Introduction to the Woods Batwing Mower

hey there folks this is josh stoney ridge farmer welcome back to another awesome beautiful day right here by the pond on the stoney ridge farm we've got a new tool and we've got to show you this new tool so not only are we driving an awesome tractor this is the tym t1104 tractor we also have the woods batwing mower here and this is an awesome machine we're going to take you guys around it we're going to talk about ownership i've been using this more i've already mowed for about two and a half hours with it so that i didn't look like an idiot when i showed it to you guys now i still might look like an idiot but i can show it to you right so come along today as we have a little bit of fun we'll show you the tractor we'll show you the tools and we'll talk about what this batwing mower has to offer versus a standard mowing deck like a six-foot mowing deck behind a regular tractor all right folks welcome to the stoney ridge farm i am josh all around us is 150 acres of first generation cattle farms we're building a farm a first generation farm and that comes with a lot of tools and toys that we love to show here on the channel so this is the woods bw 15.5 batwing mower i'll post a link down there in the video description woods is a huge supporter of the channel they make quality when it says woods you know you've got a lifetime purchase and that's what this critter is right here so i've already been mowing you can see there's a little bit of dirt on this batwing mower and the way this thing works is there are a couple hydraulic cylinders that fold the wings down on this mower and make it around a 15 foot cut versus what i've been using which is about a six foot cut so what an awesome machine what we're pulling this with is the tym the trusty big t tym t 1104 tractor is a 110 horsepower tractor awesome cab tractor awesome machine as you can tell i'm not wearing farm work clothes today i'm wearing my nice city clothes because all i'm going to do is sit in that cab and operate this machine it's going to be super cool so we're going to walk around the bat wing we're going to show you some of the features of it and we're going to put it to work mowing this field right here all right first of all i love this tractor this is an awesome machine tym builds quality tractors guys just because you've never heard of tym doesn't mean it's not quality this is an awesome awesome tool for the farm it has been indispensable