Lloyd In South Carolina
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We moved to our new place we started building 5 years ago, awesome! Our little peace of the country.
We have about 4 -500' of ditch (4-5' wide trench) that runs through our meadow for water control, and a small 1/4 acre pond that I need to mow around. I've been using the weed wacker, and its a pain. Especialy around the pond, it chucks the clippings in, and our south carolina clay/mud is sticky/slippery! I will end up in sooner of later!
My question is, I am thinking about a sickle mower. Read many threads here, and it seems the least cost method for me to offset mow from my tractor seat.
It is often mentioned they are hard to connect, diconnect. I see a few Ford 501's, 515's, and NH 450's around for sale. Is this a worth while investement, or will it be too much trouble to connect and disconnect, and I should stick with the wacker?
Interested in opinions. It would seem if I buy a good condition machine, with the litte I have to cut it would last a very long time.
L.
We have about 4 -500' of ditch (4-5' wide trench) that runs through our meadow for water control, and a small 1/4 acre pond that I need to mow around. I've been using the weed wacker, and its a pain. Especialy around the pond, it chucks the clippings in, and our south carolina clay/mud is sticky/slippery! I will end up in sooner of later!
My question is, I am thinking about a sickle mower. Read many threads here, and it seems the least cost method for me to offset mow from my tractor seat.
It is often mentioned they are hard to connect, diconnect. I see a few Ford 501's, 515's, and NH 450's around for sale. Is this a worth while investement, or will it be too much trouble to connect and disconnect, and I should stick with the wacker?
Interested in opinions. It would seem if I buy a good condition machine, with the litte I have to cut it would last a very long time.
L.