jeff9366
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- Tractor
- Kubota Tractor Loader L3560 HST+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3,700 pounds bare tractor, 5,400 pounds operating weight, 37 horsepower
You could go 11.5 mph on a paved road, pulling the R/C. The only point of the R/C touching the pavement would be the castor tail wheel and R/C tail wheels are pretty robust.
Not that fast in a field, even a smooth field. You never know where an animal has dug a burrow or where ground has subsided. The energy stored in moving R/C blades is tremendous. You do not want to tilt the R/C so one or both blades strike the ground. There have been instances of deflected R/C blades cutting through R/C decks. R/Cs are considered the most hazardous of CUT implements to operate. I'd say chainsaws and R/Cs are about equally hazardous.
Hay implements are also hazardous. Big Ag harvesting implements are all hazardous.
We occasionally mow here with a 50-hp Deere pulling a 8' CountyLine R/C. With the big wheels on the 50-hp Deere we mow pretty fast, but our mowing area is the commons in a residential development which is kept "walking" smooth for the residents.
You know your field better than I. Rough and hilly; rough ride on a tractor which only has pneumatic tires as suspension.
Not that fast in a field, even a smooth field. You never know where an animal has dug a burrow or where ground has subsided. The energy stored in moving R/C blades is tremendous. You do not want to tilt the R/C so one or both blades strike the ground. There have been instances of deflected R/C blades cutting through R/C decks. R/Cs are considered the most hazardous of CUT implements to operate. I'd say chainsaws and R/Cs are about equally hazardous.
Hay implements are also hazardous. Big Ag harvesting implements are all hazardous.
We occasionally mow here with a 50-hp Deere pulling a 8' CountyLine R/C. With the big wheels on the 50-hp Deere we mow pretty fast, but our mowing area is the commons in a residential development which is kept "walking" smooth for the residents.
You know your field better than I. Rough and hilly; rough ride on a tractor which only has pneumatic tires as suspension.
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