Brush Hogs-Meanest & Nastiest

jinman · Aug 11, 2001

I gotta believe that the value of this monster is not in the ability to cut the trees down, but to be able to shred them on the spot. I'm just trying to get a picture of how/why you would use this instead of a small dozer. Who do you think the target market is, John? Wouldn't you have to come back and "grub out" the stumps before doing any kind of planting? I'm just trying to get a picture of who would buy this. Would it be a person who already has the big tractor, but no dozer? Who does the brochure seem to speak to, John?

JimI

Anonymous Poster · Aug 11, 2001

<font color=blue>...I gotta believe that the value of this monster is not in the ability to cut the trees down, but to be able to shred them on the spot...</font color=blue>

Absolutely Jim... I'm looking at this only one way... a super extreme duty - major brush hog that will cut anything in its path... "up to 6" ...is only a bonus.

I would downplay their marketing line of "land clearing", certainly not to clear like only a "dozer" could do... /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

pocowok · Aug 11, 2001

John,

Chain saw + wood chipper (5") + stump grinder + FEL = complete land clearing solution!

Can you give a formula for the same in case of using a super extreme duty - major brush hog ?

glennmac · Aug 11, 2001

I can picture it now with the rear slot. If it can knock down a 6" tree and shred it completely, that would be a lot faster than a chain saw and a chipper. It would leave (shattered) stumps, but so does a chainsaw.

On the other hand, if I had a tractor with 90 pto hp, it should have loader hydraulics strong enough to pluck a 6" tree out of the ground with a 4n1 bucket or grapple. But then you do have to dispose of the tree.

jinman · Aug 11, 2001

I think John has made a good point, Glenn. The large trees would be the exception. I know I use my cutter to clear brush up to 2" or 3" diameter, and I just shred the remains. I leave the busted little stumps to rot or sprout and then I get them again the next time I mow. I'm not looking to clean my land for planting, but rather to clear underbrush and get grass started to stop the erosion. I too am having trouble with the size of tractor it would take to operate this thing. I guess if I had fields which had been fallow for some time and brush had started to take over, I could put this on the back of a big tractor and not have any worries of damage. This thing could cut small brush like I cut Johnson grass. Now, who do you think will be the first to own one on this forum? /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif...won't be me, but I'd love to be a spectator.

JimI

gws · Aug 11, 2001

Thats why they need 4WD, to get up those trees -

Gary.

Anonymous Poster · Aug 11, 2001

<font color=blue>...Chain saw + wood chipper (5") + stump grinder + FEL = complete land clearing solution!...</font color=blue>

Jack,

That would be a little slow going using a chipper and grinder... maybe a small area but not acres upon acres... then you go to the big boys toys like Jim said Dozer...

No, I don't think it would be a complete land-clearing solution... but I do think it would probably be the absolute last rotary cutter I'd ever have to buy... Look at those spec's again... Look at the amount of steel they used to build this thing...

2500 lbs. of steel in a 6' rotary cutter is awesome and unheard of... Like I said, this has to be seen in person to be believable... I grabbed the skirt and thought WOW! this is how all rotary cutters should be made.

What a beautiful piece of machinery! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

stevepio · Aug 11, 2001

Around here I see quite a few "hydro axe" units mounted on big front end loaders. They look to be basically huge, extra heavy brush hogs with big hydraulic motos instead of PTOs. They do run through some pretty thick stuff leaving just chips behind. If I see one around, I'll snap a shot or two.

Hillbilly · Aug 11, 2001

John,
I seen the complete land clearing solution this week,a John Deere 650 LPG,24" tracks and a 9 1/2 ft blade with a/c cab,forestry package. 6 days 54 hours worth of work,he just left. We were in stuff you couldn't even see the dozer at times and I had to walk through the brush at times to show him where took take that bad boy,I have lots of firewood pulled up in the field,a big slip fixed and plenty of roads to deer hunt from.Tree in the way no problem lift the blade up on the side of the tree a little bit and push,still won't go? Drop the blade and dig around the roots then push on the tree and roll it over in the creek and keep going. Now thats a land clearing solution!!!