Pretty much opposite soils and only 40 minutes apart. I don't need much moisture and you probably can hardly keep enough. My well for my house is only about 35' down.
Sense of accomplishment when you get projects like yours finished. I hate trying to work on hills. You must be nervous with the grapple on the hillside? Anytime I'm on slanted ground I keep everything just barely off the ground and ready to lower it quickly when it feels tippy.
I'm lucky on my own property it's too much clay for gophers. Maybe about the only good thing about clay unless you want a hole to hold water, it'll hold water.
Spring tooth works great. Don't see them used very often anymore. Just keep them out of tall grass if you can help it. Got mine so plugged up with grass I burned it cleaned. Figured everything was metal so what the hell. Worked pretty good. Avoided tall grass after that though.
I think a guy can kinda go by feel after doing it for a while. You don't want the disc to be fighting the tractor. Sharp turns are bad but the slower more gradual turns are not to terrible. Also depends on the kind of ground you're working on too. If it discing up pretty easy it isn't as hard...
My in-laws have gophers galore over by Bulldog lake. My dad has them everywhere on his property in Brainerd which is the sandiest ground I've seen other than the beach.