WHAT IS A BUSH HOG?
A bush hog is a type of rotary mower. Typically these mowers attach to the back of a farm tractor using the three-point hitch and are driven via the Power take-off (PTO). It has blades that are not rigidly attached to the drive like a lawnmower blade, but are on hinges so if the blade hits a rock or stump, it bounces backward and inward, and then inertia makes it go outwards again.

The rotary blades are not sharpened in the same way as a conventional mower blade. They are usually quite dull so they whack through dense plant growth, where a sharp blade will get stuck or slowed down. The blades are very heavy, up to an inch thick, so the momentum pulling out is stronger than the forces of the vegetation bouncing in. They are made of heat treated high carbon steel that can withstand strikes with hard objects such as rocks and stones.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS TO HAVING MY LAND BUSH HOGGED?
Aside from the obvious (pictured above) aesthetic reasons, there are many other benefits as well:

-Keeping the brush and debris cut down to a reasonable height, deters unwanted pests such as snakes, field mice, hornets, wasps, etc.
-Bush hogging is accepted by environmental groups as a low impact land clearing method.
-Bush hogging stops the growth of fuel for fires such as dry, leafy vegetation, tall weeds, and other brush that can get to be very dry and easily turn something as simple as a discarded cigarette, into a major incident.
-Keeping your land bush hogged, and trying not to let the weeds/vegetation go to seed, can significantly help reduce the effects of allergies.

As I drove down the road today, I was consumed with the many worries and troubles, that I'm sure a lot of us are facing these days. As I was having my own private pity party in my head, I wondered aloud, "what more could go wrong?"...about that time, I passed a cross put beside the road about a mile from my house. The cross was put there last spring, when a 19 year old boy from this area was killed in Iraq. I am ashamed to say, that I do not remember his name. The good Lord has a way of keeping us grounded, and putting things in perspective. I am thankful to all of our men and women in the military, and am grateful for their sacrifice, so that I may have the FREEDOM to make my own stupid decisions, that lead to my consuming frustrations.