Which shredder for my 2040?

[dntfxr]

I need a new cutter for my new to me jd2040. I want at least a 6', but I'm considering stepping up to a 7'. With 40 pto HP would it handle the 7'er? Also I found locally some galvanized attachments that look pretty heavy duty. I think they are called Modern Ag Products. Are these pretty good cutters?
Thanks

 

[kubotakid USA]

I need a new cutter for my new to me jd2040. I want at least a 6', but I'm considering stepping up to a 7'. With 40 pto HP would it handle the 7'er? Also I found locally some galvanized attachments that look pretty heavy duty. I think they are called Modern Ag Products. Are these pretty good cutters?
Thanks

If your talkin about a brush hog, 6 ft is ALL the 2040 can handle,

 

[dntfxr]

Thanks that's what I was thinking. I figured I would ask others opinions after I read the thread about the smaller 4120 with a 7'er. I'm sure it could handle lighter cutting but I don't want to be that limited with what I can or can't tackle.
Any opinions on the Mordern Ag Products rotary cutters?

 

[leonz]

About your shredder needs;

Is there any reason you would not use a 6 foot flail mower with scoop knives or two or four sets of grass slicers?

Your tractor has plenty of power for a six or seven foot flail mower.

My father used a Ford Jubilee with a John Deere seven foot finish flail mower using 3 rows of grass slicers to tame 10-12 foot overgrown pastures and bring it down to nice turf.

A flail mower uses the entire width of cut to mow at all times where rotary cutter can only use half of the actual width mower width as one blade is always following the other while cutting.





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Once you go flail you never go back:thumbsup::licking::drool:

 

[Farmwithjunk]

2040 would be VERY unbalanced with a typical 7' mower. And HP wise, you'd be over-matched with a 7'er also. A 7' flail, and you'd need to stay in low range 1st gear in anything except mowing the lawn. I've got a 2440 and a 2640. (60 and 70HP) A 7' flail was WAY too much in heavy grass/weeds for the 2440 at any sort of reasonable ground speed, or without making multiple passes. The 2440 is quite a bit more tractor than a 2040)

I'd look at 6', medium duty cutters. A typical 6' heavy duty cutter will require a good bit of front weights. 2040's are fairly short wheel base, and typical front end weight for a tractor that size. NOT a good candidate for extreme HEAVY duty mowers.

The "theory" that a rotary mower only uses half of it's cutting width has ALMOST as much merit as the earth being flat, the moon being made of green cheese, or pigs being able to fly.....ALMOST as much....Anyone with as much as an ounce of intelligence can see right through that bogus claim.

 

[JoeinTX]

I've never heard anything bad about Modern products. Their galvanized cutters are interesting.

I have one of their box blades..........one of the most overly-built hunks of iron I could really imagine. I'll never bend it with my tractor.

 

[dntfxr]

Thanks folks. I actually hadn't considered a flail mower, I'm really not very familiar with them. I've only ever used a brush hog or finish mower so thats what I was thinking. I got to use the little 2040 really for the first time today. I put my 4' shredder on just to play around.From my experience today it seems like 6' will be a good fit if it will handle it. It does have a little brush guard on the front so if I need to add some weight I have some big iron bars that should be pretty simple to hang on. I'm really liking this tractor, I think it's perfect for my needs. I looked at some bigger ones but they all burned too much fuel and would have been real tight getting them in some areas. In fact a 7' cutter would probably be pushing it for that too.
I think those Modern Ag cutters are heavier than normal with the 7gauge deck too. I may see if they let me hook up to one before I buy just to be sure it's a good match. Their prices seem really good when you compare them to other brands, and they look real tough.
Thanks for the help fellows.

 

[Carykong]

Heavy is good if you expect to be mowing small trees,shrubs,etc on a regular basis. Once you get your wilderness tamed,a medium duty shredder is enough for mowing tall grass,weeds,and small saplings. Can you tell us more about your property that your new hog will be tackling?

 

[jenkinsph]

I would recommend a medium duty cutter rated to cut up to 2" material, something similar to a MX6, Bush Hog 206 (an older model number) for your area. Probably need about 400 to 500 lbs of suitcase weight out front.

 

[dntfxr]

Thanks for those suggestions, I'm going to check into those models. My property is 42 acres mostly wooded with around 14 acres pasture and lots of trails and roads through the rest. I have some other portions that was thinned 4-5 years ago but it's growing up with chinese tallow trees now. I'm going to let some grow and cut a few paths through them eventually to ride horses through. I guess total maybe around 17 acres or so to be mowed, but some will be trails instead of open pasture. Here's a couple pics of the land and my "new" tractor out there!