Piston
Elite Member
I'm currently running a 472 Brown 6' cutter behind a 52 HP Ford 4610SU. For the area that I cut twice a year it is adequate but not overkill. I can get a little smoke out of the old girl at times but in those open areas I am in 5th gear running around 4.5 MPH. I am looking at going to an 8' cutter to cover a little more ground. I may go with a 10' cutter but understand that I may need to get a bigger tractor if I want to cover the same area at the same speed. Good excuse for getting another tractor.
I have this same mower, and my 39hp is adequate but I have to slow down a lot. I was thinking 50hp would be about perfect for it.
I bog my tractor down very easily using the stumpgrinder though. But that could use 100hp so it's not surprising.
My PTO isn't my limiting factor on my L4610, even though I'd like more, it does do the work. Where I'm lacking is loader lift capacity and overall toughness of the loader. I feel like my little CUT's FEL arms are so delicate. I want something that I can abuse!