Theoretically, if the larger tractor and rotary cutter, are a good match to each other, meaning it will cut the same material as the Ford 3000, just wider, hard to figure with the extra width why you are not making better time in the same conditions, realizing that field conditions will vary.
Beyond that, it is very important to make sure that cutter is set up properly, blades are sharp etc. it does make quite a difference, I've seen instances where you could use a higher gear, just due to that, pays to set it up properly and keep those blades new, sharpened and balanced.
The way I see it, and that is the one implement I've run since was 10-11 years old, in all kinds of grass, brush, overgrown hay grasses etc., the field conditions will dictate speed, because you'll know based on what the cut looks like and or how the tractor is running, lugged down/sloppy cut or breezing through it/good cut, so most times you'll know whether your speed is in the ballpark. The other factor is the cut height, mostly so in tall/thick grasses and heavier like brush, better to keep those rpms up and take less of a cut, so much less abuse on the cutter and the tractor. You really have to adjust to the conditions to get an efficient cut, yes you can go a little too slow and over shred things, keeping the rpms up, to slow of a speed, whereas you are overdoing it, wasting fuel. I think a lot of it is common sense as well as the things I mentioned, both will help get the results you want. If that size cutter ( width ) is borderline or about all the tractor can handle,, this may slow you down, as you don't have the HP and or torque curve you really need, that being the case, you definitely want to consider a little less width, unless the material you are cutting with the wider one is not tall thick grasses etc. you can get away with it sometimes, but will take more passes, either at one time or increasing the cuts you make on a given field vs letting it get tall and having the tractor with a cutter that will deal with heavier work, without dropping speed, maybe I made this appear more complicated, but hopefully more help than not, I still enjoy the heck out of running mine, boy my neighbors 15 footer and 100 + HP tractor, sure makes short work of anything we need to deal with in this area, it will handle most material to the point your ground speed is just too excessive to ride on, though the mower will take it, the operator not so much, talk about going from one extreme, mine is same as your 3000 Ford, then jump on his, unreal.
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