12' Rotary Cutter Search is Over! Finally!

[rockinbbar]

Interesting. The new .40 has indeed beefed things up. When I was looking a year ago all those points favored the Landpride. I see now that the woods is 500 lbs heavier, as you say, probably because the deck is now 10 ga, same as the LP. The woods used to be 12ga. And I see they beefed up the drive line to Cat 4/4, however the LP is 6/4. And the Woods gear box ratings now match the LP where before they were less.

Those are all nice improvements. Do you mind me asking what you paid for it?

I know what you mean about these mowers varying a lot in durability. I have a nearly 20 year old Woods BB720 that is much, much more durable that other mowers that I've seen, and mine had hit quite a few rocks and stumps over the years, and the mower always wins. The LP 2512 that I got is definitely not as durable, but was also a good bit less expensive. I only mow my own fields so it should only see grass with minimal surprises, unlike the BB720. I hope I'm still happy with it in 10 years.

Like I said above, it was around $17k.

Which came in a little under what I thought they would ask. I think it's pretty much what the market is for 12' cutters now.

You REALLY see things jump with extra heavy duty 15 foot cutters.

My new Woods 15.72 listed for $32.5k.. But after running it all season, I can sure see where the money went. It's much better than my 10 year old Woods XHD that I ran without problem for 10 years.

The new 12.40 is pretty much a smaller version of the 15.72, with most of the new engineering.

They both cut clean enough to mow the yard with!

My 15.72..

 

[rockinbbar]

Good question. I'm also interested to hear how yours works.

Mine came plumbed for a single remote, so one remote both raised and lowered the cutting height, and then raised both wings. I re-plumbed it to work with three remotes, one for cutting height, and one for lifting each wing. That way I can lift just one wing to get around stuff. All it took were a few fittings and two hoses - maybe $200 in parts and a couple hours with a wrench.

Yessir! I've done that before on my old BW12.

The new BW12.40 comes with dual controls. One runs the wings, and one runs the deck.

As a nice addition, both my Woods cutters came with lights that plug right into your tractor 9pin in the rear so that hazard lights and turn signals work on the cutter.

 

[big bubba]

OP: assume you've already checked gear boxes for level as they are almost always shipped low

 

[rockinbbar]

OP: assume you've already checked gear boxes for level as they are almost always shipped low

Yessir!

I double checked the dealer PDI, and if anything, they were a bit too full.

These are too easy to check! The gearboxes have a thumb twist filler with an oil level indicator on a dipstick.

 

[big bubba]

Yessir!

I double checked the dealer PDI, and if anything, they were a bit too full.

These are too easy to check! The gearboxes have a thumb twist filler with an oil level indicator on a dipstick.

just like my own but for the divider box. many don't check levels from factory