pclausen
Veteran Member
I'm looking for a tri-deck (batwing) finish mover that allows operating (blades spinning) while raising one or both side decks.
I know that just about all rotary cutters (JD MX15, Woods BW180, etc) allows this, for I have yet to come across a finish mover that does and I'm not sure I understand why.
A batwing finish mover has 3 spindles under each deck instead of just 1 on a batwing cutter, but why should that prevent operating with the deck raised? Maybe the angles of the drive-shafts are more severe due to the triple spindle decks being shorter than the longer single spindle single spindle ones?
I have a need to move between trees that are less than 15' apart and along river banks where there are trees closer than 15', but I also have 10+ acres of open area where a 15' finish mover could really cut moving time down.
I currently have a 90" finish mover (Woods RM990), but I was looking to sell it towards the purchase of the batwing finish mover. I suppose I could keep the Woods and use it for "trimming", but I'd rather not have to swap implements every week if I can help it.
Anyone know of any brand of tri-deck/batwing finish mover that allows operating with one or both side decks in the raised position?
Thanks!
I know that just about all rotary cutters (JD MX15, Woods BW180, etc) allows this, for I have yet to come across a finish mover that does and I'm not sure I understand why.
A batwing finish mover has 3 spindles under each deck instead of just 1 on a batwing cutter, but why should that prevent operating with the deck raised? Maybe the angles of the drive-shafts are more severe due to the triple spindle decks being shorter than the longer single spindle single spindle ones?
I have a need to move between trees that are less than 15' apart and along river banks where there are trees closer than 15', but I also have 10+ acres of open area where a 15' finish mover could really cut moving time down.
I currently have a 90" finish mover (Woods RM990), but I was looking to sell it towards the purchase of the batwing finish mover. I suppose I could keep the Woods and use it for "trimming", but I'd rather not have to swap implements every week if I can help it.
Anyone know of any brand of tri-deck/batwing finish mover that allows operating with one or both side decks in the raised position?
Thanks!