Army grunt
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I sold mine, An got a new set of blades for my 5 ft. bus hog. problem soloed.My 6 ft. finishing mower was really stressed in tall grass, the bus hog does it easily.
Army Grunt
Army Grunt
If you have no desire to maintain it as a finished lawn, then I would not get the finish mower. A rough cut mower will be faster, and it will last longer since that is what it is designed to do, unlike a finish mower.
The only way I'd even consider a finish mower is if you plan on using it on your 1 acre "yard" as well. But since you already have that covered, and it is only 1 acre, I'd stick with a bush hog.
A bush hog, or rotary cutter is cheaper around here as well. You can usually pick up a decient used one in the 250-300 range whereas the good finish mowers run well north of $500
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A flail mower, any size, is way out of my budget. I have not seen one, even used, that is in the three figure price range, even used ones here are over a grand.
No its not, and when you look at the fact that it wil outlive any tractor you put in front of it and I can prove it.
You will have no need for two types of mowers if you purchase a flail mower either.
That said, I have been searching all the local, and not so local listings even for an upper teens or low 20 something HP riding mower. As I mentioned there are no saplings and the worst issue is some tractor ruts causing uneven ground. Other than that, its a pretty flat lot. In fact I have been grading it off and on to try and make it even flatter. I don't own a lot of property (3 acres) and it has about 200-250ft road frontage, and I am trying to make it look as nice as possible.
The TL0900FSC will do that for you easily
I realize the rough cut mowers were meant for brush etc, I have no brush, or saplings, or heavy wooded areas to contend with. I really just need the equivilent of a heavy duty riding mower. Would the finish cut mower meet this level of performance? I hate to spend $500-1000 on a used riding mower when all I need is an attachment for the tractor.
To be honest, I am looking at a finish mower from Harbor Freight. It's on sale for $499. I have experience with HF's tools, and am well aware some stuff is decent, some isn't. For me, this would see use about 3-4 times a year. For the "lawn" areas, I have a walk behind mower that will work perfectly fine. This is just to keep the weeds from making it to the 3-4ft level, and keep the field grass cut down.
By the way, at $499 that is probably slightly above my budget limit, and I think my chances on a new one, even from HF are better than buying a used one, that's been beat up, for the same price.
If after all, you only intend to have it mowed seasonally it would be less work for you to have it mowed by someone else as it would cost you less money but its still costing you out of pocket anyway.