It's about time to spend the money and buy a brush hog for the tractor. I've done some looking and comparing, and the decision comes down between the Land Pride (Kubota brand) and the Country Line, sold by Tractor Supply. They are within $100 of each other, but I'm leaning toward the Country Line.
I've boiled it down to these two based on local availability and the number of dollars in my pocket. If anyone has any reason to wave me off the Country Line, let me know below.
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Either brand will do. Neither of them are a really heavy duty cutter like Brush Hog brand.
I'm assuming you are going with a 5 ft width.
Look at gearbox rating, and what diameter stuff can they cut.
Look at farm sales and want ads. You can get a used one as good as new for less than half.
They aren't hard to work on, sharpen blades and check the oil, grease the driveshaft.
County Line is good, but getting parts can be an issue if you need more than blades. Driveshaft parts and others are a hassle from TSC. Kubota can always get you the part you need for your Land Pride.
Neither is a bad unit, mind you.
Sadly, if you were closer to me, I'd give you a 5 foot one.
County Line makes a decent brush hog - like with most things, a little maintenance goes a long way - a good wash periodically and keep the gearbox full of oil and you'll probably get years of service from it.
If you don't mind spending more money, a Bush Hog brand BH215 5ft cutter is about $3000.
But it had a 65HP gear box w/10yr warranty, rated to cut 2inch tress/brush.
https://saffordequipment.com/product/bush-hog-single-spindle-rotary-cutter-5-bh215/
https://bushhog.com/single_spindle/bh210-series-single-spindle-rotary-cutters/
If you're ob FB- look in Marketplace and search for shredder (or whatever your local shorthand calls it).
Ditto the farm auction/craigslist route.
Fairly simple machines, you're paying for a pile of parts pre-constructed.
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