Shredder vs rough cut mower

[RoyJackson]

I believe the correct nomenclature is Rotary Cutter.
That's what those field mowers are called on most implement manufacturers' web sites.

 

[IslandTractor]

I believe the correct nomenclature is Rotary Cutter.
That's what those field mowers are called on most implement manufacturers' web sites.

You may be correct Roy but that term is confusing as finish mowers, reel mowers and flail mowers all cut using a rotary motion too.

Rotary cutter is a vague artificial generic term just like tissue paper. I'm partial to Bush Hog and Kleenex.

 

[jdbower]

Rotary cutter is a vague artificial generic term just like tissue paper. I'm partial to Bush Hog and Kleenex.

Good analogy, Kleenex actually has to spend a lot of money convincing people to use the term "tissue" because if the courts agree that it's a common term they lose the trademark on it. I'd hate to buy a "bush hog" and find out it's a cheap knockoff able to use the name because it's in the common vernacular so to me it will be a "rotary cutter"

Back to the topic, to this darn Yankee a "shredder" is usually attached to a chipper, and I would have thought a flail mower would be the one to get tagged with the "shredder" moniker.

 

[SkunkWerX]

Well, folks, even BushHog brand designates them as "Rotary Cutters".Bush Hogｮ Agricultural Products

The industry has been using the term Rotary Cutter for a loooong time.

Around here Rotary Cutters are referred to as "BushHogs" , just like people Xerox a piece of paper, instead of make a copy.

BushHog, Shredder, Slasher, Brush-Hog are vernacular terms assigned.
In Texas they "shred" using a Rotary Cutter, so they call them "Shredders".
In Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland we use them to mow tall grass, horse pastures, and stickers, brush, vines and small trees. We "BushHog" an overgrown area. We use them to "cut" cornstalks, never called it "Shredding".
Certainly doesn't make us city slickers.

I would bet that the technical term Rotary Cutter has it's roots back to when it was Patented, probably to distinguish itself from a reel-type mower or a sicklebar.

 

[SkunkWerX]

OH, and Curly, by the way.....

Just think, you have several implements all in one package!
It's a BushHog, Shredder, Slasher, Brush-Hog, Rotary Cutter!

and you do need them all.

 

[curly]

OH, and Curly, by the way.....

Just think, you have several implements all in one package!
It's a BushHog, Shredder, Slasher, Brush-Hog, Rotary Cutter!

and you do need them all.

I may need to get some more a them bent washers from Pat's quick hitch...didn't realize I had so much stuff

 

[RoyJackson]

I may need to get some more a them bent washers from Pat's quick hitch...didn't realize I had so much stuff

Even if you don't have all them implements, get more of them washers. They do come off at the most inopportune times.

 

[Stampeder]

I have a 5 foot King Kutter rotary cutter and my neighbour has an old 7 foot Mohawk shredder.
The difference is how it leaves the grass when your done. My little guy leave wind rows while the 7 foot shreadder leaves small bits of grass spread out over its entire width. Hence I believe the term shreadder rather than rotary cutter.
In fact, one of the fellows out of Florida uses a 5 foot Bush Hog with the right side taken off as a substiture for a disc mower/conditioner when he is haying.

At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.......Cheers from East TX.

Glenn.

 

[IslandTractor]

I have a 5 foot King Kutter rotary cutter and my neighbour has an old 7 foot Mohawk shredder.
The difference is how it leaves the grass when your done. My little guy leave wind rows while the 7 foot shreadder leaves small bits of grass spread out over its entire width. Hence I believe the term shreadder rather than rotary cutter.
Glenn.

Sounds to me like the "shredder" you describe is really a flail mower.

 

[Texas Dodge]

Down here in Texas, they call this a finishing mower.

And this is called a rotary cutter.

Looks like the top one is just what you would find on a riding lawnmower except it is being powered by the pto on your tractor. Looks like two different pieces of equipment and their uses are different if you ask me.