Victory BCRL-155 Flail for Weeds & Kubota L3710

[Suburban Plowboy]

Figuring things would never get cheaper, only more expensive, I ordered a Victory ditch mower. On advice from Victory, given that I have a Kubota L3710 with 30 PTO HP, they suggested the BCRL-155 (60"), which is a standard duty job that weights 672 lbs. They have a more expensive mower called the TRIM-56 which weighs 640 pounds and has a 56" cutting width.

They said 1) Y-blades were only good for grass, and 2) the mower should not exceed 30% of the mower's gross weight. I believe my tractor's gross weight is about 4,500 pounds with the loader and filled tires, so the BCRL-155 would hit 15% of that.

My main problems are weeds, some of which have woody stems that can approach 3/4" in diameter, and general cleanup.

Let me know if this sounds like a good choice. I am eager to take my pasture back from the blackberries and beautyberries.

 

[LouNY]

I take it that you are getting the hammer blades not the Y blades.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

Yes. I took their advice.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

I tried to find out what the difference between a BCRL-155 and a TRIM-56 was, and they told me it was negligible.

I'm looking forward to getting this thing. I have a bush hog, but it's enormous, it's very dangerous, and all it does is rip things off coarsely about 8" above the ground. I want to see blackberry briars ground off close to the dirt and turned into unrecognizable slaw.

 

[bob11x]

Please update us on your purchase and thoughts. Thanks and good luck!

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

I haven't even hooked it up yet! It's sitting in the crate.

August has been a month of challenges. I managed to get my used Kubota ZD326 fixed up to where it functioned, and I finished installing the rear remotes on the tractor. Maybe I can get the flail mower going this coming week.