Thanks! We feel pretty lucky, too. Yes, this spring was very wet for us. We had 21."+ of rain against the prior four years when we averaged 11"/yr, and 15" for a normal year. We have an explosion of rodents; all kinds, everywhere, the house, the cars, the workshop. Not in the PT yet.
The slope here is 45 degrees down to the road. We raise a heritage breed of low line belted galloway cattle. They are very low maintenance, and very docile and easy to handle.
It's only thirty here, but then drops off to 45+ just a little to the right. No, I don't drive the PT out here.
This pasture is down to mostly 25 degree side slope.
This is the pasture that I have to mow most often to keep the mustard and thistle down. The only woody things I mow these days are poison oak and coyote brush, neither of which is hard on the brush cutter. At this point, I have most of the stones and cement pieces removed from the pasture.
I do use the original PT blades, and toss them on the bench grinder to sharpen them before each use. It makes a big reduction in work load to have sharp blades. I also don't use the the second set of holes, so the blades can swing completely around.
All the best,
Peter