Sharpen Blade On Land pride Rotary Cutter

[Kentuckyfarmer]

For cutting brush bet it to death but for cutting grass they need to be sharp. Like the previous poster said it a waste of horse power just to lay it over its also just a waste of time and diesel and wear and tear on the machine. And at my age I'm looking at a lot less time ahead of me than I have behind me so I try and not to waste any of it any more.

 

[LD1]

For brush and saplings....trust me you want a blunt edge to splinter the saplings. If you mow sapplings with sharp blades....the sapling bends over as it goes under the deck and gets cut cleanly. When the sapling exits the cutter, it stands back up and is a spear. They go through tires. BTDT.

Grass, as sharp as I can get em.

Good habit to take them off and touch them up once a year. Use never-sieze. That way, one day when you actually may NEED to remove them, it's a cake walk instead of a half a day adventure

 

[ovrszd]

I'm totally a use what ya got guy. But if you guys are tryin to clean cut grass with a brushcutter you might be using the wrong tool.

 

[Kentuckyfarmer]

For brush and saplings....trust me you want a blunt edge to splinter the saplings. If you mow sapplings with sharp blades....the sapling bends over as it goes under the deck and gets cut cleanly. When the sapling exits the cutter, it stands back up and is a spear. They go through tires. BTDT.

Grass, as sharp as I can get em.

Good habit to take them off and touch them up once a year. Use never-sieze. That way, one day when you actually may NEED to remove them, it's a cake walk instead of a half a day adventure

Yes sir, always never seize the crap out of them. Always!!!!!

 

[Kentuckyfarmer]

I'm totally a use what ya got guy. But if you guys are tryin to clean cut grass with a brushcutter you might be using the wrong tool.

I don't know about Missouri but in my area we've been using rotary cutters or bush hog style to cut grass for as long as I remember. Not looking for a finished lawn cut but to clip pastures and hay fields that aren't worth baling. I clip mine several times a year with one. I don't have any brush and you could count the trees on one hand I have.

 

[DK35vince]

I'm totally a use what ya got guy. But if you guys are tryin to clean cut grass with a brushcutter you might be using the wrong tool.

The brush was cleared with the brush mower years ago, now it cuts the field grass with sharpened blades.

 

[hslogger]

Decades ago I was mowing some municipal parks with rough grasses. The contract called for rough mowing. We used a three point rotary cutter. We mowed acres and acres a couple or three times each summer. We always touched up the blades, they made the tractors work easier and left a better cut in the grass.

Now days when I go out and clip pastures, I use my own set up. Every once in a while I will touch em up with a smaller Makita side grinder and am always satisfied with the results.

 

[LD1]

Yep, pretty much what others said.

Clipping pastures or acreage that is free of the "brush" and saplings. Or clipping weeds that the horses don't eat out of horse pastures once it twice a year.

I got some accounts that get done once a year. Others as frequently as once a month. And everything in between. Farmers cutting sodways once or twice a year would be another good example.

Trying to use a belt drive finish mower on a month or two growth is going to be slower, and pretty hard on the mower. A flail would do a nice job, but also slower, and a higher maintenance machine. Pretty much just leaves a rotary cutter. It's fast, easy on the machine, low maintenance, and with blades sharpened, does one heck of a job. If you know of a machine that can do the job faster and cheaper with similar or better quality I'm all ears?

And if I get into a brush job, it takes 10 min to swap blades out.

 

[MF283]

I touch my blades up yearly as well, not sharp, just keeping an edge on them. I worked part time on another farm years ago, ran a finish mower on 12 acre "groomed" area. It disn;t take to many passes to realize the bush hog cut it nicer than the finish mower.

Ronnie