Rotary cutter..what to expect?

[BRMyers]

Is 2200RPMS fast enough for your PTO? It looks like in the middle picture you provided that 540RPM for your PTO is 2500-2600.

 

[biggziff]

Is 2200RPMS fast enough for your PTO? It looks like in the middle picture you provided that 540RPM for your PTO is 2500-2600.

I"m learning. I have 540E and 540 markings on my tach. I experimented with running it at 540E and other RPMs all the way up to the 540 marking. Didn't seem to change anything other than how much noise the tractor made!

 

[BRMyers]

I to am new, so I'm learning right along with you.

Maybe one of the more experienced hands can speak about the difference between the two and which you should be trying to meet for the best performance out of the mower.

 

[art]

You didn't say how high the stubble was when you were cutting. To do the comparison to the Kubota is not really good unless you were in the same field same conditions. There are ways with the Kubota transmission to change the bogging more then likely as in a different field type then yours we often run 7' behind the 3560 here in horse pastures very successfully! Your mowers lack of ability to cut what you had tells me you were cutting to low and the weeds you were cutting could not stand up under the deck to be cut. Brush hog style mowers do not have the suction that a good finish mower has! To finish the field try and raise the deck higher for the first cut for a cleaner first pass and a better looking second pass. You will find you can go faster and the cut product will be chewed up more and help the field and the potential grasses grow better.

 

[Diggin It]

Long tall grass/weeds ... first pass, cut high. Then lower and make a second pass, maybe repeat for a third pass.

 

[biggziff]

You didn't say how high the stubble was when you were cutting. To do the comparison to the Kubota is not really good unless you were in the same field same conditions. There are ways with the Kubota transmission to change the bogging more then likely as in a different field type then yours we often run 7' behind the 3560 here in horse pastures very successfully! Your mowers lack of ability to cut what you had tells me you were cutting to low and the weeds you were cutting could not stand up under the deck to be cut. Brush hog style mowers do not have the suction that a good finish mower has! To finish the field try and raise the deck higher for the first cut for a cleaner first pass and a better looking second pass. You will find you can go faster and the cut product will be chewed up more and help the field and the potential grasses grow better.

Makes sense. I'm going to try it on the next field he's asked me to cut.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Your mower is designed to run at 540 RPM's, as is your tractor, so run them at 540!

SR

 

[biggziff]

Your mower is designed to run at 540 RPM's, as is your tractor, so run them at 540!

SR

So what's the 540E indicator on the tach for?

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/357670-ck3510-540e.html

 

[Turbys_1700]

The 540e shows where your rpm's need to be when running in economy speed for 540 rpm's. Your tractor will run at a lower engine speed and save fuel but your cutter will run at it's designed rpm's.

So what's the 540E indicator on the tach for?

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/357670-ck3510-540e.html

 

[biggziff]

The 540e shows where your rpm's need to be when running in economy speed for 540 rpm's. Your tractor will run at a lower engine speed and save fuel but your cutter will run at it's designed rpm's.

I think that's only for tractors with a 540E PTO setting. Mine has PTO on or off...no 540E setting. They must use the same gauge cluster for tractors with and without this feature.