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DennisCTB
Join Date: Nov 1998 Posts: 2707 NorthWest NJ Pics |
2002-07-30 40821
If Yes? (primary use here means most machine hours)
1) How many Acres?
2) What Tractor do you have?
3) Mower Width Belly or 3PH?
4) Are You happy with it?
Dennis
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kay
Join Date: Posts: 1 |
2002-07-30 40822
Are you going to define "tractor"? ....
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DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada Pics |
2002-07-30 40823
Nope, don't mow at all. ....
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matt_barb
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 25 Loveland CO |
2002-07-30 40825
1) 3 acres
2) JD 4310 MFWD eHydro
3) 60" Belly
4) Extremely, its new so can't complain yet... ....
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Peters
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3034 Northern AL Pics |
2002-07-30 40826
Which Tractor?
1) 10 and 3
2) MF 65 and JD 955
3) 7ft 3 pt and 5 ft 3 pt
4) Yes ....
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buck
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 5 Alabama |
2002-07-30 40828
No but if I did it would be the 3ph variety
20 acres thats mowable
L3710 DT
I would need the 7 ft, 3ph type
I'm VERY happy with what it can do and I think finish mowing would be no problem. It's a little heavy for the yard but the field in front of the house would look great finish mowed. ....
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BillMullens
Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 649 Central West Virginia Pics |
2002-07-30 40830
1)~3.5
2)NH TC29S
3)5' 3ph
4)Tickled
Bill ....
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tomc
Join Date: Posts: 1 |
2002-07-30 40838
finish mowing (and snow removal!)
1. 3 acres
2. JD4200
3. 72" belly
4. great setup! ....
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TC29 in Wa.
Join Date: Posts: 1 |
2002-07-30 40848
Yes: have mowing business / 20 to 30 hrs per week
10 to 25 per week
New Holland TC29 / Kubota L345DT
72" First Choice Rear Discharge 3PT
Yes I'm very happy with it.
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JonB
Join Date: Posts: 1 |
2002-07-31 40850
No. No finish mowing at all. ....
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Paul Fox
Join Date: Posts: 1 |
2002-07-31 40853
JD 750 4WD, no finish mowing. ....
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larry
Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 0 St.Davids |
2002-07-31 40855
Yes
Cub Cadet 7274
Finish mower 60"
2 acres
Some snow removal in winter ....
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pbenven
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 38 Southwestern Quebec, Canada |
2002-07-31 40859
Yes
1 acre of finish mowing, 2.5 of bush hogging.
B7500HSD
60" 3ph rear disharge
Wanna buy it? Hind sight is 20/20 and I think I would be better off with a garden tractor and a small, second hand AG tractor. ....
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treeman
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 251 Wisconsin Pics |
2002-07-31 40863
Yes.
1)~6 acres....field,ditch,yard
2) TC33D w/SS
3) 72" belly mower...side discharge
4) Yes I'm happy with it...I took the chute off so it wouldn't wind row.
I also do snow removal on a 300' drive. ....
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Billy
Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 975 Southeast Oklahoma Pics |
2002-07-31 40866
1) How many Acres? 20
2) What Tractor do you have? JD 4610 MFWD ehydro
3) Mower Width Belly or 3PH? 3PH
4) Are You happy with it? Very
Billy ....
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Jim on Timberridge
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 172 La Crosse WI |
2002-07-31 40880
Yes
1. 7 acres finish mowing
2. JD4700 and x595/54"deck (hasn't arrived yet)
3. 84", 3ph/rear discharge
4. happy with what?
- Would prefer a combo of smaller tractor (lighter, more manuvuerable) with MMM of 72+".
- Tractor is too heavy but is well-matched to the LP-FDR25-84 at 735 lbs.
- The mower is a good pc of machinery but isn't capable of the mowing quality of a MMM
jim ....
