Deb and I working together: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e4pm17Kshb2tpps.html Summit TX25H Tractor provided by Summit Tractors: summittractors.com/ Summit Tractors implements and attachments: www.summittractorsattachments.com/ @summittractors QC-Mate X-Boom Hydraulic Coupler Clamp: www.skidsteersolutions.com/ Use PINEYGROVEHOMESTEAD for 5% off anything on the website! New way to fence your land! Cat's Claw Fasteners. Use code PGFREE for free shipping! fencingstaples.com/ This is our Amazon store with affiliate links to products we use on the channel. It doesn't cost you anymore and it helps support the channel, THANKS! www.amazon.com/shop/pineygrovehomestead-tractorsandoutdoors Some of our favorite products on Amazon (affiliate links): Proven Industries Trailer Lock: amzn.to/3WVzytv Flex Tape: amzn.to/3R4MdWm Mechanix Leather Gloves: amzn.to/3HjoZZf Titan Post Hole Auger: amzn.to/3toHEx2 Ratcheting Fence Tensioner: amzn.to/3aEfSX0 Pope and Pipe Level: amzn.to/3tqUhHX Fence Post Puller: amzn.to/3QbcNhy T Post Manual driver: amzn.to/39dwt3J Come Along Winch: amzn.to/3aQMqND Clip bending tool: amzn.to/3xlqrG0 Mechanix Leather Gloves: amzn.to/3HjoZZf 6’ Digging and Pry bar: amzn.to/3vH5Agx Dewalt 20V ½” Impact Wrench: amzn.to/3UOcXNH Dewalt 20V brushless Leaf blower: amzn.to/3zwJcYm Dewalt 20V brushless ½” drill: amzn.to/3HGXJ7z Welcome to our channel! 🎥 What to Watch Next: Fixing Leaky Pond: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gHmrtbagYcS1h8Y.html Transforming Our Property: kzread.info/dash/bejne/X552qaeSesjHYbw.html Clearing Thick Brush with Mini Excavator: kzread.info/dash/bejne/g4qCy9mIeLa9lNI.html Mowing Large Acreage: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pYyKl6WggtaZns4.html ➤FOLLOW US on Social Media: Facebook - facebook.com/PineyGroveHomesteadAndMiniFarm/ Instagram - instagram.com/pghomestead/ TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@pineygrovehomestead Our Story: We are six years into a seven year effort of transforming 20 acres of "Piney Grove" in Northwest Florida into our dream homestead/mini farm to be filled with animals and joy. We plan to have a variety of miniature critters on our pastures, raise free-range chickens, grow fish in our pond, garden, plant fruit and nut trees, and harvest wild game. Our goal is to escape the stresses of corporate life and embrace all that country living has to offer as we enter the next chapter of our lives. Follow along on our journey! Thanks for watching and please Like and Subscribe to help our channel!! Brad & Deb

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@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Great video! Litter bugs should be sentenced to a minimum of two weeks in the electric chair.

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

It's every day.....whole fast food bags full of trash! Thanks for watching.

Deb, you look great on stumpy. To watch you mow so sure and determined, it’s a joy. The summit sure makes it nice that the grass is not thrown to one side, especially being so close to the road. Stay safe ❤

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

Ha! Thanks for the kind words. We were mowing today!

Nice review, looks like a very comfortable machine and capable mower.

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

It gets the job done for us!

Great video mate, we run a 7’ Southern Cross Finish mower on our 12 acres behind a Ford 1910, 32 hsp tractor. Like you we keep our land looking clean with all stones and rubbish removed, Finish mower really does a great job, I have slasher ( brush hog I think you call them) for the ruff stuff. For what we want, Finish mower is perfect, the place looks like a sports field. Keep up the good work, love watching what other self minded folks are doing. 🇦🇺

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍 We love driving up our driveway after everything is all groomed!

I love the commentary, the knowledge I gain each time I watch! I love Piney Grove and the journey a you are on!

