Should I Buy a Finish Mower or Brush Hog?

Most of the tractors retailed in North America include some kind of rotary cutter with them. Most of the time it's a brush hog, or bush hog, which is designed to mow grass, but also woody material. Brush hogs are not necessarily designed to make a pretty cut, they have thick blades to cut small trees and bushes, and leave them a little ragged because you really don't want them growing back. In some cases, a finish mower would be a better choice.

Occasionally, when I worked in a dealership, a customer would purchase a brush hog and later find out that's not really what he or she needed. What they wanted was the same type of cut that their lawn mower gave them, and they really didn't need the big blades because all they were mowing was grass. We should have sold them a finish mower.

A finish mower mounts behind the tractor and generally rides on four wheels on the ground (cheaper ones ride on the three point and two wheels on the back). Finish mowers are great tools for mowing large open areas and making it look like it was done with a lawn mower. They're really easy to get on and off the tractor because they roll around, and there may be some bargains on them out there because zero-turn mowers have made a lot of people steer away from finish mowers and there are lots of used and probably several new machines in the field currently that need a home.

Don't buy a finish mower if you have woody material bigger than your pinky finger to mow…they're not designed for that. But, if all you're mowing is grass, you don't have a rock issue, and it's a big open flat area, you might be surprised at how big a finish mower your tractor will pull, how fast you'll get done, and how nice it'll look.

This video discusses the pros and cons of finish mowers and when they're a better investment than a brush hog.

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