Sawyer Rob
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I look at it just the opposite...
My feelings are, buy a GOOD med duty cutter so it will last with rough use... Why buy a cheap unit and have it trashed in no time?
SR
Any strong opinions on King Kutter Rotary Mowers?
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My feelings are, buy a GOOD med duty cutter so it will last with rough use... Why buy a cheap unit and have it trashed in no time?
SR
Thanks to all. I appreciate the input.
Seems odd to me that my walk-behind DR Brush Mower handled 10 acres of pretty heavy brush and sapling (well, probably three or four, I left most of the land wooded) but a light-duty PTO driven cutter might not. My DR mower is still running strong, though I've made a good number of weld repairs to the mower deck. I suppose my best bet is to borrow my neighbor's cutter and beat it up! (Just kidding) I'll probably look for a well-used, heavier mower, or even keep at it with the walk-behind and do a little at a time.
I checked around to see if I could locate someone with a forestry mulcher, but the nearest guy was quite a distance away. I have plenty of time....
Seems odd to me that my walk-behind DR Brush Mower handled 10 acres of pretty heavy brush and sapling (well, probably three or four, I left most of the land wooded) but a light-duty PTO driven cutter might not. My DR mower is still running strong, though I've made a good number of weld repairs to the mower deck. I suppose my best bet is to borrow my neighbor's cutter and beat it up! (Just kidding) I'll probably look for a well-used, heavier mower, or even keep at it with the walk-behind and do a little at a time.
I checked around to see if I could locate someone with a forestry mulcher, but the nearest guy was quite a distance away. I have plenty of time....
Yesterday I bought a non-current Titan 1305 rotary mower. It's heavier than the "extra heavy duty" model offered by Everythingattachments, as it's built of 10 g steel, and it was a couple hundred dollars less expensive, even though I had to pay sales tax as I bought it locally. There's a five year warranty on the gear box and one year on the cutter itself. I took it for a test drive yesterday and it worked great to cut the weeds over my septic field and to mow along my road frontage. Eventually I'll use it to clear underbrush from between the trees in the woods, and that's why I wanted a heavy duty cutter.
I was interested that the store owner told me that those cutters didn't sell all that well until they became non-current and less expensive than the newer version. My only "complaint" was that there was no oil in the gear box. The store owner said that they come pre-filled, so I'm glad I checked.
I was interested that the store owner told me that those cutters didn't sell all that well until they became non-current and less expensive than the newer version. My only "complaint" was that there was no oil in the gear box. The store owner said that they come pre-filled, so I'm glad I checked.