BCS implements on Grillo 110DF

[anastasie]

Hi guys and greetings from Romania!

I live on a small farm and i started being interested in buying a 2 wheel tractor after I read Eliot Coleman's New Organic Tractor (he has a BCS 732 if i'm not mistaking).
I started to browse the web and Romanian forums to gather info on these little beasts but I found very few... It seems that they are relatively a recent discovery to the Romanian market/farmers...
I found very useful the comparison between BCS and Grillo written by Joel Dufour at EarthTools and i finally decided to get a Grillo G110DF with a GX390 Honda engine.
My main purpose for this tractor is to keep the wild vegetation under control (i live close to a forest, and there is a lot of bush and thick vegetation growing...), so i also want to buy an all purpose flail mower (possibly the 90cm/85cm one)...
But... although Grillo is imported in my country, they don't have the Grillo Flail Mower (and the importers don't bother to get only 1 piece for me...). I read also about the Berta flail mowers, but they are inexistent on our maket. The only option left is the BCS BladeRunner (75 cm or 90cm).
But there is one thing i didn't manage to find out and this would be my question:
Does a BCS BladeRunner implement work on a Grillo G110DF? Does it need a special attachment tool? Is the BCS/Grillo quickhitch enough?

I am asking it plainly because I have very limited mechanic knowledge and also the technical terms in English are a little bit difficult for me : )
Romanian (e-market) websites are poorly informed - and also the guys that sell them (with what i gathered from EarthTool and Grillo I knew more than the sales people in Timisoara...).

Thank you very much,

Anastasie

 

[TBN Support]

:welcome:

Welcome to the forum!
I'm going to move this thread over to our attachments section to see if we can find you an answer.

 

[joejosefo]

Hi I recently bought a bcs 853 and a bellon brush mower and some soil working implements, I like it so far! Why aren’t you getting a diesel ? Mine has a 11 hp Kohler, fuel economy is great and torque is only adequate with the moldboard plow and much higher than the gas engines apparently, here is a pic of mine with the bush mower!

 

[Code54]

I believe I have read the PTO spins in different directions on the BCS/Grillo. May want to shoot Earthtools a message as they are highly regarded and extremely knowledgeable!

 

[anastasie]

Hi guys and thank you very much for your welcoming and messages!

The diesel engine is very expensive, and i have a limited amount of money and i also would like to buy a trailer...

By the way, i was looking on Alibaba at flailmower and they are really cheap: 600-800 dollars. But are they of quality?

I will try to call Earthtools today, thanks!

 

[Code54]

Hi guys and thank you very much for your welcoming and messages!

The diesel engine is very expensive, and i have a limited amount of money and i also would like to buy a trailer...

By the way, i was looking on Alibaba at flailmower and they are really cheap: 600-800 dollars. But are they of quality?

I will try to call Earthtools today, thanks!

The quality there can be rather mixed. The bad thing is it is not going to be a name brand you know so you cant check it out in advance, plus getting parts down the road can be a challenge. You may pay more for the BCS, or other major brands but you will be able to repair it if needed. With a rough cut flail mower you are going to need flails at some point as well as other possible parts so having access to spares would be worth a few extra $ in my opinion.

 

[anastasie]

I understand, thank you! Better to stay on the safe side

 

[Code54]

Found this a while back and wanted to search it for you - the gentleman that answered the original post did a great job explaining the PTO system.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/2-wheeled-tractors/258365-grillo-pto-direction.html

 

[anastasie]

thanks again!!!