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

Thanks for the videos. You have encouraged me to start our transformation in Central Florida in between Orlando and Tampa. I hope to start filming some day. Thanks again

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

Great! Just do it!

Thank you for this video. I’m a first time tractor shopper and have 16 acres of which 14 is grass. I originally thought I would purchase the Summit tractor. As I did my research I started to think that I really needed a tractor with more horsepower to handle a bigger mower. We are in East Tennessee and although not in the mountains it is hilly. We’ve decided to go with a 55hp tractor and a 7’ flail mower. Your video validated our decision that we needed to go with more hp and a tractor that we can grow with. As some people say, go big and cry once.

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

Everyone's tractor needs are different. Glad you found the right combination for your land! If you like tractoring videos, we got a bunch! kzread.info/head/PLG5yS75HLzo3RVqEuA0f6IioXV6FtFhHW

My great uncle, and all farmers 75 years ago farmed 80 plus acers with allis chalmer C*s and IHC H two wheel drives, Yes 25 HP is enough to mow your homested

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@larry648

2 ай бұрын

We had just a Ford 2n for years. About 1990 my dad moved up to a 1953 Ford NAA. Still using the NAA to this day, but just a smaller garden now, not the big field any more.

I love my finish mower. It's an RK by King Kutter. Which looks exactly like what you have there.

@PineyGroveHomestead

Ай бұрын

I think King Kutter makes this one too.

Another great video guys!👍🏻

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Wow! You hit 100k. I started watching at under 500 total.

@PineyGroveHomestead

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the support!

We had 158 acres we bought back in 2002. We had a 28 hp Kubota. It was always a struggle to do anything. I upgraded to a 42 hp Kubota and it was perfect. I was only using it to mow maybe 10 acres at a time.

@PineyGroveHomestead

15 күн бұрын

They are useful but also limited as you found out! I had an L2800 at one time.

you and deb are like andrew and tiffany! they love mowing! deb and tiffany are the mower queens!

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

Like the Kelley's, we like to keep our property groomed! It's a lot to keep up with but diesel therapy is a thing!

@AdamDeal-KF0PRI

2 ай бұрын

@@PineyGroveHomestead you got it! when your make content you want to keep the place looking good not like a dump site!

I mowed for a landscape company during college. I love to mow and nothing beats the smell of fresh cut grass! Im on 10 acres and wish i had more to mow!

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

I do too.....just got in from mowing a couple hours!

@tcmits3699

2 ай бұрын

​@@PineyGroveHomesteadMaybe the only thing that beats the smell of fresh cut grass in the morning is, freshly brewed coffee, and bacon and eggs frying. Then comes the grass😊

There is a big difference between a 20 acre property and having to mow 20 acres. Assuming you can go at 6 MPH (which is really moving), and you make minimal turns, and have only a total 6" overlap, you can cut 126,720 sq ft per hour. If you had no trees or obstructions and were perfectly efficient, that would take about 7 hours to mow. I mow/shred 24 acres of a larger property with a 15' batwing on a 100 hp tractor and it takes 6 hours minimum.

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

You are correct, it takes longer!

Enjoyed the video.

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

My rule of thumb for tractor sizing (holds up to 200acres)... Take your acres the add 25 - that is the minimum horse power Tractor you should go for. You can make smaller work, but it is less efficient and less power reserve. I would go 45-50hp with your setup - 1970's - JD2030 with a Cab would be ideal. Additional power is a must as it opens out the world of attachments massively.

@PineyGroveHomestead

Ай бұрын

Great point!

I have a JD 1025R and run a 4’ rotary cutter. Had a 5’ from a prior tractor that seemed too much for it. Has a belly mower for “yard” work, but I seldom use it. We have a Husqvarna yth24K48 that THE ADMIRAL mows with.

