Truck Reviews

Four-wheel drive is also ideal if you want to get down and dirty in tough conditions. So if you're farming without a farm truck, by all means, consider getting one. We use our four-wheel-drive truck every winter for the purpose of moving hay from one...

“Hauling livestock to market two times a year is hardly the same as hauling goods across the country on a daily basis,” Bacus says. The amendment, introduced by Sen. “Farmers who transport their product outside the state should be exempted from...

Fully outfitted for towing, they can pull more than 10 tons. Connecting the trailer to a receiver hitch is quick and easy and, depending on the rating, can haul as much as 6 tons. Sway stabilizers help high-profile trailers track straight in high winds.

I had a lunch date with some gardening friends last week, and as it tends to do with this group, the conversation eventually turned to compost . I do think this is a valid concern, but when composting on such a large scale, the temperature of the pile...

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. Adding bedding is important because dog- crate floors are slippery.

If properly managed, a fiddlehead patch can last a lifetime. I drove away from there, rubbing my hands together in anticipationStart scouting your secret patch a few weeks before Mother's Day.

As is true of most things and places, the more money, the better one ate. The addition of eggs made all the difference. It seems too sweet to me. Oh, it might not have been rum, I doubt that my good grandmother would have had such a thing in her house:...

“Not everyone goes to the farmers market and buys a week's worth of food, says Bradley Taylor, farmer and co-founder of Farm a la Carte. “We'll pull in, sell for 30 minutes and then pack up and head to the next town.” Tags gorge grown , Jodi Helmer...

I bought one pot of tete-a-tetes for my father, who lives at an assisted living center where they seem to have only artificial plants, and one for myself. Frustrated gardeners have long forced bulbs into flowering early, tricking bulbs into thinking it...

After you have a spot for all that free wood, you need to log on to your local www.Craigslist.com or go in and sign up for "yahoo groups freecycle". Now I had this huge pile of materials in my backyard, do yourself a favor and sort your wood into stacks...

In addition, you are paying for the fees of the truck whether it is full or not, so combine your costs by joining with other farmers to fill the truck to capacity.Total the final number of boxes of product to be shipped and their weight per unit, if applicable.

There were two-horse bumper-pull trailers and big gooseneck types that could easily haul a dozen animals. If you're a first-time trailer buyer, you may not have an angel with you as you go shopping, but armed with some knowledge, you will improve your...

If you have access to a truck, cart the pine straw to the truck and dump it out.Drive to the pine straw producer you've chosen. Pine needles, sometimes called pine straw, are sold to landscapers, garden centers and nurseries for use as mulch.

“We needed this truck and would have figured out a way to purchase it eventually, but thanks to this new microloans program, we were able to do it quicker and take advantage of terrific terms and interest rates.” For more information, contact your...

Autumn leaves can be collected and piled to make into leaf mold for the garden and to provide overwintering beneficial insects a place to live. Tags hacks , leaf mold Lies Van Rompaey/Flickr In winter, insects, arachnids and gastropods go into a state...

Work has begun on our new patio. We have a long way to go on the project, but just having it underway feels great! Here's to new beginnings! « More Dirt on Gardening » Tags Jessica Walliser , patio , patios , pavers

To get involved in the school meetings regarding the mine, visit the Cochrane-Fountain City School District website . An estimate of as many as 1,000 truck trips a day past the school is expected.

The catch cloth is then dumped into a truck called a "goat" which then dumps the oranges into an empty semi-truck trailer.Another method of mechanical orange harvesting is called tractor shake.

Lawn mower tires aren't designed for use in snow, so you might need to purchase some tire chains (as their name implies, chains that wrap around tires) to give your machine better grip.

A ram that is conditioned to raise his head when he's with humans is much less likely to charge them. But don't hit their foreheads! To a ram that mean's you're responding to their challenge and you want to fight.

On the farm, dealing with all this snow requires some machinery. Cons: Most snow blowers aren't very big, and using one for clearing large areas of snow (such as a lengthy farm driveway) takes a long time and is tiring as well as inefficient.

Splitting water requires energy, which comes from electricity furnished by a battery and alternator combination. “These gases, in our case, are fed directly into the intake manifold of the vehicle,” Anderson explains.

Plants have a remarkable way of surviving and perhaps one day, I just may see a small ivy leaf emerge. Soon, it was just a stick. My thinking - right, wrong or indifferent - is that if I keep it wet enough, the plant will come back to life.

Blooms are white-near white and appear from12 to 18 inches and needs 9 to 12 inches to spread. A trip home from the local nursery with a pick-up truck load of healthy happy shrubs is exciting--you can see your landscape coming together! Thoughts of lining...

Choices include crimson clover (Trifolium pratense), annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) or hairy vetch (Vicia villosa). Cover crops also are called green manure because when you chop them up into the soil once they mature, they rot quickly and add nutrients.

This will keep the avocados cool during the shipping process. In order to safely get the avocados across the country, and even across the world, the avocados must be shipped properly.

They cost more than chains for cutting softwood, such as pine, but they will hold an edge longer. By my estimates, one pallet lasts almost two days. Because pallets have a short lifespan, the heads of the cheap nails in pallets are a rusty reddish-brown,...