[AT] A new one

[Spencer Yost]

I am always up for adventure, but he’s braver than me..


Great video, thanks for sharing.


Spencer Yost

> On Aug 12, 2019, at 1:44 AM, Richard Walker <richardwalker at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> Some steep vineyard disking on Martinelli Vineyards Jackass Hill using a JD 420 crawler, akin to a 40C.
> 
> "This rugged section of the ranch is referred to by the Martinelli family as "Jackass Hill", because only a jackass would farm a hill that steep. Jackass Hill is the steepest non-terraced hillside vineyard in Sonoma County".
> 
> Note at 2:00 minutes in when an "oops" downhill slide wipes out several 100-year-old vines.  
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx7mcu_P21g
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> http://www.martinelliwinery.com/vineyard/jackass-hill/
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> My guess is that today's normal cultivation on Jackass Hill now employs different equipment than a restored 420 JD crawler pulling an old offset disk.  But for a professionally produced video documentary, it's cool to see the old stuff brought back in action as it was two generations ago. 
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> 
> Richard
> 
> 
>> I talked with my friend again about the Antonio Carraros. They purchased two. $140K so whoever it was that guessed 150 wasn't that far off. For use in the hilliest of their vineyards near Calistoga, CA. Apparently barely passable if wet. The one thing she did say after driving one is that it's pretty cramped. Tough for a fat old guy like me. Guess they wouldn't go for a couple of 40C or the like. 
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