Dual Spindle 84s for Trail mowing.

[Tractor Time with Tim]

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I cut a few unwanted fields once a year (in the fall when the vegetation had dried out) with this (finishing mower) and a 70 PTO hp Deere. Had to replace the wheel frames to get the mower a little higher than for turf. 70hp was maybe a litle overkill but a guy with a 50 something hp wanted to buy it, we tried it and to my surprise it was s total failure. Worked fine in light grass, and bogged down in something just a bit higher. Guy wanted to cut his horse pasture periodically. I don't even remember if the flex wing was 14 or 16 feet.

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Anyway, the 2038r is pretty small for the mower. However, it handles it much better than I anticipated.
A 3 spindle brush mower takes less hp than a single spindle version.
I had to go REALLY slowly in the heavy laid over fescue. I find the heavy fescue to be much more taxing on the tractor than some taller weeds and brush.
Without a hydrostatic transmission, I don’t think there would be any way to handle this mower with 30 PTO hp.

Overall, I still think I not only finished mowing the field quicker with the 10’ flex wing than I would have with a 6’ single spindle, but I also did a much better job. The flex-wing does a much better job of ‘lifting’ the weeds up which the tires have mashed down...overall, a much better cut.

The video shows this well, including creeping along in the heavy fescue, and killing the engine on the 4” tree.

I think 40-45hp (with hydrostatic tranny) would be plenty for the Rhino in almost any condition.
The 60-65 PTO ho of the 5075e is more than necessary. I think the 5075e would handle a 12’ with ease.

...and yes, 50hp on a 14-16ft flex wing would not go well.


Tim

 

[Tractor Time with Tim]

Looking for advice. I volunteer to mow the local cross country ski trails to prepare them for winter. Fairly rough terrain, a few stumps that should be ground, ruts etc. Most cutting is light grasses, ferns and goldenrod, some sections of heavier marsh like grass, some tag alder usually no wider that 3/8". The goldenrod and tag elder can get as high as 3' over the course of the summer.
Equipment we've been using is a Kioti CK4010 Compact tractor (33 hp PTO)
68" Flail mower (offset sticks out about 12 inches on the right of the tractor)
72" TSC rotary cutter (covers the width of the tractor)

The Flail is easy to maneuver and follows well up and down the short hills, it also hangs out the right so when I mow over the culverts I can keep the tractor wheels at a more "comfortable" distance. Problem is that the more woody objects like the tag alder, if they are more than 2' high, just get bent over and stay bent over when the cutters go over them and then just spring back up. (Their sticking up causes problems for skiers catching the edge on them and causing them to fall.)
The rotary cuts these just fine but I have to get much too close to the culverts and anywhere else the edge of the trail falls away.

I would like to hear from any that have used a Land Pride RCD1884, Bush Hog SQ84T or similar dual spindle mower. The manufacturers recommend 35 hp PTO, other than sacrificing speed would running one with 33hp work? Has anyone run a unit like this on a smaller tractor? I like the fact these are offset and am hoping they will cut this tall "stalky" stuff well. I'm thinking that they would be more maneuverable.

Thank you and I look forward to your comments.

I would not hesitate to use the Rhino TS10 with this tractor...as long as you have the hydrostatic version.

It will be a load in some conditions, but in most conditions, you’ll be fine...and you will LOVE the cut quality compared to a single spindle.

Tim

 

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It would be advantageous whenever possible to try equipment before committing to buy. Amazing how quickly you often find out, it's not gonna work!

 

[leonz]

I would not hesitate to use the Rhino TS10 with this tractor...as long as you have the hydrostatic version.

It will be a load in some conditions, but in most conditions, you’ll be fine...and you will LOVE the cut quality compared to a single spindle.

Tim

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Good morning Tim,

Perhaps you could convince Vrisimo to loan you one of their 7 foot MightyMax flail mowers to put on that mule??