Anyone ever use one of these?

JDMAN60 · Jul 25, 2011

I need something to mow the fences on the farm, my back won't take the weedeater for 2-3 days. I am thinking about one of these Swisher Postmasters and thought I would check to see if anyone has used one and if so do they work well?
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thurlow · Jul 25, 2011

Never used one and can't imagine ever doing so; have you considered glyphosate or something similar?

Chester5731 · Jul 25, 2011

Glyphosate is alright if you aren't allergic to it. The last time I used it was a trip to the ER with a rash and swollen tongue. A mower sounds better to me.

Jim in Ma. · Jul 25, 2011

A number of years ago when I worked for the state roadside dept. we tried one like that but it was 3point hitch It did pretty good but did not cut all of the grass and weeds. And you have to go real slow. We still had to do some trimming.
We found it cheaper to spray those areas.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 25, 2011

No matter what you use, it still takes more time than spraying. And also, you have to deal with a stray broken wire, or dangling fence post. I built a weed eater for my loader, hydraulic powered, but that still moves pretty slow, compared to spraying. I only do the mowing, every couple years, to prevent weeds developing resistance to herbicides. As for swisher products, I had one of their mowers, was kind of el cheapo, if you ask me. I have not seen the postmaster type mower, so I reserve judgement, and make no comment.

Bryan inIowa · Jul 25, 2011

Your not supposed to drink it !! lol sorry had to do it !

paul · Jul 25, 2011

Really? I've heard of that for the old Lasso products, never heard of someone having issue with glyphosate. I'd assume it was the 'soap' or sticky materieals in a generic product that actually got to you?

My problem with doing a glyphosate spray is this kills off the grasses and then you need to spray every 3-6 months over and over, as the broadleaf weeds will come on gangbusters. If one sprays with a broadleaf killer (24D, Banvel, Milestone, Crossbow, etc) and tolerates the grasses, you don't need to spray very often as the grasses will smoother out the broadleaves mostly.

The scorched earth of repeated glyphosate spraying looks bad to me, worse than the weeds almost, and far worse than letting grass get tall.

--->Paul

Mel in SW Iowa · Jul 25, 2011

They work better on new growth in the spring than they do now or later, they would be terrific on
any fence, building or similar obstacle on level ground. The one I bought doesn't work very well on uneven ground, or around farm machinery. It worked the best for me behind a 129 Cub Cadet that has a hydrostat.

I like Swisher trail mowers to pull offset behind
a tractor style lawn mower, but for my use the postmaster disappointed me.

ericlb · Jul 25, 2011

they work, sort of, one thing i had some sucess with and this is if the vegitation isnt way overgrown is to fab up a U shaped bracket on the front right corner of your mower deck, the u nees to be attached by a single bolt with a locknut so it can piviot, it needs to have a loop over the U that attaches togeather to form a O with the weedeater straight shaft fitting loose in it so it can slide up and down, in and out ,secure with a bolt and wingnut, the u bracket is for support only on the lower portion of the weedeater, with the lawn mower in first you can inch along and work the weedeater with one hand while driving with the other, that slow you have time to get the grass trimmed, it doesnt work however if the grass is way tall, like 2 feet or so, just an idea,

Anyone ever use one of these?

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