Wheels are good for reversing as it stops the skids digging in wet ground.
Not so good if you get a puncture.
Not so good if you get a puncture.
New topper - what's recommended?
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That's it - just looking at the website and it looks very impressive.
john432
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Contractor I worked for in Nz built his own jungle buster to work on land clearance jobs 9ft single rotor 1000rpm with a brake disc and calliper as a slip clutch sounded like a helicopter taking off they found a digger bucket left on one job The bucket was only fit for scrap after being through the machine
DeeGee
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Had a 6’ Fleming here for twenty years and has been a fantastic little topper. It’s topped hundreds of acres and cut through semi scrub stuff when we had set aside and field margins etc.
Has only ever broken shearbolts at worst when cutting stuff it was never designed to handle, but taken steady it would cut through most stuff to be honest. Still does some work but has now been replaced by a twin rotor model for speed of work. In my experience Flemings are excellent toppers.
Has only ever broken shearbolts at worst when cutting stuff it was never designed to handle, but taken steady it would cut through most stuff to be honest. Still does some work but has now been replaced by a twin rotor model for speed of work. In my experience Flemings are excellent toppers.
Grouse
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yes, I have both a Jungle Buster and a conventional Major Topper. The Buster will literally destroy anything in its path, including gorse, trees, grass, and also rocks - it either smashes them or bounces off them. Chains are cheap - I just replace them with cheap recovery chain cut up into sections when needed. A conventional topper leaves a neater job on pasture / thistles
Spearhead 3000 is pretty damned strong. The rubber couplings can fail but easy to make them locked solid. Stronger gearboxs are possible to fit. My one has done plenty of heavy work with swinging blades..
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Spearhead 3000 is pretty damned strong. The rubber couplings can fail but easy to make them locked solid. Stronger gearboxs are possible to fit. My one has done plenty of heavy work with swinging blades..View attachment 913291View attachment 913291
opps, wee guy snuck in by accident.. he has a rotating seat too!
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It’s impressive, but at that price it needs to be! Almost ten times the cost of a Fleming. A different beast, but way out of budget - sadly.
Going to upset some folk here, but I've got a Fleming 9ft HD topper on 165hp that I use for a lot of small contract jobs for horsey/sheep folk, they're lands forever full of things that shouldn't be there and the topper does a very good job! Breaks shearbolts as expected but as long as the blades are kept sharp it does a very respectable job. Cuts anything from rushes, 6ft tall grass leys, general weeds without any bother. For the price they are they do a very reasonable job!
I do find if it's very long grass you're cutting, grass does tend to bunch up on the front skids, but no hassle to re-top it again to spread it back out.
There are good second hand ones for £1500 odd.. think mine cost £1300
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Need to keep an eye out then.
Not too heavy to pick up either. And not power hungry.
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Power’s important - wants to be easy enough for the 290.
would think that little topper would do what you want it to
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“C”. And yes, it’s a cracker.
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I think so. Just wanting to make sure there’s nothing better for the price/ slightly more.
Mine was a D but had to change it for something with no clutch. I fair miss it.