1:23 am

Awesome congrats man!
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Re: New 53acre purchase

Unread postby headgear » Tue Feb 01, 2022 3:43 am

Congrats! :dance:
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Re: New 53acre purchase

Unread postby Dewey » Tue Feb 01, 2022 12:32 pm

Congrats Ed. I’m sure you and Jake will be making some great memories there. 8-)
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Re: New 53acre purchase

Unread postby tim » Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:06 pm

Congrats Ed. Nothing like owning your own land.
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Re: New 53acre purchase

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Mon Mar 07, 2022 5:53 am

[quote="Edcyclopedia"][quote="1STRANGEWILDERNESS"]Congrats!

I don’t know that you need to upgrade your tractor. [glow=red]Though that thing is kind of a lil play toy :lol: what’s that saying[/glow]? Build a shed or buy a tractor and you’ll always wish you went bigger?

What do you want to do with the tractor? Food plots? I screw around a bit and have had some crappy and very good results.

If you are talking plots I would have a forestry mulcher come in and go to town where you want them. Then you can use a broadcast spreader and sprayer that mount on an atv. I’ve got a 45 hp tractor. I don’t use it much. If I’m planting I have an old quad. I like to spray the area, wait a week or two, spread seed and fertilizer by hand or atv, then go mow the dead stuff with tractor and take atv in to spray again, killing off anything that was beneath the tall weeds. I try to time it right before a rain. The seeds will germinate under the thatch and pop thru.

The first year you wouldn’t have a thatch.perhaps plant buckwheat heavy and seed into it/also kill it later.

Here I would load it up with rye it makes a nice thatch the following yr for me. I just let it seed out and mow it then it grows back with whatever else I mix in.

When I plow with the tractor and plant.. it’s weeds galore.

Sounds like you might have to take some oaks down. Red oak saw logs? Portable sawmill? Nothing like lumber from your own hard work.

Anyhow after all that all I mean to say is unless you’re planning on getting big timber out I wouldn’t worry so much about tractor size.[/quote]

We live on a lake, & lake lots are small. So cute it is~ :whistle:

Good info -thanks!

Looking to plant the logging strips/roads in specific areas 1st (already to go on that).
Maybe a plot or two over time...
Get some mountain laurel in around a bedding area.
Cut a water hole in.
Some stumping & rock walls.
Timber frame pole barn in a few years...

We are starting out with a used 43' travel trailer to help temper my wife :lol:
She DOES NOT Want to leave the lake.
I told her - congical visits ;)[/quote]

From Mini to Maxi tractor!
Closing on land in less than 2 weeks...
Then mud season, what a teaser.
I'm told it's tough to get in before the end of April. They don't know that I have mud running through my veins.
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