Using chains instead of blades on rotary cutter...

[Bama67]

I bought a new Land Pride "medium duty" 1860 cutter and I used it all of 5 minutes before one of the blades snapped off and bent the other.

My property is planted pines I am clearing out, and is loaded with stumps since it was thinned, and they are almost impossible to see so I can't cut the briers without constant fear of tearing up my cutter again.
I know overseas a lot of people use cutting chains instead of blades, but I can't find such a thing in the USA.

Anyone know where I can get some chains to fit my Land Pride 1860 cutter without having to make something?

 

[CobyRupert]

Did you know if blades pivoted prior to use?
That is, could they have somehow been rusted from mower sitting in lot?
I've hit a lot of stumps and a few big rocks / boulders that refused to move or be chopped up (go figure) that only smash up the cutting edge.
I wonder why the different results?

 

[Jimbrown]

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums...59-chains-blade-replacement-slasher-bush.html

 

[Diggin It]

I believe I'd be in touch with the dealer right quick about a warranty issue. Those blades should have swung out of the way before becoming damaged.

 

[leonz]

This is a warranty issue for you.

Flail chains are not something you put on a rotary cutter ever. Did your dealer tell you this rotary cutter could do the work????

I know your not going to want to hear this but what you need for this work is a flail mulcher and you will have to rent a self propelled fecon flail mulcher or have a logger do clearing by the acre with a rotary cutter with 2 inch thick blades ment for clearing logging slash brush or stumps that is mounted on a log skidder.

It is going to be that or renting a small dozer to scrape the stumps out and then get rid of them.

 

[Bama67]

Unfortunately I bought the cutter used, its about 5 years old but looks like it doesn't even have 20 hours on it. Looks almost new, and the blades did turn free when I bought it.
I have never seen a cutter blade snap off either.

I had a really old Brown bush hog that would stall the tractor before it bent a blade.

 

[nybirdman]

I snapped a blade on a "new" LandPride BH hitting a rock;was not covered under warranty.Since I have put maybe 200 hours on it with no problems.Mine as a slip clutch and is a 72" medium duty.Things happen!

 

[CobyRupert]

Just to clarify, by turn free you mean the blades could rotate at their connection on stump jumper, and not just the gearbox/stump jumper rotating?

Leonz, why not use flail chains?

 

[Btown]

I hit rocks and stumps all the time. Just makes a lot of noise and no broken or bent blades. I have a 5’ cutter from TSC it’s about 10 years old. Only damage it has, since it is light duty, is from me backing into rocks and stumps and it has bent the sides of the deck in a little. Just poor design, it was cheap so I can’t complain.

 

[LouNY]

I bought a new Land Pride "medium duty" 1860 cutter and I used it all of 5 minutes before one of the blades snapped off and bent the other.

My property is planted pines I am clearing out, and is loaded with stumps since it was thinned, and they are almost impossible to see so I can't cut the briers without constant fear of tearing up my cutter again.
I know overseas a lot of people use cutting chains instead of blades, but I can't find such a thing in the USA.

Anyone know where I can get some chains to fit my Land Pride 1860 cutter without having to make something?

Unfortunately that is not a heavy duty brush hog from Land Prides description;

RCR18 Series Rotary Cutters
The RCR18 Series Rotary Cutters are ideal for light-duty maintenance around the farm, on gently slopes, or slightly contoured right-of-ways.

I believe that if you want to add chains and remove the blades it will be a custom job by you, I'm not aware of any American manufacture making chains to replace the blades.
I did see one heavy duty brush hog at a farm show a year or two ago that was using chains instead of blades, the top deck on that unit was quite heavy I would expect it too be taking a beating.