Getting Your Ventrac Ready for Fall: Tool-Change Planning and Pre-Snow Maintenance
If you own a Ventrac, this is your busiest three-month stretch of the year. Fall cleanup, leaf work, boom-mower work along tree lines, brush cleanup along ditches, and then winter snow work. The machine you probably ran at 60 percent utilization...
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Pre-Harvest Grain Handling: Augers, Bins, and Dryer Prep for a Smart Fall
The combine gets the pre-harvest attention. It should. But every year, at least a handful of the frustrated harvest calls we take at the parts counter are not about the combine. They are about the auger that would not start when the first load came...
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Best Year-Round Attachments for Skid Steer Users in Indiana
Skid steers are some of the most versatile machines on the market, capable of tackling everything from construction projects to agricultural tasks. With the right attachments, they become valuable machines that work hard all year round. Whether...
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Fall Prep Starts Now: Compact Tractor Attachments to Order Before September
Peak buying season for compact tractors is May and June. Peak buying season for the attachments that make those tractors actually useful is right now. If you bought a 1025R or 2025R or 3025E in the spring and are still running it with just the...
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Skid Steer Attachment Selection: Matching the Right Tool to the Job Site
The most-common mistake we see contractors make is buying the machine first and worrying about attachments later. The right frame is the reverse. The attachments you need are what determine which machine is the right buy. A skid steer that does not...
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All-New Ventrac MP270 Post Mower: Mow More, Trim Less
Fence rows can make an otherwise straightforward mowing job take much longer than expected. The open areas may be finished, but grass around posts, under wire, and beside other obstacles still needs attention. That often means another trip around...
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Mowing in a Drought: How to Adjust Blade Height, Deck Speed, and Watering to Save Your Lawn
If you drove around any Ohio or Indiana county this past weekend, you saw the same thing we did on our own lots. Front yards that were still keeping up in early June are visibly checking out now. Brown edges around driveways. Dry patches under...
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The John Deere Operations Center for Small Farms: You've Set It Up, Now What?
There is a moment that every farm we work with hits in their first year with John Deere Operations Center. The setup went fine. The tractor is talking to the office. The mobile app is installed and shows the home fleet on the map. And then the...
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Battery Chainsaws for Storm Season: Choosing Between EGO Power+, Stihl AK, and Stihl AP
Storm season in Ohio and Indiana runs from late June through early September, and it does not politely announce itself. A derecho line moves through southern Indiana in mid-July, or a straight-line wind event drops half the mature oaks on a country...
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