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Theforest44

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I am in the market for a heavy 3 point brush mower. I have a John Deere 2940 which is around 80 hp. I have a woods 15' batwing but have some property with really thick tall nasty brush and saplings I want to clear. I would rather have something I can use and back into the brush instead of driving in tonkeep from destroying my tractor.

I know there are some really nice mulchers and tree cutters like this but are really pricey. I would be happy with an old cheap 7' to 10 ' 3 point model mower just to get the job done.

I do also have and old 5' pulltype bushhog that has seen better days. I've thought about taking the cutting torch to this and cutting open the back portion to allow me to back into saplings without bending the deck into the cutters.

I'm looking for model suggestions and ideas.

Thanks
 
If the brush is hardwood, and more than 1-1/2 inches, you are going to trash about any cutter. Taking the rear skirt off of an already weak cutter will also weaken it further unless it is restructured to compensate. it would also be hazardous in many ways. renting or buying a small dozer, back hoe, or track loader to clear and root remove the brush is better. Jim
 
I have a John Deere 709 that's heavy
built.
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Welcome to YT. I have a Bush Hog
3008. It is an 8 foot 3pt hitch. It
is a heavy duty Bush Hog. There are
other good brands also. Others will
be along to tell you what they have.
 
X-2 a small excavator with teeth on the bucket will get the roots and all.then point the teeth down to sweep the small trees in a windrow or pile for burning or burying .
 
I have a 7 foot Woods Brushbull that has no problem with 2 inch hardwood.

Other makers offer heavy models also. A seven foot blade has lots of inertia to splinter trees.
 
I've thought about a dozer also but
haven't been able to find any place to
rent a small dozer from. This area is
mostly old pasture so lots of briars and
saplings. A decent cutter would do a lot
of it. I would rather be able to reverse
through it.

I do like the looks of the bushhog 3308.
 
I've had really good success with a Bush Hog brand 307 pull type. It will EAT anything you can knock down. Unless you enjoy getting a crick in your neck reverse mowing then going forward with a pull type or 3PH is tough to beat. When you back into a cut most of the debris will be thrown AT you versus going forward most will be thrown to the rear with the proper setup. If the saplings are thorn or locust, yes you will have tire issues. Once you get it cut the next time you mow you'll have to watch out for stobs so be careful. If you come up on a larger sapling that you don't want to run over then mow around it and get out the chainsaw. I've seen where some have replaced the blades with heavy chain that will tear up the brush but I've never tried it. Take your time and wear a safety hat if you get a lot of stuff thrown at you, been there and done that.
 
Growing up in rural SE Texas, we got our water from a man who had a massive well and some of the purest water on planet Earth.

His family had also provided many acres of land to lots of people. In maintain his land and doing clearing for others, he built himself a mower that still messes with my mind. I never saw the machine up close, but remember him saying he could cut down 5 1/2 to 6-in diameter trees all day long. I literally saw him wipe out a stand of 30 and 40 foot tall Southern Yellow Pine. I wish now I could have looked his mower over really close, but it never happened.

The moral is, even though I don't know how to do it, I know it's possible to make such a tank of a mower that can do what I've mentioned. If nobody here has the info you want/need, don't give up looking. It's out there -- somewhere!
 
Thinking back, maybe the trees were 20' to 30' tall. I also remembered him saying that any tree his tractor could drive over, his mower could mulch up. Am almost thinking the deck plating was 3/4'' thick.

He had a wider deck for general brush work, but this was not as wide, so he could use much heavier components. For some reason I seem to recall him saying it was a 5' wide deck, but that seems kinda narrow for the big machine he had it on. Ah well, time to put away the ol' time machine and get some rest.
 
I would recommend just renting a track loader with a
front bush hog for a weekend. Probably cheaper than
buying another bush hog for a one time project and
definitely less painful than cranking your neck around for
the entire time. Better to abuse a rental than your own
tractor too
 
I have run a Bush Hog BH27, and its a beast. It mowed a property of nearly all saplings, some of which were getting into the 3 range. and after all that there is
only some scratched paint to show for it. Touched up the blades a little bit and it still cuts like a lawnmower. Bush Hog, especially the heavier duty lines,
have my vote.
 
I don't know what the name is for them but the will mulch a tree of about anysize right down to pulp even with the ground. they use them on road ditches to clear bigger trees and brush. they grind it right down to the dirt. So no stumps to ruin tires on. they have drum like rotating deal with flail or hammer like to cut and grind it up. It works more in the shape of a broom for sweeping construction jobs on roads than like a
Bushhog. I think they can be rented from rental yards like NES or Sunbelt. I have no idea what the cost would be. I've seen them working on gas pipeline right of ways and road right of ways . Work fairly fast too.
 
Neighbor used a BH 10.5' mounted cutter with his 2940 FWA.

Worked well but front weights would be needed without FWA and/or steep ground.
 
I put a lot of hours on that same Woods Brush Bull mower pruning 12 inch E Red Cedar from a 4 foot height down to the ground . A little touch up with a Ryobi 40 volt chain saw.
 
3 years ago I had an acre of brush, saplings and a few ash trees (about 10 inch diameter) to be cleared. I could have tackled it myself in stages but I decided to have a guy come in with his track steer and forestry mulcher. Best decision I ever made. That one acre was levelled, cleared and mulched up in 6 hours that would have taken me at least a week. Besides, I gathered up all the wood chips that I now use around the property for mulching flower beds and bushes.

Forklift dealers many times know where to find/rent forestry mulchers like the one in the picture below:

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