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Operate Drag Harrow to Spread Manure

4:50
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What a mess! Let's get out the BIG TRACTOR!

What happens here

Once the drag harrow is securely attached, unfold its 'batwings' using the tractor's hydraulic controls to achieve the full 18-foot spreading width. Drive the tractor across the pasture, systematically covering the area. The drag harrow's metal chains and tines will break down and distribute existing manure pats, ensuring even coverage. For areas with undulating terrain, remember to use the tractor's hydraulic controls (the blue lever and height knob) to raise or lower the drag harrow as needed to prevent it from bending or digging too deeply into depressions. The goal is to spread the manure evenly rather than simply dragging it into piles.

Goal: Unfold the drag harrow and systematically drive across the pasture, using tractor hydraulics to manage harrow height and ensure even manure distribution.

Tools and materials

  • TYM T1104 Tractor

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[Music] foreign our DEF fluid is low this tractor is really cool it has three levers right here each lever controls a hydraulic system on the back of the tractor the blue lever is what's going to control our up and down for the back of the tractor as well as this little knob right here controls the height of our three point and the other two levers control the other two hydraulic ports right there we're just using one of those hydraulic ports when I get done dragging the pastures this thing makes an awesome driveway drag so I had a tractor trailer come up here just the other day and we'll drag the lot up there by the mega shop and we'll drag my driveway it just flattens and Smooths out the driveway really really nicely so that's just part of what will happen but right now you can see it's covered in Grass where it's been sitting I need to do a better job of grass Management in my equipment yard so we're zipping across the farm right now guys to stop by the shop and top off the DEF fluid this tractor has 177 hours on it and this is the first time I've ever had to put DEF fluid in the tractor which is really saying something guys it's not that inconvenient it might be a bit of a pain in the butt to think about but it's not that inconvenient super easy you cannot store DEF fluid in your shop for a very long time and you need to run a tractor that requires DEF fluid letting that tractor sit can damage the system you also need to vary the RPMs on that machine too you need to run the snot out of it basically is what tym told me run this machine down neutral break I don't want to get this stuff on my hands at all whenever I use it I wash my hands really good afterwards you don't have to have an advanced thought process when it comes to having a large tractor like this it has this depth fluid diesel exhaust fluid but you do need to think about it okay that's why I say varying the RPMs don't let this tractor sit and idle like your old 1976 International Harvester can't just let this tractor sit and idle Old Timers are used to letting their diesel engines run run and run some more and we don't do that with a depth tracker so we're up here with the tractor and the Windfield drag Harrow and we are in the midst of manure Nirvana covered pasture basically there's a manure pad every three to five feet out here on this pasture and that's where we've been rolling hay out for the cows you'll see from the Drone footage that there are hay bales that look like they're in a…

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