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Posted: 6/24/2023 7:55:22 AM EDT
[#1]
Why?
I have 24 acres and I mow roughly an acre of it. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 7:57:46 AM EDT
[#2]
Quote HistoryQuoted: See if a local farmer wants to cut it for hay. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 7:59:10 AM EDT
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Why do you want 15 acres groomed? You need a tractor with a bush hog.
Why do yankees call it brushhog? https://bushhog.com/ It's like coke, skilsaw, band-aid, jet ski, crock-pot, chapstick, kleenex, etc... There are bush hogs and grooming(finish) mowers for tractors. (you'll need to know these things in Tennessee)  Why not fence it and let livestock keep it trimmed? |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:12:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: See if a local farmer wants to cut it for hay. This |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:19:10 AM EDT
[#5]
That’s a hay field, not a lawn. Maybe divide it up and keep part as your lawn and have a farmer plant and harvest hay. Do a 50/50 or something split and sell your cut.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:19:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Why do you want 15 acres groomed? You need a tractor with a bush hog. Why do yankees call it brushhog? https://bushhog.com/ It's like coke, skilsaw, band-aid, jet ski, crock-pot, chapstick, kleenex, etc... There are bush hogs and grooming(finish) mowers for tractors. (you'll need to know these things in Tennessee) Why not fence it and let livestock keep it trimmed? I own a Bush Hog brand rotery mower which is generally referred to as a brush hog. Because they were called brush hogs before Bush Hog the brand existed....... Why do southerners call every brand soft drink a fkn coke? |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:23:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Tractor or sheep. You will mow 2-3 acres. And bushog/have sheep on the rest. I have a 48 inch Ferris S300 or 400. Would have gone bigger if there was not a spot where I could only get the 48 inch through. I have 2.3 Acres. Have fun! |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:24:30 AM EDT
[#8]
Plant trees. Good wildlife habitat, better privacy.
Let the food come to you. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:26:53 AM EDT
[#9]
Turn some to natural prairie?
Yikes we are in 40 acres and cut my maybe 5 plus trails We have goats too |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:32:19 AM EDT
[#10]
edit
off topic |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:43:16 AM EDT
[#11]
My Dad had 3 acres and younger me hated mowing that every week on a normal old school riding mower. There is no fucking way I would spend the rest of my life mowing 15 acres.
 I would get a nice zero turn mower and maintain around the house, then maybe a few acres of field. Nature could have the rest back. Maybe cut some trails through the rest after a while. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:44:27 AM EDT
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Need to up your budget, Kubota ZD1211/72”. In my area you can find nice low hour units for $13k. New they are around $20k.
If you don’t have a tractor already, get one and use a 3pt finish mower. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 9:04:51 AM EDT
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"After I finish bushhogging, I'm going to the store to get a coke."
"What kind?" "Dr Pepper." |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 9:10:37 AM EDT
[#14]
Tigercat 760m
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Posted: 6/24/2023 9:14:27 AM EDT
[#15]
You have too many other interests to spend time mowing 15 acres.
Mow 1.5 or 2 acres of lawn around the house. Use the tractor you'll need to mow the rest with a 3 point mower, or hire a neighbor to mow that three or four times every year. Otherwise mow with a 3 point finish mower on a tractor. If there is a Husqvarna dealer nearby, go look at the home owner and commercial grade mowers. Compare the blade spindles and hydraulic motors. Compare the engine air filter housings. You'll want the commercial mower afterwards. Whatever you buy make certain the blades are easy to remove for sharpening. You'll change them often enough. A Grasshopper zero turn raises the deck for access, others drop the blades and spindles straight down to slip out. Any deck you buy will be too heavy to lift with your arms and back, you'll need jacks or a hoist. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 9:15:31 AM EDT
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can you got to a gov't auction and get a state-owned highway mower that looks like it's 20 feet across?
