bursh hog questions

INCase

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ok maybe not a "brush hog" brand brush hog
1, father in law bought a Woods RCC42 for his 26hp kubota. he also has a 5ft Woods M5 Dixie cutter that we used with the 9N he had and my Case 800. the dixie cutter is about shot as it had lead a rough life mowing the woods and taming the jungle out there. since i sold my Case we're using the Kubota now. I mowed with it the 1st time yesterday. it was terrible. it basically just twists up the grass and hardly cuts anything even low to the ground. the RCC 42 isn't very old and still has paint on the blades.

even with dull blunt chewed up blades on the M5 dixie cutter it still mowed and chewed up the grass pretty well.

2, is the problem in the newer Woods designs or is 42" too small to really cut well. shoot its only 3-1/2 ft. i know the Kubota can handle a bigger unit even a 5ft if not doing real heavy stuff (was always amazed at what the 9N could chop up)

any thoughts? what are some of the better brush-hog type mowers out there? Woods? "Brush-hog" deere, kubota? I would presume deere and kubota probably don't make their own.

Thanks.
 
First, what the other poster said: Make sure the blades are mounted properly.

If that's not it, I'm running a 5 foot Landpride RCR1860 with my Kubota B2650 with no problems, often in some fairly heavy going.
 
In addition to the blades could be on wrong. If it was an older Kubota or mower it could be running backwards or the wrong speed as some of the old Kubota's the PTO went backwards of standard and then many of the older overseas models had different PTO speeds and some implements were only set up to run on those models.
 
the tractor is about a 5 year old (just finished the 0% 5 year payment) 2630 Kubota and it does spin the right way for "normal PTOs"

i'll have to look at the blades. I wouldn't think you could mount them backwards being stepped but who knows. He bought the mower from a "friend" so who knows but it has had very little use regardless. so if they're on wrong it would likely would have been from the dealer.
 
I have had several woods cutters (and other brands) come into the dealership with the blades upside down or backwards witch ever way you want to say it. No chance of the PTO slipping , I suspect the cutter.
 
If you do not have a manual for this it is available on line. I just googled woods rcc 42 and found it. Many answers there in trouble shooting section as well as operation section. Also remember this rotates counter clockwise, (left hand) so make sure some one has not put right hand or clockwise blades on it by mistake. I found this on a lawn mower one time.
 
(quoted from post at 11:10:29 09/16/19) ok maybe not a "brush hog" brand brush hog
1, father in law bought a Woods RCC42 for his 26hp kubota. he also has a 5ft Woods M5 Dixie cutter that we used with the 9N he had and my Case 800. the dixie cutter is about shot as it had lead a rough life mowing the woods and taming the jungle out there. since i sold my Case we're using the Kubota now. I mowed with it the 1st time yesterday. it was terrible. it basically just twists up the grass and hardly cuts anything even low to the ground. the RCC 42 isn't very old and still has paint on the blades.

even with dull blunt chewed up blades on the M5 dixie cutter it still mowed and chewed up the grass pretty well.

2, is the problem in the newer Woods designs or is 42" too small to really cut well. shoot its only 3-1/2 ft. i know the Kubota can handle a bigger unit even a 5ft if not doing real heavy stuff (was always amazed at what the 9N could chop up)

any thoughts? what are some of the better brush-hog type mowers out there? Woods? "Brush-hog" deere, kubota? I would presume deere and kubota probably don't make their own.

Thanks.

I just bought a Landpride brush mower this spring. The dealer also sells Bush Hog brand mowers. The bush hog and Landpride were sitting there side by side. I could see no difference at all. I'm almost willing to be they came out of the same factory. The Kubota dealer told me that Kubota has a dealer with Landpride. I don't know. I'm happy with it.

Rick
 
Sorry Rick KUBOTA now owns Land Pride lock stock and barrel and Land Pride does custom paint or you
can get a land pride cutter painted several different colors. These cutters are produced at a plant
in Kansas. No Bush Hog brand cutters made there, your Bush Hog brand are made in Selma Al plant.
 
thanks

looked at the manual and the blades are mounted correctly.

i see wet grass/weeds is one of the trouble shooting items. it was a bit wet (dew). the old M5 wouldn't have even noticed a difference. which is why i'm thinking that small diameter doesn't help any. i think his "friend" knew what he was doing when he sold it to him.

I'm trying to talk my FIL into trading the RCC42 and the old M5 both in on a newer 5 footer. that was why i asked about other brands and which ones are better. This won't get alot of heavy use and not often. I probably only put 2-3 hours a year on my Case 800 (one reason i sold it) and the Kubota probably only got a couple extra hours mowing on top of that (5 years old and just has 125 hours much of that is moving dirt/rocks/snow and firewood)
 
(quoted from post at 08:46:12 09/17/19) thanks

looked at the manual and the blades are mounted correctly.

i see wet grass/weeds is one of the trouble shooting items. it was a bit wet (dew). the old M5 wouldn't have even noticed a difference. which is why i'm thinking that small diameter doesn't help any. i think his "friend" knew what he was doing when he sold it to him.

I'm trying to talk my FIL into trading the RCC42 and the old M5 both in on a newer 5 footer. that was why i asked about other brands and which ones are better. This won't get alot of heavy use and not often. I probably only put 2-3 hours a year on my Case 800 (one reason i sold it) and the Kubota probably only got a couple extra hours mowing on top of that (5 years old and just has 125 hours much of that is moving dirt/rocks/snow and firewood)
utters made for heavy brush have lower blade tip speed than cutters made for grass and the look of the cut is really obvious. It is all in the gear box.
 
(quoted from post at 10:24:55 09/17/19)
(quoted from post at 08:46:12 09/17/19) thanks

looked at the manual and the blades are mounted correctly.

i see wet grass/weeds is one of the trouble shooting items. it was a bit wet (dew). the old M5 wouldn't have even noticed a difference. which is why i'm thinking that small diameter doesn't help any. i think his "friend" knew what he was doing when he sold it to him.

I'm trying to talk my FIL into trading the RCC42 and the old M5 both in on a newer 5 footer. that was why i asked about other brands and which ones are better. This won't get alot of heavy use and not often. I probably only put 2-3 hours a year on my Case 800 (one reason i sold it) and the Kubota probably only got a couple extra hours mowing on top of that (5 years old and just has 125 hours much of that is moving dirt/rocks/snow and firewood)
utters made for heavy brush have lower blade tip speed than cutters made for grass and the look of the cut is really obvious. It is all in the gear box.
you will find 10,000 fpm up to 17,000fpm.
 

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