Not sure about your area, but down here in the Southeast, fields will quickly be taken over by saplings and resort back to woods. Dozer work is expensive and I bought the land for the fields to run livestock. JWR has it right.
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Not sure about your area, but down here in the Southeast, fields will quickly be taken over by saplings and resort back to woods. Dozer work is expensive and I bought the land for the fields to run livestock. JWR has it right.
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In my part of the world you need to bush hog once a year or any open land will be taken over by cedar and sweet gum.
I have a 72 acre remote property. I have one 7 or so acre field that I cut about 5 times a year. This is the view from the cabins front porch and where the kids ride ATVs. I have another area of about 10 acres that I try to cut maybe twice a year as this the area I see when driving in.
The rest of the open areas I cut once a year to keep them from being over taken over by trash trees. I cut these areas in late winter, between deer and turkey season.
I have a 72 acre remote property. I have one 7 or so acre field that I cut about 5 times a year. This is the view from the cabins front porch and where the kids ride ATVs. I have another area of about 10 acres that I try to cut maybe twice a year as this the area I see when driving in.
The rest of the open areas I cut once a year to keep them from being over taken over by trash trees. I cut these areas in late winter, between deer and turkey season.
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They aren't talking about yearly, they want to keep it mowed... I don't see any reason for that.
I have let some of my land go back to tree's, I've also planted over 14,ooo tree's on this place alone, other parts of it get's cut yearly...
I grew up on this farm, so I'm betting I've been on a farm longer than you have. lol
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Yeah I don't dee reason to try and keep large areas like that mowed several times a year; seems like it would be treated as pasture. I'm guessing the new owner is not going to run cattle or rent it out s pasture either one. I grew up on our family farm too starting in 1944... You precede 1944?
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Things must be quite a bit different out there in the upper mid west. Here in Vermont, land left to its own devices will grow trees. My field, in a single season, goes from freshly cut to 5 foot+ tall saplings over most of the field. Aspen saplings fill the field with multiple per square foot, but cherry and birch and nuisance invasive species will also do their part.
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I have MX5400 with LP 6 ft medium duty cutter, we have about 20 acres of hay pasture, I will be visiting my dealer next week to get a 6 ft medium disc and a few other LP items so we can begin our wildlife plan next month or so. I have HST on the 5400, love it for my needs. I had a Kubota M5660, 2 wd, with a hydraulic shuttle and 8 ft cutter and disc before, never got used to that combination, but it would do the work easy.
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Nice problem to have ! If you are retiring there or spending most of the rest of your life there then it's important stuff. I inherited mine, grew up on it , went away for career years where there was work, and now in retirement return monthly to work and enjoy the place. I rent out the pasture (largest part of the place) with the agreement that they build fence and I cut brush and clip pasture fields. They run cattle on it. That allows me to play with tractors and farm equipment. You may or may not have that sort of option depending on your existing fences, desire to have livestock around, be part of a farming operation or not, etc.
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The "Great Plains" are called that for a reason!
Stand on a milk can in Iowa or Minnesota, and look at the Rockies.
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Improving, maintaining and working our East Tennessee farm has always been a thinking man’s game. From different livestock, tree farming, equipment and retirement. Don’t think the OP needs bigger tractor as much as maybe another tractor for mowing the larger areas. I have someone cut my hay fields for the hay. Most around here have to pay people to cut hay off their property.
Decades of different tractors and equipment have changed with our needs. Our current Kubota M59 and B26 TLB is working best for cleared land and woods maintenance. Not perfect but manageable by us as we transition from livestock to more park-like setting with deer and turkeys. Have many areas where a 6’ cutter is all the M59 can handle.
Decades of different tractors and equipment have changed with our needs. Our current Kubota M59 and B26 TLB is working best for cleared land and woods maintenance. Not perfect but manageable by us as we transition from livestock to more park-like setting with deer and turkeys. Have many areas where a 6’ cutter is all the M59 can handle.
Around here (Mid-MO) you can find folks to cut your hay and they usually do it on shares and you can usually sell your share back to the guy who baled it. As far as number of times it should be cut, well that's an open ended question. Depends on what is you're cutting (Warm season grass, cool season, alfalfa, clover, etc.), where you live, what your goals are, etc.
And if wildlife is the goal then there's nothing wrong with letting it grow. Or maybe just mow a smaller area in the middle of the field. There's a lack of early successional timber growth in many areas and it provides excellent habitat for a number of critters.
And if wildlife is the goal then there's nothing wrong with letting it grow. Or maybe just mow a smaller area in the middle of the field. There's a lack of early successional timber growth in many areas and it provides excellent habitat for a number of critters.
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That was the fault of your salesman. My first ever tractor purchase almost 2 years ago was daunting and I would have gotten the MX5400 instead of my L3301 had the salesman did a better job.
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Interesting contrast., when I bought a new tractor in 2011 I had picked out a particular model and was concerned about size because it was a good bit bigger than the John Deere 4700 I'd been using for 10 years. Went over all the pros and cons, weight, bush hog capacity, etc. and the price was not all that much more for a LOT bigger tractor -- 81 horse MF 2660 instead of 65 horse MF 2635. Asked the dealer for "if it were him" opinion and he talked me into the larger one. I am SO GLAD he did.
