Rotary cutting tips

wellmax99 · Aug 1, 2017

a few pictures of some of the stuff I am cutting down in the creek bottoms with my 5ft rotary cutter and little TO35 Ferguson, reason I do not need a larger cutter.
I have it raised up as much as possible with rear wheel and blade about 1" lower in front than the rear.

was giving the tractor a real workout today.

also if you are new to rotary cutting you must remember to watch your coolant Temperature, and keep the debris cleared off the front of the radiator screen, from time to time.
if you do not have a radiator screen you need one or your radiator will look like my screen.

grayrider · Aug 1, 2017

When I get into real thick stuff like
you have pictured I'll usually cut in
reverse a little bit at a time watching
for stumps an such and protecting the
front of my tractor

kcm.MN · Aug 1, 2017

I don't remember ever using my Fergie (TO-30) to cut through heavy vegetation - only used for yard, pasture and some VERY light and small brush. However, I almost always went in reverse when cutting using my li'l Pasquali tractor (4WD, 21hp, 1-cylinder diesel). It had creeper gears in it, and I would back into the brush with the cutter high so that I could see any potential hazards, then I could use it more normally, but still would usually back into the heavy work.

If you live in an area that can have rocks or hard stumps, it only makes sense to keep from damaging your equipment. ...I also found a few fences that way as well! :wink:

Charles in Aus. · Aug 2, 2017

I had one of those KCM ! a strange and quirky machine that I wish I hadn't parted with .

kcm.MN · Aug 2, 2017

I miss my Pasquali AND my TO-30!! Up here, the TO wouldn't be worth squat much of the time due to only being 2wd, and this is wetlands country with long, snowy winters. The Pasquali, however, would be a fun toy here and would have been great for mowing, but I literally wore the thing out. When hauling it down south to get restored, it was in an accident and badly damaged, so I gave it to a father/son team on the promise they do whatever possible (within reason) to try and fix her up. It was very much restorable, but I simply don't have the time or a dedicated place to work on it.

Right now have a Farmall 460, but same problems - 2wd only.

Thomas(AB) · Aug 2, 2017

Looks like she's working pretty good. Have a
6' behind my 35.

maxwell99 · Aug 2, 2017

Wow, that is beautiful open country,
my neighbor has a open 50 acre field across the road from my house, about the largest open field around,
We have trees and crops in any direction you look,

What year is your Ferguson?
Mine is a 1957" it was beige when new, but I could not stand it as all other Fergusons around were red, so I painted it red, wish now it were still beige, but that ship has sailed,
They are good old tractors,

steve19438 · Aug 2, 2017

over 50 years ago I spent my summers cutting grass with a TO-35 with 6ft Bush Hog and a TO-20 with 5ft Bush Hog. one time I let the cut grass pile so high on the hog that THE MOWER SHAFT STARTED THE GRASS ON THE HOG ON FIRE. surely something only a dumb kid would do. another time debris piled up BEHIND the fan and that too started to burn. man was the gas cap singing. luckily no tractor damage was done.

DGinVT · Aug 2, 2017

Ground speed down; and blade speed (RPM0 up and if necessary cut a 3/4 swath. I just finished doing one of our large fields

moco27 · Aug 5, 2017

My TO 20 has a little screen on the inside at the bottom but not one that covered the front. I always thought that the screen didn't do much but with the outer screen it makes sense. Mine was a little rusty so I made a new one out of stainless steel filter screen to make it last another 80 years. I need to make the outside one now. I only had one good retaining spring so I made a few up. They aren't perfectly shaped but you couldn't tell unless you held up the old one next to the new one and looked under a magnifying glass. It was my first time making springs in 40 years. They heat treat in the oven at 500 degrees. I brush hog with mine over black berries and small oak saplings and it does fine. I have more trouble over thick tall grass than the weeds.

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