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Hello,
I recently bought a 1982 Ford 1200 4X4 diesel. It is 16HP with 13.5 HP at the PTO. It came with a 4 foot finish mower which works great. I was wondering if anyone has experience or knows if this tractor would handle a 4 foot rotary cutter. I'm thinking of buying one if so, Thanks.
 
If your talking a finish mower it takes pretty much he same HP as a brush hog does so you should be just fine
 
I think he has the finish mower and wants to know if it will handle a 4 foot brush cutter/ bush hog. I would say it depends on what your planning to cut and how tall. Also depends on ground speed. I would say no it won't do the job based on what I cut.
 
I bet it would handle a 4 foot brush hog just fine unless he is trying to cut down some real heavy stuff. I know a guy who had a 16HP Kubota and it handled a 4 foot brush hog just fine
 
Very true it depends on what you are
cutting and ground speed. I would
say about 3hp per foot for a finish
mower and 5hp per foot for a rotary
cutter at a minimum.
 
It depends on what you are trying to cut down with it, but I would try that matchup myself and expect it to,work to my satisfaction. I doubt you
intend to cut down 50 acres of brambles and tall thick year old grass with such an outfit, it will do the odd paths and small areas of trimming and
rough work I would think.

Paul
 
Guys, I will be cutting fields to do food plots and helping the neighbor cut some fields. No heavy brush or trees. Mainly grass 2-3 feet and light brush
 
my ford 1310 19hp works pretty good with my 6 ft brush hog--but have to use a lower gear in real high grass
 
I have a b8200 Kubota. 3 cylinder diesel rated at 19 hp. I would never even attempt it cutting any kind of tall grass or light brush. I have a 5' on my 300 and when I go out and cut it's all the tractor wants. And yes the blades are sharp and it is set up right. I usually cut foot and a half to sometimes 3 foot. For light trimming your right it would work. But for light trimming why wouldn't you keep the finish mower and just cut higher. I bush hog because it is usually heavy , tall grass or brush. I guess maybe I have been doing it wrong ? Not being nasty, just asking a question. I do know I see many on here using an 8 or 9n on a 5 foot bush hog. Wouldn't get 2 foot here. Just asking Old. Like I said I am kinda new to it too. Just asking questions.
 
I am guessing grass is not thick or maybe not that tall. For tall stuff it must be pretty slow ? I know my Kubota which is around the same size as your Ford and had some pretty slow forward gears might pull it off. Just asking ! I guess you could do what he wants depending on conditions and how slow you want to go.
 
I would say maybe true with a finish mower but not a brush cutter. That would mean running a 15' bat wing brush cutter on a 75 hp tractor. I guess if you were trimming grass but not really cutting at a pace to make it worthwhile. Eldon in Wa and some ohers who do it for money should chime in. I'm pretty sure those guys run a 6 or 7 footer on 75- 80 hp.
 
Bush Hog specs say a 15' bat wing is rated at minimum 60hp. Once again it depends and ground speed and what you are cutting. I stated 5hp per foot for a rotary cutter at a MINIMUM. So my opinion on his tractor running a 4' rotary cutter would be under powered for most material.
 
Used to run a 4ft Contiental Belton 3pt cutter with our Bolens G152 which was about 13hp on the PTO, handled it fine just have to pick ground speed to match heaviness of what was being cut.
 
yes most of my grass is not too high--say 12 inches,but some of the marsh grass is real heavy so thats slow cutting--and I don't have that much to cut, perhaps 6 acres or so
 
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