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

We have a 20 year old Husky YTH42 still going strong! kzread.info/dash/bejne/moV-o7OLiNSedaQ.html

I use a 1025r for my 30 acre old tree farm. Though majority of it is tall pines. I originally bought it for the 5 acre property we previously had. Sure I’d love a bigger tractor. Who wouldn’t. But I like this size. I can weave through the trees if needed. It’s big enough that I have plucked stumps out either backhoe. With some digging around them first. I carry logs around. I mow with it. Brush hog with it. Etc. eventually I may plant some fields with it. I have a 2 row planter I got for cheap for it. The only thing that I haven’t been able to do with it is work on a leaning deer blind. I don’t have the height. I have lifted one side at a time to brace it a bit better but I’d really like to get a sky track or something out here and lift it completely up and build a new base for it. Not high priority since I have two other elevated blinds though.

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

Make work what you have! Thanks for watching.

I noticed you have bare spots in your pasture. I cured them buy using my finish mower set up the highest it can go, cutting my Bahia when the seeds are black and ready to fall. Then I cut the pasture thereby reseeding it at the same time. The pasture looks great even cut high up. And Yes, a 25 hp tractor is large enough for 20 acres.

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

We do have some bare spots....our soil is so poor and sandy. It will look better by June!

My first tractor was an old international. Had a sycle bar mower and a plow setup for the belly. Knew a ton of people who did big gardens with them. It was 8hp and weighted 1500 pounds maybe a bit more. Think it was early 40's. If you let it do the work at its own pace it could really mow like crazy. And the belly blade maintained a half mile of gravel road and driveway. Until the late 40!s anything over 35hp was a decent sized tractor. All in the perspective. Love seeing those little tractors actually being tractors not lawnmowers.

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

Times have changed! These modern tractors might be a little more comfortable though!

@tireballastserviceofflorid7771

2 ай бұрын

@@PineyGroveHomestead And a whole lot more reliable.

I'd say yes but you'll be frustrated with what it cannot do fast or cannot do at all. I went with a 40hp based on my friends complaints about the 25hp bogging down under weight on hills. I live on the side of a mountain so everything I do is either up or down hill. You are correct proportions are everything. Don't put a 72" box blade on a 25hp then run to Facebook groups to ask what the problem is.

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

Agree...if you have a smaller tractor, you need to have more time especially for the big jobs. Thanks for watching.

My favorite thing to do on my farm is brush hogging!

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

Yes sir....love to chop up the thick stuff!

I tried two different finish mowers and did not like the job I did with either one. L had more scalping I could not get close to things like I can with my two 72"mowers one is a 32 hp Toro 72" zero steers, the other a 35 HP John Deere front deck rear discharge. I do three houses and a barn yard that totals 11 acers.

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

The problem we have with finish mowers is sticks and constant blade sharpening!

When I mow the road bank in front of the house. It sits off the main highway. I mow the grass onto the road. Which isn’t good idea. A specially when cars are driving by. My mower shoots the grass out the side of the mower deck.

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

I'm trying to avoid that!

It all depends on what you want to accomplish in what time frame.

@PineyGroveHomestead

Ай бұрын

True....small tractor = more time!

I mow my 20 acres with a Dixie Chopper 72” deck 40hp!

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

I've heard Dixie Chopper makes a great mower. What blades you use?

@stewdog52

2 ай бұрын

@@PineyGroveHomestead yes, that machine is a beast! right now I’m using the high lift blades.

How would you know if that tractor is big enough for 20 acres. You only have 19 1/2 acres.

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

Maybe not even that much. 🤣🤣 Shouldn't you be mulching the state of Oklahoma?

Flail mower with hammer blades

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

I want one!

19.? acres plus

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

Right?

Failure to clean up the fittings and the vent of paint before leaving the factory is sloppy quality control. Not everyone would know to do that before first use but shouldn't have to anyway. Seems like a well built mower otherwise.

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

It's pretty stout!

Finishing mower are over rated! I have a new Rhino FA613. If the grass is thick the belt will slip and blades stop turning. If you cutting a fairways at August Country Club you will be happy regardless of brand.

@PineyGroveHomestead

2 ай бұрын

So far we are happy with it. Video of our other finish mower: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qq14qtZvotKam9Y.html