Titan 7 foot rotary mower.

[HEC]

The Woods is a really nice looking unit . I bought an Everything Attachment 6ft. cutter and not so pleased with it , wish I had bought the woods instead . They only give a 1 year warranty on the gear box and the unit is no where near as rugged as the Woods unit above for sure . I only mow pasture land with mine and the noise it makes is almost unbearable , I wear all the ear protection I can get on to cop with it . I use to enjoy mowing but not with this one . They sent me a new very rugged pto shaft but it didn't help the noise factor at all . The gear box seems to be fine as I changed the gear oil and didn't find anything in the old oil . The deck material isn't as heavy as my old bush hog so that may be a factor . The unit was on pallet when they sent it out but when I received it there was only a small piece of the pallet left on top of the unit . I should have refused shipment but couldn't see any really bad damage . I had waited so long to get it and needed it to do some mowing .

 

[houser52]

Last year I was in the market for a 10' cutter. Turby_1600 was near me so I went and looked at his Titan 1810. (Thanks Turby) I was impressed enough that I drove to a dealer 2 hours away and bought one.
For me, it has been a very good piece of equipment. I mow only pastures and have put a little over 60 hours on it so far. It does what its supposed to do and has given me zero problems.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

I have only used mine twice. But I have some very thick stuff to knock down and will give it a fair assessment as I do. I can see how the guard could get knocked down and bent. I will try to keep that in mind as I use mine. So far I am very pleased.

 

[Raster]

Be careful everyone with the Titan cutter gear boxes. Just smoked one on my new 1810. Called the factory and they told me that the EP-0 grease is to “just get you started” or some such nonsense. The new cutter manual says to fill the gear boxes with 85W-140 heavy gear oil up to the over flow port. I advise you to do this!

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Did they cover it under warranty? Is the cutter new? If not, how old?

 

[Liquidsilver]

Be careful everyone with the Titan cutter gear boxes. Just smoked one on my new 1810. Called the factory and they told me that the EP-0 grease is to “just get you started” or some such nonsense. The new cutter manual says to fill the gear boxes with 85W-140 heavy gear oil up to the over flow port. I advise you to do this!

I had one 'smoke' on an 1810 too. They sent a new gearbox but didn't say anything about replacing the grease. Getting someone to install it was the not fun part.

Thankfully I haven't had any problems since then.

 

[Xfaxman]

Check out this epic thread: grease in a rotary cutter gear box?

 

[cathy liebchen]

Brown 417, best you can buy

 

[frencht]

You got it. I just bought the cutter in December. It's only been out twice and it's already at the point that it's damaged. I get it that I hit a stump. However, father-in-law has an old MX5 that's rough and the guards are still in place on his. He's hit many a rock and stump. The manufacturer's design is flawed. That's my beef; The sheet metal should not hang below the deck. It's destined to get bent in this rugged terrain.

This video explains the issue at the 2:15 mark:
Mahindra rotary mower design flaws - YouTube

Are you saying that the Titan has the same issue as Mahindra and/or Titan is a subsidiary or is made by Mahindra? My research shows Titan to be American owned in Decatur, TN. and haven't found ties to Mahindra.

Titan is sold near me and I am in the market for a solid brush hog and forks and I'd rather spend my money on solid/proven equipment even at a higher price.

Thanks

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Mahindra implements are made by Kodiak, as I recall. An American company. Titan is also an American company.
is the John Deere MX 7 heavier built than the Titan? Well it costs over $5,000 so it had better be. I paid 2195 for my Titan plus 500 for the chain guards. I didn't think I was buying an MX7. I knew that I was buying a less expensive cutter and trying to stretch my money as far as possible. So far it has done an amazing job. Actually the transformation to the land has been miraculous.