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I, too, am looking for a 5-foot rotary cutter. There don't seem to be many used ones for sale on the Palouse, and at auctions mostly are 6' and too big for my 8N (not to mention too spendy). I just looked at a very faded blue Ford 5-footer that the implement dealer took on trade-in. He says the gearbox was rebuilt by his commpany 2 years ago, and it does turn very quietly & easily (and keep turning!) when I turned the PTO shaft by hand. No stumpjumper dish. He would take $675 cash, he says. My other choices so far have been a new King Kutter for $750, and a new Howse for $640. Both of these look more lightly built than the old Ford, with the King Kutter being a bit heftier (especially in the skids on the sides). My 20 acres is hilly grass/wheatfield, with no rocks I actually expect fairly light duty for this, once we get the grass established. So I have two questions: Are the Howse implements reasonably good? Or, would the old, rebuilt Ford be better than the new cutters - and worth haggling more with the dealer? - JOE
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