10ft cutter
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foreman Etexas
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bglz42
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Here's the one I like, but my tractor won't pull it... time for a bigger tractor!!
http://modernusa.com/images/10offflex-pop.pdf
http://modernusa.com/images/10offflex-pop.pdf
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TXFord8n,
First of all, I hope you have a bigger tractor in mind!(sorry, I couldn't help myself)
About 20 years ago, I was shopping for a 10' myself. Bought a Hardee pull-type. It's a beast. It spent it's first 15 years (or so) behind a 100 hp tractor. (JD 4020, then a NH 7610S) It will basically digest anything that the tractor will run over. .
when i got my nh7610s in 02, that was the first size of mower i had on her, a 10', 3pt hd howse. as you said. with a 10' mower and high hp.. it will mow anything you can drag it over.
gabby
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I hope you have flat ground with no humps or terraces because that mower will scalp going over them where the blades overlap because it's so long front to rear. I do have terraces and I run a JD HX-10 flat deck and it doesn't scalp too bad but I still have to raise it sometimes as I'm going over. Plus I don't see the cost effectiveness of buying a 10 foot bat wing versus a 10 foot flat deck mower that will cost much less. Another thing, don't fall for the mfr's minimum hp specs of 50 hp. You're going to need 90-100 hp to cut thick grass well with a 10 foot mower.
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i'v never had a scalping problem with my 15' batwing, on rare occasion, i have had a side to side problem on a 10' fixed deck though..a 15' batwing should be about as deep as that 10' offset flex.
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I'll second the higher Horsepower, I have 83 hp to run a MX10 John deere and you can tell its back there when the grass gets as tall as the tires. The only time I really notice it bogging down is when it scalps the ground. The good thing about that though is the next time there is alot less dirt to cut through! I guess i should be fair, IIRC i have 69 pto hp. TheMX10 is a great counter weight and I refuse to mow with it without the loader or my suitcase weights loading the front end down! I think it tips the scales at somewhere near 1700lbs? It sure is nice though taking a ten foot swath of grass down instead of 8!!
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that hd howse 10' is around 2400#
My 7610s has a full populated front weight bracket.
My ford 5000 totes the mower now.. t has a full set of pillow weights.. and then I added 2 fat suitcase plates to either side of the front bolster to keep the front down.
the 7610s has about 89 pto hp and the 5000 has 67 pto hp.
soundguy
My 7610s has a full populated front weight bracket.
My ford 5000 totes the mower now.. t has a full set of pillow weights.. and then I added 2 fat suitcase plates to either side of the front bolster to keep the front down.
the 7610s has about 89 pto hp and the 5000 has 67 pto hp.
soundguy