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Read articles →This is an owner's real-world mowing session on his own overgrown, sandy pastures with a 5075E and a 12-foot E12 batwing mower, not a spec review or dealer walkaround. He discusses his hydraulic remote setup, tire ballast, why sandy soil and cornering dig into new grass plantings, and closes with a candid case for why he skipped a cab. Best for owners weighing cab-vs-no-cab and mower setup on rough acreage.
Posted by Blackacre Ranch, an owner-operator sharing hands-on impressions and personal reasoning from managing his own property.
He worried about breaking expensive curved glass on tree branches, didn't want added weight above the axles on hills, and didn't want to deal with AC potentially failing.
The heavy tractor's tires bite into the sand when cornering, especially on hills, which can uproot newly planted grass like Bermuda.
A 12-foot John Deere E12 batwing flex-wing mower, with both wings able to go up and down, run off a 75-horsepower 5075E.
