walker450
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Buying a Shulte FX-107 7' pull type cutter tomorrow. I intend to post pictures and will let everyone know what I think about it. Just posting in case anyone is in the market for one. Here is a picture of it on the lot.
Rotary Cutter Shulte Rotary Cutter
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countrybumpkin
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540 RPM - 17086 FPM
Link to manufactor's page: Schulte Industries Products
Zebrafive
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That is one HEAVY DUTY cutter! What do you plan to cut with it?
MickeyDBC
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I have a 10.5 foot Schulte 3 point mower and it is a beast. Very well built and I have cut up to 3" trash trees at the edge (and in) the pond. I like the design on that 7' - should give a very nice cut.
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That's a very robust cutter, Shulte has a very good reputation. I use a Woods DS1260 pull type 3" capability and really like the pull type.
Zebrafive
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Free shirt instead of free hat?
Will be reclaiming pasture taken over by cedar and bois d'arc trees and general mowing along fence lines and bar ditches. I own 45 acres to take care of but hope to find an 80 to lease in the future.
Will be running it with a 50HP Kubota M5040. I plan on getting a larger cab tractor in a few years so I don't mind that this cutter is about the max for the M5040.
I have borrowed a 7' 3 point Deere MX7 and my M5040 and the power was good but too much weight on the 3 point kind of slung the tractor around on slopes (I take loader off to brush hog, call it a pet peeve if you must). I have terraces so the pull type will be nice.
I also have a 3 point 6' King Cutter, 5' pull type old old style cutter (will now be retired), and a 4' land pride cutter for my BX.
Didn't want people thinking I will do it all with this behemoth. It will serve a roll.
Oh and when we say brush hog in Oklahoma we are referring to a rotary cutter. If we are brush hogging we are out on our tractor using our rotary cutter lol
Will be running it with a 50HP Kubota M5040. I plan on getting a larger cab tractor in a few years so I don't mind that this cutter is about the max for the M5040.
I have borrowed a 7' 3 point Deere MX7 and my M5040 and the power was good but too much weight on the 3 point kind of slung the tractor around on slopes (I take loader off to brush hog, call it a pet peeve if you must). I have terraces so the pull type will be nice.
I also have a 3 point 6' King Cutter, 5' pull type old old style cutter (will now be retired), and a 4' land pride cutter for my BX.
Didn't want people thinking I will do it all with this behemoth. It will serve a roll.
Oh and when we say brush hog in Oklahoma we are referring to a rotary cutter. If we are brush hogging we are out on our tractor using our rotary cutter lol
EddieWalker
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Impressive. I've never heard of Shulte and wasn't aware of cutters that you can pull behind a tractor in that size. I'm looking forward to more pics and your impression after using it.
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Shulte is kind of the "Rolls Royce" of cutters in my view. They are big, bad, commercial duty machines. I don't have one, but, if I had the application and the cash, I'd get one in a heartbeat. Nothing but impressed the few times I've seen one. They seem to build everything; "This required 1/4in plate, so let's use 1/2in". Very nice machines from what I've seen.
Here's one of their biggest machines. You call that a batwing? I'm pretty sure this thing could MOW my BW12 into parts in a single pass.
Schulte FX742 - YouTube
Here's one of their biggest machines. You call that a batwing? I'm pretty sure this thing could MOW my BW12 into parts in a single pass.
Schulte FX742 - YouTube
I looked at many options and this was the only 7' pull type that had all of the options I wanted.
Suspension is cushioned. Double chains front rear, and rear that do not stick off further from the back of the machine like the land pride.
Massive 210HP gearbox.
CV joint for tight turns.
Deck ring for protection.
High blade tip speed.
Hitch that swivels in two axis.
All pieces are heavy duty. For instance on the land pride pull type the wheel frame connects with one "ear", on this one there are two, makes more sense to me.
Slip clutch is a whole different animal on this machine that what I am used to. The owner of the dealership says he owns the same one and it is the smoothest running cutter he has ran. One of his workers made the same comment about the smoothness too so I can't wait to try it out.
Suspension is cushioned. Double chains front rear, and rear that do not stick off further from the back of the machine like the land pride.
Massive 210HP gearbox.
CV joint for tight turns.
Deck ring for protection.
High blade tip speed.
Hitch that swivels in two axis.
All pieces are heavy duty. For instance on the land pride pull type the wheel frame connects with one "ear", on this one there are two, makes more sense to me.
Slip clutch is a whole different animal on this machine that what I am used to. The owner of the dealership says he owns the same one and it is the smoothest running cutter he has ran. One of his workers made the same comment about the smoothness too so I can't wait to try it out.
I was impressed to see the manufactor post a video of its machine cutting down literal trees in, of all places, Russia. Who would of ever thought they would do that in Russia lol.
Schulte FX-315 Cutting Brush and Trees in Russia - YouTube
Schulte FX-315 Cutting Brush and Trees in Russia - YouTube
