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• Triple Threat 33T Posts: 18,668 AG

  September 2016 #2

  Do you have a tractor?

  "Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen."

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• gandrfab Posts: 21,646 AG

  October 2016 #3

  We do 5 with a ride on mower.

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• dnelson Posts: 235 Deckhand

  October 2016 #4

  I have access to a tractor with bush hog- but it's a little inconvenient.

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• Gardawg Posts: 17,504 AG

  October 2016 #5

  Do you want a self powered rotary cutter or one that works off a pto?
  
  
  
  

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• dnelson Posts: 235 Deckhand

  October 2016 #6

  Self powered

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• Gardawg Posts: 17,504 AG

  October 2016 #7

  dnelson wrote: »

  Self powered

  
  
  I've never used one of those.
  
  Rent one and see how good it works for you.

  "Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can be sometimes easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love." Fred Rogers  
  

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• Triple Threat 33T Posts: 18,668 AG

  October 2016 #8

  Gardawg wrote: »

  I've never used one of those.
  
  Rent one and see how good it works for you.

  
  Same here, rent one if they're available
  
  I have a bush hog and I get a real nice cut with it.

  "Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen."

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• mindyabiness Posts: 8,173 Admiral

  October 2016 #9

  Guy down the road uses 2 of them at once. The mowers are are staggered so he cuts about 8' with every pass. He pulls them with a golf cart.
  I would think that how the mower is hitched would make a big difference in how effective it could be. A rigid, swiveling hitch would allow you to cut forward and backwards. This would make your turns more efficient as well.
  Cutting around obstacles may be difficult as your turning radius is going to be large, making the ability to back up a real asset.

  Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon... No matter how good you are, the bird is going to crap on the board and strut around like it won anyway.
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• TripleX Posts: 1,772 Captain

  October 2016 #10

  How often do you plan on mowing the three acres?

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• Cyclist Posts: 23,340 AG

  October 2016 #11

  Lease it out to a sheep farmer.

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• Sea Snake Posts: 5,536 Admiral

  October 2016 #12

  I had 6 acres and mowed about 5 of those.....even though I had a small tractor, and a finish mower....I didn't like the way it looked a day later. Your tractor tires would lay the grass down and you'd have little "corn rows" once the dew hit it next day and they stood up.
  
  I was cuttin' Bahaia.....and it grows like crazy, with little shoots on top of the grass. Grazing animals love it.
  
  The best solution we came up with as far as cutting it was, we used two ride on yard tractors....John Deere 48 inch cut and an old Snapper 42 inch.....myself and the wife would hop on and each do half and we'd get done in a couple hours or so.
  
  When done, ours would look like a golf course....
  
  An even better solution ( but I didn't have the $$$ to drop on one ) would be a big commercial zero turn mower, of 48 to 60 inch cut spread....
  
  
  .....just sayin'.....

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• dnelson Posts: 235 Deckhand

  October 2016 #13

  Plan on only mowing every two to three weeks. The horse and two miniature donkeys kept it pretty well eaten. I have thought about the sheep but that defeats the purpose of getting rid of the animals.

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