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Fire Breaks make or break you

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman February is not the ideal time for us to prepare fire breaks. Frozen ant mounds are hard to mow. The mowed vegetation does not dry well if you want to rake and blow it. A tractor with … Continue reading →

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PTO Blower – Clearing Firebreaks

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Mike Saxton

By Mike Saxton – Manager of Ecological Restoration and Land Stewardship at Shaw Nature Reserve There are certain tools/pieces of equipment that once you have them, you wonder 1) why didn’t I buy this sooner? 2) how did we ever … Continue reading →

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Hay rakes for fire breaks – an equipment review with November 2022 updates

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman At Nachusa Grasslands we have miles of fire breaks that are mowed once a year in the Fall.   We typically use a batwing rotary mower or a flail mower and mow two to four passes with the … Continue reading →

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