Fecon Bullhog vs. Loftness Carbide Cutter Comparison
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Robbie Hegwood
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I have seen I believe quickdraw said they make a 72" wide cut. The reason I like a 72" is with a 60" cut and 66"wide tracks, material really cuts the outside of the tracks. I"ve seen pictures and it's not pretty. Now with the skids on a 60" wide head it may almost clear a 66"wide path but not sure. Another reason I like my 72" cutting width timberax.
If they rate a 60" width for the weight, my head weights 2500lbs. I believe it's the heaviest of all so I'm not sure for the limit imposed?? You?
I know Loftness widest carbide is 63". I demoed one and the cutting width was pretty close to track width. The overall width was definitely wide enough.
I do know it takes more H.P. to run a carbide cutter so maybe there's the rating.
Robbie
If they rate a 60" width for the weight, my head weights 2500lbs. I believe it's the heaviest of all so I'm not sure for the limit imposed?? You?
I know Loftness widest carbide is 63". I demoed one and the cutting width was pretty close to track width. The overall width was definitely wide enough.
I do know it takes more H.P. to run a carbide cutter so maybe there's the rating.
Robbie
I am sure fecon makes a 70" plus inch carbide cutter. I saw a t300 with a 84" loftness blade cutter on it. Evidently it takes less hp to run the blades. I have seen an rc100 with 1500 hrs on original tracks, they looked rough but the dealer said they were still usable by asv specs. I would love to cover my tracks with the wider carbide cutter but have been advised against it. I was told fecon also recommeded only 60" carbide cutter on rc100 along with asv dealer
Robbie Hegwood
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One other thing I forgot to mention is the overall width of a 72" cutter. The overall width of mine is somewhere around 84". In the woods trying to get between two trees has proven difficult sometimes. Even to the point of having to remove a tree to continue. All heads have issues I'm devulging all of mine. I still love my head just have to learn it's uniqueness. I read the minimum H.P. requirements for a timberax and the other a carbide cutter was 10 H.P.. Doesn't sound like much but that's 10% of the 100's total output. I would hate to buy a bigger head and the tractor struggle to turn it.
QwikDraw
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I think the Magnum rep said 60 was the biggest I should go, next time I talk to him I will ask again. It would be nive to have the wider cut.
Loftness rep said 20% less HP needed for Timber AX vs Carbide Cutter.
Robbie, when you get a chance PM the prices you got...Thx
Paco, I agree new is the way to, I did have a chance at a 05 RC100 for 40K in real good condition with a home made forestry package...but things fell through.
Loftness rep said 20% less HP needed for Timber AX vs Carbide Cutter.
Robbie, when you get a chance PM the prices you got...Thx
Paco, I agree new is the way to, I did have a chance at a 05 RC100 for 40K in real good condition with a home made forestry package...but things fell through.
QwikDraw
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Wow, that's a lot better than I can do here!! Do you think he'll ship it? What dealership?
QwikDraw
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Paco,
I see in another post you are getting the Fecon....any reason you wouldn't want a Bradco, especially at that price?
I see in another post you are getting the Fecon....any reason you wouldn't want a Bradco, especially at that price?
The vermeer dealer in memphis, tn. has the units, I am sure they would ship. They may not quote you that price at first, but I believe you might buy it cheaper also. I am just not sold on magnum yet. I feel they are excellent cutters(when working properly)(one owner said he new all magnum part numbers by heart and support was bad) Everybody seems to love the performance, just no support. Maybe the new owners will correct that. I called the new company that bought magnum to see about a owners manual for a magnum cutter on a used machine I was considering and they told me they currently could not get me one but to check back.
Quikdraw, I do not want to start a brand war, as all units are probably good. I have been studying this adventure for 6 months. I feel from researching that the fecon is a very desirable head with great customer support. I visited a company a few months back that had been mulching for 6 years, started with bobcat machines, do not recall what cutter heads, they run 2 asv with fecon heads and just recently purchased a dedicated fecon machine. Recovery time, cutting efficiency, size of mulch may lean toward a particular brand, but I am after what I consider to be the best quality over all head and can sacrafice bigger mulch chips, 2 seconds slower recovery time, etc. If it is broke down and support is an issue, recovery time, chip size etc. not very important. I have ran bobcat, cat and asv machines. MY CHOICE is asv. I have not ran the bigger machines,(price of these machines-need big jobs) It would be wasting my time and the dealers time. Maybe down the road if things go well.