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Posted: 6/24/2023 9:20:43 AM EDT
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Honestly, do you REALLY want to mow 15 acres? I live on 12 now and mow 2.5 acres of it. After 25 years, I am so over that. The next home we build will be on about 20 acres and I am only planning on mowing a small area immediately around the house. The rest I will leave to the Florida wildlife.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 9:39:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If I had 15 acres to mow I'd turn 12 of them into game bird habitat. Sunflowers and Milo and lots of shotgun shells. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 9:51:02 AM EDT
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OP, seriously look into the JD 1585.
I mow 18ac at my house. The 1585 changed my life. As long as I dont let the grass get out of control, and can run at full speed, I mow about 4 acre per hour. It was shockingly expensive, but was a total gamechanger. I cant imagine wasting time with a ZT having to push both levers all day. ZTs are awful for large area mowing. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 10:00:25 AM EDT
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OP, have you considered a couple cows or a few goats and then go apply for a farm tax exemption permit?
The tax card is beneficial and the animals will do the mowing for you. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 10:08:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: OP, seriously look into the JD 1585. I mow 18ac at my house. The 1585 changed my life. As long as I dont let the grass get out of control, and can run at full speed, I mow about 4 acre per hour. It was shockingly expensive, but was a total gamechanger. I cant imagine wasting time with a ZT having to push both levers all day. ZTs are awful for large area mowing. They are awful for mowing while trying to drink a beer, otherwise my 72" Scag does fine for the 3.5 acres I mow on my 15 acre parcel. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 11:39:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They are awful for mowing while trying to drink a beer, otherwise my 72" Scag does fine for the 3.5 acres I mow on my 15 acre parcel. Thats not large area mowing, tho. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 5:54:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: ZTs are awful for large area mowing. Laughs in  |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:00:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Why do you want 15 acres groomed? You need a tractor with a bush hog. Why do yankees call it brushhog? https://bushhog.com/ It's like coke, skilsaw, band-aid, jet ski, crock-pot, chapstick, kleenex, etc... There are bush hogs and grooming(finish) mowers for tractors. (you'll need to know these things in Tennessee) Why not fence it and let livestock keep it trimmed? Bush Whacker |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 8:29:08 PM EDT
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Have someone cut it for hay or fence it in and get goats.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 9:00:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: See if a local farmer wants to cut it for hay. My thoughts exactly . Make the land pay for itself . |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 9:04:55 PM EDT
[#27]
35 acres here that are mowable. I mow about 1.5 acres at most.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 9:17:19 PM EDT
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I mowed 3.5-acres at our last property (really liked having that much finished lawn and to keep the bugs / rodents down) with a 72-inch Z-Turn in about 2.5-hours. It was enough. Either horses, goats or cows for more than that. And let the good snakes live to manage the rodents.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 9:27:29 PM EDT
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15 acres is a preposterous amount for a riding mower.
Pick out a reasonable sized yard and mow it, and let the rest either go to hay or native grass. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 9:43:40 PM EDT
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Honestly - mow something between 1/4 and 1/2 acre by your house - and a couple shooting lanes in front of your backstops. Screw the rest.
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Posted: 6/24/2023 9:43:56 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I mowed 3.5-acres at our last property (really liked having that much finished lawn and to keep the bugs / rodents down) with a 72-inch Z-Turn in about 2.5-hours. It was enough. Either horses, goats or cows for more than that. And let the good snakes live to manage the rodents. It takes you 2.5 hours to mow 3.5 acres with a 72" ZT?? |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 10:54:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It takes you 2.5 hours to mow 3.5 acres with a 72" ZT?? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I mowed 3.5-acres at our last property (really liked having that much finished lawn and to keep the bugs / rodents down) with a 72-inch Z-Turn in about 2.5-hours. It was enough. Either horses, goats or cows for more than that. And let the good snakes live to manage the rodents. It takes you 2.5 hours to mow 3.5 acres with a 72" ZT?? Lots of trees and pretty rough ground in a lot of it.....but, yes. Might have been closer to 2-hours, but that included saddling up on the unit and cleaning it off when I was finished. |
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Posted: 6/24/2023 11:37:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: See if a local farmer wants to cut it for hay. This. Or a 15 foot batwing behind a 100HP tractor. It's mesmerizing. Like giant vacuum cleaner lines in the carpet that you can see on google Earth.  Attached File Attached File |
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