Rotary Slasher Recommendations/Possible Hire?

[pycoed]

Flail every time for rushes. I bought 25 acres of marsh that hadn't been cut for at least 15 years & some of it never. 4 horses on it for about 5 years. I cut 1/4 acre patch with a Mayfield 8 Dual wheeled 3 ft finger mower. What a pain! - to cut close the fingers will catch the tussocks more often than not. I use it now for cutting either side of the ditches so I know where the edges are when topping with the tractor - no more!

I had a contractor in with a 130hp Lambo & an 8ft flail to top about 15 acres that was safe to do (rest too wet). The flail was great & chewed it all up to a fine mulch. Since then I've use my own UTB & a rotary slasher, but it leaves a lot of smashed rushes - what to do with them is the problem - usually too wet to bale. If I could find a 5 ft flail at the right price I'd buy it like a shot.

Mob grazing with horses then cattle on tack is my current preferred solution.

[pycoed]

Flail every time for rushes. I bought 25 acres of marsh that hadn't been cut for at least 15 years & some of it never. 4 horses on it for about 5 years. I cut 1/4 acre patch with a Mayfield 8 Dual wheeled 3 ft finger mower. I cut about an acre with the Mayfield but it's ridiculously hard work & leaves a lot of rush to clear. What a pain! - to cut close the fingers will catch the tussocks more often than not. I use it now just for cutting either side of the ditches so I know where the edges are when topping with the tractor - no more!

I had a contractor in with a 130hp Lambo & an 8ft flail to top about 15 acres that was safe to do (rest too wet). The flail was great & chewed it all up to a fine mulch. Since then I've used my own UTB & a rotary slasher, but it leaves a lot of smashed rushes - what to do with them is the problem - usually too wet to bale. If I could find a 5 ft flail at the right price I'd buy it like a shot.

Mob grazing with horses then cattle on tack is my current preferred solution.