Brushogging

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Jdhager87

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Cleveland ok.
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Kublota m6060
Approximately how long to brushhog 35 acres with 65hp tractor and 7’ cutter? Guesstimate.
 
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Somewhere around 10 hours, at 4mph. That's assuming full 7 foot cut every pass, no doubling back, no over lap, no BSing around. Now, if you can pull off 4.5 mpg average, it will be a bit faster.

I think 4mph is a pretty good number for a field, but if there are obstacles, heavier brush, ect, it could very well be 3 mph, or 14 hours.
 
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paulsharvey said:
Somewhere around 10 hours, at 4mph. That's assuming full 7 foot cut every pass, no doubling back, no over lap, no BSing around. Now, if you can pull off 4.5 mpg average, it will be a bit faster.

I think 4mph is a pretty good number for a field, but if there are obstacles, heavier brush, ect, it could very well be 3 mph, or 14 hours.
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4mph would be too fast for me. I do about 35 in 3 6 hour days. I have 75Hp with 8’ cutter. Impossible to not have overlap and turns etc. This is brush cutting not finish mowing.
 
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paulsharvey said:
Somewhere around 10 hours, at 4mph. That's assuming full 7 foot cut every pass, no doubling back, no over lap, no BSing around. Now, if you can pull off 4.5 mpg average, it will be a bit faster.

I think 4mph is a pretty good number for a field, but if there are obstacles, heavier brush, ect, it could very well be 3 mph, or 14 hours.
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Kinda what I was thinkin. 12 -15 hrs. Just gitting other opinions. Thanks.
 
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paulsharvey said:
Somewhere around 10 hours, at 4mph. That's assuming full 7 foot cut every pass, no doubling back, no over lap, no BSing around. Now, if you can pull off 4.5 mpg average, it will be a bit faster.

I think 4mph is a pretty good number for a field, but if there are obstacles, heavier brush, ect, it could very well be 3 mph, or 14 hours.
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At 4 mph, and a full 7 ft cut with a field 7 ft wide by 41.26 miles long, it would take 10.34 hours.
 
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One thing that we can't speak to, is your unproductive time. That's turning, lining up your passes, stopping to 'water the grass', ect; and it adds up more than people think, especially on anything odd shaped.

I would throw a guess out there, that maybe your 85% efficient; so if you are bidding this for someone else; I would use the 14.38 hours at 85% efficient; I get 16.91 hours total job.
 
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If you are mowing a unknow field, you may want to double the hours mentioned above in order to have time to react to possible hidden objects. Ken Sweet
 
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is this for hire or your own? i'm always skeptical of unknown fields, esp hardware w/loaded rear tires.
 
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