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Not sure if this is the best forum, but those of you here are most likely to know what a "brush hog" is. The bushes and weeds are growing up in the dirt roads on my property and I need a sort of brush hog that can be drug behind a pickup truck to pull out the brush and not cost $$$$. Haven't found a source yet. Any suggestions?
Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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Yes, something like that but would need to cut/pull up tumbleweed type brush and was hoping for something under $500. Thank you!
but.... for a towed mower... you need a POWER source and a wheeled cradle + hitch (difficult to find for $500, as I usually pay $500+ for PTO mower (non-powered / 3 point).
Look on Machinery / equipment / and tractor trader, but consider it is not worth tearing up your pickup when you can get a tractor for $1000. Good (diesel) tractors will be more, but likely under $5k for something that will serve you for the next 40 yrs.
The DR version is too lightweight / small wheels for light farm duty.
Get something HEAVY, but... Heavy comes at a price (even used).
My neighbor has an articulated 3 point flail mower, it is really handy and does a good job on different terrains and mowing materials. I much prefer flails to brush hog (if stumps / rocks / bumps / uneven conditions).
Be careful stuff FLIES... (rocks, metal, BIG sticks)
Walk behind DR's come in several flavors, increasing brutality on vegetation with increasing cost.
I can mow small trees with the more current high hp/small width/ATV type tire & closed wheel combination, and 12 miles per 6 hour day with several unload/reload cycles. It's very difficult to make one of these stall out, basically only heavy and wet hay type condition, nothing woody this side of what you'd get a chain saw out for will stop it. A drivable lane, hitting the center and the edges is 4 passes, so mowing a 3 mile long lane in a day should work.
The old semi-pneumatic steel spoke open wheel DR mower (made by Bachtold, sometimes under their own name) will mow multiflora rose and pinkie-size shrubs in PA conditions. The street price of a workable one of these should be sub-$500. It can stall, in heavy conditions use a heavier blade that will help the nonexistent flywheel, vs the slightly bent grassy blade.
Not sure how big or hard tumbleweed is, though.
Yes, stuff does fly. Much better to be "behind" the blade outlet.
I once had a Ferris walk behind field and brush mower. It had hydrostatic propulsion, which would have been great had they had two motors, one for each wheel like a zero turn. Unfortunately, it didn't have either that or a differential lock. It did go through a lot and did have chains to stop most things from flying. I sold it for less than $500, but that was a rare one-off white elephant.
A BCS would be a fully ag rated beast of a machine, but not for $500.
Walk behind DR's come in several flavors, increasing brutality on vegetation with increasing cost.
I can mow small trees with the more current high hp/small width/ATV type tire & closed wheel combination, and 12 miles per 6 hour day with several unload/reload cycles. It's very difficult to make one of these stall out, basically only heavy and wet hay type condition, nothing woody this side of what you'd get a chain saw out for will stop it. A drivable lane, hitting the center and the edges is 4 passes, so mowing a 3 mile long lane in a day should work.
The old semi-pneumatic steel spoke open wheel DR mower (made by Bachtold, sometimes under their own name) will mow multiflora rose and pinkie-size shrubs in PA conditions. The street price of a workable one of these should be sub-$500. It can stall, in heavy conditions use a heavier blade that will help the nonexistent flywheel, vs the slightly bent grassy blade.
Not sure how big or hard tumbleweed is, though.
Yes, stuff does fly. Much better to be "behind" the blade outlet.
I once had a Ferris walk behind field and brush mower. It had hydrostatic propulsion, which would have been great had they had two motors, one for each wheel like a zero turn. Unfortunately, it didn't have either that or a differential lock. It did go through a lot and did have chains to stop most things from flying. I sold it for less than $500, but that was a rare one-off white elephant.
A BCS would be a fully ag rated beast of a machine, but not for $500.
Thank you for the helpful info! Now I'm thinking I might wait until my neighbor gets a heavy duty brush hog for his tractor and just pay him a couple hundred to run it around on my roads!
Clearly, the cost of the needed machinery is high. Thinking about renting a disk harrow and "renting" my neighbor's tractor to pull it--would be more affordable--or just put up with overgrown roads and wear my snake gators when walking on them...or lasso one of those bull elks out there and slap a harness on the guy to pull the harrow...;-)
Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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Clearly, the cost of the needed machinery is high. Thinking about renting a disk harrow and "renting" my neighbor's tractor to pull it--would be more affordable--or just put up with overgrown roads and wear my snake gators when walking on them...or lasso one of those bull elks out there and slap a harness on the guy to pull the harrow...;-)
pay the neighbor $40/hr to help cover his expenses (parts / fuel / time / depreciation)
You will be money and time ahead. And maybe make a happy Neighbor!
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