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Buckeye
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 10 South-Central Ohio |
2002-08-02 40943
1. 6 acres
2. NH TC40
3. 72" RD, Bush Hog Brand
4. Completely Happy. Sometimes wish I had the 8' mower...........
Buckeye ....
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Penny
Join Date: Posts: 1 |
2002-08-05 41004
1) How many Acres?
4 3/4
2) What Tractor do you have?
Sears Craftsmen (14 HP)
3) Mower Width Belly or 3PH?
38"
4) Are You happy with it?
No. Its too slow. It runs on gas. Its very reliable though. Takes me almost 5 hours at "top speed" ....
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sbruse
Join Date: Posts: 1 |
2002-08-07 41058
1. Finish mow 2.5 acres
2. Cub Cadet 7275
3. 72" belly mower
4. After having both I prefer the 3pt mower, but I am happy with the current set up also ....
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cutter
Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 1307 The South Shore of Lake Ontario, New York Pics |
2002-08-08 41094
1. Finish mow three acres littered with trees.
2. B2910, a great tractor but I wish I had kept my grasshopper and bought an old Case with loader/hoe for the bull work.
3. 72" belly
4. Yes, built like a tank. ....
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Art White
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 6898 Waterville New York Pics |
2002-08-08 41096
I mow nearly two acres.
Prefered machine Kubota, currently T1760 w/48"
It is the only kind I can get someone else to mow with.
I'm always happy when I can get someone else to mow. Last mower I brought home (one of the other guys) nobody would use.
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TomG
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5406 Upper Ottawa Valley |
2002-08-08 41100
My wife has pretty well taken over finish mowing of about 1 acre on each of two properties. She grudgingly uses a riding mower and would prefer to do it by hand. I doubt she'd ever consider using a compact even if I got one with HST. A tractor would cut down on her ability to make floating flower gardens by cutting around patches of what ever wild flowers come up.
If I were doing it, I'd probably stick with the riding mower. There's just too much landscaping and buildings to maneuver around with a tractor. I'd probably make far fewer wild flower gardens though. That may be why my wife has taken over the mowing. Well, the link shows a picture of an out building at our camp. Maybe there is something to be said for wild flower gardens in the lawn.
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Markey
Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 0 Pittsburgh,Pa. |
2002-08-11 41157
I cut about 4 acres with a NH TC40D & a Woods 7200 3ph finish mower. Love it. Used to use a 46" Husky riding mower and it took about 4 hours. Now I can finish in about 1 1/2 hours. ....
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Redmessage
Join Date: Posts: 1 |
2002-08-12 41172
Yes, I use two compact tractors currently.
1. I mow 3 acres of yard and 28 acres of grass pasture for horses.
2. Tractor for yard is B7200 HST, Tractor for pasture is JD4300 HSD w/FEL
3. MMM 60" for B7200, Befco 6' rotary cutter for pasture on JD4300
4. Kubota is great, I picked it up cheap and can sell at any time. The pasture cutter leaves a section of uncut grass on right side of mower (6" uncut, 6" in), so I have to overlap my cut at least a foot to get a good cut. This greatly slows down the mowing of pasture. I am looking at a 84" Land Pride finishing mower for pasture to get a better and bigger cut. I hope the JD4300 can spin it. ....
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Jeffrey J
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1 Fairfield, IA |
2002-08-15 41270
20 acres
4600 Deere; 4x4; Hydro; Loader; bucket and pallet forks (put things on pallets so I can pick up to mow under); canopy
3pt 72" Woods Finish; 3pt 6' Woods Rotary; 3pt Deere 350 sickle bar mower... rotary thew fence rows and weeds, ditches, mow, rake and bale -small square and big round bale (800# bales); and finish mow the yard, about 2-3 acres. Finish mowing is primary because I also mow for our church, but the other things come close.
