Best Flatbed Trailer

A couple of years ago, I added a few upgrades to one of my hay wagons. Its one of the farm tools for which I'm most thankful . Most hay wagons are relatively simple, but with a few DIY modifications, you can upgrade your hay wagon to make it even more...

She illustrates with an example: “Let's say that you are driving along with your trailer and have an accident that is your fault—maybe the trailer comes unhitched and goes down the road and whacks another vehicle.

Hooking up some larger trailers can require a lot of strength (and perhaps more than one person), but small carts are light enough that you can easily pull them across the yard by hand if necessary.

DR Power Equipment 7. The Original Worm Ease achy muscles after shoveling snow and completing winter chores with the original Worm. Tractor Supply Co. This story originally appeared in the January/February 2018 issue of Hobby Farms.

It's astonishing how many bits of bark and leaves and small branches are scattered across the area, and you'll probably discover gouges in the ground from the impact of the tree. This is a much more efficient and easier way to handle the sheer volume...

Do you have the right stuff? Although a pickup is a big investment, when you take care of it (remember to change that oil every 3,500 miles) it can last for decades. Hand Tools Daniel Johnson Every farm needs a variety of hand tools such as locking pliers...

Carry a spare wheel-bearing set in case of premature failure on the road. If it changes more than 15 percent, you get an alert; if it drops below 25 percent, you get another alert.

Patterned after traditional New England clam baskets, Pike's Original Maine Garden Hods, manufactured by Maine Garden Products, are a cut way above a bucket or sack. Here are some items to consider to help you get the job done.

According to the Louisiana State University Ag Center, most backhoe attachments are designed to dig as deep as 10 feet. The University of Georgia Extension offers a guide to determining the size of tractor you need for your farm.

The classified site has a section dedicated to farm and garden supplies, and I start there when looking for anything. We purchased our Dexter cows from a kindly hobby farming couple a few hours down the road, and we carried them home in an old trailer...

Slamming the doors on our animals, we breathed a sigh of relief and vowed to figure this out before the next delivery. Now, we build our pastures with a removable section of electric fencing, providing a space we can back the trailer into well in advance...

5356 is probably the most widely used and offers greater tensile strength. It should be replaced if the opening appears oblong rather than round. Step 2 Next, vigorously brush the area to be welded using a stainless-steel wire brush.

Livestock carriers, like goat totes, are perfect for hauling livestock in a truck. It's important to protect animals hauled in trucks from wind, cold and rain, and if you stop in the summer, be sure to park in the shade so your animals don't overheat.

A neglected plant can develop such a long "neck" that it seems to crawl right over the rim of its pot, but that doesn't make it a trailer. Check out the bonsai section of your local nursery.

You may be able to remove larger crowns as well, allowing several new suckers and crowns to form in the resulting gaps. For a fuller effect, combine several rooted cuttings in a pot, unless growing for show.Trailers grown for show must be single plants...

On the downside, they are a little more difficult to hook up, especially to a pickup truck with a tailgate, and they require a ball in the center of an otherwise flat pickup truck bed.

Also, make hay available for all animals to munch on during travel. Separate Large & Small Animals Because you'll be traveling with large and small animals, panel off the larger animals from the smaller ones for protection.

We give them love. The people who were purchasing our house wanted the chickens and the coop to be part of the deal, but I wasn't about to leave my little ladies or their home behind.

Being out in that dry, cold wind can really wear you out. Audrey Pavia Keeping farm animals in the city can be a real hoot. Even though there are 90 miles of trails in our urban farm community, it's nice to ride someplace new.

Sides or No Sides? At first glance, a wagon with sides seems most ideal—after all, you don't want your tools or supplies rattling off while traversing a bumpy path. On the other hand, I've found that flatbed carts are better at transporting objects...

TJ: By choosing to use bicycles and organic, no-till farming practices, we had lower startup costs than if we had opted for mechanization. Do you retrofit the bicycles yourself? We source compost , chicken feed and straw bales for mulch from off-farm.

However, you may have inherited an ivy-filled garden or find this emerald-leaved beauty too hard to resist. Removing these unruly shoots will keep your ivy at the desired size, and as an added benefit, ivy cuttings root easily when transplanted into a...

Rather, it is a thoughtful selection of gathering together those that will spend the winter closer to me under my protective custody.It is not an easy process. This ancient and versatile species of Coleus lends itself to hanging baskets which can be used...

California oaks and sycamores provided plenty of shade. Milagro was a champ, behaving like a gentleman at the vet checks and obeying my various requests along the way. Milagro has always ridden with a buddy on these things, and he's not a happy camper...

Each sprayer has its place on my farm. Borrow the neighbor's, fill it with water, and spray it out. “A backpack is handy for landscape spraying and getting down through the vegetation to your target—whether it is a weed or a pest—however, a mounted...

If you have spent any amount of time working with fences , you know they require a lot of time and effort to construct, as well as a lot of attention and maintenance to remain in working order.

She sells some of her products to local restaurants, she has a few regular customers who have standing orders, and she has a little booth at the local daily fruit and vegetable market in the center of town.