which is best to mow with a brush hug, sickel bar

Is there any way you can cut it more often-before it gets so tall?

I use a 50hp Massey 255 with a Deere 709 mower and it is a pretty good load in 4ft tall grass-and that is a really heavy mower. Don't try 4ft stuff with a cheaper King Kutter type-at least not 40 acres worth.

Advantages both ways but with 35hp I would lean towards the sickle. Just don't try to cut when it is too wet.

The sickle of course if it is for hay. But a sickle is much, much more fuzzy, & will require more effort from you, and will have trouble with wet grass, fine grass, gopher hills, and so forth.

The bush hog will go through all sorts of junk, thickets, etc. It will be less work but about the same time & more fuel if you want the grass ground up & not used.

--->Paul

BUTTTTT TT The sickle is a pain in the butox. It hangs easily, gets gobbed up with fireants and grass wads, especially with wet grass, won't cut wire grass and other wirey grasses and requires constant maintenance of the cutters. Sticks out to the side so you have to watch side obstacles that are hard to remember and judge distance. It doesn't cut very fast if you don't want it skipping over the thinner stemmed/leafed forage.

Bush hog just goes RRRRR IIIPPPPP. If the grass is really tall, raise it and come back with it on the ground. 2 laps, but together they are as fast as you can go with a sickle.

Mark