Kodiak Brush Cutter?

[trook]

Can anyone tell me about the quality, durability and cut of the Kodiak brush cutter? I just saw a new heavy duty 10ft pull behind for $4k, and it looked well built. The price seems decent compared to the competition. What are your thoughts?

 

[keyser soze]

Light duty, bad welds, crappy tires, from what I've seen. It's definitely not a "brush cutter". You will tear it up in nothing flat. A grass clipper is more like it... maybe it would hold up just fine.

 

[PLOW BOYS]

Light duty, bad welds, crappy tires, from what I've seen. It's definitely not a "brush cutter". You will tear it up in nothing flat. A grass clipper is more like it... maybe it would hold up just fine.

It does apear that you are not talking about the same Kodiak rotary cutter that has the heaviest and strongest stump jumper on the market, that is one of the best if not the best value on the market. And unlike King cutter they do not weld the nuts on the blade bolts like a fool would. Just how smart could anyone be that would do that, matter of fact KK tried a few years back to build a 10' and had to scrap every unit, It was not untill they bought taylor (a dying company) did they start selling a 10' cutter.

 

[sweettractors]

If you want a real nice 10 ft, we stock the Hawkline and it is the old HD cutter that Taylor had before going out. Call 270-524-0385 for prices---Ken Sweet

 

[keyser soze]

Do you have pictures of the 10 ft. Hawkline? I've never seen one, and I can't seem to google an image either.

If you can post it, that'd be great. I'm curious to see what it looks like.

 

[keyser soze]

It does apear that you are not talking about the same Kodiak rotary cutter that has the heaviest and strongest stump jumper on the market, that is one of the best if not the best value on the market. And unlike King cutter they do not weld the nuts on the blade bolts like a fool would. Just how smart could anyone be that would do that, matter of fact KK tried a few years back to build a 10' and had to scrap every unit, It was not untill they bought taylor (a dying company) did they start selling a 10' cutter.

Heaviest and strongest stump jumper on the market? If by stump jumper you mean that cheap round blade carrier that isn't a pan at all... I guess you could be right. But a round blade carrier like the Ol' Grizz has is not a "stump jumper" even if Kodiak calls it one.

Why are you talking about King Kutter? How is that relevant?

 

[sweettractors]

Here is a PDF file of the nice Hawkline products that we sell. I think you have Big Bee and Kodiak in the same line up. If so, you are correct. Ken Sweet

http://www.gohawkline.com/pdf/4.09_HawklineCatalog.pdf

 

[keyser soze]

Here is a PDF file of the nice Hawkline products that we sell. I think you have Big Bee and Kodiak in the same line up. If so, you are correct. Ken Sweet

Yes... I think Big Bee and Kodiak are similar products.

 

[PLOW BOYS]

Heaviest and strongest stump jumper on the market? If by stump jumper you mean that cheap round blade carrier that isn't a pan at all... I guess you could be right. But a round blade carrier like the Ol' Grizz has is not a "stump jumper" even if Kodiak calls it one.

Why are you talking about King Kutter? How is that relevant?[/QUOTE/

So by the way what do you do in the farm equipment industry?

 

[keyser soze]

Heaviest and strongest stump jumper on the market? If by stump jumper you mean that cheap round blade carrier that isn't a pan at all... I guess you could be right. But a round blade carrier like the Ol' Grizz has is not a "stump jumper" even if Kodiak calls it one.

Why are you talking about King Kutter? How is that relevant?[/QUOTE/

So by the way what do you do in the farm equipment industry?

Consulting. Arrange meetings. Attend farm shows. Determine the viability of new products. I used to work for a couple major and minor tractor mfg's and large dealers. I know people in the Farm Equipment Industry from CEO's of Tractor mfgs to CEO's and owners of implement companies and implement distributors, etc.

So to answer... what do I do... I know people and I introduce them.

What do you do?

Myself and Ken Sweet had this conversation not to long ago.

 

[PLOW BOYS]

ok just really sounds like you are on Phillip Fraley's pay roll or something

 

[keyser soze]

Nope.

So... what do you do?

 

[Soundguy]

Can anyone tell me about the quality, durability and cut of the Kodiak brush cutter? I just saw a new heavy duty 10ft pull behind for $4k, and it looked well built. The price seems decent compared to the competition. What are your thoughts?

I came this close '' to buying one a few years ago. It had been the um.. most affordable.. I could find.. was going to drive down to a dealer about 85 miles away.. on the way up I found a dealer selling the howse HD120 3pt models. Found it for 2400$ ( tax not included ).. mind you that was 6ys ago.. but I'd at least compair prices now. I feel the howse HD 120 is more mower than the kodiak 10' .. which is more of a medium duty cutter IMHO.. but if you don't need HD.. and one is cheaper.. then.. you have choices.

soundguy

 

[sweettractors]

We are clearing out our Howse inventory and just sold our last 10 ft 3 point Howse for $2400 last week. Going back to Hawkline/International that we sold for 20 years and they had good reliability, heavy duty construction and parts availability.. Ken Sweet

 

[Soundguy]

I like mine. it's had a single problem since I got it.. one of the 3pt lift pins broke.. you could tell it was a flaw int he metal by the oxidation pattern. put a new one on.. been good since.. have knocks a few fence posts and an off 3" or 4" tree over with it.. never hurt a thing.

soundguy

 

[sweettractors]

I like mine. it's had a single problem since I got it.. one of the 3pt lift pins broke.. you could tell it was a flaw int he metal by the oxidation pattern. put a new one on.. been good since.. have knocks a few fence posts and an off 3" or 4" tree over with it.. never hurt a thing.

soundguy

Do you have the universal joint direct drive between the gearboxes or the rubber torque pads with 3 fingered yokes making that connection? Ken Sweet

 

[Soundguy]

rubber pads.

I have heard some have had problems with those.. but not me.

I know a guy that used horse stall matting to make some and it worked decently.

soundguy

 

[sweettractors]

rubber pads.

I have heard some have had problems with those.. but not me.

I know a guy that used horse stall matting to make some and it worked decently.

soundguy

As long as the factory got the 2 gearbox shafts looking directly at each other, you will not have a problem, however I have seen many that were misaligned and it was hard to keep the pads in. I ran one just like yours, except, with the U-joint couplers and put it thru some tough brush on a 143 acre farm cleanup, with no problems. You got one of the good ones. Ken Sweet

 

[Soundguy]

yep.. that 10'er is good. the shafts must be perfect. I've had 0 probs witht he couplers. And I do inspect them every startup just because I've heard of problems.

soundguy

 

[Z-Michigan]

So - does anyone else have direct experience with a Kodiak rotary cutter? I'm also looking at one as a lower-cost option. Seems like this thread took an immediate veer from the OP's question.