48" Rotary Cutter Capacity

[WVH1977]

Is there any brand that makes a heavy duty 4 ft. cutter that can cut up to 2" diameter stuff? Or does one have to step up to the 5 ft cutter to get that capacity?

 

[leonz]

The first thing you have to decide is whether you want to
risk puncturing a radiator or losing a tire if you are going to
clear second growth trash hardwood trees.

If you have that much land to clear a 3 point hitch forestry
mulcher will do this job for you but you have to understand
that you will be crawling and you will need to mulch/grind
below the ground to clear the stumps only once.

Keep in mind that if you hire or rent a self propelled forestry mulcher
its going to be once and done job as the self propelled mulcher will.
rip out the below ground stumpage on the first pass as you will see
what you are clearing and then you can tear out the below ground roots.

 

[WVH1977]

The first thing you have to decide is whether you want to
risk puncturing a radiator or losing a tire if you are going to
clear second growth trash hardwood trees.

If you have that much land to clear a 3 point hitch forestry
mulcher will do this job for you but you have to understand
that you will be crawling and you will need to mulch/grind
below the ground to clear the stumps only once.

Keep in mind that if you hire or rent a self propelled forestry mulcher
its going to be once and done job as the self propelled mulcher will.
rip out the below ground stumpage on the first pass as you will see
what you are clearing and then you can tear out the below ground roots.

I am not clearing land. Looking for a smaller cutter to go with my smaller tractor. 1inch will probably do and I have not seen a 48 inch that will handle a 2 inch sapling. I have big 6ft cutter for the big tractor that handles 2 inch. It is Woods BB72X. I need something smaller for the tighter places on my property and like getting the heavier duty just in case.

 

[HamishMacCheap]

I bought a Dirt Dog 4' rotary cutter last winter based on my limited research in an attempt to find a "heavy-duty" 4' rotary cutter. My purpose for the purchase is essentially the same as yours, specifically, to use behind a light tractor in restricted food plots and narrow hunt property roads.

I think the only significant difference between the Dirt Dog and any other 4' rotary cutter is that either the top of the inplemen t or the sides of the implement has heavier gauge steel than others. I suspect the gearbox and PTO shaft are the same as others so it may be only marginally more "heavy duty".

That said, so far, based on the limited amount of hours I have put on it, I like it so far.

 

[2manyrocks]

Idk, tree saw might be something to consider if you can stand the price?

 

[hayden]

My only advice would be that whatever the manufacturer says the mower can do, assume it will only do half of that with any satisfaction and last for any length of time doing it. So if you have 1" stuff to cut, get a mower that will handle 2". Also in general, unless you are ONLY ever mowing grass, rotary mowers live a hard life. Between woody stems, hidden stumps and rocks, berms, etc., they really get hammered. So if you want it to last get the heaviest duty mower you can afford/manage. I had a relatively light duty Woods mower on a previous tractor and there wasn't much left of it after 4-5 years. Next time around I got the Bushbull 720 heavy duty mower at probably 2x the cost, but now nearly 20 years later all it has needed is an input shaft seal and blades. And it doesn't look all banged up even though it has hammered many a stump and rock.