Rotary Cutter Two problems with Land Pride brush cutter

[Garandman]

Ordered from them, came in yesterday. Got a 10lb sledge, penetrating oil, and a torch. I attack at dawn.....

 

[CowboyRon]

Ordered from them, came in yesterday. Got a 10lb sledge, penetrating oil, and a torch. I attack at dawn.....

Good luck, and may the force be with you.

 

[Garandman]

Heat plus a sledge and a piece of firewood and about 10 hits knocked it loose.

The bolts and nuts holding the gearbox are 15/16.
The nut holding on the stump jumper is 36mm - might be US but 36mm worked.
The nuts holding the blades on are 1 5/8. I didn't need a socket since I took the hub off.

Back to work!

 

[Garandman]

Blades.

Gearbox shaft. The hub is pretty massive so I wan't worried about burning a seal. Since there is a cotter pin to lock the nut I coated the splines with Nev'r Sieze.

All good now and spent 3-4 hours mowing.

 

[kebo]

You might try that if you have any Fluid Film around - apply it directly on your balls and rub them around for a while.

I think I'll pass on trying that. :laughing:

 

[Garandman]

The metal scrap dudes that scurry around on trash day are going to like that find! Unless I want to make a cleaver or something....

 

[JRP]

I think i'll pass on land pride shreaders. The thing looks almost new. The blade should wear out, not break off because the steel is poor. Is this there bottom shelf model? Im still on my first blade for my Rhino TW72, 15 years.

 

[Garandman]

I think i'll pass on land pride shreaders. The thing looks almost new. The blade should wear out, not break off because the steel is poor. Is this there bottom shelf model? Im still on my first blade for my Rhino TW72, 15 years.

I bet there are more rocks in my plot than your township.....and I hit a bunch of them, since the property hadn't been cleared since 1987.

We have a short season and I spent more on a walk-behind snow thrower than this, which I will use maybe 10 hours a season. Moot as there are only a couple Rhino dealers in New England.

 

[Piston]

I think i'll pass on land pride shreaders. The thing looks almost new. The blade should wear out, not break off because the steel is poor. Is this there bottom shelf model? Im still on my first blade for my Rhino TW72, 15 years.

I read about this one guy who had a problem with his new Rhino mower one time....I'd never buy Rhino

 

[AaronS]

Glad you got it back in working order. I'm on my second Land Pride ( had an 1860 and now a 2072 (I think) due to bigger tractor) and both have been great. Dealer sold both Land Pride and Woods and I like both, but Land Pride is built from heavier gauge steel, which is why I went that direction.

 

[Garandman]

I read about this one guy who had a problem with his new Rhino mower one time....I'd never buy Rhino

Lol, Never any shortage of drama here. It was the blade that broke, and based on the looks of the other one, with good reason. The dealer set the tail wheel to the third hole and I didn't know better than to change it: now it's on hole # 5, roughly 2" higher.

This is what I have.

RCR18 Series Rotary Cutters | Land Pride

 

[CowboyRon]

Blades.

Gearbox shaft. The hub is pretty massive so I wan't worried about burning a seal. Since there is a cotter pin to lock the nut I coated the splines with Nev'r Sieze.

All good now and spent 3-4 hours mowing.

It looks like all is good now. Where did you purchase the blades from?

 

[Mikejeakins]

Has Anybody tried the Bush hogs from Anything attachments?

 

[Garandman]

It looks like all is good now. Where did you purchase the blades from?

......

I get everything from
haltomequipmentco.com
Everything usually shows up at my door in a couple of days.

 

[davethegundoctor]

After all that work I hope you put a little Never Seez on the bolts. That way next time they will come off. I do this even on a new machine that some day down the road will have to come off.

 

[Garandman]

Busted off another blade on a huge rock. It broke right at the mounting bolt hole, after four hours of heavy cutting. So this time I'm ordering a pair! Blade was $37.24 each. Parts manual.

Fortunately we have one of those DR Power walk behind Field and Brush Cutters (14hp) to finish up. I have spare blades for it - so they never break!

Did use Nevr Seez but this one should be easy, just the nut for the blades. The bolt is keyed.

 

[Garandman]

Went to change the blade, forgot I didn't have the 1 5/8" socket! Have to get one tomorrow.

This time I bought two blades so we'll have a spare. Changing them is pretty easy.

Found the portion of the blade. Hit a rock with a vertical ridge, perfectly designed to destroy things.

 

[Tractor Seabee]

LP's Manuals (free download from them) recommend you weigh each blade and grind off some on the heaviest. I have RCR 1548. Their weight tolerance is no more than 1.5 OZ difference to prevent vibration. Due to the visible wear on the other blade there is going to be an imbalance with the new one. I always change both together. Yes, they are a real bear to disassemble. The bolt/nut is 1 1/8"/12. Mine takes a 2 9/16" socket to remove the nut, the bolt does not turn. The manual has a number of items to check when reassembling so you should read it. The old saying "when everything else fails, read the book" certainly applies; like always replace the nuts as they are self locking type. Shear bolts are 1/2" Grade 2. I have never replaced one and have hit a lot of stuff that almost stalls the engine.

Ron

 

[Garandman]

Mine has the Spring clutch instead of shear bolts. So far so good. I'll bring up a postal scale, I am changing both this time.

Gotta go measure that nut because the sockets are like $20!

 

[Garandman]

Well, socket is not 1 5/8, it's bigger....

Blades weigh with 0.5 ounce of each other , though.