Which rotary cutter to buy

[dirtdonthurt]

Makes the front of my Kubota M5140 light without the loader (all 4 tires filled). Quick hitch pushes it out a little and adds to the leverage though. My guess is you'd have to jeep the loader on or put some suitcase weights on a compact tractor.

 

[Hurst238]

That's what I was thinking but I never take my FEL off anyway although I have ran without the bucket on some to make it a bit easier to get around.

 

[Piston]

My 4610 handles it good with the FEL on. I definitely know it's there, and it certainly is heavy, but it works well.
The best way I've found for it to work when doing heavy thick brush, is to put my top link in float (or use a chain for instance) and have all the weight of the mower on the two lower links of the 3 Pt hitch and also the tail wheel of the mower.

Without the FEL on, and the mower raised off the ground, I will lift the front wheels off the ground until the tail wheel hits the ground. I only did that once and now never remove it.

As a side note, the advantage to having a hudraulic top link with a heavy duty mower like this, is that you can raise the rear end of the mower a few feet off the ground, and back slowly into a tree to shred it. I do this all the time for trees that are too large (strong) to lush over by backing into them (they just stop the tractor if the back of the mower hits them at ground level while backing up).
I've cut some large trees this way.

 

[Turbys_1700]

I've owned my 472 Brown for over a year and the cutter has performed flawlessly. Two weeks ago I cut some overgrown pasture that had not been tended to in over a year. With this cutter if I can run over it I can cut it. Bush Hog is good too if you buy comparable duty units.

A friend that I attend church with worked years ago hogging right of ways and they used Brown's in the 600 series and tree cutters. Very harsh conditions. The cutters never gave any trouble. They are very heavy built and I doubt you will find a more robust cutter on the market.

I was somewhat concerned about lack of dealer support but Brown will sell you anything you need if a dealer is not in your area. My 472 is the best cutter I've ever run.

My dad sold Bush Hogs and I've run many 305 and 306 in my years. The Brown is just as good IMHO.

 

[Hurst238]

Great info guys, keep it coming if you think of anything that I need to know that I'm not thinking of. I think that I'm going to check out for the night and I'll check back tomorrow. Happy Fathers Day.