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 | brokenarrow
Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1288 Wisconsin 
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2004-03-19 80422
We can keep this short and sweet. My new tc40 is 61.3" at the rear wide. I have a fel and manual trany. I have decided to e-mail my dealer and have him include a Woods rotary cutter (tomarroo) My mowing will be pretty much field/flat work around 12 acres to begin with a few times a year, (and I will have plenty of time on weekends to play)I wont have to get close to anything with the cutter and will only brush hog a few trails that have small sapplings on them maybe once then it would be all clean hogging for the most part.
The poll question is:
6 footer (72")
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5 Footer (60")
My vote is for the 5 footer (but I dont count) LOL.
Thanks guys, remember Power/weight/heavy grasses.
price difference is $895 vs $1125. the smaller one has a shear pin and a 50hp gear box the larger has a slip clutch and a 65hp gear box. Also my wife (CEO of finances here at the ranch) likes the look of an uncut field!!!!LMAO
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 | kwschumm
Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 5764 NW Oregon 
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2004-03-19 80424
The 6 footer will save you an hour when cutting your 12 acres but these things can be cumbersome to hook up and they take a lot of storage space. I'd vote for the five footer since seat time is good. ....
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 | BillMullens
Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 649 Central West Virginia 
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2004-03-19 80425
Two of my buddies and I had a brush-hogging event last summer. One of them has a standard tranny TC40; all of us used 5' cutters (The other was a MF 135; me on a TC29) The TC40 got slowed quite a bit in a couple of places in some heavy, fine grass. This was a meadow that hadn't been mowed that year; probably knee to waist tall grass. I had to hit low range in those same spots. The Massey flew through like it was mowing a yard.
I'd say you'd be better off sticking with the 5' as long as you don't have to get near any fences, etc.
Have fun,
Bill ....
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| Zippy-Do-Da
Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 36 Winnipeg, MB 
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2004-04-19 83653
BillMullens How did you get so stuck? That stuff looks like Manitoba Gumbo! ....
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| BillMullens
Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 649 Central West Virginia
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2004-04-20 83738
Well.
I had hoped when I got the new tractor that I could straddle that ditchline and mow over it with my 3 point hitch finish mower.
I got the tractor home and immediately took a spin around the yard. When I got to the ditch, I tried out my idea. It looked relatively dry (this was in October) and after I had gone 100' or so, I thought that instead of backing up all of that way, I would just cut across.
It didn't work.
Luckily, my wife was standing by with the camera, and a neighbor had his old Ferguson handy to pull me out.
It had been home for about 10 minutes.
Bill ....
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