Looking for recommendations on something for keeping the growth back. This is maintaining a few times a year, not creating trails. Mostly blackberry vine, some yaupon and pine branches that we get tired of slapping in the face when going by on an atv. Been doing it with a hedge trimmer on an ATV but have a couple miles to do and its tiring. Ive seen the lane shark and variations that look good at about $5k. Also seen a couple front mounted sickles like agrishield and samurai that are much cheaper and lighter. I like the idea of having something on the front to watch while doing it. Never used an offset flail, seen a couple videos using them vertically, but they dont seem to do a clean cut on small stuff from what it looked like, but never used one. Id think it would also be easier to see what im doing in front instead of behind me. While the sickle isnt the most robust of the 3, it is the cheapest and im thinking if i normally do it with a battery powered hedge trimmer, the sickle should be enough? Also guessing i can raise a front mounted sickle way higher than an offset flail on the rear. Tractor is a 55hp 2555 mahindra if that matters...and soon to be a TYM 574 which is essentially the same.
