Clover Mower?
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From: Habitat for Wildlife
13-Aug-18
Usually use my 6' brush hog to mow my clover. Not ideal as it is not sharp enough.
Did not want to purchase another engine driven mower, so was thinking of a 7' kingkutter finishing mower.
Will this work, or do you have another suggestion?
Thanks.
From: grubby
13-Aug-18
I have a 6' woods 3 pt pto , works great
From: BOHUNTER09
13-Aug-18
It will work but will have difficulty if you have weeds very tall or thick. I have the same issues with my Bush hog. It mows best when running the tractor engine fast enough to run the pto at 540 rpm.
From: drycreek
13-Aug-18
Sharpen or replace your blades. I could mow my yard with mine and sometimes do at my hunting cabin. Easily sharpened without pulling them off. Unbuckle your top link, pick your mower up from the back with a chain hoist or similar and go to work with a grinder.
From: shiloh
13-Aug-18
X2 on the sharpening......and it doesn't have to look comparable to your yard unless you just want it that way
From: gobbler
13-Aug-18
Most mowers without a hydraulic 3 pt hitch cut clover too short
From: BullBuster
13-Aug-18
I use a hand grinder to sharpen my tractor hog blades. not pretty but sharp.
From: Habitat for Wildlife
13-Aug-18
OK, I use a kingkutter brush hog, 6'. It takes a beating and so the blades are not sharp, even though I sharpen with a hand grinder. In some places the blades have gashes in them.
Cutting clover with a sharp blade is what is recommended. I thought having a mower for just clover and grass might be worth it, but I guess not. Thanks for the replies!
From: BOHUNTER09
13-Aug-18
I also use an angle grinder and get the blades moderately sharp. They do a decent job on clover and weeds. I’m not concerned that it does not look like a lawn
From: drycreek
13-Aug-18
Frank, I can sympathize with the shape of your blades. I'm pretty guilty of cutting anything the tractor will ride down. I bought a 6' Rhino when I bought my tractor in 2004. Last year I had a little oil leakage in the gearbox on the cutter and detected some vibration also, so I took it to my mechanic and he said it needed to be rebuilt. After looking at the price of parts and labor I just bought a new one. I kept the old one just to use in places that I shouldn't be cutting to begin with. Kind of a pain to swap cutters sometimes, but it will keep my new one new(er) !
From: Tradmike
13-Aug-18
U can find a used finishing mower on the web if that's what u really want. I got one for 500.00 in good shape
From: Habitat for Wildlife
14-Aug-18
Thanks Mike.
From: sureshot
14-Aug-18
A sickle mower cuts clover the cleanest. You can find old used sickle mowers pretty cheap and with a very inexpensive replacement of knives it will last quite a while. The positives of a sickle mower are the cleaner cut and they lay the clippings flat over the whole cut width rather than bunching up like a rotary cutter.