What is the major difference?

[vmarc]

we have a horse less than a year - plus some sheep for longer time - but I would think you will need all of those 3 acres to rotate pastures. With just little bit of rain horse will totally destroy the area he/she is in. If I had the option to move or buy land, I would give our animals at least 3 optional pastures 1 acre each. Same thing for dry summer, they will eat it down flat if theyh dotn have enough space.

I am sure here are people who now much better the me how much land you need for a horse.

That said, I would notbe really worried about mowing the rest - my $0.02 only.

Excellent advice.I would put no more than than 2 horses on 3 acres.Divide into 2 paddocks and rotate when one gets eaten down.You won't have much to mow.You will be amazed at how quickly 1 acre will be stripped and trampled.

 

[GreatWhitehunter]

It wouldn't be possible to use all three acres for the horses. I was planing on splitting the paddoks in half for rotating the horses. I should point out that I don't have any horses now. I'm just trying to plan my purchases for the future. The 3pt finish mower seems the no brainer way to go. I plan on mowing weekly and don't plan on leaving it on my machine. Thanks for all the insiteful replies.

Matt T.