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Trail Mowers
- Thread starter vasellers
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Zero turn mowers are the best, next tractor belly mount. 3pt I rank third, tow behind a distant 4th. They are light and bounce with speed and least manuverable of all. If you can't use the first three, they will with time and effort get the job done. Pulled one behind Polaris on horse trails. Use a zero turn now. Much faster and better cut.
I have the same need. Our church will be buying an 1100 as soon as it comes in from the factory (supposed to be first week in Feb.). We are already mowing with a ZTM and a belly mount on a tractor, but we need another mower for a semi rough pasture area.
I was hoping the RTV with it's comfortable cab and a 60" pull behind would be a good solution for this.
Matt
I was hoping the RTV with it's comfortable cab and a 60" pull behind would be a good solution for this.
Matt
Swisher makes a finish mower and a brush cutter --- I have a brush cutter that I pull with my 900 -- I cut my land around the house (5ac.) but us it more on my deer hunting land.</P>
on a scale of 1to 10 I would give it a 7 --- if you have rough land you will get some bounch --- it does much better in brush than thick grass --- but does work for me ---bdk</P>
on a scale of 1to 10 I would give it a 7 --- if you have rough land you will get some bounch --- it does much better in brush than thick grass --- but does work for me ---bdk</P>
For those of you starting with a field, do you know of someone in the paving industry? A paving roller going through the field when it's "somewhat" wet will do wonders for bumps.
I have a lawn roller but get/use a small paving roller instead. Can't speak for fields but for a lawn, it's best to run an aerator over it a few times afterwards. I just tow one behind the ZTR for the next few mowings after rolled.
If no paving roller, a cultipacker works well.
I have a lawn roller but get/use a small paving roller instead. Can't speak for fields but for a lawn, it's best to run an aerator over it a few times afterwards. I just tow one behind the ZTR for the next few mowings after rolled.
If no paving roller, a cultipacker works well.
[quote user="mmolnar"]Do they compact better because of the water in the soil after a rain?
Matt
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Yes. Rolling is best done when the ground is soft. Basically, the softer the better so long as the rolling equipment doesn't get stuck or dig in and do damage. If the ground is too hard, the roller just bounces over it and does nothing.
When I do it, it looks like I'm running a squeegy over it. There's a big puddle being squeezed out and runs in front of the roller.
The other thing when rolling is to go slow. The objective is to knock the high spots down. If you go over it too fast, it doesn't have time to fully flatten the bump. Think of a cooking roller going over some dough. If you only get one pass over it, if you did it real slow, it'll flatten it a lot more than going fast.
Matt
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Yes. Rolling is best done when the ground is soft. Basically, the softer the better so long as the rolling equipment doesn't get stuck or dig in and do damage. If the ground is too hard, the roller just bounces over it and does nothing.
When I do it, it looks like I'm running a squeegy over it. There's a big puddle being squeezed out and runs in front of the roller.
The other thing when rolling is to go slow. The objective is to knock the high spots down. If you go over it too fast, it doesn't have time to fully flatten the bump. Think of a cooking roller going over some dough. If you only get one pass over it, if you did it real slow, it'll flatten it a lot more than going fast.
Many box stores and most tractor stores that sell implements have them. A tow-behind unit that an ATV or RTV would tow runs around $200. These are 24-30" diameter and 36-48" wide. They do a decent job on a lawn but not sure how well they would do on a field. It may take a few years of rolling the field before the bumps really settle down.
On a lawn, it gets rid of the bumps every year.
On a lawn, it gets rid of the bumps every year.