Hes obviously one of those die hard greenies who thinks Deere cant make a bad product. I have no experience with the heavier MX series above the 6 line but I can tell you that #6 is not comparable to the competition. It does provide the best grass cut due to its very high tip speed of 17,400fps as compared to everyone else at 14,000-15,500fps. This thread is all about the MX-6 series vs woods medium cutter and nothing heavier. Wish I would have never brought up the heavy Land Pride as my only point was that it cuts what it逞ｴ rated at and even more and has never been repaired. Same goes for the Brush Hog products as well. I would not hesitate on Woods either based on what What I閾ｴe read even though I have no personal experience with them. The MX-6騾橸ｽｴ, Squealers, and 286?ｴs have all been in only grass to small brush and trees. Nothing over about 2 material. Anything heavier and we go to the Landpride. My point is the MX-6 cutters are the only ones with repairs. Oh well moving on now. Hope everyone has a great morning.
Well, if youre speaking to me, albeit indirectly, I own about 20 pieces of farm and property maintenance equipment.
Exactly 3 of those 20 are Deere.
So if that makes me a die hard greenie , then guilty as charged. :laughing::laughing:
Also, you were the one who brought in the comparison to a heavy duty Landpride mower, which is an inaccurate and quite silly comparison (see small hammer/small nail, big hammer/big nail in previous post).
Another curious comparison you make is in the weight & thickness of the Deere and the Bush hog. You state the Deere is thicker deck and side bands, but don’t seem to understand exactly what that means or its implications. Might want to do some more spec book reading on that. Some folks would rather have a thicker longer lasting deck and go a little lighter on the gearbox, especially since the Deere MX-6 is only a heavy grass/light brush mower, not heavy brush. The customer buys a longer lasting, lighter duty mower and they dont try to mow trees with it, and itll last forever.
Some folks in this thread have taken a lighter duty field mower into heavy brush, then complain on the internet the mower is “junk” because they misused it. :laughing:
The reason Deere does that is the thicker heavier deck will take longer to rust through and not look like a dented, rusted hulk in 5 years.
Id rather replace a gearbox 10 years down the line than weld plates to a thin deck that eventually will necessitate complete mower replacement. Once the deck is rusted through, it’s just patched up junk.
