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<blockquote data-quote="Parks 788" data-source="post: 3763737" data-attributes="member: 14646">Thanks for the replies.&nbsp; Rather than try to quote everyone&#039;s posts I&#039;ll try to respond to most of the general questions and things you mentioned.I don&#039;t have the mower riding on the skids.&nbsp; Set up about 1&quot; off the ground on the leading edge of the sides of the mower.&nbsp; This gives the trailing edge of the mower about 2.5&quot;-3&quot; off the ground.&nbsp; At this position the blades when cutting at about 3.5&quot;-4&quot; off the ground.&nbsp; Not mowing any manicured law areas but fields and terrain that probably hasn&#039;t been brush hogged in at least a couple, five years or so.&nbsp; Lots of dried grasses thigh to waist high and other woody plant material (no idea what it is) up to 1&quot; thick at the base.&nbsp; My speed is fairly slow and mowing in Low Range on the HST trasmission setting.&nbsp; Kubota and a yellow marked area on the RPM gauge that shows &quot;PTO&quot; and is at the 2000 rpm range.&nbsp; I&#039;m mowing in that yellow 2000 rpm range.&nbsp; I feel like I&#039;m mowing almost too slow of a speed.&nbsp; Because, while I&#039;ve walked much of the ground I&#039;m clearing, I&#039;m going slow with my loader bucket barely off the ground so I feel any rocks or larger stumps i may have missed so i don&#039;t mow over them with the blades.&nbsp;&nbsp; Allows me to get off the tractor and put them in the bucket so I don&#039;t destroy the mower.&nbsp; Next season I can mow faster as I&#039;ll have cleared the land of all the rocks and crap that will damage the mower.&nbsp; Tomorrow evening I&#039;ll post pics of what cuttings look like and maybe you all can advise me further.&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks for all the replies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Parks 788, post: 3763737, member: 14646"] Thanks for the replies. Rather than try to quote everyone's posts I'll try to respond to most of the general questions and things you mentioned. I don't have the mower riding on the skids. Set up about 1" off the ground on the leading edge of the sides of the mower. This gives the trailing edge of the mower about 2.5"-3" off the ground. At this position the blades when cutting at about 3.5"-4" off the ground. Not mowing any manicured law areas but fields and terrain that probably hasn't been brush hogged in at least a couple, five years or so. Lots of dried grasses thigh to waist high and other woody plant material (no idea what it is) up to 1" thick at the base. My speed is fairly slow and mowing in Low Range on the HST trasmission setting. Kubota and a yellow marked area on the RPM gauge that shows "PTO" and is at the 2000 rpm range. I'm mowing in that yellow 2000 rpm range. I feel like I'm mowing almost too slow of a speed. Because, while I've walked much of the ground I'm clearing, I'm going slow with my loader bucket barely off the ground so I feel any rocks or larger stumps i may have missed so i don't mow over them with the blades. Allows me to get off the tractor and put them in the bucket so I don't destroy the mower. Next season I can mow faster as I'll have cleared the land of all the rocks and crap that will damage the mower. Tomorrow evening I'll post pics of what cuttings look like and maybe you all can advise me further. Thanks for all the replies. [/QUOTE]

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