DR Brush and Field Mower Review - Land Clearing - Brush Clearing 

I us my tractor and brush hog only on high grass.

Glad it helped you.

same on my craftsman lt3000. just going to drill a hole and insert a grease fitting. problem solved. cheaper than new spindles even though those dont cost too much.

The "new" models definitely went from heavyweight class to lightweight class. I'll take an older model any day over the newest ones

Thanks for your input. I will try and back off on the gas. I used my brush mower again a few weeks ago and the cable that control forward and reverse just snapped. :| I am going to just fix it and sell it. Too much hassle.

@@RuralVibesVa I live in West Virginia that thing is a beast to handle on hills , I got two gears reverse and third, its crazy over the gas leak a person would figure a gas cap would stop gas from coming out But I dont have that problem any more if I dont fill mine up all the way Good luck with yours

I don’t recall having this issue.

Thanks for your input. I will try and leave it off my other videos.

I agree. Music on this one was like being on Hold on the phone.

The new DR mowers lack the quality of the previous models. My deck broke within the first couple hours of use. It has broke numerous times since then. Look for an AT3 or AT4 series. I'm totally disappointed with my new mower.

It was all cut with the brush cutter. When I worked the tree line I left some big logs for tractor work. It cut through a lot of thick stuff.

I've tried that as well. Even when there wasn't much fuel left it would still work it's way out somehow.

@@RuralVibesVa I wonder if it's coming out of the vent hole in the top of the cap, just from splashing up there.

That issue happened at the very end of the season...I will call them to get the replacement part and see if I can get a metal one instead.

My dad never had problems with their customer service. I bought a manual raise driveway grader. I will be calling them on the raising mechanism. I'm not saying it's their fault. Maybe I'm not doing something right. But I'm sure they can talk me through it or send a new part.

The only debris I cleaned out separately are the tree limbs I cut with a pole saw. I then chipped them and used that as the mulch around the trees. As far as the vines at actual brush it was just from the brush mower, and I did have to "groom" it as the vines etc would lay down so I had to work it. If your in more "woody brush" I would think if you took it nice and easy one would would do...? Hope this helps!

Deacon my overall thoughts are if this is the only thing you have at your disposal at the moment ( or can have purchase wise ) I would still get it just to get the work done. If however there job isn’t to big - I would look into renting a professional one as this base unit was around $1300 at time of purchase. I more recently tried to use this brush mower again and the cable that control forward and reverse just snapped for no reason. DR should def put higher quality components in these units. What you see in the video I did over the course of maybe a month a half. I lived 30 min away at the time so wasn’t able to go that often. I used this brush mower and a high quality pole saw.

@@RuralVibesVa Thank for the info. I apologize for taking so long to reply back. I did rent a the machine, used it for about a week. 3 things did break on it, I called the Rental Store and asked if I could do a field repair. They said yes. ( I live WAY OUT in the country) I have 2 Brush Hogs that are too large for what I want to do, now I'm looking for a 5' or 6' used Brush Hog to widen the trails some. Thank you again.

It does pretty good, about like a brush hog attachment on a tractor.

@@RuralVibesVa thanx.Have u looked into any other brands it seems like D.R seems to be the only company that puts this type of machine out?

Alan R there is another one I think it’s called something with the word “goat”. It seems to be more commercial quality but higher in cost. It also seems to be what I’ve seen at rental places so have it would be worth the extra cost. All depends on your budget etc.

It’s been a while now, but what I got was the “base” model.

Gives it a nice vibe!

Music didn’t bother me. I could hear you alright.

Birds and wildlife have hundreds of acres all around me. There were thickets, poison ivy and trees chocking trees out. Trees need room to thrive. I would rather have 3 solid beautiful trees than a thicket of 50 thin ones that can’t grow to their potential. Thanks for watching.

pinto vs. Caddy not fair to either to compare. He said "Poor man's brush hog"....Ventrac isn't Poor mans anything.

J Gonz3 ARE YOU DUMB NO VENTRAC IS THE BEST EVER

You could buy 15 of these base model DR brush mowers for the cost of a Ventrac 4500. So J Gonz3 is spot on. Now on the other hand you could probably rent a Ventrac and attachments for a few days and that would likely have been quicker and easier than using the DR unit.

Shane Singleton yeah but if I had the money I would buy it

@@mustangdbest220 Well unlimited funds does tend to skew the the equation. But if I understand the video correctly he already has a tractor and a brush hog on it. So this was only really needed to get into tight spaces under trees, on the fence line, etc. As somebody who has spent the last month or so clearing out my own land I know a 5 foot brush hog on the back of a tractor can plow through most things, The trouble is getting a tractor in and around trees that you may want to leave standing, fence lines, etc. Especially if the tractor doesn't have a live PTO and has to be moving to have PTO power. Josh over at the Stoney Ridge Farm is leasing a Ventrac and it seems to be an excellent piece of gear. But I'm really wondering why he needs it when he has all of the tractors and impliments he could need for any farm or yard work. The only thing i'm really lacking for my setup is a finish mower. And the only reason I don't have one of those is because I was gifted a 72" Commercial Scag mower by our neighbor who upgraded a few years ago.