I have an 861 (gas), I currently run a 6' rotary cutter. I have about 20 acres of pasture that I need to cut 2-3 times a year.
The first time is to knock the tops of the fescue off to reduce chances of pink eye. The next couple of times is to cut the weeds which I have a lot of. For most of this, I cut very high, the tractor does not bog much, but it takes forever. It's killing me trying to keep up with this in the summer, I have many other things that need to be worked on if you know what I mean.
So, now I am converting roughly 20 more acres to pasture this year. Mowing is going to kill me, takes a long time and I have a lot of trees interspersed in most of it.
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Can my 861 pull a 7'?[/b:250a74d91e] My other option is to run 2 tractors at once. My oldest boy is now old enough to mow with a tractor, but I don't trust him with a rotary cutter around trees just yet, but a finish mower would be fine. Has anyone tried cutting pasture really high with a finish mower?
Lastly, I am going to pick up a PTO boom sprayer this year and try and cut back on the weeds (2,4-d I assume), but am not sure this will eliminate my weed mowing? Any comments appreciated, thanks!
The first time is to knock the tops of the fescue off to reduce chances of pink eye. The next couple of times is to cut the weeds which I have a lot of. For most of this, I cut very high, the tractor does not bog much, but it takes forever. It's killing me trying to keep up with this in the summer, I have many other things that need to be worked on if you know what I mean.
So, now I am converting roughly 20 more acres to pasture this year. Mowing is going to kill me, takes a long time and I have a lot of trees interspersed in most of it.
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Can my 861 pull a 7'?[/b:250a74d91e] My other option is to run 2 tractors at once. My oldest boy is now old enough to mow with a tractor, but I don't trust him with a rotary cutter around trees just yet, but a finish mower would be fine. Has anyone tried cutting pasture really high with a finish mower?
Lastly, I am going to pick up a PTO boom sprayer this year and try and cut back on the weeds (2,4-d I assume), but am not sure this will eliminate my weed mowing? Any comments appreciated, thanks!