So, maybe you're wondering what would stop a discbine?

[BeeferMan]

I don't mean break knifes, or tear up bearings. I mean stop it dead in its tracks. Like a chain saw hitting Kevlar chaps...

I cut one field as much as a favor as for the hay. The owner always leaves something in the field, branches, garden hoses, lawn tools... this year it was - rope. Cheap plastic rope.



That stuff stopped everything in the cutter bar in about a half second. I thought I could unwind it there in the field, but even though I had a good grip on the pieces, I just couldn't get some of the rope out from under the turtles. I ended up bringing it back to the shop to get all the rope out. Turns out after the rope wrapped around the hubs, they spun just enough to melt the rope loops together, creating one solid piece of plastic once it cooled. Was easy to cut it out after pulling the turtles, but still a royal PIA!

 

[creekbend]

What a Mess. It's a good thing that it wasn't discarded wire.

 

[tessiers]

no good deed goes un-punished as they say.

 

[DT86]

Ah yes, been there, done that. Except my guy had lost half a roll of barbed wire in the edge of the field. Good times.

 

[cqaigy2]

What a pain, i've run into the melted rope condition also, saying to myself, this shouldn't be too bad to clear, only to find the rope won't unwind!

 

[Tx Jim]

My disc cutter found a chain link gate in a hay meadow that a storm had deposited there. The grass had grown up through it and the gate did $1000 damage to my cutter.

 

[AKfish]

Oh man... you guys are gonna get me all spooked up!! I'll be lookin' for old junk cars and half buried foundations everywhere I mow... I'll bet ya those belts on your cutter have a "distinctive odor" about them, too!

AKfish

 

[corey9212]

Oh man... you guys are gonna get me all spooked up!! I'll be lookin' for old junk cars and half buried foundations everywhere I mow... I'll bet ya those belts on your cutter have a "distinctive odor" about them, too!

AKfish

Your telling me, having my pasture right beside a major hi way I get all sorts of things in my pasture that blow off of vehicles (and some things that people can't hold onto for another 10 mins to get to the closest city) most things are soft enough they don't wreck the mower but with me starting to cut and bale now I will be out there picking up every piece of plastic and other garbage. The only good thing is each year I pick up enough bottles in the pasture to pay for 1-2 tanks of fuel for my tractor.

 

[corey9212]

Here's a question while on this topic what happens when a Discbine hits a mole hill? That's my biggest worry in my field.

 

[DT86]

Here's a question while on this topic what happens when a Discbine hits a mole hill? That's my biggest worry in my field.

Have you ever ran a brick through a wood planer? Lol It's not that bad, but try to avoid it. It will obviously reduce the life of the blades some what.