ISO 6' Rotary Cutter

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Atchuuu

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Looking for a 6' rotary cutter to maintain a field. I think medium duty will do the trick as I'm not cutting trails or clearing heavily wooded areas.

Tractor supply has the County Line brand at almost half the price of the Land Pride and Everything Attachments brands. I would love to save some money but I don't want to buy twice either.

Anyone use County Line? Any other options I should consider?
 
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I guess if your just mowing grass it would be ok , Maybe buy a used woods or land pride...
 
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Nothing against County Line attachments, but I doubt that you could consider the units sold at Tractor Supply to be medium duty. You can get by skimping on some attachments, but I really wouldn't recommend doing that with a rotary cutter. Make sure that the one you buy has a slip clutch. You don't want to be replacing shear pins every time you accidentally hit something.
 
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Agri-supply sells the Kodiak medium duty cutters for about the same price as the County Line regular duty. I've been happy with my regular model. It's sturdier than the County Line models.
 
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I have the Mahindra branded medium duty rotary cutter. My understanding is that its made by Kodiak. I've been very pleased with it. The only word of caution is that it didn't come with chain guards. I had to improvise to ensure it could be operated safely.
 
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Country line is on the low end. I think you can do better. Kodiak or Titan as well as Tennessee River are some decent low price units. I like King Kutter but I did have some problems with the 3 pt hitch A-arm but they have improved it since I owned one. It did give the best cut of any unit I have used. Everything Attachments and Bad Boy seem to be a step up but I have not used them. Land Pride,Bushog and Woods are considered near the top.
 
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When comparing quality and price among brands, particularly name brands, take note there are different implement series within the same brand. Be sure to match comparable levels. ie. light, medium, heavy duty, standard options, etc.
 
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The medium duty Kodiak uses a 95 hp gearbox, light duty is the small 45 hp gearbox and you'll see a lot of 6' mowers out there with it....cheaper.

Rate the mower per the driving force, aka tractor hp.

If you look at the gearbox cross section you see why the 95 hp rated box is as such. Heavier components and twice the support bearings. The rest of it, stump jumper (round disc to which the blades are attached) and blade thickness can be stronger with the med duty. I have the Kodiac Med duty, 6'.
 
 
 
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