germain; absolutely. The riding mower will chop it up to a fine mulch. You will have to set the mower housing much higher than you normally would (use farmhunter recommendations) and you may have to mow slow (very slow) if it' s thick but it' ll do the job. Depending on the make of the lawntractor you might be able to buy trash blades rather than lawn blades.

I' ve finally moved up to a 22 hp lawn tractor that handles the grass/clover mixture between my fruit/grape rows (4 1/2 acres) . I only pull out the bushhog if I' ve let it go for a couple of months and let it turn woody.

Dan O.