Remote control mower for farm and agricultural land
Paddock topping, fence lines, ditches and wet ground a tractor should not enter. The tracked machine works the awkward acres, the operator stays on the track.
On a working farm the mowing that never gets done is the mowing that has no field number: the strip under the fence, the ditch bank, the wet corner, the track between sheds. A tractor is too wide and too heavy for most of it, and a contractor will not come out for two acres. A tracked remote control mower is sized for exactly that work, and one operator can clear it between other jobs.
Pasture and paddock topping
Rough grazing, silage aftermath, rush patches.
What we quote
| Model | MA-100-1 |
| Rotor | 66 blades |
| Cut height | 8–15 cm |
| Duty | Sustained |
Topping is a volume job, so deck width sets the cost. A 1,000 mm rotor covers a paddock in roughly two thirds the passes of an 800 mm machine, and on 40 hectares that difference is a day of work. The rotor also handles the rush and nettle patches that a topper will ride over and leave standing.
Wet ground is where the tracked layout earns its keep. A tractor on wet pasture makes ruts that last the season and compact the soil underneath; the tracked mower spreads its weight and can work ground that would take a tractor out of action for a week. That is often the difference between getting the paddock done in October and leaving it until spring.
What to watch
Height, not speed. Set 8–12 cm for grazing aftermath and leave the thatch — cutting to 5 cm on wet ground slows regrowth and leaves the field open to poaching. Where the paddock has a steep corner or a bank down to a drain, work that section separately rather than dragging the whole run onto it.
Fence lines and field margins
Under-fence strips, hedgerow bases, field corners.
The under-fence strip is the job that takes the most time per hectare on any farm. The machine runs along the line with the deck offset while the operator works from the field side, so the fence does not have to come down and nobody has to reach into the wire with a strimmer.
Watch the fence posts, not the wire. A post stops the deck dead, while a strand of wire will wrap a rotor in seconds and take an hour to clear. Walk the line once before the first pass on a fence that has not been cut for a season.
Hedgerow and boundary bases
At the base of a hedge the growth is woody rather than grassy, and a rotor deck handles it where a topper will not. Keep the cut back from the hedge itself — trimming the hedge is a separate job with its own season and its own rules.
Ditches, drains and wet ground
Drain banks, wet corners, reed and rush beds.
What we quote
| Model | MA-80-SA |
| Rotor | 54 blades |
| Cut height | 10–20 cm |
| Grade | Up to 25° wet |
Ditch banks are the classic case for a remote machine: too steep to drive along, too soft to drive on, and the one place on the farm where a roll-over would be serious. The tracked chassis holds the bank, the SA deck follows the profile, and the operator stays on the headland.
Do not scalp the bank. Roots hold a ditch bank together, and a close cut on a steep bank in wet conditions starts the erosion that costs far more than the mowing saved. Keep 10 cm and avoid working the same line repeatedly when the ground is saturated.
Water and banks
Check the water level before the first pass on a ditch you do not know. A tracked machine will cross a shallow ford but not a soft bed, and a bank that looks firm from the top can be undercut below the waterline.
Farm tracks and around buildings
Track sides, yard edges, around sheds and troughs.
Around buildings the constraint is clearance, not power. The 500 mm deck passes between a shed wall and a trough where nothing wider fits, and the remote control means the operator can stand where the whole machine is visible instead of reversing a tractor blind into a corner.
Keep the deck clear of gravel and concrete edges. A twin-blade deck will throw a stone hard enough to break a window, and the yard is where stones live. Set the cut higher on gravel and sweep the line before the first pass.
Yards and tracks
The yard work is small in area but high in frequency — a fortnightly pass through the season rather than a once-a-year job. That is where the remote machine pays for itself fastest, because the alternative is a strimmer and half a day of labour every time.
Fit at a glance
If your job sits in the left column, the machine will earn its keep. If it sits in the right, buy something else.
| Good fit | Poor fit |
|---|---|
| Banks and embankments with no safe footing | Flat lawns above 1 ha |
| Rows and gaps from 0.9 m wide | Finish cut on ornamental turf |
| Standing brush up to 3 m | Single one-off clearance jobs |
| Operator exposure to traffic or height | Ground with buried irrigation or cable |
| Repeated verges or panel rows | Mature timber above 30 mm stems |
Tell us what you need to cut.
Share the ground, the area and the vegetation. We come back with a model and a landed price within one business day.