10-10-2004, 02:28 PM
A new tractor! How fun. It sounds like, from other posts, that this is also your first tractor experience. I want to caution you on a point or two, having logged many hours on a farm tractor in field and forest.
High grass: can contain obstacles which can damage your equipment not to mention cause injury. You need to get to know your land and I advise proceeding with a good degree of caution. If the land has been farmed in the past then any amount of old fence posts and wire, old machinery, rocks and debris can be discovered under that grass. High grass can also hide pukas.
As romantic and adventursome as farming can be it is also one of the most dangerous occupations.
Not trying to be alarmist, just concerned that your first cruise over your fields is pleasant.
Best wishes.
Chairman, Punaweb Committee, MSPA
High grass: can contain obstacles which can damage your equipment not to mention cause injury. You need to get to know your land and I advise proceeding with a good degree of caution. If the land has been farmed in the past then any amount of old fence posts and wire, old machinery, rocks and debris can be discovered under that grass. High grass can also hide pukas.
As romantic and adventursome as farming can be it is also one of the most dangerous occupations.
Not trying to be alarmist, just concerned that your first cruise over your fields is pleasant.
Best wishes.
Chairman, Punaweb Committee, MSPA
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