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<blockquote data-quote="TriHonu" data-source="post: 17574" data-attributes="member: 897"><p>SIDURAMAXDE - I agree that 25 hours would be a realistic estimate.</p><p>I spoke to a couple of my friends who farm and they gave me their times and the equipment used. One uses a 9 foot sickle mower and the other a 12 foot haybine. Their times end up averaging 3 to 4 mph.</p><p>They both stated that you could end up mowing slower considering the ground conditions and amount and type of hay that must be cut. They both stated ground conditions will probably be the most limiting factor. Even with a large tractor, rough ground is just hard on the operator and equipment. They also cautioned that with a front mounted mower you may not have any warning before you hit rocks or gopher mounds. A tractor pulling a mower gives you a view of what you're about to mow before the mower gets there.</p><p>They both estimated that a Bobcat with a 6 foot mower would probably take at LEAST 2 LONG days to get the 50 acres mowed; assuming this was existing hay ground and not 50 acres of gnarly overgrowth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TriHonu, post: 17574, member: 897"] SIDURAMAXDE - I agree that 25 hours would be a realistic estimate. I spoke to a couple of my friends who farm and they gave me their times and the equipment used. One uses a 9 foot sickle mower and the other a 12 foot haybine. Their times end up averaging 3 to 4 mph. They both stated that you could end up mowing slower considering the ground conditions and amount and type of hay that must be cut. They both stated ground conditions will probably be the most limiting factor. Even with a large tractor, rough ground is just hard on the operator and equipment. They also cautioned that with a front mounted mower you may not have any warning before you hit rocks or gopher mounds. A tractor pulling a mower gives you a view of what you're about to mow before the mower gets there. They both estimated that a Bobcat with a 6 foot mower would probably take at LEAST 2 LONG days to get the 50 acres mowed; assuming this was existing hay ground and not 50 acres of gnarly overgrowth. [/QUOTE]
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