Woods Or Bush Hog ???

[Anonymous Poster]

You might be able to purchase a 5' Woods for less than $2000. Here in MI, I was quoted $1700 for a 6' and $1900 for a 7' 3 pt. rear discharge last July. I purchased the 7'(RD 8400). It is a very fine heavy duty finish mower.

 

[MrP]

I have a Befco C50 RD6 72" mower. I have used it for 3 years without issue. It is well build and mows well.

The price was $1,600, but the C30 model is even less.

 

[cisco]

Woods, Bush Hog and Landpride - basically all make very good stuff - the Woods might get the nod with the heavier duty brush cutters, but not by much. Go for dealer support and price, and if equal, heck, pick a color.

 

[TBone]

Alex,

I have never owned a Woods mower but I would buy one over a Bush Hog brand. I had a Bush Hog SQ600 that I had two major problems with and Bush Hog would not even answer my emails. They definitely are not responsive to customer complaints!

TBone

 

[Bird]

TBone, I don't know anything about their e-mail, but the only time I had a question about a Bush Hog, I called them on the phone and was very pleased with the assistance I got, and the parts I wanted came promptly in the mail.

 

[wichiwichi]

Have you looked a RHINO? I have a FM60 rear discharge, excelent machine. Well made and grease fitting where they need to be. Going on 2 years with it and averaging 4-5 acres per week mowing. No problems and still going strong.

 

[TBone]

Bird,

I honestly have not called them. So many companies nowadays have the automated "Press one if you are in your living room, press two if you are in the kitchen, your call is important to us and will be answered in approximately two hours, etc." By the time they do answer you have forgotten what you called them for.

I have developed a habit of using email. It is usually less frustrating, at least to me. I send it and forget about it.

Actually I did receive one reply from them (out of 4) but the answer was not helpful at all. I know I am in the minority as far as problems with Bush Hog products but my experience has not been good.

I probably should have given them a chance to respond to a phone call but I sold (almost gave it away) the cutter and hopefully won't need to have any more communications with them.

TBone

 

[Freds]

I have been waiting for over a month for a 60" Bush Hog rear discharge RFM to come in to my dealer. Does your dealer have one in stock or would he have to order? This might influence your decision. The only plus to this is I now have 38 hours on the tractor and no paperwork has been signed yet (so, no payments!). The BH side dis. I have been using in the meantime tends to bog down easily unless the chute is up. I checked into KK but was told they were not making a rear dis., yet. From my limited experience, if I were comparing weights in a mower, I would go with a lighter RFM if it was a dependable brand. The deck wheels on my loaner can rut soft ground up pretty easily. Maybe if the wheels were wider...?

I agree with you, TBone, on the phone vs. e-mail. If a co. has a customer help e-mail, they better reply to your questions on the first e-mail. Most of the time when I have to use the phone for help, I don't even bother pushing any buttons. Eventually you'll get a person. Nothing gets to me more than taking the phone away from your ear to push buttons to a bunch of questions that will "speed" up your call and then when you finally get a real person they ask you for the same info you already entered. I better stop here, I'm getting worked up /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Fred