Not cheap, but most commercial things never are.

Those are good points! I have more questions, too because this would be ideal for my property. I wondered why he didn't go to the 90° position when transporting down the road, because that does make sense in getting it narrow again. With the rear hydraulic unit mounted, does that balance the tractor out weight wise and give the rear of the tractor more stability? Would you recommend liquid in the tires or does the rear hydraulic unit providing enough rear weight? It would have been nice to see the hydraulic cylinder run the mower up/down at different angles for an example. I have a 57hp LS tractor, would that be sufficient to run this unit?

@@elricofarmer1561 have had this for a while and it works well. I have had it at its highest height and it feels very unstable but have not had any issues. That said, I use the rear hydraulics AND have liquid in tires. At the highest point you need as much weight as possible.

I'm in north central Mississippi where the rainfall total creates a rainforest like condition and my property is very hilly. With current 3-point mower, it's difficult to maintain the sides of driveway and fence lines. Trees on neighbors side overhang continuously and it's difficult to keep pathways clear.

Correct. The hinge point being closer to center is going to limit the travel.

I just bought one. It will take me a couple weeks to get a video out

It has a roller on the back.

the weight itself, probably not. Now if you hit something with it at speed?

Good to hear. We are planting a macadamia orchard and as I result I am thinking how the nuts will be collected off the ground. A harvester fitted to a tractor's front end loader is appealing, especially if it can be offset like this mower is. The harvester could then be pushed underneath the trees while the tractor is in the center of the row, away from the spiky leaves and branches. I think it could work.

@@kdegraa I thought people used a device like a golf ball picker-upper from a driving range?

@@paullambert2668 yes many macadamia harvesters use finger wheels to pick up the nuts. The story is a macadamia grower from Australia went on a holiday to California in the early 1990s. He saw a machine picking up golf balls on a driving range and thought a golf ball is kind of similar in size to a macadamia nut. So when he was back in Australia he worked with an engineer to build a harvester. This was a revolution as nuts had been picked up by hand. Suddenly one person driving a harvester could collect more nuts than in an hour than a hundred collecting by hand in a day. What I was getting at is if the harvester is offset from the tractor the tractor can drive down the centre of the row while the harvester is collecting nuts under the trees.

post hole is no big deal, most tractors can do that. Snow blowers are a different animal, you'd need a power pack at least double the size of this one.

And the paint chipped off on the brackets

I'm sure you could build one, but its not a stock thing.

I thank WR Long built one

My Hardee rear mount side mower just uses a chain at the end of a lever controlled by a cylinder mounted lower down. It can go from straight down to straight up.

The lane shark Falls in front and we'll go vertical

You would want the TB-Max in that case. This is cheaper because it does not swing.

@@MessicksEquip What is the price of them with the power pack? also this would be going on a 5075m John Deer.

We have the max in stock also

Yea

Yes and great for raising canopy on field edge but your ballast is very critical and you must be very cautious at full FEL height. I have used it at full height and it’s a little nerve wrecking having a flail mower 12-13 feet above your head!!!!

Video was made 2 months ago. The ground has been covered for the last 4-5 weeks solid.

Titan sells another version of this mower, the max which also does those things. This one's about $1,000 cheaper.

yes

@@MessicksEquip Wouldn't that reduce width for travel too?

@@paullambert2668 yes it would. He should have showed us how it works at 90deg.

3000lb or larger.

@@MessicksEquip what Kubota tractor would you recommend I'm looking to buy a tractor to maintain my 30 acre property

This is the trailblazer power pack. I believe there is a sticker on the tank that tells you what to use.

That's the beauty of the equipment market. There's room for really niche attachments like this. Certain applications will really benefit from it, but it's certainly not right for everyone.

One possible market is for orchardardists, mowing under trees in rows.

I have one and it will not replace a regular brush cutter but it could. The benefit for me is 1) managing field canopy encroachment, 2) contouring which I need some of, 3) the big one- clearing brush because it can take down a 3” tree with the spring loaded front plate - unlike PTO, if it gets into more than it can handle it stops functioning and revs down vs trying to drive through and sheering or clutching. It’s not your everyday cutter but very useful.

many companies already make that. Generally not a great idea though. To be useful they need to be wide enough to cover the tractor width, and you'll have horsepower issues doing it hydraulically.

@@MessicksEquip I have a 40 hp tractor. Even running it off the rear pto. I would have enough to run a 5 or 6’ rotary cutter. Thank u

30 pto hp.

at the PTO yes. running it hydraulically on the loader is a different animal.

I plan to, haven't gotten it all together yet.

it is, although you should be cautious. Its a bit light duty for a skid loader.

@@MessicksEquip what does it require for gallons per minute to run it I don't recall you saying anything about that

12-14

@@MessicksEquip okay thank you for your reply and thanks for doing the videos they are very helpful and informative.

Potentially yes

email sales@messicks.com we will reach out.

Not really. The adjustable ones don't float as well.

These are discontinued, and we just started stocking the Lane Shark version. I have one setup on an MX to film with shorty, new videos will be 4-6 weeks out.

They are very similar. TrailBlazer has going though more iterations of their design, feels a bit more polished to me.

@@MessicksEquip Thanks for the reply and input. Does the TB lock into the vertical position for cutting lanes?

I would not want to.

I can't see it working well that way. Too much ground pressure.

Thanks Neil!

The max only goes to the right. Great fit on an MX. That's what I'm using here in this video.

@@MessicksEquip do any allow you to go to either side?

Things have gotten a lot more complicated since this video was made. Best to call our office and talk to Nate Glessner.

Yes, need a medium flow model cutter. 14-20gpm

Not flex, see TB-Max

Company is no longer in business, see Lane shark for an alternative. We sell those now.

Check out Hardee Bush Tiger. Better than this and the Lane Shark in all aspects.

Would be peanuts to add a cylinder.

Not having it on the loader defeats the whole purpose of the implement. I guess you could get a 3 point boom mower but its going to cost 2x to 3x as much and youll need a much larger tractor.

@@fooseballs308 this is true, they may also increase life expectancy.

Glysophate and 2-4-D would definitely be cheaper and less noisy.