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Muhammad · 05-19-2004, 02:22 PM

As for the mowing... you're right about keeping the ground speed up. Or hoping to, anyway. With the relative dryness of Montana, a rotary cutter should have no problem at a reasonably increased speed. You just have to get a feel for the situation.

Also, this could be a good example of when a larger, light-duty rotary cutter might make sense. Rotary cutter ratings and recommendations consider a variety of uses, and most people use them for initial cutting down of very rough areas.

But if your land is already very light pasture with dry grass, going up to a 7' standard duty cutter (Bush Hog's SQ84T 84" dual-blade light duty cutter, for example) is completely reasonable. The BH I mentioned is rated for 25-50HP and weighs 720lbs, so either machine you're looking at can handle it without a problem (so long as you stick to light duty applications).

Of course, you could always jump up to a 15' flex-wing rotary cutter... but that will set you back about $8k, and you'll need a larger tractor to handle it. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

05-19-2004, 02:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
Muhammad Administrator Join Date: Mar 1998 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 5,046	Re: Kioti CK30HST vs DK35 & mower help As for the mowing... you're right about keeping the ground speed up. Or hoping to, anyway. With the relative dryness of Montana, a rotary cutter should have no problem at a reasonably increased speed. You just have to get a feel for the situation. Also, this could be a good example of when a larger, light-duty rotary cutter might make sense. Rotary cutter ratings and recommendations consider a variety of uses, and most people use them for initial cutting down of very rough areas. But if your land is already very light pasture with dry grass, going up to a 7' standard duty cutter (Bush Hog's SQ84T 84" dual-blade light duty cutter, for example) is completely reasonable. The BH I mentioned is rated for 25-50HP and weighs 720lbs, so either machine you're looking at can handle it without a problem (so long as you stick to light duty applications). Of course, you could always jump up to a 15' flex-wing rotary cutter... but that will set you back about $8k, and you'll need a larger tractor to handle it. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]