Yes, excellent tractor, pricey, but it'll mow your yard, blade the 1000' drive, feed the horses, till dirt, disc dirt, plant corn, seed oats, pull a fertilizer cart, slow way down for corners when raking, slow and speed up for small square baling, lift 800-900# with the loader, post hole digger a breeze, set pallets up 10 feet high, pull out or back out of ditches with ease, HEY, did I mention you can mow your yard... fast.. sure it's not as nicely groomed like the dr's in town but it'll just grow back next week. Right? ....
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HOEMAN00
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 11 FREDERICKTOWN, OHIO |
2002-08-15 41271
7.5 ACRES
NH TC 35D W/SS
84" MMM
YES, IMPROVEMENT OVER L 2900 W/ 72" WOODS RFM ....
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JackIL
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 18 Illinois |
2002-08-21 41447
Yes
(1) I mow 5 acres, not all of which is at my residence. Some of it is very steep with slopes of 30 degrees.
(2) Ventrac 4200 articulated 4WD-(31 hp). Dual wheels front and rear. Tractor and deck capable of safely mowing slopes up to 30 degrees.
(3) 72 inch deck front mount. Also have front mount 66 inch tall grass and weed deck.
(4) Very pleased. I have this type of tractor and decks in order to mow my slopes. ....
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DH83
Join Date: Posts: 1 |
2002-09-25 42913
YES,4310 W/72"MMM GATORBACK BLADES,LX188 W/48" 6 ACRES,VERY HAPPY ....
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JJT
Join Date: Jun 1999 Posts: 93 Upstate NY, USA |
2002-09-26 42958
No, finish mowing is not the primary use.
1) How many Acres? 15 that get brush hogged once a year, 3 that get mowed weekly, 12 that get hayed once a year and finished mowed 1 - 2 times/year.
2) What Tractor do you have? Kubota L3710 for the big work, 18HP Craftsman for the 3 acre yardwork.
3) Mower Width Belly or 3PH? 72" 3PH on the L3710, 44" belly on the Craftsman
4) Are You happy with it? Extremely happy with both machines. The L3710 is 4yrs old, the Craftsman is 18 yrs old.
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YanmarJim
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 12 Southern Illinois |
2002-10-03 43318
No finish mowing yet
Do it by brush hog, lawn mower, sickle mower ( app. 1/4 mile of shoreline out into the water 5-6 ft.).
Yanmar 2220D,IH B414D
Love it, little woman even started brush hogging last week, made me tired just watching. ....
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farmhouse
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 15 East Texas |
2002-10-04 43365
No finish mower but use a bush hog on the periphery of a 12 acre hay meadow and other rough mowing jobs on my 46 acres.Kioti LK3054 with a 3pt hitch. Really happy with it so far. ....
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Dwight
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 20 |
2002-10-04 43379
Yes it is.
1) How many Acres? ---- 2.5 ac and 7 ac
2) What Tractor do you have? ---- BX2200
3) Mower Width Belly or 3PH? ----- 60" belly
4) Are You happy with it? ------ It's new, but so far it mows great! My only complaint is the headlights could be a little brighter.
Dwight ....
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Chief
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4297 Southwest MiddleTennessee Pics |
2003-08-14 61821
1) How many Acres? About 8
2) What Tractor do you have? John Deere 4410
3) Mower Width Belly or 3PH? 72" mmm
4) Are You happy with it? Very happy with it although I wish the mower had more vertical lift with the lift cylinder.
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kwschumm
Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 5764 NW Oregon Pics |
2003-08-14 61836
This is an old thread but I'll chime in too.
I don't mow at all.
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Chief
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4297 Southwest MiddleTennessee Pics |
2003-08-14 61838
Never saw this thread until today. So I figured what the heck. ....
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plots1
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 563 mo Pics |
2003-08-14 61839
Tractor is used with brush cutter only no finish mowing,5ft 3pt. although if kept sharp you almost get finished look. It is a 790 deere . I mostly use tractor for working on food plots on my 40 acers.But then I try to put it to use for anything, beings I have a ball using it ! I really like the tractor but if I could start over I would go with something in the 40 hp plus range to make ground ingadging easier and faster, by being able to use larger imps. ....
