TYM T474 w/Bush Hog 286?

[Zakleeright]

Hello all,
Been using a hand-me-down 1985 MF240 with a Bush hog 72" model 286 cutter on 14 of the 25 acres I recently moved to. It seemed to work flawlessly, but the 12-14 hours I have on doing this is my only tractor experience. The Massey is 46HP, 41 to the PTO (claimed), 35HP to the PTO (tested), rusty, and leaky, but runs like a top. Chewed thru 6' tall grassy growth, a few 1.5-2" saplings. Only bogged on a couple batches of extremely thick bahia grass, where I had to take "half-passes" to keep the tractor from bogging - about 10% of the area I did.

Just bought a new TYM T474 - 48HP, 35.9 to PTO claimed, but its a hydrostatic trans, so drop it down to, say 30?. I assumed I could use the Bushhog, since it seemed fine on ol' Miss Massey. Just looked up the specs after guy who delivered the tractor said the bush hog looked too beefy for the tractor. I found a spec sheet saying the model 286 needs 40HP to the PTO, but I've seen other info sources claim 30HP to the PTO. One poster on this site in another thread said you can use 5HP per 12" as a ball park, so 6' x 5HP = 30HP.

Any opinions on whether I'm good to use this old bush hog on my new tractor? If it is slightly mismatched, would it damage the tractor?
I've blown my budget just on tractor, bucket, grapple, box blade, and forks. Hoping not to have to spend another $2k on a cutter.
Thanks!

 

[TractorTYMe]

Keep using the goooooood oooooold bushog, I have a Kubota Landpride RCR2672 on my T474. Works like a beast, the RCR has a 100Hp rated gearbox.

 

[ssgp2]

Well, I happen to use a Bushog 286 on two different tractors. 40HP JD 990 with manual trans. and a Case Farmall 40 Hydro. Both are less than 40 PTO HP and both do just fine with it. I typically mow the real thick stuff at 3-3.5mph. Not because it bogs down, but for a nicer finish. Send it.

 

[Zakleeright]

Thanks guys. Been busy with grapple and box blade, but will remove the old 286 bush hog and attach it here soon. thanks again for the advice.