If you own acreage, then eventually acreage mowing is going to be a topic of discussion.  Do you attempt to do it yourself or do you hire it out to a local acreage mowing services?  This is the question facing every farmer and rancher across the country, and it is the question we will tackle in this article.

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Acreage Mowing, an inside job.

If you decide to do the acreage mowing yourself, you have two options: you can either rent the equipment to handle the job, or you can purchase the equipment.

Renting a tractor mower, or a riding commercial mower large enough to handle acreage, will cost you between $50-$100 per hour, depending upon where you live.  You may only need that mower for one or two hours; however, the frequency of mowing will determine how expensive this approach really is. Do you need to mow once per month, or several times per month?

Your other option is to purchase a tractor mower.  This approach will cost you, at the very least, $10,000, and most likely considerably more if you have a large number of acres and you need one of the larger tractor mowers on the market.  Most likely this will require a loan, meaning a monthly loan payment. It will also require a monthly upkeep and repair expense.

Is it worth it?

Hiring the job out.

On average, a commercial mowing services company will charge somewhere in the $75 per hour range for ranch mowing or farm mowing.  Large tractor mowers can mow multiple acres in an hour, so unless you have a mammoth spread, you are looking at about $75 per mowing, possibly a little bit more.  Hiring the job out also means no upkeep or repair expense, and no bank loan.

The downside of this approach: finding an acreage mowing company you can trust to do the job correctly.

Which is better for you?

We simply cannot answer this question for you.  We do not have access to your finances. We are not privy to your level of expertise or your level of frustration.  It may very well be that you have the finances to hire the job out.  It may be that you welcome the challenge and you also like the extra tax deductions which come from equipment depreciation.  Only you can determine your approach to acreage mowing.  We simply want you armed with the information you need to make an informed decision.

A final word about Keith’s Tractor Mowing.

Keith’s Tractor Mowing is locally owned and operated, and trusted by property owners, municipalities, and businesses. We take on any job over one acre in size, be that cemetery mowing, HOA services, pipeline mowing, or even baseball field mowing. Call us today for a free job quote and find out for yourself why Keith’s Tractor Mowing is trusted by so many in Fort Worth.  Serving a seventy-five mile radius around Fort Worth Metro.