[AT] Flail mowers

[Cecil R Bearden]

If you could fence it, Barbado sheep work very cheap.

Cecil in OKla



On 5/15/2015 10:09 PM, Mike wrote:
> Hi Gregg, disk mowers would be too expensive for my operation. The only
> other thought I have is to offer the grass to a local dairy farmer free
> of charge, you cut it, and bale it, and take it, it' s yours. I will
> eventually get it dried out, one way or another.
>
> Mike M
>
> On 5/15/2015 10:43 PM, Greg Hass wrote:
>> In my opinion the best mower for you would be a disk mower, they cut
>> fast and work in almost any conditions without plugging. They also lay
>> out the grass nice and flat. The downside is they are quite expensive
>> unless you could find a used one cheaper. Also, the way you describe
>> things, I think a sickle bar mower would plug more than would be
>> acceptable. Another thing I would do if possible would be to rent, hire
>> or borrow the various types of machines and try them under your
>> conditions and see how they work. That way you wouldn't spend a lot of
>> money only to find out what you bought doesn't work as you want it to.
>> One thing that a lot of our local dealers have done; but only with used
>> equipment, is they will let you try it for several days on your farm. If
>> you like it you buy it, if you don't like it you pay so much an acre
>> rent (the amount of rent is agreed upon before you try the machine. If
>> you don't like it you are not stuck with it and the dealer makes some
>> money off the used machine. Several of my neighbors have went this route
>> and some bought the machine an a couple of others found it didn't work
>> as expected and said "well, this is going to be strictly a rental
>> machine". Also, in our county, the road commission only uses disk mowers
>> for roadside cutting.
>>       Greg Hass
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