Rotary Cutter Trying to decide on brush cutter.

[newbury]

View attachment 531932 If you're serious about brush cutting. Get a Black Sheep Mowers! ��

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[CCWKen]

I have a few concerns on that BSM. Besides looking like some 10-cent carnival ride, that tire is always applying down force on what should be radial load bearings. And unless it's a premium tire, it would rot away in no time in the South Texas sun. What happens if a 2" piece of log get shoved up between the plater and tire. Seems like something will give in a not so pleasant outcome.

 

[DieselBound]

I have a few concerns on that BSM. Besides looking like some 10-cent carnival ride, that tire is always applying down force on what should be radial load bearings. And unless it's a premium tire, it would rot away in no time in the South Texas sun. What happens if a 2" piece of log get shoved up between the plater and tire. Seems like something will give in a not so pleasant outcome.

Yeah, it's amazing how brush can manage to spear things!. Imagine something jamming in there and then flailing about! (or, just winding up material- I've got lots of blackberries and the canes can be VERY long and wrap up in everything- with a standard rotary cutter I only have occasional issues with wrapping stuff up in the PTO shafts, though with proper guards and such that should be a very infrequent issue)

 

[coobie]

View attachment 531933 We've made a few.

Wonder how long it would take to snap one of those support cables?

 

[DieselBound]

Wonder how long it would take to snap one of those support cables?

Seems like just more stuff to get caught up and to trip over.

Seems a solution in search of a problem. I really do appreciate folks who can fabricate things (I suck), but my pockets aren't deep enough to help starving artists...

 

[Tigershark]

I had a BadBoy 5 fter and really like it, it is very heavy duty, just wished they had come out with the new version before I purchased mine, lots of improvements in designs. It is a tank of a machine. I have mowed just about everything with it including 2-3 inch saplings with no problem

 

[J.Wal]

I had a BadBoy 5 fter and really like it, it is very heavy duty, just wished they had come out with the new version before I purchased mine, lots of improvements in designs. It is a tank of a machine. I have mowed just about everything with it including 2-3 inch saplings with no problem

Thanks for the feedback!!!

 

[Piston]

I will be using it in wooded areas and will need as heavy duty as I can get for a 5’. Both are very similar.

My concern would be that those are both very light duty cutters, and if you are using this on decent saplings in a wooded area, then it's only a matter of time before you damage the cutter. I recommend something in more medium duty class for this type of cutting. The Brown 415 (formerly 425) or Bush Hog 285 come to mind. Landprides "2" series, I think it's the 2660 now, is also a good cutter. There are others as well but these are the ones I'm familiar with.

Unless you are just mowing grass and weeds in a "wooded area" I think you would be unhappy with how easy it is to bend and damage the light duty models you are looking at.

 

[LD1]

Agree. I wouldn't consider either a heavy duty cutter.

Keep eyes on Craigslist and other used market sources. A heavy duty used cutter will Outlast a new light one for what you want.

Bushhog 305....older model but another good one

 

[J.Wal]

This just came up on local site: good price. Any feedback on it for my L3130? Will my tractor have any issues with it? 6’ ( may be 66” not sure yet)

 

[Black Sheep]

Tire drives are pretty awesome. We run or Brush Beast off a New Holland TT45A (35 PTO hp).

 

[japody]

This just came up on local site: good price. Any feedback on it for my L3130? Will my tractor have any issues with it? 6’ ( may be 66” not sure yet)

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I have 2 of these. They are Sidewinders. No longer made but parts are still readily available. They are bullet proof. The tire powers the fly wheel, so there is no clutch to worry about. It is very heavy. If I was anywhere closer, I would get it. How much are they asking for it?

 

[J.Wal]

I have 2 of these. They are Sidewinders. No longer made but parts are still readily available. They are bullet proof. The tire powers the fly wheel, so there is no clutch to worry about. It is very heavy. If I was anywhere closer, I would get it. How much are they asking for it?

$800. Not bad I don’t think!

 

[Xfaxman]

This just came up on local site: good price. Any feedback on it for my L3130? Will my tractor have any issues with it? 6 ( may be 66 not sure yet)

If your tractor will handle the weight, go for it. :thumbsup:

In thick brush or tall grass, you can mow less than full width.

 

[majorwager]

So many of the various brush cutters windrow the clippings vs even distribution. MK Martin , Canada has 3 blade Pulsar model. Finer cut, uniform clipping distribution.

 

[japody]

Yeah, it's amazing how brush can manage to spear things!. Imagine something jamming in there and then flailing about! (or, just winding up material- I've got lots of blackberries and the canes can be VERY long and wrap up in everything- with a standard rotary cutter I only have occasional issues with wrapping stuff up in the PTO shafts, though with proper guards and such that should be a very infrequent issue)

In the 20+ years I have used my Sidewinders, I have never had anything get wrapped or jammed under the tire. They've been used to cut some pretty rough terrain and over 100 acres of pastures each year and still have the original tires. There are shims under the bearing blocks that are removed as the tire wears. Don't have to worry about clutch plates or shear pins.

 

[J.Wal]

Went and looked at it. Would be too heavy and too wide for my 3130. But a dang heavy duty brush cutter though!