My first Tractor Just arrived

[ZDB]

I spent 7 hours on my new M7040 yesterday running a 6' rotary mower and wasn't nearly as beat as when I use my old IH 424. You are going to love your new M5040 for mowing. Good choice on picking the M over the MX it really is quite a lot more machine.

 

[bpsooner]

I cannot wait until this evening to start using the 6ft mower. I have already begun doing some FEL work and it was a blast.

 

[ZDB]

I don't know how smooth your place is but I was mowing first cutting yesterday in 5th gear at 5.2mph (540 pto speed) cutting to 3"-4" stubble height (M7040HD with KK 72" rotary cutter). I was even able to consume some beverages with out bouncing all over the place or foaming issues!

 

[bpsooner]

Do you have HST or Synch Shuttle. I was debating on whether or not to mow in Rabbit mode. It sounds like the spead at which you mowed that would be the case.

 

[ZDB]

My M7040 has the hydraulic shuttle. I put the range in high (rabbit) and the gear selector in 1rst. At 540N on the digital PTO indicator I was traveling 5.2 MPH. Even in 3ft tall grass up hill I was not bogging the tractor down at all.

 

[bpsooner]

I will try it in high (1st gear). My grass it about 3-4 feet and pretty flat. Thanks for the input..............

 

[PSDStu]

Using my M5040HDC and Woods 8ft twin spindle cutter on Bahia requires me to use 4th gear, low, and run about 3.7mph to get a decent cut. Any faster leaves too much stuble behind....now if I wasn't cutting Bahia I could probably cut alot faster.

Curious why many of you are using 6ft cutters on your M series which clearly can handle larger cutters?

Stu

 

[bpsooner]

Being that I just got my M5040 and do not know all its capabilities, can it pull a 8ft disc with no problem. My father in law has a 8ft disc and says it should be able to handle it. My soil contains a lot of clay...........

 

[ZDB]

I just read the Owner's manual this morning and my M7040 is rated to pull a 10' disc. I think the 5040/6040 are both rated to pull an 8'. I did some with my 3pt 6.5' disc last night and I had to keep checking to make sure it was still back there.

I am using a 6' rotary cutter because I already had one. I'll likely step up to something bigger as the budget allows.