Mowing down trees

I thought some of you may like to see what a NT254 with a 5' mower can do. I let my hillside grow to much. I kept saying I'll cut it next year. Well, now it's almost to late. the field has heavy thorn bushes, shrubs and trees up to four inches in diameter. The thorn bushes are the worst, they rip me to pieces and have ripped my glasses right off my face. Luckily I found them before I destroyed them with the mower. I had to remove the canopy and a tree ripped the exhaust pipe and muffler off one time. Mowing trees is hell on me and the tractor and mower. 

I decided I have to stop this now so this fall I started mowing. I have been mowing trees from about 2″+ down to brush with my mower and it has been interesting and fun. On the larger trees I use low gear low range and creeper gear. Most of the mowing is in low gear low range high creeper. I mow around the trees that look over 2″ and will cut them down with a chain saw and use them for fire wood.

It's starting to look like a park now with standing trees spread over the hillside but all the trees will come down and I will keep it mowed from now on, at least as long as me and the tractor and mower live.