sportbikerider78
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- 2009 Club Cadet Yanmar EX2900
Hey guys. I have a rather open ended question. Here is the situation.
I have a 265 acre wooded property that I use for recreation (atv, dirt biking ect) and fall hunting. It is a hilly and rocky property and I'm trying to keep about 10 miles of trails relatively clear of tall weeds. Without mowing, the weeds get over head tall. Outta control. I don't need a perfect mow at all. Just knock it all down.
There are large rocks and the occasional stump that hides in the trail. These are logging trails that I maintain.
Last year I used my 29hp Yanmar with a great 5' brush hog and it was difficult and very slow. The terrain is so wavy and rocky that I'm at a snails pace and constantly adjusting the 3point height to avoid destroying it on rocks. Because there are so many dips up and down, the ride height of the brush hog is in the air not doing anything 1 min and then buried the next second because of the ups and downs.
So there are 2 issues.
1. The length of the tractor and brush hog make constant, drastic height adjustments necessary.
2. The blades cranking on rocks and stumps.
To shorten the wheelbase, I was thinking flail mower. How are these in rocky terrain? What about instead of a hammer style blade using a chain that will just smack rocks and not lift them?
The cheapest option would be to just use a chain blade on the brush hog. I'm open to that if someone has some advice about these..or where to look for them.
I also have a rugged utility atv. I'm open to the idea of trail mowing using this, but I see it getting bogged down constantly without the ability for me to adjust height.
Tks for the input guys!
I have a 265 acre wooded property that I use for recreation (atv, dirt biking ect) and fall hunting. It is a hilly and rocky property and I'm trying to keep about 10 miles of trails relatively clear of tall weeds. Without mowing, the weeds get over head tall. Outta control. I don't need a perfect mow at all. Just knock it all down.
There are large rocks and the occasional stump that hides in the trail. These are logging trails that I maintain.
Last year I used my 29hp Yanmar with a great 5' brush hog and it was difficult and very slow. The terrain is so wavy and rocky that I'm at a snails pace and constantly adjusting the 3point height to avoid destroying it on rocks. Because there are so many dips up and down, the ride height of the brush hog is in the air not doing anything 1 min and then buried the next second because of the ups and downs.
So there are 2 issues.
1. The length of the tractor and brush hog make constant, drastic height adjustments necessary.
2. The blades cranking on rocks and stumps.
To shorten the wheelbase, I was thinking flail mower. How are these in rocky terrain? What about instead of a hammer style blade using a chain that will just smack rocks and not lift them?
The cheapest option would be to just use a chain blade on the brush hog. I'm open to that if someone has some advice about these..or where to look for them.
I also have a rugged utility atv. I'm open to the idea of trail mowing using this, but I see it getting bogged down constantly without the ability for me to adjust height.
Tks for the input guys!
