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Can a Deere 2010 (gas) handle a 6 foot brush hog?

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The Famous Grouse

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Guys, I'm on the fence about a new brush hog. I would LIKE to go with a 6 footer instead of a 5, but I can't find anyone who will say with certainty that a Deere 2010 gas (1965) will handle a 6 footer.

Anyone ever used a 6 foot brush hog behind a 2010 gas? PTO is rated at 38 HP when new.

Can I do a 6 footer or should I go with a 5?

Many thanks.

Grouse
 
A Ford 8N that is rated at around 23HP does well on a 5 footer so your 2010 should handle a 6 footer with no problem in all but the thickest stuff. Shoot in a lot of stuff it would handle a 7 footer
 
agree with old.. however alittle weight on the front would help.. I have a 7 footer behind my 3020.. handles it very
well But i added some weight to the front for help.. adds stability..
 

Good point. Mainly I'm looking to mow my clover food plots once a year, chop down my winter rye stands before mixing them in as green manure and clear the driveway/trail edges of blackberry growth and smaller brush. Nothing bigger than 1 inch, basically.

MSS 3020, weight on the front shouldn't be an issue, I have a Schwartz loader with the double bucket setup, so the front end is plenty heavy. I've upgraded to 16 inch rims on the front, and have HD front tires that are new last year. Rear tires are fluid filled as well.

So the consensus is a 6 foot will be fine given the uses above?

Many thanks.

Grouse
 
You should be able to handle a six footer easily. Might make the front end a little light when lifting but it depends on how heavy duty cutter you buy.

I run a 6 foot cutter on a JD 5210 that is 47 PTO HP. Your JD 2010 is rated 46 PTO HP so you should be fine.
 
I have run a JD606 (6’ wide) brush hog for More than 25 years with no issues. I have 2 starter weights and one front weight and have no problems with the front being light.
 
Judging by what you plan to mow the 2010 will have a full load sometimes but it shouldn’t discourage you from getting a 6 footer. I don’t know how slow low gear is but you might be using it on occasion. This evening the 6 foot woods brush hog had my 50 hp 630 on it’s knees at 2 1/2 mph in a few patches of thick brome grass but those patches were very thick with some Canadian thistles mixed in.
 
We run a 6 foot Bush Hog with our JD 4600 compact utility, 36 pto hp, but I'm using lower gears than I did with the 5 footer that we had
before. In thick brush I'm right down in first gear out of 12. In small brush or grass/weeds I can run in 5th or 6th.
 

Thanks guys. Appreciate the replies.

I've been KILLING myself trying to find a 5 foot brush hog, but good ones are gone in minutes. The compact guys are maxed out at 5 feet, so the 4 and 5 footers are the ones in demand.

6 footers are much easier to find, but I'm really worried about buying one too big.

My 2010 is the GAS version and tractor data says my tractor (when new, obviously) was rated at 38 HP at the PTO.

Most 6-foot brush hogs I see are rated for between 35/40 HP minimum.

Does that change anyone's mind on if a 6 footer is a good idea for a 2010 Deere?
 

I can make my 55HP 1640 JD work and raise and raise the temperature gauge with a 6ft JD MX6 rotary cutter in heavy wet grass/weeds.
Don't over estimate .
 
I just took another look at tractor data and I see 46.8 and 38, I don't understand the 2 ratings of pto hp. so I think you will be fine. I
found when I switched from 5 to 6 foot cutter that I slowed down and did less damage!

Test Date: June 13 - 22, 1961
Type: Gasoline 8-speed 2WD
PTO power (rated engine speed): 46.86 hp [34.9 kW]
PTO fuel use (engine speed): 4.0 gal/hour [15.1 l/hour]
PTO power (rated PTO speed): 38.45 hp [28.7 kW]
PTO fuel use (PTO speed): 3.2 gal/hour [12.1 l/hour]
Drawbar power (max): 39.12 hp [29.2 kW]
Drawbar fuel use (max): 3.9 gal/hour [14.8 l/hour]
Drawbar pull (max): 4,596 lbs [2084 kg]
Max pull gear: 1
Test report: PDF file
 
There is a bit of leniency that applies to a rough cut mower that doesn't necessarily apply to other equipment in terms of HP requirements.

Simply put: You can drive slower, take a partial cut, make multiple passes lowering the mower each pass, or do all three. You don't necessarily require the horsepower to knock down densely spaced 1" + dia. saplings or 6' tall grass or weeds in one pass.

We run a 5' Bush Hog with our 40U that has an advertised 24 - ish HP. It isn't fast but it gets the job done.

FWIW, I wouldn't be afraid to run a 6' mower with a tractor having at least 10 more HP.



Most 6-foot brush hogs I see are rated for between 35/40 HP minimum.

Does that change anyone's mind on if a 6 footer is a good idea for a 2010 Deere?
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Update.

I called around to some local dealers and I found one dealer that had a 6 foot Howse that had been sitting on the lot for 2 years.

I hemmed and hawed on the phone and then hit them with the question, how much if I bring cash money.

SRP on this model was $1295.

They said well, if you bring cash and get it off the lot this week, we'll do $500.

SOLD. Picked her up yesterday.

Grouse
 
I had a 6ft on a 2010 diesel for a couple
of years. The problem is that 1st gear is
too fast. You can try to compensate by
taking less-than-6-ft bites but this can
twist the mower if it's tall brush. I ended
up with a cracked crankshaft which I
suspect happened when I took a full 6 ft
bite in tall brush..high torque at low
rpms..
 
We ran a 6 foot shredder on our 2010 gas for years without any problem. It had a loader on the front so I can't comment on whether or not there would be a light front end issue or not. If you run a little low on power drop it down a gear, you have plenty of tractor to run it.
 
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