Basically I'm looking for a brush hog that mounts to my loader. I'd be using a pto driven hyd power pak. The lane shark and trailblazer are a little small and I don't need to offset it or rotate it. I looked at some from MTL and SkidPro, they're about 900# which should be ok for the MX5400. I'm not trying to cut trees just use it like a brush hog. I'm worried that the operating load of those would over stress the loader frame. Anybody tried it or have any thoughts on this?
Loader mounted mower
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I’ve been looking at doing the same with a custom home built pto driven hydraulic pump/reservoir and the mtl cutter since their distribution hub is local to me using this cutter
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MTL XC4 50" Cut-56" Wide Extreme Skid Steer Direct Drive Cutter Attachment — MTL Attachments
XC4 - 56" wide (50” cut) EXTREME HD Brush Cutter for Full Size skid steer mount - including front end loaders with the quick attach - Cut up to 5” diameter Dedicated fitment for the Quick attach (skid steer style mount) Great for all skid steers Full size 30-60 hp models Perfect for Ol
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jyoutz
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Equipment
MX6000 HST open station, FEL, 6’ cutter, forks, 8’ rear blade, 7’ cultivator
The way that my rotary cutter throws debris to the rear, I would hesitant to have a cutter in front of me.
Messicks has something on YouTube if you have not already seen it on this subject. I would call them if you cant get an answer here. Seems like a great idea. I operated a Steiner tractor with the front mounted mower and loved it. The deck weighed about 450 pounds and my rig was powered by a 21.5 HP kubota D950 engine. Worked great. Good luck.
Whose power pack are you planing on using? A popular one by Landpride needs a minimum of 52 pto HP and I do not think your tractor has that.
Hydraulic systems are inherently inefficient hence the high need for input power.
Dave
Before you spend a ton of money buying one and setting your tractor up to run one. Find someone that has one on a skid loader and run it for a day. A few years ago I thought about buying one to run on my 100 HP skid loader and after running one for a half a day I knew I didn't want one. Both people I know that had them has since sold them and are back using there bat wing mowers and three point mount mowers. If you try to run one on a PTO hyd pack you better set the hyd pack up with a cooler. Those mowers are like my tree saw that warm hyd oil right up.
