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Talking tractors and batwing clippers
Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:13 pm
What hp tractor would you recommend for say a 10' bush hog? 15'?
What would be the max a 50-60 hp tractor could handle?
What would be the max a 50-60 hp tractor could handle?
This post was edited on 4/1/15 at 4:21 pm
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Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:23 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Depends on what type of bush hog really.
Most 10' bush hog MFGs will say sixty HP for lift type and fifty HP for a pull type.
Most 10' bush hog MFGs will say sixty HP for lift type and fifty HP for a pull type.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:27 pm to moon
quote:
MFGs will say
Yea but in real world applications I understand that to be too much for the tractor.
To put more specifics into the question. Keeping 180 acres clipped without burning a shil load of diesel and time id think 15' and 85-100 hp tractor would be the tool for the job
Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:29 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
True.
I think 85 - 100 wouldn't have any issues with that, even up in them rolling hills of the Felicianas!
I think 85 - 100 wouldn't have any issues with that, even up in them rolling hills of the Felicianas!
Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:33 pm to moon
Go to the tractor salesman and tell him how many acres you need to clip. Then tell him how long you want to spend doing it. I promise you he will sell you the proper equipment.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:34 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
quote:
What hp tractor would you recommend for say a 10' bush hog? 15'?
60 hp for the 10' and 90 hp for the 15'.
We have a Kubota M900 92 hp tractor and it pulls the shite out of a 15' bat wing bush hog.
This is damn close to what we have...
Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:37 pm to Clyde Tipton
We have a 5100 on a 15'
Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:39 pm to tigerinthebueche
quote:
Go to the tractor salesman and tell him how many acres you need to clip. Then tell him how long you want to spend doing it. I promise you he will sell you the proper equipment.
My pockets aint deep enough for that
Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:40 pm to jimbeam
quote:
We have a 5100 on a 15'
I don't doubt it will pull it and drive the blades.
I just wonder what the difference in revolutions per minute is between the two going the same speed. Or how much harder it runs one tractor compared to the other.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:43 pm to jimbeam
quote:JD?
5100
This post was edited on 4/1/15 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:46 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Yes
Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:53 pm to jimbeam
I was thinking Kubota model number meaning a 5100 would be like a 55 hp tractor.
The 5100 Jonh Deere is like a 100 hp isn't it?
The 5100 Jonh Deere is like a 100 hp isn't it?
This post was edited on 4/1/15 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:55 pm to Clyde Tipton
Even the bush hog web site recommend 60 hp PTO for the 10'
Posted on 4/1/15 at 4:59 pm to Clyde Tipton
quote:Is like 12 hp
Kubota 5100
quote:
5100 Jonh Deere is like a 100 hp isn't it
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My BIL wants to get a M6800 4x4 but that would limit us to 8' bushhog. Id rather an old 4x2 JD 4020 or close to it for what we need it for
This post was edited on 4/1/15 at 5:02 pm
Posted on 4/1/15 at 5:03 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
quote:
Kubota 5100
Is like 12 hp
It'll pull the wheels off of a lawn cart. 
Posted on 4/1/15 at 5:43 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Used to run a 12' batwing bushog with a 45 horse john Deere. It would do it but thats all it wanted.
Conversely, the 135hp massy would run a 15' like it wasn't even there through a popcorn tree farm.
Conversely, the 135hp massy would run a 15' like it wasn't even there through a popcorn tree farm.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 5:50 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Have run a 5225 with a 15' as well
Which is like 50hp
Which is like 50hp
This post was edited on 4/1/15 at 5:51 pm
Posted on 4/1/15 at 5:51 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I have a 15' hydraulic bush hog cutter, not a batwing. Minimum hp is 90
Posted on 4/1/15 at 5:53 pm to MTG325
Hydraulic bushhogs are so fine
Posted on 4/1/15 at 6:18 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
It's solid, mainly pull it with our 150hp allis chalmers, cuts anything.
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