Baumalight Brushcutt CP560

[rd_macgregor]

If I read the specs right, your tractor is wider than the BrushCutt CP560. Has this been an issue in backing through brush? I got all my 3PH tools 72" or wider, so I would always cover the tractor width, even with the wheels mounted "wide".

 

[Overtaxed]

If I read the specs right, your tractor is wider than the BrushCutt CP560. Has this been an issue in backing through brush? I got all my 3PH tools 72" or wider, so I would always cover the tractor width, even with the wheels mounted "wide".

It's a little under the width of my tractor, but not much. I was looking at the 72" initially, that's what size my rotary is, but, for my use, smaller is better. I'm in the woods with it, the less space I need to maneuver, the better. If I was clearing larger areas, I probably would have gone for the bigger cutter, but I wanted smaller and cheaper (the price uplift to 72 is pretty small though, so it was more "smaller" that I wanted). I don't have issues with the size, but if I was using it like a bush hog, I would. It's a bunch of back and forth anyway, eat some stuff, come forward, chip it up, and then go back in. So it's not like a bush hog where you want to run long and straight, at least not for me, that's not how I'm using it.

 

[newbury]

I have always read that the 3 pt is there to pull stuff and pushing may put stress on parts not designed for pushing. For instance http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/owning-operating/342682-3-point-hitch-damage.html.

Does Baumalight address this?

For example for my M4700 and Woods Bh70X backhoe Woods recommends a "Saf-T lok top link" which is basically a really beefed up top link.

 

[Overtaxed]

I have always read that the 3 pt is there to pull stuff and pushing may put stress on parts not designed for pushing. For instance http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/owning-operating/342682-3-point-hitch-damage.html.

Does Baumalight address this?

For example for my M4700 and Woods Bh70X backhoe Woods recommends a "Saf-T lok top link" which is basically a really beefed up top link.

No, they don't, but there's not much pushing stress at all on the 3PT. You don't even really feel it when you contact a tree, at least not on my tractor, and I'm at the smaller end of the HP/size range. Using my box blade (which has a rear cutting edge) is many times the force, so, if I'm going to break it, it won't be with the cutter, that's for sure.

 

[BufordBoone]

Overtaxed: Have you experienced any issues with stabs puncturing your tires?

I had a lot of brush on my place when I bought it. The tractor and bush hog did a good job cutting it but I got to be on a first-name basis with the tire repairman.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Overtaxed: Have you experienced any issues with stabs puncturing your tires?

I had a lot of brush on my place when I bought it. The tractor and bush hog did a good job cutting it but I got to be on a first-name basis with the tire repairman.

Im curious... What kind of tires did you have and how worn? Side wall?

 

[BufordBoone]

Im curious... What kind of tires did you have and how worn? Side wall?

I don't know/remember the brand. They were pretty worn. One of them was in bad shape. I attributed the first flat to that so replaced it. The new tire also experienced a few flats. The side walls were in good shape, it was the contact surface that was decayed.

I think I'm past the bad part so should not have the issue until I get the one field out of CRP. That particular field is restricted to "Native Growth" or something like that. I just had a meeting with the CRP folks (they call you in to review the plan) and that field is not supposed to have cedar trees. I asked if I could cut them and was told "No, Native Growth until the end of the contract". She also said I would be required to remove the cedar trees if I wanted to re-new the contract. Frustrating but it is what it is.

When it comes time to cut that area, I'll probably hire a guy with a bull dozier.

 

[Overtaxed]

Overtaxed: Have you experienced any issues with stabs puncturing your tires?

I had a lot of brush on my place when I bought it. The tractor and bush hog did a good job cutting it but I got to be on a first-name basis with the tire repairman.

Not yet, but I do have concerns. The good news, the left overs after the machine runs through are kind of "exploded", they are sharp, but it's like the stump was "ripped off" rather than cut, so it's a million little tiny pieces sticking up, not a single sharp cut like you'd get from a chainsaw or clearing saw. And I have ag tires, so that's better than turf, I'd think, but not as good as industrial tires. We'll see, no flats so far.

What does it cost to fix a flat on a tractor, just out of curiosity? Seems like that could be quite an operation, especially with loaded tires (which I have).

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

I don't know/remember the brand. They were pretty worn. One of them was in bad shape. I attributed the first flat to that so replaced it. The new tire also experienced a few flats. The side walls were in good shape, it was the contact surface that was decayed.

I think I'm past the bad part so should not have the issue until I get the one field out of CRP. That particular field is restricted to "Native Growth" or something like that. I just had a meeting with the CRP folks (they call you in to review the plan) and that field is not supposed to have cedar trees. I asked if I could cut them and was told "No, Native Growth until the end of the contract". She also said I would be required to remove the cedar trees if I wanted to re-new the contract. Frustrating but it is what it is.

When it comes time to cut that area, I'll probably hire a guy with a bull dozier.

Ag or industrial tires?

 

[Aquamoose]

My eyes fell out of my socket seeing this, no idea they existed! At 5k, it’s sure is tempting but I don’t have that kind of money but would be easily tempted if financing exists. I have 8 acres to clear out and got a grant of 6.5k to thin it out but it has been slow going. This beast would speed thing up for sure but with my 35hp Branson, not sure...