elastic or plastic?

[TresCrows]

"So, why is the KingKutter poorly made in comparison to the BushHog? "

I don't know, I don't have a BrushHog brand unit to compare to. All I know is that I had to modiffy the frame to mount to the Kubota B2410 which is the same size as many other small compacts. The frame is also very weak. The unit does not have chains, the top link pivot link is strange, the geometry of the frame is incorrect for small tractors, the laminaite tire leaves ruts when I turn.
No--what I described is a multipurpose cutter, nothing I put in my wish list would prevent it from brushcutting or mowing a field. Many brushcutters have dual wheels. Oh, the support for the wheel is weak as well and bascially pretty poor in design and bends easily. J

 

[nomad]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( hmm, sure looks like he "built his own" brushog with no tools other than a paint brush, .... so i realy dont see what will be so great about his cutter, its a design that is already redily available, at a reasonable price,... )</font>

Believe it or not. I didn't use a paint brush only... Whats so great about my cutter? It, a better quality, costed me much cheaper. However, I'm not advicing you to make it there because probably your cost will be much higher.

 

[markct]

so what makes it any better than a KK, looks like the same design, the KK isnt a great brushog, but yours looks to be the same unless it is heavier gauge or whatever, in which case if you plan to sell them as "better than KK" i would make sure it didnt look so exactly alike, otherwise most will just assume its identicle

 

[HayDR]

Why does a man that does not have a tractor or farm, need a rotary cutter without a gearbox? I know he uses it for Truffle hunting.

 

[nomad]

How do you know that that I don't have a farm and a tractor?
Gearbox is to be bought in a week or two. I have a friend who's making many many gearboxes from those for rotary cutters to rotary rakes to fertilizer spreaders to interrow cultivators, etc etc to many implements.

Markct, as I said, my cost is much cheaper. Isn't this only a great advantage for me to make my cutter here.

 

[HayDR]

You friend's name? Is his first name Pieter? or is it Haldun?

 

[nomad]

You claim to know I don't have a farm and a tractor.
So, you claim you know everythings.
I lost $1541. Do you know also where it is?
Yes, yes.. you probably know.

You must also know who they are. You are asking me who my friend in Turkay is?

Ps: I look again at your web site and saw your logo. I thought you were wanting to be "on target" - Seems that you are changing the Target from "elastic or plastic" to Nomad.

 

[MossRoad]

Addressed to eveyone on this thread...

Let's get back to the original topics, please....

Should the height of the cutter be flexible according to the shape of the ground surface, and/or what's preferrable, a solid or pneumatic tire?

Thanks. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[rambler]

1. I'm not buying any mower that is designed to last less than 10 years.

2. Aired tires pop with side-loads unless they have inner tubes, and no one does that any more - too expensive. Even then, they get a lot of flats because they run in a tough enviornment.

3. Solid tires do not stand up to sunlight & the elements for very long unless they are _very_ expensive. I would view a solid tire as the worst of the three choices. The aired tire I can at least add a tube at my expense or patch. The solid tire is just bad all the way around. When it chunks out, it is shot & worthless.

4. Laminated tire looks the worst, lasts the longest most of the time. If formed with sharp edges (and cheap ones are) it can gouge the ground as someone mentioned. But it's still the best choice of tire to last 10 years or more, and that is what I would look for. This for a brush hog, not a finishing mower so I don't mind the rougher handling of the ground anyhow. It doesn't hurt at all that it uses an old tire & saves some landfill space, and might be cheaper. The point is it lasts longer with the least maintenence, and _that_ is why I would want it. Perhaps they are harder to source in Turkey, but no matter to me - I was asked which is better for the end user, not the builder. Laminated are better because they last longer with less maintenence. That's very simple, I don't see the issue here, or why I was questioned on it?

5. My opinion, so it is right for me.

--->Paul

 

[markct]

well i agree that a laminated tire would be my first choice, i agree that solid tires chunk and crack. the only thing that i have to say about solid tires is that our old ford brush hog has a solid tire that is the original tire acording to my father, the cutter was owned by the neighbors across the street since the early 60s and while everything else has been welded up or replaced, including the gearbox, the tire has still held up. it is worn thru in the center and the hollow air pocket inside has split open so it has basicly a big groove down the center, but it still is on the rim and still works just fine. with this said, i still would not buy a new cutter with a solid tire, todays rubber just doesnt resist sunlight as well as older rubber seemed to. it seems that i see so many tire that are 40 years old and have less cracks than many tires that are 5 or 6 years old. my fathers ford NAA has one tire on it that is from the 70s or maybe earlier, and the other one was replaced about 8 years ago, well the one from 8 years ago has as many, if not more, cracks as the older one