[AT] tractor fuel efficiency

[Ralph Goff]

John,,, neither river or canal. We call them "sloughs" here. Small 
depressions in the land that gather melt water in spring and rain water 
through the summer. In a very dry year they will disappear and produce a 
good crop of slough hay. But in a year like this one slough fills up and 
runs over into the next one so eventually quite a few of normally seeded 
acres are under water or too wet to pull an implement through without 
getting stuck. I'm hearing some interesting stories of stuck equipment this 
spring . Everything from grain and fertilizer trucks to anhydrous 
applicators (me on that last one).
We are pretty well unregulated on how close we seed to these sloughs 
although I think its a little more critical on a creek or river. The only 
restriction I have is on how close I can seed to the water without spinning 
out with the tractor and getting stuck.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] tractor fuel efficiency


> Ralph, is that a river or canal you are seeding very close to? Kind of 
> surprising since around here I can't get wtihin 20 ft---thats using 
> no-till, against a grass seeded waterway (only carries water in big 
> rains). And thats becasue I signed papers agreeing to do so for the feds 
> years ago. Those that didn't have to stay 60ft away.
>
> John Hall
>