425 vs Kubota 7510 or 7520?

J_J · Sep 2, 2005

Well, If my 1445 would pull or push dirt very well, while leveling out a road, I would probably get rid of my 22 hp diesel Kubota, 4 wheel drive. hydro stat, but alas, I have to keep the 7 ft blade hooked up most of the time. I do hate messing with the 3PH. The PT just is not a bulldozer. I do use the PT for everthing else.

MossRoad · Sep 2, 2005

The PT just is not a bulldozer 

Yes, that is true. It is not a field plow either. But most everything else it does pretty well. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Knute · Sep 2, 2005

( The PT just is not a bulldozer 

Yes, that is true. It is not a field plow either. But most everything else it does pretty well. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif )

How well does it do on 6 to 7 foot tall blackberry brambles? They grow like mad up here, it's almost like being in a horror movie sometimes, and can get tall rather quickly. Can you just drive over them and mow them down with a PT like you can with a CUT and brush hog?

Brambles like this: http://www.tractorbynet.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/2112/sort/1/cat/500/page/1 for reference that line across the back of the garage is about 10' from the ground.

I'm not trying to pick a fight, I've never used or even seen a PT used and have little idea about their capabilities beyond this site.

John

KentT · Sep 2, 2005

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How well does it do on 6 to 7 foot tall blackberry brambles? They grow like mad up here, it's almost like being in a horror movie sometimes, and can get tall rather quickly. Can you just drive over them and mow them down with a PT like you can with a CUT and brush hog?
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 No! With the brush cutter out front, you mow them down first, then you drive over where they used to stand, once they've been chopped and shredded into little pieces....

That's much more civilized... /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

See this video on Mossroad's site of demolishing a large multiflora rose:

Mossroad's Movie

There's other videos of the 48" brush cutter in action on his site. Just click the PT icon in his signature above...

FOURTEEN · Sep 2, 2005

How well does it do on 6 to 7 foot tall blackberry brambles?


 Great!! Because the Brush Cutter is mounted to the 'FEL', it can be raised several feet in the air, tipped with the blades forward, and chop down anything up to ~2" diameter, then be slowly lowered to chop to within 3" of the ground turning your brambles into mulch!! And it's right out in front of you so you can see what you are doing! (Chop up the blackberries - not the tulips!!)

We had large wild grape vines climbing into some of our trees. The Brush Cutter chops up the vines, leaving nothing below 7'!!

FOURTEEN · Sep 2, 2005

( I also live in hurricane country and still have lots of large trees (60 footers) that will someday come down. So I would like to pick them up after cutting them.

 The Grapple Bucket is awesome for cleaning up woods:

Before Grapple Bucket:

After Grapple Bucket:

By the way, what is the 4 in 1 bucket? )

 Not what you need!! The Grapple Bucket and LM Bucket will do your jobs much better!!

My 71 year old wife spreading a 3000# load of mulch:

pequeajim · Sep 2, 2005

MR... You crack me up! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

FOURTEEN · Sep 2, 2005

( they don't have a "tractor" type PTO on the back end

 Thank Goodness!!

cqaigy · Sep 2, 2005

Brambles like this: 

One of these day's i'll take a picture of a before and after on some of the blackberries around here. They make yours look like seedlings. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif But seriously i have a 422 and i cut up and down our lane (1000') to keep the berries from chokeing off the road and isolating the neighborhood from civilization. Just before the 4th of July, i cut paths through the brambles for the kids to play in. It hadn't been cleared in four years and was a solid mass of berries 15' high and the little 422 just mowed them down and made a nice surface for the trails.

FOURTEEN · Sep 2, 2005

( I think the PT is a pretty good deal )

 Forget what it costs!! It's not about what this costs or that costs, it's about the speed, ease, variety, safety, and fun of using a Power Trac!!

Some CUT may be a lot cheaper (I don't know of any), but if you dread using it, or changing its attachments, or fear taking it into the woods, or it gives you a stiff neck, then its no bargain no matter how 'cheap' it may be!!!! By contrast, every outdoor job I do, my first thought is "How can my Power Trac help me?"!! A tractor isn't a 'bargain', if it spends most of its time sitting in the barn!!