right equip. to mow field?

[bgshgrr]

I bought a home on 9 acres 2 years ago. There is a 3 acre cultivated field previously used as a market garden on the property. I mow the grass with a JD 332. My plans previously were to simply keep the field black for a kept look. I have a Kubota b7610 and have tilled it with a 60" tiller. I have since decided to minimize soil erosion and overtilling of the soil. I would let natural grasses move back in and simply mow it a few times a year with a rear finish mower. My question to you folks is would a 5 ft. finish mower be ok to use a few times a year for this pupose and to share the work on the lawns with the 332? Or would a brush mower be the way to go. Thanks in advance!

 

[polo1665]

If you are only going to cut this field a couple of times a year I would recomment the you get a rough cut or brush mower for the b7610. I would not think that a finish mower would be suitable for that application.


Mark

 

[RoyJackson]

I agree with polo1665. A finishing mower is an expensive piece of equipment to ruin on a field that is only mowed a few times a year. Cutters are considerably tougher, yet considerably cheaper then finishing mowers.
Personally, I'd still go with a 5' cutter (some guys will disagree with me on this). Your B7610 is on the lower end of the power requirements for a 5' cutter but can handle that mowing fine...you may have to slow down if the tractor bogs though.

 

[bgshgrr]

Well thanks guys, that does help! I have neither owned or used either piece of equipment. I will look into a rough cut mower at 5 ft. max. Thanks again!

 

[Will_C]

I have about the same situation as you-I bought a 10 acre piece last year that I hope to build a house on soon. I can keep 6 acres mowed on a bi-weekly basis with my ZTR or with a 5' finish mower, but if it goes any longer, I have to use my bush hog. I bought a 54" Woods cutter, because I also use on some hunting property that only gets cut 2-3 times yearly. I have a B2620, the newer version of your tractor-if I was only planning to mow the field every month to 6 weeks, I would have bought a 5' cutter.

Will

 

[jenkinsph]

I would agree on the 5' brush mower and would suggest that planting some type of native grass while it is tilled would be a better bet. If it has been used commercially for a long period of time most of the native grasses may have been killed off. Grass tends to be easier to cut and would look better too.

 

[Soundguy]

no way I'd mow 'native grasses' with a finish mower if I was only cutting a few times a year.. you will get some brush in there, andthey will get too tall and really load and wear out the mower and the tractor lugging it.

get a rough cut mower and slightly sharpen the blades.. it'l do fine..

soundguy

I bought a home on 9 acres 2 years ago. There is a 3 acre cultivated field previously used as a market garden on the property. I mow the grass with a JD 332. My plans previously were to simply keep the field black for a kept look. I have a Kubota b7610 and have tilled it with a 60" tiller. I have since decided to minimize soil erosion and overtilling of the soil. I would let natural grasses move back in and simply mow it a few times a year with a rear finish mower. My question to you folks is would a 5 ft. finish mower be ok to use a few times a year for this pupose and to share the work on the lawns with the 332? Or would a brush mower be the way to go. Thanks in advance!

 

[dangerdoc]

I bought a home on 9 acres 2 years ago. There is a 3 acre cultivated field previously used as a market garden on the property. I mow the grass with a JD 332. My plans previously were to simply keep the field black for a kept look. I have a Kubota b7610 and have tilled it with a 60" tiller. I have since decided to minimize soil erosion and overtilling of the soil. I would let natural grasses move back in and simply mow it a few times a year with a rear finish mower. My question to you folks is would a 5 ft. finish mower be ok to use a few times a year for this pupose and to share the work on the lawns with the 332? Or would a brush mower be the way to go. Thanks in advance!

Lets see if I understand the question. You are currently mowing 6 acres with a lawn tractor and you are asking about what to do with the 3 acres?

Personally, I would get somebody to disk it for you and seed it with an appropriate native grass then keep it mown along with the 6 acres you are already maintaining. It would not add that much to your mowing and will look much better.

 

[Soundguy]

9ac on a rider lawnmower? you got to be kidding? by the time he got to the end of the week and finished it, the beginning would need mowing again!!!

that guy needs a tractor / mower combo.. not a rider mower..

soundguy

 

[gwjd]

just a thought and this is open for discussion but flail mower ?