I have 12 acres of some flat and some fairly steep terrain. The slopes have trees. I need to mow the native grass and brush to keep the fire hazard down. It seems like trying to pull a rotary cutter up and down steep terrain and around trees is going to be a problem. Can a mid mount mower do the same kind of rough work as a rotary cutter, or is it more for finish mowing? (I'll also be using the tractor for road maintenance and loading).
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The mid-mout mower is a finish mower; i.e., lawnmower. As with any lawnmower, you can chop up a few small twigs or brush, but I sure wouldn't recommend it. The mid-mount mower will cost a great deal more than a brush hog (also known as a rotary cutter, shredder, slasher, etc.). The blades are shorter, thinner, lighter, and sharper than a brush hog blades. They're made for grass, while the brush hog has hinged, or swinging, heavy blades that do some cutting, but also shatter larger limbs and brush.
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I'm not sure how steep "fairly steep" would be, and I don't have a lot of brush hogging experience, since I mainly used mine to clean up a couple acres of hillside...but...
I have a 5' Woods rotary cutter which I use with my B2910 Kubota. The hillside I use it on slopes max at about 20 degrees. I usually go down the steeper areas, rather than up.
One thing that did surprise me is with the rounded back corners you can get around and between trees easier than you would first expect. Initially I had a lot of small trees mixed among the larger ones, and with my loader off I surprised myself with where I could take the tractor/cutter.
Rotary cutters give the greatest bang for the buck when it comes to clearing brush/rough cutting.
You might want to try one first, before you write it off as unusable in your situation. You might be surprised. I actually was surprised, even though I had not given much thought to how well a rotary cutter would(or would not) work for me.
Unless you have money to burn, you certainly do not want to use a finish mower for the rough stuff. Even then, if you respect your tools you probably wouldn't do it anyway... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I have a 5' Woods rotary cutter which I use with my B2910 Kubota. The hillside I use it on slopes max at about 20 degrees. I usually go down the steeper areas, rather than up.
One thing that did surprise me is with the rounded back corners you can get around and between trees easier than you would first expect. Initially I had a lot of small trees mixed among the larger ones, and with my loader off I surprised myself with where I could take the tractor/cutter.
Rotary cutters give the greatest bang for the buck when it comes to clearing brush/rough cutting.
You might want to try one first, before you write it off as unusable in your situation. You might be surprised. I actually was surprised, even though I had not given much thought to how well a rotary cutter would(or would not) work for me.
Unless you have money to burn, you certainly do not want to use a finish mower for the rough stuff. Even then, if you respect your tools you probably wouldn't do it anyway... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif