I recently purchased a new Swisher 44" Rough Cut Mower with the 14.5 Kawasaki motor (that starts & runs great). Be sure to pay the extra money for the electric start Kawasaki!!) Last week using my Honda Foreman 450 ES ATV I cut all of my land and trails on and around my hunting land (several hours, 4 tanks of fuel in the Swisher). Tall grass, weeds, rocks, small trees, etc are no problem for the Swisher, it cuts and goes through these areas with ease. The only thing I would recommend is that Swisher add (4) wheels, (2) on the front & (2) on the back of the deck for easier trailer loading & unloading and whenever you have to back up if you hit a stump or get pinched in a turn or a steeper uneven ditch. Several times when I wanted to back up or even go forward on a tighter angle or ditch the deck would hang up and dig into the ground. A few times I had to unhook the unit from my ATV, muscle the mower sideways by hand and re-attach it to my ATV (kind of a pain). I also had to use my ATV winch one time to pull myself and the deck forward out of an uneven area where the deck dug in bad. So I'm going to drill four holes in the corners of my mower deck and bolt on (4) 4" or 6" diameter wheels that I think will really help me maneuver better over my land. Over all I am very happy with the Swisher and rate it 4 1/2 STARS, you wont be disappointed on how well it cuts and goes through tall grass and saplings.

I put the Swisher RC14544CPKA trail cutter to the ultimate test last weekend on a Virginia mountain top. The trail cutter chewed through 7-8 foot tall grass and weeds with no problem at all. It also chewed through 3 inch saplings like butter. The Kawasaki engine has plenty of power and never slowed down once. I cleared about 4 acres of very overgrown brush and saplings in about 5 hours using the highest setting on the mower and going about 5 MPH on my ATV. It should also be noted that the fuel efficiency of the unit is great. I'm very pleased with the purchase, shipping, and price from Wood Splitters Direct. It's an amazing machine and I would definitely purchase again!!

It’s a beast of machine works well

Awesome communication with company, not so much with shipper. Swisher mowers are a good product, does exactly what it is advertised to do.

Had to put the drawbar with adjusments on by myself not an easy task. Where it bolted onto the outside front it should have been made to bolt on the inside because the height adjustment doesn't clear it so you can't get full height of the deck.

Have used a few times on some large weeds and heavy grass. Worked very well. It's all about the engine, Kawasaki.

I ordered and received a Swisher 44" Rough Cut Mower from Wood Splitters Direct. They were very knowledgeable about the product line and kept me informed about the estimated ship date. The mower I s a Beast. I'm very happy with the mower and Wood Splitters Direct. I would definitely order from them again.

Bought for my dad, it’s definitely heavy duty, assembly went ok, it started right up and mows well, just waiting for the ground to dry up so we can really use it

It's a monster, once I use it we will review

Love the product and it does exactly as I wanted it to do.

We have used the mower a few times already and it has worked great. Delivery and dealing with Swisher has not been fun. We paid extra for lift gate delivery but Swisher put it on the wrong size pallet so the driver could not use a pallet jack to take it off the truck. Thank goodness the driver was creative and patient and we finally managed to get it off. Then, after unpacking, we realized that 3 nuts were missing from the package of parts that is used for final assembly. Must be poor quality control at Swisher. It took two emails to Swisher to finally get a response. However, 4 weeks later and I still do not have the parts. I had to go purchase them at a hardware store in order to be able to use the mower. Pretty disappointed to have spent that much on a mower and then not get all the parts.

First off Wood Splitters Direct was a great experience to buy my Swisher. What a beast, this mower is well worth the money. Top shelf components and does a great job rough cutting. Don’t hesitate to buy

All I can say is WOW!! I just got this delivered, not much assembly. Took off to cut my field and WOW! This thing is awesome. I put it through it’s paces for two days and I cant believe what I cut through. Highly recommend this!

This 44 in 14.5 HP is awesome. pulls great, runs great! 1ST try w/ key started right up. Took a little tweaking to get height adjusted but helps when you read all the directions.
AS in other reviews you mat have to mower in opposite direction to get even cut. Just depends on how perfect you want it.
Shopped around extensively and Woodsplitters had the best price!!