| American_Built - 6/19/2018 08:40
Sorry , I just ran acrosss this message asking about Cutters and the best bang for the buck !!
We have 7 cutters and have tried, Skid Pro, Diamond, Blue Diamond, CID, Bushmaster, Wolfe - while I am no expert on cutters by any means I can tell you some major differences we have found running our crews with multiple cutters on each crew.
1. Just because a cutter costs more does not mean it works better
2. The direct drive models are far superior to the old gear box models
3. The double carrier (flywheel) models are the best we have seen
The Diamond Rotary mower with 3 blades is a very well built pc, we used it for a year or so building our company. But about 4 years ago we tried the MTL XC7 cutter in a 72" Cut 3 blade - double flywheel design.
It out performed, all our other cutters to the point that we have now after 4 years switched over and running 7 of the MTL cutters
We have 4 of the MTL - XC7 cutters - Direct drive with 3 axe style blades - we constantly cut sapplings and brush 4-6 " diameter
We have 2 of the MTL XCT cutters ( they do a better job with some of the limbs and branches on mulching the debri up, we have taken down up to 10" pines in the GA area with them)
and we just got the new XC8T with the 750 lb round double flyhweel - 4 blades and the carbide tipped teeth - this thing is a beast !!!!
In over 4 years using the MTL cutters I will say this , we have yet to have a motor failure. and for the price I can buy 2 of them vs a diamond.
I will say the closest we have seen to the performance thus far has been the CID Extreme direct drive and the Virnig V60
Any of the cutters with the curve in the blade like the skid pro, blue diamond etc, they were little more than a glorified brush cutters, and struggled on larger diameter limbs and branches. Look for straight axe style blades, look for a double carrier flywheel (it wont flex like a single pan style) and look at the price - because not all cutters are equal.
I often use NAT archives when I want to buy a new piece of equipment. In researching for reviews on a brush cutter from MTL I ran across this thread. I think it deserves mentioning that the author of this response registered and made one post and then was gone and hasn’t logged in since. Another peculiarity about the author is that he shares the same name of the guy that you will get if you call the number on their website.
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Skid steer brush cutters. Best bang for the buck?
