Rotary Cutter Rotary cutter brands ?

[normde2001]

I agree about the rust thing. I think the same thing every time I go to a TSC. I don't even let my own stuff rust. Everything is red and I keep plenty of primer and red paint on hand to touch up after every use.

 

[Soundguy]

I think somebody got bad info... 'Bush Hog' is one of -thee- brands. It's use has become so common that most people refer to a rotary cutter as a 'bush hog'.. similar situation with inline skates, and rollerblades.

Bush hog makes a fine expen$ive product.. and is heavy duty.. they even have a tougher line called squealer.

Most of the other ones you see like howse, land pride, and king kutter are medium to light duty... with some of the chineese import stuff being light duty. Woods I would also class as heavy duty, as well as many of the dealer name brands... like the JD, NH and kubota lines.

The heavier the duty.. the more money. Buy what you need.

As someone else pointed out... if you buy a 565$ KK 5' mower.. don't expect it to do everything and last as long as a 1100$ bush hog model.

One thing to considder is weight.. I specifically bought a medium duty KK due to the lower weight, so that I could use it on more than one of my tractors.

Soundguy

 

[ScottAR]

Squealer is the light duty models.. 300 series if I remember are the mediums.

Rhino is another good brand to look at. Brown looks nice too, though I've never seen one up close.

 

[Quigly]

Thanks for those websites! I've been typing <font color="blue"> </font> "BRUSH" HOG, <font color="black"> </font> not BUSH HOG /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

I'll give their stats a look.

 

[Quigly]

Hi Jim! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Nice to know there is someone pretty close to me. The only guy I know around here is George's Tractor on Sierra Highway (used tractors and Woods Dealer) and a bunch of used tractor/equipment private party dealers. I don't get northeast of Acton much, but next time I do I will stop in. I looked at your website and noted you have 48" brush-hog rotary cutters coming in next week for $695. What brand and duty are they?

Being local you should know how they work on these high desert bushes and rocks around here. Are the rocks and nasty scrub oak too much for light duty cutters? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[JerryG]

When it comes to rotary cutters, I am some what narrow minded. I wouldn't have anything but a Woods. The main reason it the ease of changing the blades. You only use a ratchet and a 5/8 socket to change the blades.

 

[ns_in_tex]

Kevin,
I think you could buy maybe two TSC King Kutters for the price of one Bush Hog, but I don't think you are talking about the same kind of equipment.
A bush hog 286 (6' medium duty) will have a 110 HP gear box, slip clutch, probably chain guard, and alltogether different mower deck. Kind of like apples & oranges.

 

[EagleEye]

Kevin, sounds like your TSC doesn't move much merchandise OR this year, they estimtated their required stock levels wrong and it's rained there a lot.

Here in south central NYS (otherwise known as the southern tier), if you go to TSC, the stock turns over relatively quickly.

 

[EagleEye]

When I was a kid, my dad bought a 5' bushhog rotary cutter (about 27 years ago) and we used to take down a lot brush with it (not sure of the model - it's about 150 miles away). My brother STILL uses the Bushhog today.

I never refer to it as brush cutting... it's ALWAYs Bushhoggin' /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

HOWEVER, I use a KingKutter (bought it recently) and can't really give you objective feedback yet (I've only done about 15 acres with it - good amount of brush... has done well thus far).

Before my KingKutter, I had some blue one (looked like something from Acme /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif)... in any event... it worked well until the supports broke their welds (I'm not kind to rotary cutters).

In my book, Bushhogs are good but as indicated earlier, you do pay a premium for them.