I envy you folks that cut "grass"

[WoodlandAM]

The good thing about a TT is it will raise to 6". Properties like these get thrown in the day before we cut them, therefore I cant plan a day of bush hog work so all I can do it knock them out with what the truck is pulling that day. Also, the mobility and speed of the TTs helps. When I look at it in the long run, the time saved on these by using the TTs and still being able to complete my scheduled work offsets the cost of any repairs or replacements that may be necessary. I am looking for any ideas on tires. I probably average one flat tire every day. I foam filled tires on an old mower but they were too heavy and had no flex, lets just say Id rather deal with flats than foam fill again. Anybody run thick rubber tires or have an idea that could help me out?

[LeeRobinson]

Given time is money, I would like to ask...what takes less time...getting the bushhog or repairing the destroyed finish mower parts?

[rm25x]

I have to wonder if you do enough of these to warrant the wear and tear on your equipment, blades, tires ect. If not, then I would stop doing them. If so, then get a brush hog and save the finish equipment. If you get a few a week, I would make one slow day of the week a brush hog week, and knock out all the brush hog work on those days. No reason to have to try to "fit them in" as they sat there long enough to get to that point in the first place, so whats a few more days.

[dhardin53]

I mow property like you have Woodland; it is not a job for the faint at heat. I respect others that don't wont to abuse there pride and joys. But it is only a machine, there made to work. Some work better than others of course. I us my old Dixie Chopper in this type of mess all the time. DC has a front baffle that can be raised so the tall weeds do not have to be as bent over before the blade tip cuts it. Witch means it cuts better in these conditions.

Flats are going to happen, I have a spear fount and back tire in the ready at all times. I carrier these spear tires and rims with a portable air tank and a jack and 18v impact. You have never felt so helpless as to have a flat so fast you can not get back on the trailer in time. It is no fun to run a back tire off the rim trying to get back on the trailer in time but I have. For those that have never mowed over a glass beer bottle, it is wild. Not one peace of glass goes anywhere but down. So the only hazard is to not drive over or turn on the busted glass with a tire.

To justify the expense of a bush hog and tractor one needs to have more than a occasional use (one or two a day). I have come across a compact tractor and working on a bush hog for this type of work. But for me this takes time. I hate payment on equipment that would sit more that it runs.

[macgyver_GA]

Looks like my subdivision up in cherokee county. Although we have a new builder who bought up the land last year from the bank and has built 15 new houses in the last year and almost all of them are under contract or sold. He's selling them like hot cakes. The new builder uses a skid steer with a bushhog attachment to mow the lots. There were a couple years when the lots were in foreclosure where they were only mowed once a year by a LCO with a Kubota ZTR. I felt bad for that Kubota getting beat to death.

I kept a strip mowed right along the street across from my house for a while with my 36" WB just to keep the weeds from hanging over into the street.

[psdnate]

This is what I use to do stuff like that. It has break a way blades on it and everything comes out the back. The height adjusts from 2-7". It will cut up to 1 1/2" saplings. It was around $2k but I already had the atv.

[2ExploreTech]

Hey I don't know your budget or what kind of bids were put out... I would say to consider a rental for those projects. Particularly for those projects that are 1 day every 2 weeks or less.

No, I don't know how good the equipment at your local renters are, or your location to them. Still, many of them have the machines you could use for those once-in-a-while projects.

Have them deliver to the site, save you from running around or overloading your trailer.

[cgaengineer]

Originally Posted by psdnate

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This is what I use to do stuff like that. It has break a way blades on it and everything comes out the back. The height adjusts from 2-7". It will cut up to 1 1/2" saplings. It was around $2k but I already had the atv.

I have one of those mower sitting in my driveway...non break blades though.
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