brush cutter

[Anonymous]

My big issue is with my brush hog I throw a lot of dangerous stuff, I’d be afraid to hurt my horse or myself that’s why I was hoping to crush the brush.

[Jonathan Shively]

Jared you have nailed exactly why I haven’t done the conversion. I don’t know if the Swisher or DR mowers are better designed knowing the operator is in front in the line of fire so they have created a safer mower from debris flying from the front. I plan on opening the complete back end of the mower as I also don’t need any windrowing effect. Also, I am not going to be in brush, just pastures that I am mowing to keep weeds from going to seed. My little woodlot that was nothing but brambles, we overloaded it with goats then culled the ones we didn’t prefer or others wanted to pay cash for. No more goats, bought three this year but they were another story.

[Carl Russell]

Dr mowers are designed very well, but you really can’t stop everything from coming forward. The Dr I have can be off-set to the side. My forecart has a solid backing so it will block anything thrown forward, but the heavy rubber mats hanging in front of the mower does a great job.

I had a piece of wood about 4″ dia, and about 18″ long come up and bounce off my mare’s ass. I suppose it could have hurt her, but she just jumped and pranced for about 15 feet, then settled back into her normal gait.

It is nasty loud work, and while I have done brusk with the horses, I find it works really well in anything from heavy grass to meadow sweet. Last spring I had a heavy hay that I couldn’t get cause it was mature too early, and the weather was just too wet. I mowed it down to about 4″ in one pass……..

I couldn’t afford two of them, and find one does a great job. But they do pull pretty easy, so in the right going they could be pulled two at a time…

Carl

[Billy Foster]

I only use mine to clip over grown or headed out pasture, never brush. When acquiring a new field that needs to be cleared we will use a 4-wheeler to pull the mower. I hate using the 4-wheeler but deal with it every once in a while to be safe. I do a lot of clearing with electro net and our flock of sheep, I don’t think we would have any success reclaiming or establishing pasture without the sheep.
Billy

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