Davco vs Diamond Mower

[cat 297c]

Finally got to run my diamond DLR072-C brush on a job for a few hours yesterday cat still hasn't got my high flow plug in yet for my cat 299d xhp so I ran the diamond in low flow the entire time an holy crap I can't wait to see wat this thing will do I high flow. In low flow I cut down a 10in live oak and mulched it up no problem I cut and trimmed along a gas line were my customer plants a food plot he can defently can see from one end to the other now.

 

[Eric H]

Pretty sure that is designed for low flow only..mi know my davco is not ment to be run on high flow.... Like u said low flow is plenty lol

 

[cat 297c]

This unit is rated up to 45 gpm, I was also surprised how well it mulched up the material.

 

[cat 297c]

Here's a picture of the material I processed

 

[ramzee1]

Cat, Looks good.

 

[RDrancher]

Looks like the diamond does a nice job. How was it at containing debris without chucking it way out there?

 

[cat 297c]

It still throws debris pretty far but not as bad as the davcos I've ran in the past.

 

[RINGPOWERTALLY]

hey cat, did they not set you up with a jumper to run in XPS and in XHP? or are you only XHP or low?

 

[cat 297c]

Just got my jumper to run the diamond in high flow I hope its xhp. Cat didn't offer just the jumper they only offer it in a kit that includes the bigger hyd. Quick couplers and the jumper that was going to be like 400.00 so my dealership made a jumper for me for nothing they said thanks for buying the machine.
Hope it is xhp

 

[RINGPOWERTALLY]

you can run the machine in all 3 modes depending what pins you have grounded, i just got done making a switch harness to put in the cab to switch between XPS, XHP and low flow..... YOU DO NOT WANT TO RUN YOUR DIAMOND IN XHP...... you will regret it no matter what your dealer says....... we just ate a davco motor on a customer demo because someone forgot to switch to XPS....... your motor is only rated for 36 gpm at 3250 psi...... XHP is 38-41 at 4500+ psi........ it builds to much heat and not only derates constantly but will burn the seals out of the motor on the mower. some of the first 299d's where actual incorrectly calibrated at the factor and are putting out over 45gpm at 4700 psi!!!