Looking for a brush cutter for a 35P. Would like 4" capacity. Dealer quoted me $7400 for the Blue Diamond 36". It's a direct drive with 4" capacity, 3 blades and 1 year warranty. Rut has the 36" Brush Eliminator, has a hyd motor driving a gearbox, 4" capacity and 2 cutting blades, 1 year warranty Rut has the 36" Tree Slayer, 3 blades with mulching teeth, and 6" capacity for $5889. Has hyd motor driving a gearbox Thoughts on these or others? Which would have the highest blade speed?
Ive rented both motor setups and the direct drive takes less from the machine and recovers quicker. Also less parts to break or maintain on the direct drive if you own it. Other thoughts, I would not be looking to use a rotary cutter to actively mulch 4" anything with such a small machine. Cutting a 4" tree down and mulching the limbs is doable but mulching down the 4" stem is going to demand everything and more from a 3 ton mini. A drum mulcher will serve you better and not get ahead of itself if you push it to fast trying to mulch stems.