pretendfarmer
Silver Member
Hi everybody. I recently purchased a Yanmar 1700D for my 4 acre property, and I just bought a brand new Taylor-Pittsburgh 4' rotary cutter for it. Of the 4 acres, probably 2 1/2 to 3 acres is scotch broom and blackberries with the rest being larger fir trees and such. The brush is as tall as 10 feet, though none is very big around as far as stems go. While the property is pretty much level, the ground is rutted and somewhat rocky. I took my new tractor in there for the first time today, and I was disappointed in my skill level and lack of knowledge as to how to accomplish the task at hand which is clearing the land.
The guy who sold me the brush cutter set it up on my tractor. The rear is a few inches off the ground, and the front is touching. I have no owners manual for the tractor, but ran it at 2200 rpm with the PTO in 1, which I read should be 540 rpm. I was hitting rocks and making a dust storm, and got bogged down a few times, and generally felt like I was hurting my new mower. I ended up quitting because I did not want to damage anything. Rather than load the tractor back on the trailer and take her with me, I stashed her in the blackberry bushes out of sight so no meth heads would see her and get any ideas to steal her.
What I am wondering is if I am not supposed to use the mower for such big brush. The front of the tractor goes over it fine, but it seems a lot for the mower to deal with. Should I be using another method of clearing this land? I don't know how to go about this big project.
The guy who sold me the brush cutter set it up on my tractor. The rear is a few inches off the ground, and the front is touching. I have no owners manual for the tractor, but ran it at 2200 rpm with the PTO in 1, which I read should be 540 rpm. I was hitting rocks and making a dust storm, and got bogged down a few times, and generally felt like I was hurting my new mower. I ended up quitting because I did not want to damage anything. Rather than load the tractor back on the trailer and take her with me, I stashed her in the blackberry bushes out of sight so no meth heads would see her and get any ideas to steal her.
What I am wondering is if I am not supposed to use the mower for such big brush. The front of the tractor goes over it fine, but it seems a lot for the mower to deal with. Should I be using another method of clearing this land? I don't know how to go about this big project.