[AJD] John Deere 650

[Bus Driver]

My observation also is that for mowers of a given size, the finish mower
requires more power than does the rough-cut mower.
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From: "Eric LaCruze" <elacruze at comcast.net>
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it's easy to feed being
> a hydrostatic drive. I'd think that a 60" finish mower which isn't
> confused with a bush hog (like mine) should be just fine behind it. FWIW
> it seems that a bush hog of equivalent width actually takes less power
> to run than the finish mower. I have a 3 blade hog 9ft wide, and it's
> hard to travel fast enough to overfeed it behind the 870.
> In either case, ground speed is the key.
>
> my $.02
>
> Eric
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