I am in the process of buying a brush cutter for my 2610d. I have a heavy duty woods 6' cutter now that I know is too big and heavy for this tractor. Would a 5' be a better match? Or will a lighter duty 6' work? Thanks.
Tractor Sizing rotary cutter size
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RobS
Super Member
The lighter duty six footer will be... well, lighter but it will take the same horsepower to spin it in the brush. The five footer will require less power to keep moving. Is your current problem the weight or power or both? My 25 pto hp JD790 (Yanmar painted green) works very well with my five foot light duty cutter. Not sure I'd want to go six feet /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
roger_scotty
Gold Member
Do you like the Woods? I know that this is a crazy idea, but I'm going to throw it out there. How about converting the six footer to a five footer?? I use a five foot one myself on a 35 hp tractor.
Blades for rotary cutters are sold in lots of lengths. Look in a tractor parts catalogue (probably not the Woods catalogue) and see if there is something useful. I was amazed at the number and types of blades available.. New blades are not very expensive, and nice to have anyway. If you wanted to continue the project, you could have a local welder move the two sides of the mower inwards...its only a lip that needs to be moved..
Blades for rotary cutters are sold in lots of lengths. Look in a tractor parts catalogue (probably not the Woods catalogue) and see if there is something useful. I was amazed at the number and types of blades available.. New blades are not very expensive, and nice to have anyway. If you wanted to continue the project, you could have a local welder move the two sides of the mower inwards...its only a lip that needs to be moved..