New Guy looking at a finish mower

[BMan2005]

Look at the Caroni mowers too. After a lot of research last year I couldn’t find anything bad on the brand, simple design, rugged built, decent price, and a nice cut. Really happy with mine.

 

[rangerfredbob]

For a general yard, a brush hog leaves the grass fine. My 5' brush hog is beat to heck but leaves a pretty decent cut, only uneven because the adjuster for the right 3pt link on my tractor is rusted and adjusted crooked, haven't bothered to straighten it out... I have a 5' finish mower as well and it is about 50% faster than the 44" riding mower since the blade tip speed is better as well as 3 equal length blades instead of that stupid 13" middle blade...

As they're saying, I wouldn't have just one mower and if you do have just one a brush hog is much more versatile with a decent finish.

 

[EddieWalker]

If you sharpen the blades on a rotary cutter, or brush hog, you get an even nicer finish if you are just cutting pasture grass.

 

[hiddentacocatneddih]

I thought about trying to sharpen them after I cut some of the spots that are bad.

It comes with a 5footer

The finish mower would be bigger and help with cut time and cleaner cut. The 7" bush hog brand finish mower is $1650 locally.

I pick up the tractor tomorrow !

 

[terryknight]

i use a woods RM 90 finish mower for most of the pastures. we cut every month or so. raise the mower to 8-12" keep the blades sharp and go to town. this only works when there is no brush

what it looks like after cutting



what it looks like while cutting



this was done with a 6' medium duty bush hog. it had a fair amount of brush in it

 

[hiddentacocatneddih]

Nice. Mine is 90%+ good grass. Only a small part is brush and 2 small paddocks.

I probably will keep it 6-8 inches at most. I kept the one pasture at 3-4 inches last year or less and the grass came in nicely and the weeds all went away

 

[TractorGuy]

I thought about trying to sharpen them after I cut some of the spots that are bad.

It comes with a 5footer

The finish mower would be bigger and help with cut time and cleaner cut. The 7" bush hog brand finish mower is $1650 locally.

I pick up the tractor tomorrow !

If that is $1650 for a NEW seven foot Bushhog that is a steal. I can't buy a seven foot Chinese mower for that.

My six foot Agmate has been working good for me and I bought it before the tariff increases. I think I paid $1150 after sales tax a few years back. Same mower is $1392 before tax now.

 

[hiddentacocatneddih]

its used. looks in good shape though

i saw a new 7 footer locally for $2100. Some brand with a S at the beginning Svena? or something

 

[hiddentacocatneddih]

Its a Sovema brand 7" finish mower for $2100. It looks nice, rear discharge. The savings on the used one tho has me seriously looking at that. I have to buy a box blade too but i am thinking about the RK brand blade 7 footer.

 

[hiddentacocatneddih]

Got the tractor to the house.

Do you normally have to adjust the 3 point height as you go over hills with a bush hog a little bit?
The top link swivel is welded solid on it. Previous owner mowed some extreme banks and used it as a wheeler bar in case he bounced while climbing.

Looks like this forum hosts images so I'll get a picture

Out here in west Tennessee we have had a ton of rain and the ground is really soft. Bought got stuck at the bottom of a hill