Where to buy buffalo for rice farming - Paging Jimbeam

Water buffalo. just looked them up and "technically" everyone else calls them stubble rollers apparently. How big of one are you looking for?

Yeah most fab shops in SWLA either have them, could make them, or tell you who's selling a used one. I've seen small ones on LA sportsman

They're called Snake Killers around here. Not sure Ive seen one small enough for a 75hp tractor to pull. They're pretty big.

They're not super hard to pull, but we're usually pulling with a 250 or 400hp Deere Maybe a 6 or 8 footer really not sure. It mainly depends on how nasty the field is

We mainly use it to smash ruts after harvest to make it easier on the plow and tractor.

We made one out of 12 inch pipe and some angle iron. Take some 6x2 angle and weld it on the pipe. We welded a angle on each end with hole in it and made an axle for it with small wheels. Does pretty good behind four wheeler to knock grass down.

Ill see if I can find a picture

I've got one sitting in the barn but you ain't pulling it with a 75 horse.

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KingRanch

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You hunt this weekend?


Yeah we have 2 that we pull behind the side by sides but they aren't getting the job done. Thus I'm looking one for the tractor.

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What is the purpose of this type of implement....is it used to chop stubble on dry ground or is the point to bury stubble so it will rot?

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We call them snake charmers. I'm not a rice farmer, but our neighbors are and they run theirs in the mud to flatten out combine ruts and it's supposed to help deteriorate the stubble.

They call them roller choppers in South Texas. They usually pull with a bulldozer or one of those huge 8 wheeled beast articulating tractors.

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