Kodiak Brush Cutter?
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keyser soze
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Nope.
So... what do you do?
So... what do you do?
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I came this close '' to buying one a few years ago. It had been the um.. most affordable.. I could find.. was going to drive down to a dealer about 85 miles away.. on the way up I found a dealer selling the howse HD120 3pt models. Found it for 2400$ ( tax not included ).. mind you that was 6ys ago.. but I'd at least compair prices now. I feel the howse HD 120 is more mower than the kodiak 10' .. which is more of a medium duty cutter IMHO.. but if you don't need HD.. and one is cheaper.. then.. you have choices.
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We are clearing out our Howse inventory and just sold our last 10 ft 3 point Howse for $2400 last week. Going back to Hawkline/International that we sold for 20 years and they had good reliability, heavy duty construction and parts availability.. Ken Sweet
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I like mine. it's had a single problem since I got it.. one of the 3pt lift pins broke.. you could tell it was a flaw int he metal by the oxidation pattern. put a new one on.. been good since.. have knocks a few fence posts and an off 3" or 4" tree over with it.. never hurt a thing.
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Do you have the universal joint direct drive between the gearboxes or the rubber torque pads with 3 fingered yokes making that connection? Ken Sweet
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rubber pads.
I have heard some have had problems with those.. but not me.
I know a guy that used horse stall matting to make some and it worked decently.
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I have heard some have had problems with those.. but not me.
I know a guy that used horse stall matting to make some and it worked decently.
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As long as the factory got the 2 gearbox shafts looking directly at each other, you will not have a problem, however I have seen many that were misaligned and it was hard to keep the pads in. I ran one just like yours, except, with the U-joint couplers and put it thru some tough brush on a 143 acre farm cleanup, with no problems. You got one of the good ones. Ken Sweet
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yep.. that 10'er is good. the shafts must be perfect. I've had 0 probs witht he couplers. And I do inspect them every startup just because I've heard of problems.
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So - does anyone else have direct experience with a Kodiak rotary cutter? I'm also looking at one as a lower-cost option. Seems like this thread took an immediate veer from the OP's question.
