Rotary Cutter New Guy Question on Old Rotary Cutter

[LD1]

i've found owning a tractor that a 3/4 gun was near minimum anymore and a 1" was nice. the 3/8 gun hasn't been used in a decade.. and the half inch gun only does rider lawnmower blades..

Yep, a 3/4 is almost a must for tractoring. But I must confess, I dont even own one:confused2: On my wish list though.

But I do have a 1/2" IR2135TiMAX. And for a light (very light) 1/2 drive, it is impressive. I have no reservations about tightening my blade bolts with it. And if it wont break something loose, ya need the 3/4 with 4' pipe and about all the strength you have. And sometimes an even longer pipe.

Infact, the ONLY time it has let me down was the stumpjumper bolt on my 306 cutter. I wanted to go through the gearbox just because. But the impact wouldnt do it. But then again, neither would a 2' pipewrench with a 10' pipe on in. Literally, the pipe was 10' long. So I said forget it. It will get cut off if/when I ever really need to.

 

[Soundguy]

back once i got my larger mowers, i invested in a good 1/2" and 3/4" socket set with breaker bars. and a 1/2" gun. thos did ok.. but hte 1/2" gun was choking on fasteners inthe 3/4" range easilly. I picked up a good deal on a 3/4 gun that HF clearanced whent he newer less powerfull??? guns came out ( go figure.. bigger.. heavier.. more power was cheaper?? ).. that gun is nice. then a while back i got a killer deal ona 1" gun. came in handy as I was pressing a interference fit pully on a crankshaft and wasn't gonna do it with the breaker bar but the big gun walked it on.. havn't regretted either purchase yet... the big gun did make me upgrade my air compressor though. used to have a 30g 3hp job.. went to a 60g 5hp job.. don't regret that either...

 

[LD1]

If I got a 3/4" gun, I have done made up my mind that it would be the same titanium/composite version as my 1/2" just bigger. (I dont recall the model number, maybe a 2145ti???). But I do like them lighter guns and man do they have power