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I jumped right in when I bought my first tractor. It was used. Had a friend who was very familiar with tractors help me decide to purchase. Read owners manual and walked through all the functions etc, then hopped on and went to work. Good news is my land is level, have only used box blade...

As foobert says, many of the brush hogs and tillers are designed to run at 540 rpm. Just because you can run them at 748 based on your dual speed PTO, doesn't mean you should. That's my understanding, although Im still learning. Mike

Yup. i check all new threads every evening. Sometimes more than once. Great site. Mike

I got a chance to check today, and yes, there is a mark on the Tach for PTO RPM. It corresponds with 2300 RPM. So, learned something new today. Probably would be a good thing if I bought the owners manual online. I didn't get one with the purchase. Thanks again for the help. Mike

Yeah.. the spec sheet statement is really what got me thinking and wondering. Now, i will say this was a Tractor Supply rotary cutter, so I don't perceive it as anything more than a lower end cutter, although Im not an expert by any stretch of the imagination. I just checked again and the...

Thanks NCL. I think there is a mark on the tach. I just have to check to see for sure. It's not a multi-speed PTO, I do know that. Thanks Mike

Ok.. I feel better. Tractor is at my property about 30 mins away so I will look at the tach next time Im out there to see if there's a mark somewhere on it. I knew the engine would die at 540 especially being under load, so really figured that wasn't the answer. I just couldn't get it out...

I have a Kubota L2600 I bought used, in great shape. Used a friends rotary cutter to cut my 7 acres and it seemed to work just fine. Researching purchasing a rotary cutter of my own, and I want to make sure I am using it correctly. One of the rotary cutters said use at 540 PTO RPM ONLY. When...