Tractors and Hobby Farming

It was a tractor with an articulated arm mounted midship and a “bush hog” on the end of the arm. It was cutting the branches and foliage on vertical edge of the right of way. I have seen these before many times here in NC, but never heard them called brushers.  In fact, I don’t know what they are called

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A ROPS is really a roll over protection system, meaning it is a combination of a rollbar and a setbelt. Neither is much good without the other, if not worse. Together the rollbar creates a safety zone for your body and the seatbelt keeps you in that zone when the tractor goes over. 

Interesting discussion and I am getting in late.  20 acres here in northern Michigan and about 1 mile south of the exact 45th parallel.  Being in the golf industry for many years I have seen my share of gas and diesel tractors which include Jacobsen, Toro, Ford, MF, International, Case, and most recently Kubota.  Horsepower range on all these was anywhere from 35 (Jacobsen) to 65 Kubota.  In all cases I coundn't really complain about any of them, they were all real workhorses and did a spectacular especially considering their age and number of hours logged.  Maintenance is key to all of them.

At home I mow 3.5 acres, maybe a smidge more with a 1989 Toro Groundsmaster 220, it has a 52" deck, 23 HP Continental gas engine with just under 4000 hours.  It doesn't look real purdy, but it gets the job done.  Very dependable and gives a professional cut to boot.  Height of deck can be adjusted from 1" to 4" (with 1/2" increments in between) by removing 4 pins on the deck, takes about 1 minute to change height of cut if needed.