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Or the shear pin/slip clutch:thumbsup:
Bush hog sapling size
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Or the shear pin/slip clutch:thumbsup:
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I've cut up to four inch plus with a machine that was only rated at 2"! Common sense plays a big part as the machine was a seven foot and I only was using a 35pto or probably 45 engine horsepower tractor. The bulk of what I was cutting was in the 1-2" and was probably one per square foot consisting of maple, ash and poplar. I was in low gear and I did back off a couple to save for the chain saw. This was a slip clutch machine and it did get some use!
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But as you go up to a heavy duty cutter, the shear pin/slip clutch will be rated to take more than a light tractor drive train can take. If you put a 150 hp rated cutter on a 30 hp tractor, the weak link will not be the shear pin.
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Yeah, I've cut them before, some last year or two years ago. I'v figuring inching in with the cutter backwards it would slice and dice nicely providing im going slow. I'm not in a rush...some of them are too small to where you have to be bent over all day and they bounce off a chainsaw because they are too small for the cutters to hook into. I was looking at walco... that was the implement dealers thoughts.
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I do understand that they don't want a person to beat the implement up and then come back to them saying it was faulty. It would take me a couple days to do a decent job, but I'm figuring going slow I could do it in a day on the tractor, and a cleaner job. Once cut that low I may grub the stumps off with the backhoe
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I used a little 4' Bush Hog Squealer when I had a B7100 Kubota, then changed to a 5' Howse 500 when I had a B2710 Kubota, and I'd say with your tractor and rotary cutter to just go at it; slowly of course, but I wouldn't hesitate at all. Incidentally, I never had a slip clutch and never even sheared a shear bolt.
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Yes. 2" is trivial - almost like grass for a rotary cutter. Gotta keep blade speed up. Lo HP go slow. The only problem for light duty is bending the tree. There are some pretty weak RC frames out there.
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10,000' single pass is two miles. You should be able to cut this moving at 1.5-2.0 mph so you are looking at one hour. I would keep it up a little since you said some of the stumps are about 6" high I would stay above them and just do it. this should not be an issue. Then in six weeks or so go back over it again but his time you can go faster - you just want to keep the regrowth down.
One of the nice parts of a rotary cutter is that it is not nice - it really splinters the cut which has a lot more killing effect than a clean cut.
I am not sure I would go to the work of the backhoe and playing with the stumps. I much prefer a stump eater and in a year you can mow the grass and you have not roughed anything up.
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A lot depends on the gearbox ratings. Heavier gearboxes can handle more stress. Cutting saplings poses a couple of problems. Balance and stress on the mower frame/housing. Heavier is better....
If you have a big enough tractor, you could look at something like a brown tree cutter... that will chop down bigger brush. Sure, a bushhog will cut saplings but it won't cut them very low and you run the risk of blowing tractor tires.. consider solid fill or forestry rated tires if you plan on doing a lot of cutting.
Keep in mind that heavier gearbox/frame setups will get heavy and you will need a bigger tractor or weight on the front if you don't want to bounce too much.
If you have a big enough tractor, you could look at something like a brown tree cutter... that will chop down bigger brush. Sure, a bushhog will cut saplings but it won't cut them very low and you run the risk of blowing tractor tires.. consider solid fill or forestry rated tires if you plan on doing a lot of cutting.
Keep in mind that heavier gearbox/frame setups will get heavy and you will need a bigger tractor or weight on the front if you don't want to bounce too much.
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A lot depends on the gearbox ratings. Heavier gearboxes can handle more stress. Cutting saplings poses a couple of problems. Balance and stress on the mower frame/housing. Heavier is better....
If you have a big enough tractor, you could look at something like a brown tree cutter... that will chop down bigger brush. Sure, a bushhog will cut saplings but it won't cut them very low and you run the risk of blowing tractor tires.. consider solid fill or forestry rated tires if you plan on doing a lot of cutting.
Keep in mind that heavier gearbox/frame setups will get heavy and you will need a bigger tractor or weight on the front if you don't want to bounce too much.
If you have a big enough tractor, you could look at something like a brown tree cutter... that will chop down bigger brush. Sure, a bushhog will cut saplings but it won't cut them very low and you run the risk of blowing tractor tires.. consider solid fill or forestry rated tires if you plan on doing a lot of cutting.
Keep in mind that heavier gearbox/frame setups will get heavy and you will need a bigger tractor or weight on the front if you don't want to bounce too much.
