Deere MX5 Rotary Brush Mower Equivalent

[rwinter]

I recently rented a Deere 4400 with a MX5 brush mower that worked great. I wonder what other rotary brush mowers would have the same or more capacity and be good buys. Any ideas?

 

[jbrumberg]

rwinter:
Welcome to TBN ! I suggest that you provide more information as to where and what you intend to cut (i.e. what size and type of saplings, vegetation types, etc.). Do you think you will need a heavy duty, medium, and/or light duty rotary cutter? There are a lot of opinions out there in TBN land. Jay

 

[rwinter]

Thanks. We will be cutting down lots of bramble and occasionally trees perhaps up to 3 inches of trees, but that would be the exception.

 

[shvl73]

I've got a Woods BB60 and have taken out pines that size, but that is over what it is rated for. I've been told that the gearbox will pay the price for too much abuse. Overall its a good cutter and seems to be well liked on TBN. Go to the Woods site and look at the specs. They'll rate the different models for power requirements and cutting capacity.

 

[jbrumberg]

rwinter:

I would use the TBN search engine to read all the threads regarding rotary cutters. There is a lot of information concerning many good brands. Many of the better brands come in economy/light, medium, and heavy duty models. Shvl73 is right- the gearbox and seals pay the price of abuse. Somewhere buried in a thread is the cutting capacity of the L/M/HD models. I "killed" my HD Woods rotary cutter after years of abuse. I no longer need an HD model as I am currently keeping ahead of Mother Nature- I now have and use a medium duty cutter to keep the poplars and brambles "managed". Jay

 

[jeffinsgf]

I recently rented a Deere 4400 with a MX5 brush mower that worked great. I will be buying a NH 40DA and wondered what other rotary brush mowers would have the same or more capacity and be good buys. Any ideas?

Equivalent to the MX-5? It doesn't exist.

That's a joke from a happy MX-5 owner. Woods, Bush Hog, and others I can't think of right now make fine heavy duty rotary cutters. But, you'll not go wrong with an MX-5.

 

[HillbillyFarmer]

I recently rented a Deere 4400 with a MX5 brush mower that worked great. I will be buying a NH 40DA and wondered what other rotary brush mowers would have the same or more capacity and be good buys. Any ideas?

Why not just buy a Deere 4400 with an MX5?
There are a lot of bush hogs on a lot of machines in my community, but none are built like my MX6.

 

[browns40]

Hi rwinter,

I have a MX-5, and it is great... put it side by side with a Woods Brush Bull 600 and it looks anemic though.

If I had 30 PTO when I bought the cutter, I'd have gone for the Woods, hands down. More cutter for the money, heavier steel, bigger gearbox, step up in driveline... that'd be my .02.

 

[Airmale]

My woods bb60 is a monster in the thickest brush.

 

[jeffinsgf]

Hi rwinter,

I have a MX-5, and it is great... put it side by side with a Woods Brush Bull 600 and it looks anemic though.

If I had 30 PTO when I bought the cutter, I'd have gone for the Woods, hands down. More cutter for the money, heavier steel, bigger gearbox, step up in driveline... that'd be my .02.

Are you sure you're not talking about an LX-5? Looking at pictures and spec sheets, I think the Brush Bull and the MX are pretty closely matched.