Assessing Mower Attachment and Functionality

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Testing Brush Mowers & Land clearing Equipment in Extreme Conditions

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This step covers crucial mechanical features distinguishing brush mower models: the frame's flexibility, rear rollers, and safety mechanisms. The video highlights two types of frames: rigid and floating. A 'floating frame' is designed to contour separately from the skid steer, providing an even cut on uneven terrain by allowing the mower deck to adjust independently. In contrast, a rigid frame, while simpler, will 'bob' with the machine's suspension (or lack thereof), leading to uneven cuts and increased wear on blades from constant ground impact. Rear rollers serve two purposes: maintaining ground contact for a consistent cut and shielding the operator from debris thrown backward. Additionally, advanced mowers feature a safety shutoff mechanism that stops the blades when the mower is lifted off the ground, preventing accidental contact with spinning blades. Understanding these features helps in choosing a mower that offers superior performance, operator comfort, and enhanced safety for varied terrain and usage scenarios.

Goal: Evaluate the benefits of different frame types, rollers, and safety features.

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Rear Roller Quick Attach — Providing ground contact and debris shielding

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cover that right now as I'm looking at it if I look here right there where it attaches to the skid loader and then I look over here this unit will actually flow separately from the machine so that unit is gonna contour to the ground right give you an even cut right so you're gonna see this feature actually in action right here you can actually see the mower contouring to the ground separately from the skid steer [Music] one of the sales guys said nobody mo is a football field you're out here in the woods it's it's like this right yeah and the skid-steer is very rigid that doesn't have a suspension most of them so they're also bouncing around well you're missing stuff every time you you go over a bump and this allows the deck to stay in contact with the ground okay over uneven terrain okay now that's the rigid frame not the floating frame and so we're gonna go in the exact same spot show you guys the difference when your brush cutting one thing to keep in mind is the ground is never gonna be even and so you're gonna get a different height from one side of the blade to the other side but you're also like right here gonna be binding up and beating those blades into the ground with a rigid frame mower just something to keep in mind two other features that are really important on this more one is the rear roller so because this deck has to be in contact with the with the ground independent of the skid steer we use a roller in the back it serves two purposes one is it it is a rolling contact with the ground to stay in contact and it also shields the operator from material that's flying backwards yeah look at this so you got chains here to do it right but you're still gonna have stuff flying through that yeah this is gonna help knock it down this is gonna be more like a barrier the other big feature on this mower is the it has a safety shutoff so if the operator picks the mower off the ground the more will stop turning when do we want these bigger ones though well basically as you go up the spectrum and you're mowing larger material or if you have more

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