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Murf
Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7249 Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada Pics |
2003-08-14 61844
It's about the only thing I don't do with my tractor, I have lots of other (faster) grass cutters, besides I have R4's now which aren't really turf friendly.
Best of luck. ....
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F350Lawman
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 411 Goshen, NY Pics |
2003-08-14 61855
No, only have a rotary cutter but do try to "fake" finish mow with it.
11 acres, 2 acres yard
JD 790 ....
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blizzard
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 282 Central Maine Pics |
2003-08-14 61858
I do not use my tractor for finish mowing. I have a 46" cut lawnmower for that.
bliz ....
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AC5ZO
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 928 Rio Rancho, NM 87144 Pics |
2003-08-14 61859
I have more carpet in my house than I have grass outside, so I use an electric push mower. There is no need to use the tractor for this small patch. I live in a desert area.
The tractor is for digging, carrying, and pulling. ....
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kadorken
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 67 Canada |
2003-08-16 61957
1) 3 acres
2) JD 4310, ehydro, MFWD (required for hills!), turf tires
3) 60" mid mount mower
4) yes. Can mow hills I couldn't climb safely before with 2wd lawn tractor. ....
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PI
Join Date: Posts: 1 |
2003-08-16 61959
1. 20 acres / 3 (and growing) lawn acres
2. MF1433 w/hydro
3. 72" 3ph Rhino Groundskeeper
4. 100% satisfied
Gave up the JD rider due to hills and lawn size. ....
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drcjv.
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 334 southeastern pa Pics |
2003-09-22 64569
No mowing at all. ....
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hockeyhead
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 21 monroe,michigan |
2003-09-23 64599
the tractor does the roughest finish mowing with a 60" 3ph mower
300ft by 1165ft (7.5 acres), 300ft by 450ft nice lawn
we use a cub cadet 1925 and a 60" swisher finish mower pulled by a atv for the front and the atv does the ditches.
the TC-30 does the back 700ft.
Yeah I'm happy with it, with my son on the cub, my daughter and the atv, and me on the tractor we can kick this out in just over 3 hours including weedwacking
but that 60" swisher finish mower is not durable, next is a comercial ZTR ....
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itsgottobegreen
Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 329 Mt. Airy, MD Pics |
2003-10-18 66536
No, thats what the commerial mowers are for, but all the tractor have mmm decks
1)2.5 (mine), 100+ (customers)
2)JD214,JD312, JD955, 2-Wright stander, eXmark metro
3)46",38",60",2-52",32"
4)yes, no, haven't used it yet, 2-YES, YES
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Johnno
Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 24 Connecticut |
2003-10-29 67451
1. Yes
2. 2003 JD 4310 4x4 ehydro with turfs
3. 60" 7iron mmm deck
4. Its works well, not like a scag however. Take the fel off, it helps a little ....
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WillieH
Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 543 New England Pics |
2003-11-05 68103
(Dennis - a little late on this one)
Yes with B1750HST FEL, B5200DT FEL, NO with #2 B5200DT TLB/tiller
1)Mowing with approx. 20 acres
2)see above
3)MMM on B1750 - 60", RMM on B5200 - 60"
4)Very happy...with comments from neighbors on such a beautiful job
-Willie H. ....
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BARNEE
Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 64 South Texas Pics |
2003-12-18 71655
I have 2 parcels of land that I take care of with different machines
1) How many Acres? 9 acres of pasture & 1 acre yard
2) What Tractor do you have? Kubota L3000DT for the pasture & Deere L120 for the yard
3) Mower Width Belly or 3PH? Kubota has 3ph & 5' cutter, Deere has 48" mower
4) Are You happy with it? Yes for both although I've had some minor breakage on the Deere after only 1 season. More than I had on the Craftsman I used to have for 10 yr! ....
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