Old Honda Trike Mowing on a 300 acre Ranch

Is it practical? Sort of.
Is it efficient? Sort of.
Is it fun? Absolutely.
All the trails driven on in the video were previously cleared with this same setup, initially with grass 12-30" tall almost everywhere.
After plug and playing various lawn mowing implements into my yardsenal I'm finally happy with my primary system (for now). I'd love a beefy zero turn like the Altoz for side hilling and brush cutting - Lord knows the property would benefit from it - but as far as ballin on a budget goes, I'd say I'm cruising along just fine in my own unique style.
This is an 85 Honda big red 250es pulling a 10ish year old swisher pull behind 44inch "trail" mower. Swisher claims it's not actually intended for clearing 'trails' but rather named that as it 'trails' behind whatever pulls it.. obviously. There are a lot of things it can't do and places it can't go, and I was definitely nervous going through a lot of the trails initially, not knowing what rocks/deadfall/highspots were waiting under the tall grass, but we now have established trails and it's still running strong.
Now I've run this thing with my Rzr (bad idea) which had so much power, and I couldn't see it behind me meant it got dragged through some rough stuff, banged up the frame and shredded a belt.
I then gave it a go with my can am renegade. That was much better but still absolute overkill. The 30" silverbacks on it gave it a really rough ride, it had a large turning radius, lacked the finesse to backup with the mower successfully, and as an 800 it felt like I was wasting the machine time and gas on an implement that takes negligible power to tow.
I thought the 250 would be a little too tippy and had earmarked my 185s to pull it (another honda trike, just smaller) but I got it as a cheap project bike and haven't had the time to get it running yet. I spent a little more time on the 250 to the point I was comfortable (hills and trikes don't mix and we have a lot of hills) and after the inaugural run (through a ton of thick grass) I was hooked. Lots of fun and now that the trails are blazed, I hop on a couple times a week for a lap or 2 and it happily keeps the grass in check. Swisher may deny the "trail cutting" ability of this little unit (it is literally their entry machine) and while I have beat it up a decent amount initially while learning its limitations, it has genuinely exceeded my expectations, and the previous owner was pretty impressed by how much it would go through as well.

[@kodiaqdp]

I was looking for a similar setup for the quad, ran across this video and heard the voice and immediately thought of firearms 😂. Good videos, keep up the good work man.

[@WildValleyRanch]

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[@sssniperboofygoofy]

When cutting grass you gotta go 3-4 mph

[@lordmetal3842]

awesome setup you got there. ive run the same mower but hooked to a polaris 250 2wd trailboss. it was fun ..but my favorite and what is my go to now a days is everything you just done but on my massey ferguson 245 diesel with a 6 foot bushhog

[@dusty_nrrg7219]

you ever hear of shifting and your going way to fast to be getting a nice cut

[@Reikergaming]

That goes too fast. If you do make it go fast then the grass will not cut as good as normal