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TO-30: Is 6' rotary cutter too big?

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Jill

09-02-2002 06:56:09




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I just bought a TO-30 and a 6' King Bee rotary cutter. The implement sales guy says a TO-30 can pull a 6' cutter, but my mechanic says the biggest (Bush Hog type thingy) you can use is a 4 footer, maybe 5' at the most. I am a horsewoman, not a mechanic, so if you have a fix, please keep the responses low-tech.




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Fred OH

09-03-2002 11:18:22




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 Re: TO-30: Is 6' rotary cutter too big? in reply to Jill , 09-02-2002 06:56:09  
Jill, You might raise the 6' bush hog up in the air and then walk around in the front of the tractor and grab hold of the frontend of the tractor and see how heavy it is. If you can lift the front of tractor off the ground by your self...then you need to be careful when going up hill as it'll want to rear it up. I use nothing but 6' mowers on my TO-20, they are not the big heavy units...just the lighter units like King Kutter. They probably don't weigh much over 600 pounds...and I've mowed the gawd awfuls with that setup. The worst scenario is the opening up of the field (read first round) if it is real heavy stuff. You have to use the chains that hold it up and you have to set it high for the first round...then set them back down to your normal mowing height and mow the first round again. Then if it gets too heavy and starts pulling the engine down...you just pull out a little and don't take as wide a swath. Once you get used to a 6'er and able to run it without punishing the engine...it is a the better setup as you can mow closer to fences and other objects. You will be able to mow in second gear on pretty heavy stuff. Best to keep the blades about 5" off the ground so you won't hit as many indian s#x stones* so your blades will stay sharp longer...sharp blades mean less horse power required to mow. You can do this if your tractor engine is in decent shape and not a dog. A good test to the condition of her is to put a 6' mower on it and see if it will mow as described.
*You'll have to email me personally to find out the definition of these. L8R....Fred OH

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Alton

09-02-2002 07:33:45




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 Re: TO-30: Is 6' rotary cutter too big? in reply to Jill , 09-02-2002 06:56:09  
a six foot needs at least 40 to 45 hp to do well the 4 ft would be good and the 5 will work in light cutting. The weight of the hog when you lift will is another thing you need to look at.



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MIKE

09-02-2002 14:49:44




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 Re: Re: TO-30: Is 6' rotary cutter too big? in reply to Alton, 09-02-2002 07:33:45  
I used a TO-30 to chop grape prunings with a 6 ft rotary [with a slip clutch] about 6 years. I did about 200 acres each year and it was a little heavy but it worked fine.My uncle chopped grape brush with his for 20 years until he got a new tractor,we just go in 2nd gear and fill the gas tank twice a day. Mike.



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Ray,IN

09-02-2002 20:24:37




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 Re: Re: Re: TO-30: Is 6' rotary cutter too big? in reply to MIKE, 09-02-2002 14:49:44  
The H. Ferguson TO30 tractor has 30 engine horsepower, and about 18 drawbar horsepower. This means a 6' rotary cutter will overwork the tractor in all but the easiest of cutting, like Mike said about cutting up grapevine cuttings. I have a Woods 4' rotary cutter I use on my TO30. My tractor is in excellent condition and when cutting hood high heavy grass and weeds the tractor is working very hard in second gear on fairly level ground, requiring the use of first gear when mowing rolling hills. I think the 6' cutter is too large for this tractor,and agree with Alton. You may be able to get by with a 5' cutter if you don't have brush and heavy growth to mow, and don't have hills to traverse. My 4' cutter will raise the tractor front wheels on steep hills, requiring lowering of the mower to steer. You can always go larger when you gain confidence if desired, but I'll stay with my 4' cutter for my use.

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