Quick Hitches Hardee E 52LT Rotary Cutter Questions

[hosspuller]

Change the oil in the gear box. Then you know it's good starting out. Check it again after using it a bit to make sure the seal is holding the oil.

If there's a slip clutch, service it. After years, they have a habit of freezing up. You want it to slip instead of breaking your PTO when you hit something. Good luck and enjoy your new tool.

 

[Nacademus]

Seems like it works great. Tractor had no problem at all.

I mounted new pins on the lower level after enlarging the holes to fit. I bought a new drive shaft and cut it down. Added a slip clutch as well.

All I have left to do is fix the rear wheel and maybe figure out if I want to use chain to maintain the cutter angle. I also need to add some spare small chain to keep the PTO protective casing from spinning.

 

[Nacademus]

Second day and first real test of this setup. Seems to handle the cutter great and isn't short on power.

Only issue is that I managed to stall the tractor when the cutter bared down and dug into a hump of clay or ant hill or something. I'll probably need to adjust the clutch a little more.

 

[darmstrong2319]

Looks like it’s doing a nice job

 

[cglaser104]

You should be fine on PTO HP for that unit. Moving the pins down probably helped your lifting geometry a ton. I uses a full 5' JD Gyramor 205 on my smaller GC1710 with absolutely no issues. Glad it's working out!

PS: clean it up and put a fresh coat of Massey Red on that thing, will ya? Lol