This is not the thickest, tallest bunch of weeds I've ever mowed, but this is the first time my tractor over-heated in the process.
I think these are broom weeds (at least that's what I called them growing up in Southern Oklahoma) and when you bump them, they release hundreds of little parachutists seeds. They continually coated all the pre-screens on my radiator then infiltrated the radiator itself. About every four or five passes I had to stop and clean all the pre-filter screens on the tractor. At one point I didn't catch it in time and the tractor started spewing anti-freeze out the drain tube while the temperature gauge was on the Red H! Of course, I subtracted the downtime from my bill! ;)
Here are some glimpses at the in-process and finished project.
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