Yes , i too have thought about this . But by the time you get all this stuff transported to a depot , cleaned of all soil and seeds for quaranteen requirements , put it all in a box and ship it to OZ and then pay customs and GST , the fun goes out of it . I was looking at a 1999 Peterbilt 379 on ebay motors . It sold for $21,000 , that truck would be worth $120,000 over here . but it is just too much trouble to go through . If customs find a grass seed in the radiator , the truck is re-exported at the buyers expense and there is no gaurantee it will not happen again .
DEADLY SLASHER.
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HayDR
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That is a SR120 vintage 1990-1992. Rhino changed to a TW120 in 1993 and changed from Comer gearboxes to a heavier ITG gearbox.I just looked (only looked) at a Rhino 10' yesterday. It has dual (actually tripple) gear boxes and dual cutting assemblies. It's pulled by a swinging drawbar. The hydraulic actuated dual rear wheels simutaneously, through linkage, raise and lower the front of the deck. The lightly-used price was $5600. I've seen them from $3200-$3800 in well-used condition.
keyser soze
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Not that I've ever seen. No.
Some cutters do have what we call blade bars... which is basically a short bar, which would be the same width or close to the same as the stump jumper that it replaced. It would be about a 1" thick bar that would hold the free swinging rotary cutter blades. These are used in situations such as shredding cotton stalks or corn stalks. They are not usually used to mow brush.
They used to just have the bar, back in the 50's and 60's. Nearly all have the stump jumper now. "nearly" as there may be one ot two that don't, but I haven't seen them. On the Woods Brush bull line the medium duty 5' models have a stump jumper and blade bar that is about 140 pounds. Gives a lot of momentum to spank the brush with.
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Maybe there is some way to certify used equipment if it is irradiated to sterilize any seeds or insects or critters that could be hiding in used equipment. I'd imagine to some extent that issue would also apply to new equipment that might have been stored outside etc prior to export.
keyser soze
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Several companies (Bush Hog, Rhino, Land Pride, and Woods) all offer the option of having a blade bar only on 15' flex wing rotary cutters. Like I said... people use them for shredding stalks, where you don't necessarily need a stump jumper. Cotton, Corn, and Milo stalks are mostly what is being shredded with those rotary cutters as far as I've seen.
I bought a new tree shear from Dymax in the states and they sent it over in a crate . It sat in quarantine in Brisbane untill Dymax sent them a declaration saying it had never been tested in the field or used as a demo etc .
A guy i know bought a log harvester in the states , had it cleaned before it was shipped . Customs in OZ found soil on it somewhere and sent it straight back at his expense . He was then faced with the task of trying to find a carrier on the other side of the planet and then have it taken from the wharf to a cleaning contractor to be cleaned again . He would have spent some sleepless knights wondering if it was going to clear customs the second time . $40K it cost him in all , and a lot of worry .
I do like the idea of a stump jumper , as all to often i find stumps after people assure me there are none . One guy said his field was clear and i could go flat out . Luckily i was still cautious as ive had this dance before , i had just enough time to stop the tractor as the chain harrows he had left in the long grass was about to be fed into the flail mower
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A guy i know bought a log harvester in the states , had it cleaned before it was shipped . Customs in OZ found soil on it somewhere and sent it straight back at his expense . He was then faced with the task of trying to find a carrier on the other side of the planet and then have it taken from the wharf to a cleaning contractor to be cleaned again . He would have spent some sleepless knights wondering if it was going to clear customs the second time . $40K it cost him in all , and a lot of worry .
I do like the idea of a stump jumper , as all to often i find stumps after people assure me there are none . One guy said his field was clear and i could go flat out . Luckily i was still cautious as ive had this dance before , i had just enough time to stop the tractor as the chain harrows he had left in the long grass was about to be fed into the flail mower
.redneckford
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Just wish the US even looked at some of the imports----some countries have a way of protecting their industries and jobs by using other barriers----such as import inspection etc!!! Bet several MFG's could ship in containers with proper paper work-----But oh the cost of paper work!!! They use several methods to have wooden pallets and crates approved! Free trade??? not when a $1000 rotary cutter cost $3000 worth of paper work to import in that country!
I found a statement by Australian Customs on Google once , that clearly said they were going to make it as tough as they can for a person to import by themselves . They said they want only a few companies to handle all the imports , and we would have to go through them . Sounds like a monopoly too me .
