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[GreatWhitehunter]

Check your PM's

Matt

 

[beppington]

Wow! Where can I find this new $300 rotary cutter that can cut 2.5" saplings? I want one!!!

I can't figure out how Land Pride & Woods can get away with selling theirs for 6 to 8 times that much.

 

[clemsonfor]

Wow! Where can I find this new $300 rotary cutter that can cut 2.5" saplings? I want one!!!

I can't figure out how Land Pride & Woods can get away with selling theirs for 6 to 8 times that much.

Now they took a toll on it! Theres dents and dings all in it. I have torn the corners and rewelded them back up. Threw a rock that split the side, rock did not come through just tore it. I welded this back up.

I was not entirely post all the facts. I got it for that price but the dealer sold it to me at cost as part of the deal with buying a tractor from him. Its a Jbar brand and 4ft. Trust me i have put some wear on it getting the pastures back in shape. I cut the trees several times when i cut the fields untill i killed them with herbicide. They would grow 8 feet or so in 4 weeks from the stump. Some of that cutting was running over it with cutter 3 feet up and slowly lowering the cutter so it would chew the sappling up.

 

[Soundguy]

I paid $300 for my new Light-duty rotary cutter. I have close to 100 hours on that mower now, many were cutting sapplings up to 2.5" in diameter. It has dings n dents, where i welded it back up, and have replaced the lower seal, but thats it. I expect hundreds more hours from it. There is nothing to really fail. I will put new blades on it one day, and if the gearbox goes out (really the only moving part, besides drive shaft) i will buy a replacement at Agri-supply for $119 plus shipping. I bet your regularly changed belt is close to half that in cost. And there is not a light duty flail in the world i could have new for $300.

or LD flail that will clip 2.5" sapplings..

soundguy

 

[Soundguy]

Wow! Where can I find this new $300 rotary cutter that can cut 2.5" saplings? I want one!!!

I can't figure out how Land Pride & Woods can get away with selling theirs for 6 to 8 times that much.

the only new / small cutter I ever bought was 500$ for a 5' KK at tsc.. back in late 90's or early 00's

I've bought 5 and 6' mowers used since then in the 150-200$ range.. even got one for free... all needed a lil welding and whatnot..

my 15' JD batwing cost a frosty 2000$

good mower.

soundguy

 

[Heavyduty]

we are well aware of your high re\guard for flail mowers, and disdain for rotary mowers.

just like the LAST thread this came out in.

many pople don't / can't pax 2x the moey for the mower, or the machine needed for the mower, or afford the loss of time buying a smaller one.

the maint cost for the flails are higher as well, and they don't handle the abuse like an ordinary rotary mower can.. even an economy model.

if there was good money / tradeoff / time usage on flails, every county road department or contract mower in existance would exclusively be using them.. is this what we see? nope.. just the opposite. almost exclusively rotary mower use.. with an occasional rare glimpse of a flail mower...

can't wait to see a re-hash of that last post...

here's a link:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/219178-5-cutter-get.html

soundguy

:laughing: I've been busy for a few months and yall still talking about flails VS rotary. :thumbsup:

Here's my two cents worth. If the economy was better and the states had plenty of tax $$$, then safety could weigh more in the contract specs. WIN Flail mower

But we all know money is tight and states want it done CHEAP. WIN Rotary mower.

 

[Soundguy]

and apparrently it ain't 'unsafe' so much that they are being pushed to do it by insurers.. etc.

i believe it was FWJ's insurer that told him the very low incedent of claims based on damage via rotary mowers..e tc. that in and of itself is evidence enough.. when an insurerer will tell you it's 'ok / safe', since they are the one who usually has to write the 'paycheck' if it ain't.

soundguy