I am thinking about getting a DR field and brush mower. Have any of you ever used a one? Do you like it, dislike it, or know of a better brand? I will be using it in some pretty thick stuff (mostly briars and small trees) in places that I can't get a tractor and bush hog into. Any comments would be apprieciated.

Thanks Tim

 

could you provide a link to see what your talking about that would be something I might be interested in myself.

 

They won't let me provide a link, but the website is dr field brush(no spaces)
They advertise them on tv all the time. It is basically a superduty lawnmower.

Tim

 

I sell that mower to rental stores under the Mackissic name, it is a killer brush mower, it will cut saplings up to 2 1/2 inches, if you can push it over it will cut it, and the deck design is great, with a pearless gear box its pretty bullet proof. changing belts is the easiest of all the brands.
right now i am testing the snow blower attachment for it, it also looks very stout, they also offer a 42" finish cut deck attachment for it that works really well. anymore question feel free to pm me.

what area do you live in? maybe i can be of help.
I'll post a link to mackissic's site in a minute.

http://www.ararental.org/RentalShow/...373&booth=1960

 

I live in east Tennsssee.

 

Check your pm's.

 

I have one, the 15hp one with the Kawasaki engine and am pleased with it. As someone else said, if you can ride it down, you can mow it down (makes an awful racket when it does) and doesn't seem to hurt it. They do make an optional, heavy-duty blade just for brush cutting. The guy that I bought my place off of had a Gravely with a so-called brush hog. He tore it up cutting brush (not really sure if it was the basic Gravely or the brush-hog attachment). The dealer told him that it was not designed for that! If you have a steep bank, the only way you can mow it is straight up and down, which is what OSHA says anyway. It is nice to have a reverse gear if you have a creek bank at the bottom of the hill, as I do.

I also have the snow-thrower attachment. They had a sale on it previous summer. I jokingly told the neighbors that we wouldn't have any snow that winter, because I had bought a snowthrower. We didn't have much, either......until the Presidents' Day storm, when we got two feet! The only problem I had with it was going up the steep part of my driveway; I needed chains. I was still able to push it uphill; it was just harder. I do have two other recommendations: 1) don't install the snow-thrower attachment when your hands are cold, unless you have on gloves. I accidently grabbed hold of the hot muffler and didn't realize it until I had blistered my fingers 2) don't cover up your gas can and then try to run over it. Brady

 

Heres a better link to the products and spec's, click this link, then go to rental,s link on the left of the page.

http://www.mackissic.com/

Bady thanks for the good review of the mower.