Mowing thornapples?

Posted by TimWafer on June 14, 2007 at 06:26:42 from (24.213.193.230):

I’m mowing some pathways through some overgrown areas on the neighbors land. Most of which I can do with just the 6’ brush hog on my IH 574. However one area is just thick with thorn apples. These have sharp thorns about 2" long and so thick you can’t walk through there. I’m sure the tractor would end up with 4 flat tires and since the rears are loaded I’d sure like to avoid it. I have a Cat D2 but really just want to mow paths and not tear up the ground. No PTO on the D2 either to run a mower although I wouldn’t mind finding one for it.
I can rent a skid steer with solid tires and a brush hog but that cost money and I’m not really making anything on this deal. It’s just a trade off with the neighbor so Id like to keep my expenses to a minimum.
My next thought was to use my own skid steer. It’s an oldie without the normal quiktach hookup so modern attachments won’t work. I do have a Hardee ditch/bank mower with a hydraulic driven deck on it. I could fairly easily remove that deck and adapt it to the forks on my skid steer. Question is will my skidsteer have enough capacity to drive that mower?
I looked up the specs on my skid steer and the vane pump supposedly puts out 18 GPM at 2000 PSI. I have no idea what the mower requires though. I guess I could plumb it up and see what happens.
Any thoughts, opinions or other advice?
Thanks
Tim

Replies:

• Re: Mowing thornapples? the tractor vet 08:02:02 06/14/07 (0)
• Re: Mowing thornapples? 931Fan 07:17:26 06/14/07 (0)
• Re: Mowing thornapples? Mike M 06:31:53 06/14/07 (2)
  • Re: Mowing thornapples? TImWafer 07:31:56 06/14/07 (1)
    • Re: Mowing thornapples? Mike M 07:43:38 06/14/07 (0)

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