I searched this a lot and didn't really find any definitive information. So today I figured it out for myself. I hope this is helpful for someone out there.
I set the deck to be about 5" from the ground and just used my discretion to figure out when I needed to lift it higher to give it a break.
The lot was severely neglected and about 2.5 acres. This took me about 3 hours to complete. There's a downed tree that I need to remove and the smaller batch or trees will come down easy, I just ran out of time for the day.
Started out as this.
And ended as this
It doesn't look like it in the photos, but that's not just tall grass. It's mostly thorn bushes and small sapling trees. Some small pines too.
Largest trees were maybe 2" in diameter. Anything bigger got cut with the axe and the "stump" would get ground down by the cutter. Anything that I could easily push down with the bucket was turned into pulp by the hog. I had to take it slow and sometimes make a second pass but most of this cleared out fairly easily. The dense wet grass bogged the tractor more than any sapling/wood did. The blades are in the same shape now as before the job and no damage to the cutter deck except for this odd exit hole here
Pretty impressive. Whatever caused that went through 3/16" steel. I'll hammer it back down and probably hit it with paint. Otherwise, my little B series didn't do too bad and the payment for today covers my first tractor payment
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I set the deck to be about 5" from the ground and just used my discretion to figure out when I needed to lift it higher to give it a break.
The lot was severely neglected and about 2.5 acres. This took me about 3 hours to complete. There's a downed tree that I need to remove and the smaller batch or trees will come down easy, I just ran out of time for the day.
Started out as this.
And ended as this
It doesn't look like it in the photos, but that's not just tall grass. It's mostly thorn bushes and small sapling trees. Some small pines too.
Largest trees were maybe 2" in diameter. Anything bigger got cut with the axe and the "stump" would get ground down by the cutter. Anything that I could easily push down with the bucket was turned into pulp by the hog. I had to take it slow and sometimes make a second pass but most of this cleared out fairly easily. The dense wet grass bogged the tractor more than any sapling/wood did. The blades are in the same shape now as before the job and no damage to the cutter deck except for this odd exit hole here
Pretty impressive. Whatever caused that went through 3/16" steel. I'll hammer it back down and probably hit it with paint. Otherwise, my little B series didn't do too bad and the payment for today covers my first tractor payment
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