Finally a tractor owner!!

[bp fick]

Yeah, you talked yourself into the right tool. RFM.

A 60" typically calls for a minimum of 18 hp, 16 hp at the pto. Better with 22hp and 18pto hp. I picked this one up, just because it was too good of deal to pass up. I'll likely do some horse trading and downsize to a 48" as well. As others have stated, with 12 hp at your PTO, you absolutely want to look for a 48".

 

[TripleR]

Yes and no, Bush Hog makes rotary cutters, but not all rotary cutters are made by Bush Hog. Bush Hog also makes finish mowers; saw one on CS today.

In my part of the country Bush Hog introduced the first rotary cutters and thus all rotary cutters came to be known as "bush hogs".

We tend to make all of this stuff too complicated even when we try to simplify it; clear?

 

[Bird]

That's my understanding, a RC is a bushhog. We call them bushhogs around here as well.

"Bush Hog" is a brand name; "brush hog" is a generic, but all the manufacturers list them as "rotary cutters" if you want to be technically correct. But as long as we know what we're talking about, who cares?:laughing:

 

[TigerfaninAR]

Woods has a 54" RFM that weighs 401 lbs. In contrast Bush hog as a RC that weighs 455 lbs and Landpride's weighs 475 lbs.

Landpride's 4 ft. RFM weighs 486 lbs.


Is there something else besides weight that comes into play when getting the appropriate implements. Seems to me the Woods 54" would work if compared to the others. Am I missing something?

Woods a decent brand?

Thanks guys

 

[bp fick]

Is there something else besides weight that comes into play when getting the appropriate implements. Seems to me the Woods 54" would work if compared to the others. Am I missing something?

Yup, pretty likely. PTO horsepower. You're missing enough to spin those units.

I looked hard and long at a Woods last month. My dealer would have given me one at cost, to clear it out. I have 18/13.5 horsepower and I balked. You may have a bit less. Why risk buying an attachment that is too much for your tractor, be disappointed, and have to take a big loss in selling it? While you have more size, you have the power output of a BX1500.

 

[Grateful11]

Bush Hog was bought out by Alamo group.

Alamo Corporate Web Site | Alamo Group to Acquire Assets of Bush Hog

Not sure what this means as far as Bush Hog products, we own 2, but I heard
they laidoff a bunch of employees at the Bush Hog factory.

 

[TripleR]

Bush Hog was bought out by Alamo group.

Alamo Corporate Web Site | Alamo Group to Acquire Assets of Bush Hog

Not sure what this means as far as Bush Hog products, we own 2, but I heard
they laidoff a bunch of employees at the Bush Hog factory.

This is one of the reasons I have stayed away from Bush Hog although they make good products. Rumors have been around for years about them going out of business.

I remember when AMF took over Harley Davidson and the quality dropped like a rock.