Today, I decided to mow the entrance to one of the fields we hunt. Deer season is just around the corner and we wouldn't have seen anything, in here. We've hunted it the last five years, but this is the first year we've had this kind of rain. Usually, by now, it's all dead or dying.
My choices were the Echo string trimmer or the Kubota BX25D with the 60" MMM.
Kubota won!!
I didn't take any before pictures, as I was racing an incoming rainstorm.
Here, you get an idea how tall and thick it was. It was like this clear across the road.
Naw, just kidding, here it is. In this picture, you can see where I've already mowed, to the right. I was experimenting with the best way to do this. In this picture, the bottom of the bucket is about a foott off the ground:
Here, you can see it stopped at the end of the row, after I mowed the road and a big delta area, at the field entrance:
Here is a wider shot. The way it looks on the sides of the road is how it looked all over. The BX really took it down:
Here is where I went by the field, turned around, and came back. You can see the stuff knocked over, from the FEL. Not bad for only going over it twice. I had left the BH and FEL on in case I got stuck and needed to push/pull myself out.
Afterward, it was very dirty. That yellow crap is some kind of pollen; got on everything:
I didn't have any issues. I found the best way was to lower the bucket a couple of inches off the ground and then let the mower take care of the rest. The mower was left in the full up, transport position and the chute was held back, by a bungee chord. I ran it around 3,000 RPM, which is where I generally mow. It took me around 30 minutes mow. Less than 50 minutes from arrival to departure, including trailer tie down time. I need to mow my yard, in the next couple of days. I will see how it cuts before I go to sharpen the blades.
After I mowed, I moved some concrete steps to a friend's house. We used the FEL to dig down, a little bit, as the steps were going to be too high.
Getting the three step into place:
Final three step:
And the two step:
I still haven't got hooks on my bucket. We just looped the strap (has an eyelet on each end) around and used the chain to hold the strap and the rest of the chain to go around, again. We used the level indicator as an anchor point. Worked fine, didn't see any bending or damage to the area around it.
My choices were the Echo string trimmer or the Kubota BX25D with the 60" MMM.
Kubota won!!
I didn't take any before pictures, as I was racing an incoming rainstorm.
Here, you get an idea how tall and thick it was. It was like this clear across the road.
Naw, just kidding, here it is. In this picture, you can see where I've already mowed, to the right. I was experimenting with the best way to do this. In this picture, the bottom of the bucket is about a foott off the ground:
Here, you can see it stopped at the end of the row, after I mowed the road and a big delta area, at the field entrance:
Here is a wider shot. The way it looks on the sides of the road is how it looked all over. The BX really took it down:
Here is where I went by the field, turned around, and came back. You can see the stuff knocked over, from the FEL. Not bad for only going over it twice. I had left the BH and FEL on in case I got stuck and needed to push/pull myself out.
Afterward, it was very dirty. That yellow crap is some kind of pollen; got on everything:
I didn't have any issues. I found the best way was to lower the bucket a couple of inches off the ground and then let the mower take care of the rest. The mower was left in the full up, transport position and the chute was held back, by a bungee chord. I ran it around 3,000 RPM, which is where I generally mow. It took me around 30 minutes mow. Less than 50 minutes from arrival to departure, including trailer tie down time. I need to mow my yard, in the next couple of days. I will see how it cuts before I go to sharpen the blades.
After I mowed, I moved some concrete steps to a friend's house. We used the FEL to dig down, a little bit, as the steps were going to be too high.
Getting the three step into place:
Final three step:
And the two step:
I still haven't got hooks on my bucket. We just looped the strap (has an eyelet on each end) around and used the chain to hold the strap and the rest of the chain to go around, again. We used the level indicator as an anchor point. Worked fine, didn't see any bending or damage to the area around it.
