5610 cutting brush.

[Xfaxman]

Hope the grass grows, horse pasture.

Well the grass, brush and weeds grew, but not good pasture grass. It would make good goat hay! :laughing:


The view from the seat.

The A/C kept it cool inside. It was 95 outside! :thumbsup:

 

[birddog0304]

Had to replace 2 drive motors. Just got it back today. Bush hogged for 3 hr. Worked great and never overheated in the 90 degree plus temp.

 

[Xfaxman]

Thanks. I run a 6 ft on my series A. Lot more hills than you have. Any trouble with hydraulics heating up?

Had to replace 2 drive motors. Just got it back today. Bush hogged for 3 hr. Worked great and never overheated in the 90 degree plus temp.

Yep, I see your hills!

Was it overheating before? I have read about the 5600 drive motor failures, but don't remember the symptoms.

 

[birddog0304]

Shucks that was some of the flat stuff, I will get some pictures of the other. Hopefully I will be back out today or tomorrow.

On the hydraulics issue. My cat has been doing this since I first got it, just slowly getting worse. Wasn't sure what it was. Previous owner had never used any accessories requiring aux hydraulics, which really exacerbated the problems. Finally just got fed up with it and took it in. I was fortunate enough I got to see the inside of the drive motors at the the shop. Basically what happens, the wear in the drive motor allowed hyd fluid to essentially bypass like a relief valve had opened. This happened as the hyd oil would heat up and the viscosity of the oil would drop allowing it to pass through the areas with the most wear. The more it warms up, the lower the viscosity and the worse it would get. So I could bushhog maybe 30-45 min at most. As the fluid would bypass the motors, my pilot pressure would drop, which is required to run everything else. It never did or would overheat before, and after 3 hrs in 90 + temp yesterday it still didn't.

 

[Xfaxman]

Some pictures of my wife cutting brush with the Toolcat. :thumbsup:

 

[hardhat]

I got a 5' brush monster for my 5610 F

Skid Steer Cutters, Rotary Brush Cutters, Skid-Steer mowers from BRUSHMONSTER - Now Available 12-month 0% financing

The front mounted bushog works great. I have used it mainly to clear paths through the woods, cut small trees. Great for clearing out around a big tree you are getting ready to cut. Does not have front wheel, but has raised front end like funnel so you can push trees over with it. It pushes the tree a little and then the blade whacks it off. Will turn woods into flat clear ground pretty quick and it mulches everything to some degree. Way better than rear mounted bush hog where you have to drive over everything before you cut it.

 

[Xfaxman]

I got a 5' brush monster for my 5610 F

Skid Steer Cutters, Rotary Brush Cutters, Skid-Steer mowers from BRUSHMONSTER - Now Available 12-month 0% financing

The front mounted bushog works great. I have used it mainly to clear paths through the woods, cut small trees. Great for clearing out around a big tree you are getting ready to cut. Does not have front wheel, but has raised front end like funnel so you can push trees over with it. It pushes the tree a little and then the blade whacks it off. Will turn woods into flat clear ground pretty quick and it mulches everything to some degree. Way better than rear mounted bush hog where you have to drive over everything before you cut it.

Looks like a good one and l agree about the mower out front. :thumbsup:

What was the reason you didn't get the 6' model?

 

[hardhat]

I got the 5' model because it was lighter and cheaper. I have some concerns about bending the front arm since it looks so little and narrow. but so far it has proven to be quite tough.

 

[Piston]

What size saplings can you effectively take down with these rotary cutters?

 

[Xfaxman]

What size saplings can you effectively take down with these rotary cutters?

My 7' wide Rotary Mower is rated "up to 4 inches", but I usually pull the 3 and 4 inchers with the tree puller on the V417.

Skid Steer Rotary Brush Mower

 

[Piston]

Do you ever worry about sharp "stumps" puncturing the tires? I often mow in reverse, because I'm not comfortable running over some of the larger stuff I cut first, and sometimes worry about the small stumps left, but so far no problem.

These are impressive setups for sure! Best part is, you can bring someone along for the ride!

What is the lift capacity on the 5610? How about the pressure and flow with the high flow hydraulics?

 

[Xfaxman]

Do you ever worry about sharp "stumps" puncturing the tires? I often mow in reverse, because I'm not comfortable running over some of the larger stuff I cut first, and sometimes worry about the small stumps left, but so far no problem.

These are impressive setups for sure! Best part is, you can bring someone along for the ride!

What is the lift capacity on the 5610? How about the pressure and flow with the high flow hydraulics?

The "stumps" are splintered and not sharp and no problem for the 8 ply tires.

Lift capacity is listed as 1500 pounds, but it handles the 1800 pound mower just fine. I measured just over 3000 pounds of lift with nothing on the SSQA.



Aux pressure is 3000 and flow is 28 gpm.

With 4 wheel steering it gets around the big trees very nicely.

 

[Piston]

That is some very impressive hydraulic power! I know I've asked about your equipment before, but I didn't realize it had that much hydraulic hp. You could easily run almost any skidsteer implement.

I wonder if this could handle a tree shear? I suppose weight would be the limiting factor, I think those are fairly heavy.

I did a little craigslist searching and I'm quite certain that one of these might bit a wee bit out of my budget, but maybe one day I'll get to go for a ride in one and try one out.

Very impressive to say the least.

 

[hardhat]

3 and 4 inch cut quickly with very little effort. 6 inch trees you have to go slow and let the blades beat on it a bit. It works well because the front of the bushog has a bar that is raised about 18 inches that pushes the tree, so as the blades hit it, it pushes it over more and opens up the cut. Having said that 6 inch trees feel like they are rough on the machine and once they are down it beats the machine up trying to mulch it. Anything over 4 inches gets the chainsaw. 4 and under get the brushmonster.

 

[Xfaxman]

That is some very impressive hydraulic power! I know I've asked about your equipment before, but I didn't realize it had that much hydraulic hp. You could easily run almost any skidsteer implement.

I wonder if this could handle a tree shear? I suppose weight would be the limiting factor, I think those are fairly heavy.

I did a little craigslist searching and I'm quite certain that one of these might bit a wee bit out of my budget, but maybe one day I'll get to go for a ride in one and try one out.

Very impressive to say the least.

I think most tree shears weigh less than my brush hog.

High Flow hydraulics used to be an option, so check older Toolcats to see if it has it.

 

[Xfaxman]

Got some better pictures of the brush hog.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

When I saw the title I was expecting to see a big blue tractor, lol

 

[Xfaxman]

When I saw the title I was expecting to see a big blue tractor, lol

Like this one?

Pictures from Google Image Search.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Like this one? <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/toolcat/405527-5610-cutting-brush-1308-jpg"/> Pictures from Google Image Search.

Yes sir

 

[Xfaxman]

Toolcat: 5610 cutting brush.

Found some old pictures of cutting brush in the spillway: