FELL IN LOVE TODAY

frank_f15 · Oct 27, 2004

WAS out working in the front yard this morning and low and behold the town sent a tractor to cut the burch back from the road. NH TL 90 with an articulating brush cutter, that thing was amazing, the operator could position it any way he wanted( he was an artist) thing had about 6 control levers. i got jealous real quick. here are a few pics if you don't mind.

frank_f15 · Oct 27, 2004

another shot

frank_f15 · Oct 27, 2004

and yet another pic. i think those wheel weights , weigh more than my tractor /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

JoeR · Oct 27, 2004

Before I owned a tractor and lived on 11 acres, I would not have given a second look at a tractor mowing the side of the road. Today, I just about give myself whiplash trying to identify the model, HP, type of tires, and implements. Then I wonder if I could use one of those implements to make some of my work easier, and how much HP would be needed to power it, etc... Now I watch RFDTV just to see the antique tractor show! Everytime I see a circa 1950 Farmall A, I want one! I had a toy one as a kid, and I am regressing! Help!
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techinNY · Oct 27, 2004

Awsome machine isn't it. I work for a New Holland dealer and we also sell Alamo mowers which is what that one is. I have installed three or four of that style mowers on TS series tractors. I start with a bare tractor and a big pallet full of alot of parts and frame work. It is about a 50 hour project from start to finish. We fill the left rear tire with calcium instead of using wheel weights. I'm not sure what the weight difference is. I haven't had the pleasure of actually mowing with any of them but it's fun running all of the functions during my operations check when I'm done. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

frank_f15 · Oct 27, 2004

( I work for a New Holland dealer and we also sell Alamo mowers which is what that one is. )

You are pretty sharp, that is exactly what that cutter was an ALAMO. did u notice on the one shot u can just make out where the tractor was bought?

frank_f15 · Oct 27, 2004

forgot to ask /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif where in upstate NY are you?

techinNY · Oct 27, 2004

Look east, half way to Syracuse, see me? Yeah, the one on the blue tractor. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

RobS · Oct 27, 2004

That's great Frank! For all the guys looking at sickle bar mowers for pond banks, that's just the ticket. Of course, quite a few more bucks /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

MMM · Oct 28, 2004

I've been playing on AutoCad with a similar design for my hoe. A 4' rc with hyd motor to replace bucket. I've got 750' steep road bank where they cut the road into the side of the hill. It's impossible to mow, so I have to swingblade or weedwhack it.

Piedmont3 · Oct 28, 2004

You might look @ www.power-trac.com, they have the boom mower with the hydraulic motor available that you could probably coble to your bucket.

Riddler · Oct 29, 2004

Frank, it's your tax dollars at work. They should have let you try the thing out!!

frank_f15 · Oct 29, 2004

ACTUALLY THE GUY CAME BACK TODAY TO FINISH UP WHAT HE DID NOT GET the other day, he did a little extra on my corner, and as it was lunch time i told him to pull in driveway and have his lunch, so we sat in the garage and shot the bull, i gave him fresh coffee and a peice of the brides home made punkin pie, then i got to sit in the cab /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif that is one sweet tractor.

KiotiJohn · Oct 29, 2004

Same thing happened to me a few months back. As I was driving in, I saw the NH TS115 with that mower cutting brush hanging near the sides of the road. That mower was really chomping it all up as though it were nothing.
The big NH was very impressive and I just pulled over and watched for a while.
I wish I had the need and the room for a great tractor and mower setup like that. Just for the fun of it. John

frank_f15 · Oct 30, 2004

( I wish I had the need and the room for a great tractor and mower setup like that. )
the way my 9 acres is laid out , with permimeter aroung the woods, and the clear cuts i have i m probably looking at about 3000 ft of brush that keeps growing , faster than i can keep up with it, but i can;t justify a rig like that but sure would be nice to have for a day or so every few years, could get rid of that thorny crap real quick /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Hysyde · Nov 29, 2004

Our neighbour had mower like that some years ago. I saw one designed for a 3 pt. hitch the other day.

AndyMA · Nov 29, 2004

I've longed for this type of mower for years. There are several brands out there with some of them small enough to go on machines as small as about 40hp. The small ones go for about $12k. Usually there is a large oil tank located on the opposite side from the boom for counterweight. As far as heads go, they are interchangable. I've pretty much decided on a flail head if and when I get one for my TN. The ones I'm looking at are about 18-22k depending on options.

Andy