What size brush mower?

Hi! So my 5ft brush mower is starting to bite the dust, it's got a big slice in the deck, and needs new blades.
So I'm debating whether or not to fix or buy a new/used one. I brush with my farmall 460 and I'm wondering how big of a brush mower I can use on this tractor?? It handles the 5ft brush mower just fine.
Thanks everyone!
-Garrett

I would say a 7 or 8ft easy. Many smaller tractors are used on 6ftrs all the time. Mark.

First off I have a farmall 300 I use for brush cutting. Here are my experiences. I have an International Machinery Corp. 5 foot 3pt mower I was using. While mowing grass 2 to 3 feet high it worked the snot out of my tractor. Setup correctly and blades sharp. Picked up a used Woods 6 foot 3 pt cheap and replaced some parts. In the same conditions it does not work the tractor nearly as hard as the 5 footer. I have also use a New Idea 7 foot pull type cutter and the tractor also handled that fine. This was all in grass with a little small brush. Obviously heavier thicker brush would be a different story. I would have liked to find a pull type 6 footer but they’re like hens teeth here, and I couldn’t turn down the deal I got on the Woods.

(quoted from post at 13:03:37 07/17/20) Hi! So my 5ft brush mower is starting to bite the dust, it's got a big slice in the deck, and needs new blades.
So I'm debating whether or not to fix or buy a new/used one. I brush with my farmall 460 and I'm wondering how big of a brush mower I can use on this tractor?? It handles the 5ft brush mower just fine.
Thanks everyone!
-Garrett

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A six footer is pretty hard to beat for price and capacity as they are probably the biggest seller of all sizes. I found a 7' will scalp ground a lot easier, if you can find one with dual tail wheels that would help, but that extra foot will cost you. Stepping up to an 8' would be even worse as you have 3 gearboxes to pay for...you should have enough ground to justify 3-4 times the cost of a 6'.

What are you going to be cutting?

How did the baler turn out

Easily 7 footer

Hey, yeah I meant to post a update and never got around to it. I didnt buy it, it sold for $400. The auction site didnt say if it worked and I couldn't get ahold of the guy so I decided to pass.

Weeds and brush mostly.

I like to have a cutter at least as wide as the rear tires on the tractor,one thing if what you'll cutting is real heavy you can always take a partial cut.

Are you really going to replace a mower because of a cut and worn blades?

7ft

6 ft is my vote for the same reasons listed below

WARNING Don't get carried away and buy too big. You will end up getting a bigger tractor....Don't ask how I know!

Bill

Not necessarily, the 3 point frame on it
is also bent tho, and I cant get the
blades off the stump jumper. So to replace
blades I have to replace the stump jumper.
But most likely I'll just weld the deck
and sharpen the blades. I was just curious
about what size I could pull with my
tractor because it would be nice to get a
bigger one some day.

At 50 pto hp... you can easily run a 7 foot or even an 8 foot. I run an 8 foot with a ford 4000 at 52 pto hp and works very well for moderate fields.

Anytime you clear new fields with large brush, any shredder is too big and your tractor is too fast. However if its fields you control and mow fairly regular, you will do well with an 8 footer.


Seven ft wide shredders are a bit rare, and usually cost as much as an 8 footer around here. 5 and 6 footers are cheap and common as fleas. So these factors may factor in you selection. As I work on shredders all the time, its not unusual to have to cut off the blade bolts with a torch and replace them, but they run around 25 bucks a piece so I try hard to save them or sharpen in the shredder if everything else is ok. Blades are never to be knife edge sharp, only sharpened down to the edge thickness of a dime or nickel. Otherwise you will break off the edges. You want to simply concentrate the cutting force into a small area, but a strong edge is a must.

Getting a shredder that sticks out past the wheels means the wife will remove all your gates, fence posts and trim a few trees. So choose wisely.
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