My $1500 rock, maybe?

[rockyridgefarm]

I hit this with my 13’ FALC tiller a couple days ago. It was too dry and I shouldn’t’ve been out, but I really wanted to seed some rye on a very steep bank. This rock was sitting in the ground at the perfect 45* angle to wedge into the rotor and bring it to a stop with a mighty BANG! At that point my late-arriving better judgement kicked in and I took the tiller back to the buildings. Thankfully we got 2.5 badly needed inches of rain here in SW WI yesterday, so maybe I can hog back out and do the 20 acres I wanted to get done. That is, if I didn’t destroy my tiller…

At least I got these steep banks tilled and planted. All that rain, and no washing. Just soaked right in. I expect the rye will be up in a couple days.

 

[Stroby]

I hit this with my 13’ FALC tiller a couple days ago. It was too dry and I shouldn’t’ve been out, but I really wanted to seed some rye on a very steep bank. This rock was sitting in the ground at the perfect 45* angle to wedge into the rotor and bring it to a stop with a mighty BANG! At that point my late-arriving better judgement kicked in and I took the tiller back to the buildings. Thankfully we got 2.5 badly needed inches of rain here in SW WI yesterday, so maybe I can hog back out and do the 20 acres I wanted to get done. That is, if I didn’t destroy my tiller…



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At least I got these steep banks tilled and planted. All that rain, and no washing. Just soaked right in. I expect the rye will be up in a couple days.
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Perfect timing and it looks like a success. Sometimes pain is involved.....just sayin'

 

[JohnRowehl]

Just out of curiosity, what is the cost of rye/bu in your area?

 

[Steve in VA]

I hit this with my 13’ FALC tiller a couple days ago. It was too dry and I shouldn’t’ve been out, but I really wanted to seed some rye on a very steep bank. This rock was sitting in the ground at the perfect 45* angle to wedge into the rotor and bring it to a stop with a mighty BANG! At that point my late-arriving better judgement kicked in and I took the tiller back to the buildings. Thankfully we got 2.5 badly needed inches of rain here in SW WI yesterday, so maybe I can hog back out and do the 20 acres I wanted to get done. That is, if I didn’t destroy my tiller…



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At least I got these steep banks tilled and planted. All that rain, and no washing. Just soaked right in. I expect the rye will be up in a couple days.
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Now I can appreciate your handle. That is a chunk. What kind of rock is it?

 

[used red MN]

What kind of rock is it?

Looks like some variation of limestone to me. On the farm I grew up on in NE KS we had a limestone shelf under the soil to the NW of the house. On the North edge of the shelf was a creek bank that dropped off 15 to 20 feet. You could see the limestone shelf on the bank about 8 ft down from the soil surface. There were veins of silvery gray material in the layers. Used to spent time playing there chipping away at the layers to mine out our “silver” booty!

 

[Willow Lane]

The occasional rock is nothing, when plowing I've seen 3 bottoms out of 4 tripped at the same time. If you want rocks visit New England. Saw recently where some government study found there was 246,000 miles of stone walls in the US, 240,000 of that was in New England.

 

[Janicholson]

Looks like some variation of limestone to me. On the farm I grew up on in NE KS we had a limestone shelf under the soil to the NW of the house. On the North edge of the shelf was a creek bank that dropped off 15 to 20 feet. You could see the limestone shelf on the bank about 8 ft down from the soil surface. There were veins of silvery gray material in the layers. Used to spent time playing there chipping away at the layers to mine out our “silver” booty!

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Probably Mica. Fun to find and interesting uses and history. Jim

 

[Tony in SD]

Thought you were going to tell us about a diamond ring. My mistake. LOL

 

[Vito]

The occasional rock is nothing, when plowing I've seen 3 bottoms out of 4 tripped at the same time. If you want rocks visit New England. Saw recently where some government study found there was 246,000 miles of stone walls in the US, 240,000 of that was in New England.

We like are stone walls up here. Feel sorry for the people who had to clear the land.

Vito

 

[Fixingfarmer]

Gotta test the slip clutch somehow. It ate the rock pretty good I’m sure it’s fine just sharpened the tines a bit.

 

[Harold Hubbard]

We like are stone walls up here. Feel sorry for the people who had to clear the land.

Vito

Old account book of my great grandfather shows paying fifty cents a rod for laying stone walls. I assume this was laying the wall with stone provided by the owner.

 

[tomturkey]

Several years ago going to work one winter morning. I was driving up the entrance ramp to get on the interstate, saw a clump in the road thought it was clump of snow . Wrong!!! it was a very large stone someone lost off of a flatbed pickup or out of one. Blewout my tire, bent my rim, had to have a tow truck, missed a day of work getting everything fixed again. That's my 1500$$ rocjk story. btw I went to the DOT maintenance office and got the rock. It is in a flower bed at home. I certainly hope you did not break your tiller, slope looks good, grow baby grow gobble

 

[bc]

Could be a survey marker from the 1800s. Is there a section corner around there?