Slamfire
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A very impressive little vehicle. If I ever need something new, I'll give it some serious thought. I hope the Power Trac people are appropriately appreciative of your web site. $$$. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
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Soundguy
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( So it is possible to cut through that jungle! lol Anywho, what kind of tractor would be best suited for the job HP wise? )</font>
I cut a 10ac pasture earlier this year with 7' tall weeds... They were taller than the tractor canopy.
I did it with a 5' KK rotary mower.. a medium duty ( at best ) mower, and my NH 1920 33-34 HP or so ).
If you get a tractor with say 25 pto hp.. you are in the 5' mower range.. anything less is 4' mower.
All depends on the speed at which you mow. 4 ac isn't too huge.. you could do it with a 4' mower fine... or a 5' mower faster.
Soundguy
I cut a 10ac pasture earlier this year with 7' tall weeds... They were taller than the tractor canopy.
I did it with a 5' KK rotary mower.. a medium duty ( at best ) mower, and my NH 1920 33-34 HP or so ).
If you get a tractor with say 25 pto hp.. you are in the 5' mower range.. anything less is 4' mower.
All depends on the speed at which you mow. 4 ac isn't too huge.. you could do it with a 4' mower fine... or a 5' mower faster.
Soundguy
Gary_in_Indiana
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Just this weekend I went though some growth that was so high I was a couple feet shy of reaching the top of it when standing in the operator platform of my JD 4200 (and I'm over 6'-8" tall). I did it with the same KK 5' rotary cutter and my hydro 4200 with only 20 HP at the PTO. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif The 5' rotary cutter was what Deere recommended with my tractor.
That tall stuff wasn't bad to get through at all, aside from that feeling of driving totally blind. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I had my bucket lowered fairly close to the ground to hopefully act as an early warning system for stumps or whatever. Had I known the area I think I could have gone through that a bit faster than I did, even. While the tall stuff was pretty smooth sailing, I did bog down in some of the shorter (3'-4') denser growth, though. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
That tall stuff wasn't bad to get through at all, aside from that feeling of driving totally blind. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I had my bucket lowered fairly close to the ground to hopefully act as an early warning system for stumps or whatever. Had I known the area I think I could have gone through that a bit faster than I did, even. While the tall stuff was pretty smooth sailing, I did bog down in some of the shorter (3'-4') denser growth, though. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
fenneran
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In the past 2 years, I have cleared about 5 acres of wild roses on a hill with my Yanmar YMG1800d (18hp, 4wd) and a Howse 4' rotory cutter. Most of these were between 8' and 15' tall and as wide as 30'-40'. Like Gary said, I run with the FEL low to help clear the blinds a little and give me warning of what's ahead. The worst part for me is getting stuck with the thorns on the side that I haven't cut yet! But the feeling of knocking all of that bad stuff down and seeing it as a nice grass-covered field the next year is great. This was all done on a slope, so I tried to attack it from the uphill side and mow going down. The times I had to cut sideways were the butt-puckerest, and I always went in low-low to give me some sense of control.
-Frank
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Phred
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JayC,
The guys have it right. You will be amazed with what a brushhog and enough hp will do.
I mow 10 feet trees down on a regular basis with what is called a medium duty cutter.
http://www.bushhog.com/specbook/280-10.html
The limitation with a heavy duty unit is what you can drive over. And it will break up the softer dirt and rocks.
Start by finding a cutter that has the capacity you need and then look at the manufactures recommendations for hp.
Ant hills? What ant hills. They will be chopped off at cutting level.
Fred
The guys have it right. You will be amazed with what a brushhog and enough hp will do.
I mow 10 feet trees down on a regular basis with what is called a medium duty cutter.
http://www.bushhog.com/specbook/280-10.html
The limitation with a heavy duty unit is what you can drive over. And it will break up the softer dirt and rocks.
Start by finding a cutter that has the capacity you need and then look at the manufactures recommendations for hp.
Ant hills? What ant hills. They will be chopped off at cutting level.
Fred