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<blockquote data-quote="lavacarancher" data-source="post: 645527" data-attributes="member: 9198"><p>Iron Peddler is right in his statement about the Drum Mowers not being transported in a folded up condition. It does fold backwards for transport so all the weight is behind the tractor not to the side FOR TRANSPORT only. When you're in the field and cutting you need to lift the mower off the ground from time to time and that operation puts side load on the tractor. In operation the mower is out to the side of the tractor and when it is lifted to clear rocks or stumps (or whatever) it puts a heck of a load on the tractor.</p><p></p><p>I still have an old PZ drum mower that I used on a Ford 3000 diesel. When it's folded behind the tractor for transport the front of the tractor get very light and when it's off to the side of the tractor in operation the left side of the tractor gets a little light. And my land is flat, no hills, so I can't or won't comment about that aspect of the safety issue. By the way, my PZ was only a five foot mower. It was a great cutter and I believe cuts Bohia attached to the 3000 much better than my 10 foot disc mower behind a 150 HP tractor.</p><p></p><p>I don't know the weights of the PZ compared to Iron Peddlers drum mower but the PZ was heavy. Also compared to a disc mower you will do ten times more blade changes on that drum mower than you will on the disc mower. Or at least that's the way it has worked out on my two units. The blades on the PZ were very easy to change - no nuts and bolts to take loose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lavacarancher, post: 645527, member: 9198"] Iron Peddler is right in his statement about the Drum Mowers not being transported in a folded up condition. It does fold backwards for transport so all the weight is behind the tractor not to the side FOR TRANSPORT only. When you're in the field and cutting you need to lift the mower off the ground from time to time and that operation puts side load on the tractor. In operation the mower is out to the side of the tractor and when it is lifted to clear rocks or stumps (or whatever) it puts a heck of a load on the tractor. I still have an old PZ drum mower that I used on a Ford 3000 diesel. When it's folded behind the tractor for transport the front of the tractor get very light and when it's off to the side of the tractor in operation the left side of the tractor gets a little light. And my land is flat, no hills, so I can't or won't comment about that aspect of the safety issue. By the way, my PZ was only a five foot mower. It was a great cutter and I believe cuts Bohia attached to the 3000 much better than my 10 foot disc mower behind a 150 HP tractor. I don't know the weights of the PZ compared to Iron Peddlers drum mower but the PZ was heavy. Also compared to a disc mower you will do ten times more blade changes on that drum mower than you will on the disc mower. Or at least that's the way it has worked out on my two units. The blades on the PZ were very easy to change - no nuts and bolts to take loose. [/QUOTE]
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