How to get to mowing?

[Highbeam]

I would have a dozer with a rake come in and push all the rocks to the bottom of the hill. He can collect them rather quickly at the bottom in a large long row. He won't need to actually rake the soil but just set his rake teeth a few inches above the soil so that he can pull the rocks together. The smaller rocks will remain and new ones might appear but the important thing is to keep the rocks small enough to drive over. A 12" tall rock would bonk the bottom of my tractor, bend the tie rod, or bend soft metal underbelly things. Lower rocks would pass right under. You can set the mower to be above the tallest rocks and then just mow.

I have mowed acres with a weedwacker. I even got pretty good with a method where I used it as an old fashioned scyth. I decided a tractor is much better.

Oh, agrisupply sells slip clutches for both keyed and round driveshafts. They are more like 70$. I highly recommend a slip clutch for most any implement.

 

[Highbeam]

I would have a dozer with a rake come in and push all the rocks to the bottom of the hill. He can collect them rather quickly at the bottom in a large long row. He won't need to actually rake the soil but just set his rake teeth a few inches above the soil so that he can pull the rocks together. The smaller rocks will remain and new ones might appear but the important thing is to keep the rocks small enough to drive over. A 12" tall rock would bonk the bottom of my tractor, bend the tie rod, or bend soft metal underbelly things. Lower rocks would pass right under. You can set the mower to be above the tallest rocks and then just mow.

I have mowed acres with a weedwacker. I even got pretty good with a method where I used it as an old fashioned scyth. I decided a tractor is much better.

Oh, agrisupply sells slip clutches for both keyed and round driveshafts. They are more like 70$. I highly recommend a slip clutch for most any implement.