Slashers

[Kilpatickdave]

I am new to tractors and have just bought an old Fiat 550 2wd. It is 55 hp . I want to add a heavy duty slasher for bracken and saplings. What do I need to know regarding the speed and gears on the slashers - I note that people selling slashers often refer to the HP of the slasher

 

[nick...]

The hp on the slasher is the maximum reccomended so if you put 100hp through a 40hp slasher you will eventually wreck it.buy what your tractor will power and you will be fine.they can take some powering depending what you’re chopping up
Nick...

 

[Grouse]

If there is any chance that you will hit stone or any other tough objects such as tree roots or stumps etc, buy a unit that has chains and not blades otherwise you will destroy it.

they are usually marketed as Jungle Busters or chain slashers or chain toppers - there are a few videos on YouTube

 

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[deleted user 837354]

If you can't see through what you are cutting or don't know what might be there I suggest going slowly so you have a chance to lift the machine if it hits something. I was cutting some scrub years ago with a chain equipped slasher and unearthed some telegraph poles that had been laid there waiting to be used another year. Luckily I was creeping along and had a chance to lift the thing before any harm was done.

 

[Hard Graft]

with the right jungle buster the telegraph poles will do no harm it amazes me where I have had our machine over the years

If you can't see through what you are cutting or don't know what might be there I suggest going slowly so you have a chance to lift the machine if it hits something. I was cutting some scrub years ago with a chain equipped slasher and unearthed some telegraph poles that had been laid there waiting to be used another year. Luckily I was creeping along and had a chance to lift the thing before any harm was done.

 

[Grouse]

I frequently cut scrub up to 6 to 8 feet in height the trick is to reverse in and keep taking little bites at it - plus if you hit anything the buster will jump up off it - if you go in forwards you risk wrecking the tractor steering, radiator and panels

 

[Grouse]

 

[nick...]

Jesus Christ,the cameraman standing close by when starting it and driver moving chains with engine running.did commentators go to commentary school to learn to speak like that too
Nick...

 

[Kilpatickdave]

Thanks all - I reckon I now know enough to go out and buy a slasher.
Here is a new question
My FIAT 550 has two PTOs -both at the rear of the tractor located one above the other. Both spin at the same time with one anti -clockwise and spinning twice as past as the other . I have not seen this before anyone know anything about this

 

[holywell farmer]

The old days,

 

[Kilpatickdave]

brilliant