Tractor Sizing 6' brush hog on a 30Hp tractor

[bgr]

I have run an L35 Kubota with with a 5 food Woods heavy duty rotary mower and 29 pto HP for a lot of heavy mowing of brush and tall grass.
The mower definitely needs all 29 HP in tall grass and most brush mowing. The heavy duty 5 foot mower is about all the weight I would want on the tractor which is 4200 pounds with front loader which I keep installed.
I think you might find a 6 foot mower would be a bit too heavy and need too much power for your machine I would check the mower weight against the maximum 3 point lift capacity two feet behind lift points. The mowers are long, and have a fair amount of weight towards the back. They can exert a lot more force than other, shorter attachments like a tiller.

 

[ridgerambler]

NO 25 hp tractor will run either of my 6' rotary cutters in anything but light cutting, and even then, on a hot day you will be going like a turtle.

It will be hard on the tractor either way...

SR

I have a bush hog model 306 pull type cutter that I pull with an International model 140 tractor with the offset PTO and it works fine for my 10 A pasture. It is flat and I mow 2x per year so grass is generally waist high each cutting and the little 140 (21 PTO HP according to IHC) putts right along in 2nd gear. The tractor does not have 3 ph and would not lift the mower if it did. I also have a JD 5205 which I also sometimes use and still cut generally in 2nd gear because any higher speed and I don't get as clean a cut. I have been using this tractor for the past 10 years or so for mowing as well as planting/cultivating/fertilization work. So yes, a 25HP (depending on tractor) may pull a 6' mower but as one poster said it all depends on terrain and your tractor. The 140 has a gear drive transmission/PTO and newer compact tractors with hydrostatic transmissions may have problems. Both my tractor/mower are old school toys and probably nobody but me would try what I just described! Good luck with your selection.

 

[ericb2400]

L3130 owner here. I do it every week. With a 6 ft cutter. On a hill. Up hill slow, down hill faster. Will pull my hill in m. Will it cut 3 ft hay. Probably. But would be slow. No problem with the weight of the cutter.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening b3bt459,
I have an old Massey Ferguson MF1040, 32hp and 28 at the pto. Its also a pretty heavy tractor, about 3700lbs without the front loader, although I usually always have it on. I use a 5 ft Bush Hog Squealer and I need all my hp on my hills going through some thicker grasses. I would think you might be a little low on hp and also tractor weight. JMO !

Good luck with what ever you decide !

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I have a bush hog model 306 pull type cutter that I pull with an International model 140 tractor with the offset PTO and it works fine for my 10 A pasture. It is flat and I mow 2x per year so grass is generally waist high each cutting and the little 140 (21 PTO HP according to IHC) putts right along in 2nd gear. The tractor does not have 3 ph and would not lift the mower if it did. I also have a JD 5205 which I also sometimes use and still cut generally in 2nd gear because any higher speed and I don't get as clean a cut. I have been using this tractor for the past 10 years or so for mowing as well as planting/cultivating/fertilization work. So yes, a 25HP (depending on tractor) may pull a 6' mower but as one poster said it all depends on terrain and your tractor. The 140 has a gear drive transmission/PTO and newer compact tractors with hydrostatic transmissions may have problems. Both my tractor/mower are old school toys and probably nobody but me would try what I just described! Good luck with your selection.

I also have a 140, there's no way it would run my 6' hog in the conditions I'm in.

SR