Pasquali Walking Tractor - New Garden Toy
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2023 6:10 am
These walking tractors are Italian made and imported direct by a local Ag supply company. They come fitted as standard with a rotary hoe, with around 10 other attachments available that connect through a quick release PTO mechanism. Very easy to change over. Had a demo run of the hoe and a rotary plough about 2 weeks ago and proceeded to order one plus rotary plough and Flail mower. Had the tractor fitted with dual wheels also, which will (hopefully) enable me to use it when the ground is wetter than what I can currently do with the ride-on mower. Other bits, like a potato lifter and a bed former will follow.
Fifteen year old son wanted a go, but found the duals to much to allow him to easily turn the unit, so they came off, not needed at the moment anyway.
The hoe is good and will make bed prep easy, the plough will smash up any ground that I want to use that has not been worked before easily.
Only used the flail so far and it is a beast, cuts grass that is equivalent to ready for hay easily and turns it into mulch ready for the compost bin in one pass.
Showing "Hay" in the background and raked area in foreground. While son was mowing, I got busy with rake and wheelbarrow moving cut grass out of his way and into compost bins. Flail cuts down to roughly and Inch high, going to have to look at fitting slides under the sides of the flail to give it a little more height and stop it cutting into the ground when wet.
The area above has not still fully dried out, the walking tractor is leaving readily visible tracks as it cuts. Flail sits out front, handlebars are reversible and can be used in off set mode so that if one is using the hoe or plough one does not leave tracks in worked up area.
This area is a built up bank and before cutting was flowering dock stems and Kikiyu to about 18 inches long. Kikiyu is a Couch type grass with trailing stems and rhizomes that are about 1/4 inch thick. Very hard on mowers, the flail just destroyed it, mulching it up so that I can rake the area and add to compost bins and will be able to keep short with the ride on now.
Fifteen year old son wanted a go, but found the duals to much to allow him to easily turn the unit, so they came off, not needed at the moment anyway.
The hoe is good and will make bed prep easy, the plough will smash up any ground that I want to use that has not been worked before easily.
Only used the flail so far and it is a beast, cuts grass that is equivalent to ready for hay easily and turns it into mulch ready for the compost bin in one pass.
Showing "Hay" in the background and raked area in foreground. While son was mowing, I got busy with rake and wheelbarrow moving cut grass out of his way and into compost bins. Flail cuts down to roughly and Inch high, going to have to look at fitting slides under the sides of the flail to give it a little more height and stop it cutting into the ground when wet.
The area above has not still fully dried out, the walking tractor is leaving readily visible tracks as it cuts. Flail sits out front, handlebars are reversible and can be used in off set mode so that if one is using the hoe or plough one does not leave tracks in worked up area.
This area is a built up bank and before cutting was flowering dock stems and Kikiyu to about 18 inches long. Kikiyu is a Couch type grass with trailing stems and rhizomes that are about 1/4 inch thick. Very hard on mowers, the flail just destroyed it, mulching it up so that I can rake the area and add to compost bins and will be able to keep short with the ride on now.
