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\"Do it all\" rotary cutter...
Here is what I need to do:
1)clear an area with lots of small saplings (approx 2 acres)
2)cut a hay field (approx 10 acres)
3)cut and mulch up cover crops and green manures (3 acres)before tilling under with a reciprocating spader or tiller.
4)"shred" compost materials to speed up composting (50 tons/year of straw,hay,leaves,grass clippings etc.
In an ideal world I'd employ a rotary cutter for 1 and 2, a flail mower for 3, and a chipper shredder for 4. Unfortunately, I can't afford all those implements. So I was wondering if I could compromise a bit and try doing all these tasks with a good medium duty rotary cutter. I figure I could break up cover crops and compost materials pretty well if I run over them several times with the rotary cutter. Any thoughts on this? I'd probably be pulling a 6 footer behind a 40 horse tractor. Any suggestions on rotary cutters/make/model/specs.? Thanks
Jan
Here is what I need to do:
1)clear an area with lots of small saplings (approx 2 acres)
2)cut a hay field (approx 10 acres)
3)cut and mulch up cover crops and green manures (3 acres)before tilling under with a reciprocating spader or tiller.
4)"shred" compost materials to speed up composting (50 tons/year of straw,hay,leaves,grass clippings etc.
In an ideal world I'd employ a rotary cutter for 1 and 2, a flail mower for 3, and a chipper shredder for 4. Unfortunately, I can't afford all those implements. So I was wondering if I could compromise a bit and try doing all these tasks with a good medium duty rotary cutter. I figure I could break up cover crops and compost materials pretty well if I run over them several times with the rotary cutter. Any thoughts on this? I'd probably be pulling a 6 footer behind a 40 horse tractor. Any suggestions on rotary cutters/make/model/specs.? Thanks
Jan