schmism
Super Member
So ive had my 5' ford hog for a month or so now. most ive done with it is make a pass or 2 through my front "pasture" which is a wheeny knee high. Ive taken out some brush with it around the house... nothing really "up to the task" kind thing....
well my neighbor has an area (1/2-3/4 acer ish) below his house that is pasture(ish). nothing but grass. but it hadnt been mowed for what seemed like all summer as it was waist tall (or better) in some spots. So i offered to mow it down for him.
Still have to figure out how to set the thing up to cut best but overall went well. I though for short stuff (knee high) i could easly run a 6' but with the waist tall stuff i could easly bog it down if i kept the speed up. Still managed a good clip (pun intended) and was finished in about 30 min.
It also really helped to understand how to set up the hog and how it cuts diffrently.
After i finished that up he was making a feeble attempt at cutting brush on the front ditch so i offered to help him out. managed to flatten and push over/grub out an area 4 times the size of what he had done in about 5 min with the FEL. Left the biggest stuff (2") just pushed over for him to cut off at the ground with the saw. but now he didnt have to wade in the brush to do it
Oh and it was a great weekend weather wise... sunny and 65-70. had the last mowing last week so i pulled off the MMM and cleaned it up, touched up the rust spots and put it away for winter. (what was supposed to be a little hr long job blossemed into 3 hrs of sanding rust spots and painting)
well my neighbor has an area (1/2-3/4 acer ish) below his house that is pasture(ish). nothing but grass. but it hadnt been mowed for what seemed like all summer as it was waist tall (or better) in some spots. So i offered to mow it down for him.
Still have to figure out how to set the thing up to cut best but overall went well. I though for short stuff (knee high) i could easly run a 6' but with the waist tall stuff i could easly bog it down if i kept the speed up. Still managed a good clip (pun intended) and was finished in about 30 min.
It also really helped to understand how to set up the hog and how it cuts diffrently.
After i finished that up he was making a feeble attempt at cutting brush on the front ditch so i offered to help him out. managed to flatten and push over/grub out an area 4 times the size of what he had done in about 5 min with the FEL. Left the biggest stuff (2") just pushed over for him to cut off at the ground with the saw. but now he didnt have to wade in the brush to do it
Oh and it was a great weekend weather wise... sunny and 65-70. had the last mowing last week so i pulled off the MMM and cleaned it up, touched up the rust spots and put it away for winter. (what was supposed to be a little hr long job blossemed into 3 hrs of sanding rust spots and painting)