Woods 59 mower capability

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maybeacub

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I have a Woods 59 that came with my Cub. Is it meant to be strictly a grass cutter or does it have light bush hog capability? My trails are overgrown and I want to reclaim them. Will it safely cut small pine trees and bushes say 1" or less thick?
 
There are lots of discussions on this topic on this site. The Woods 59 is intended to be a finish mower for regularly mowed lawn. That said, you may have some success. The 42" mower decks with swinging blades are better for this as the blades have some give if they hit something they can't cut through. Obviously the flail mower is designed for this kind of heavy work and would be best, but go ahead and give it a shot...
 
maybeacub":29qfxpew said:
Will it safely cut small pine trees and bushes say 1" or less thick?
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Safety for the operator isn't an issue. Will the mower and tractor handle cutting small pine trees and bushes? No.

I have a IH 3260 mower mounted on a 154 numbered Cub. The unit struggles to cut grass 24"s tall.

I also have a Woods 42 mounted on a standard Cub. The unit does moderately well mowing pasture.
 
The woods 42 decks are very nice to both lawn and pasture/ trial.

A c-2 mower is a bigger version, again with the swing blade.

A 3 blade finish mower cause the Cub to bog down in anything heavy even with the deck all the way up.

I have all three and unless you are going for a perfect lawn on the grass the 42 and the C-2 offer more flexibility than a 3 blade finish mower

Most of my cutting is pasture or trial at 5"-8" heights and very little is lawn height at 3"-4".
 
You might give it a try if the bushes / brush doesn't look very dense and the length of the trails are short, but, if it were me I'd try an alternative means. Perhaps a neighbor with a larger tractor. I concur with the others that the Woods 59 is mostly for mowing grass.
 
Might want to cut the trees by hand and give the 59" mower a try. Start with the mower in the highest position and go slowly. Mowers don't like rocks and stumps. Maybe a second or third pass at lower cutting heights from the opposite direction might give you some results. Depends on how thick and deep it is.
 
OK, sounds like I should reserve the Woods 59 for its intended purpose, a finish mower (or sell it). I was hoping to avoid spending the $$ on a bush hog for the bigger tractor. First I'll reclaim the trails by clearing all the downed trees from winter then re-assess my situation.

Thanks for the replies, suggestions and information.
 
Buy a brush hog for the bigger tractor.

I have a 5 foot brush hog towed by a WD Allis. I use the brush hog when the grass gets to high, usually pasture, for my Cubs. Nice having several options as to tractor and mower.
 
I also have a rough cut tow behind mower with a 19hp Kohler engine. It is not a true brush mower but it will take out 1" saplings.

It is like the C-2 in size but I can use the cub to tow.

Unless you have access to a 25-35 hp tractor with a true brush mower you are looking a cleaning the area by hand using the cub to maintain it.

My son's eagle scout project was to clear 900 feet 10' wide of brush in a park to make access to a small water wall. A good deal of the sticker brush was done with a string trimmer with a triangle blade replacing the string head. This may help to get you started like I said and use the cub to maintain it.
 
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