Course: SLF 155 Small Farm Maintenance and Operations

Reading & Audio Visual

Mower & Brush Cutter
Mower & Brush Cutter

Mower
A Mower is used to cut grass and plants and helps with weed shrub and brush management. There are sickle, rotary, reel and flail mowers.   Maintenance for this device in general involves sharpening or replacing blades. For a sickle mowers, maintenance involves replacing sickle bars and guards.

A Brush Cutter is used to help with weed, shrub and brush management also. It is also used to clip and mow pastures if you are not going to bale.  Preventative maintenance for this tool includes greasing the fittings, checking the gear box , checking the oil and checking the drive line that hooks to the tractor.
Brush Cutter