What size hedgecutter could a zetor 7711 handle?

[Blinker102]

Hi we have an 88 zetor 7711 and are looking to buy a hedgecutter. It would just be tidying a few hedges every year, we have no drains in front of ditches so we don't need anything massive. Budget is about €3500. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Kildare]

Hi we have an 88 zetor 7711 and are looking to buy a hedgecutter. It would just be tidying a few hedges every year, we have no drains in front of ditches so we don't need anything massive. Budget is about €3500. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Mc Connell pa35. But is it really worth while if you are doing little.

 

[ih1455xl]

Bomford B467 used to use it on our 7211 perfect match
Had a b457 on the 6718

 

[agrimax]

A McC PA93 should suit your budget and is a very popular and well regarded farmer's machine. Would suit the tractor well.

 

[Blinker102]

A McC PA93 should suit your budget and is a very popular and well regarded farmer's machine. Would suit the tractor well.

I would have thought that these would be a little large for the tractor??

 

[agrimax]

Wouldn't have thought so. Still only a 4.6m reach machine.

 

[Blinker102]

Wouldn't have thought so. Still only a 4.6m reach machine.

They should be a good match so, would you be better off going with the cable controls or electric?

 

[Monty]

They are nice light trimmers. Here's our pa95 on our old 1394. Same as a pa93 but with electric controls, high power motor and compensator rams to keep the head level when moving the arm. Handles the weight no problem but lacks the power to run it in 1000rpm shaft at half engine revs.

The earlier models with the fixed bolt on head will be lighter (and cheaper) than the newer types with the sliding/adjustable box section head

 

[Blinker102]

They are nice light trimmers. Here's our pa95 on our old 1394. Same as a pa93 but with electric controls, high power motor and compensator rams to keep the head level when moving the arm. Handles the weight no problem but lacks the power to run it in 1000rpm shaft at half engine revs.

The earlier models with the fixed bolt on head will be lighter (and cheaper) than the newer types with the sliding/adjustable box section head

Thanks that's really helpful, do you use any wheel weights or anything with your case? And out of curiosity then is the only difference between pa93 and pa93e that the pa93e has electric instead of cable controls

 

[Bury the Trash]

If it's going go be a Mcconnel, a pa 47 or its uptodate equivalent would be ideal.
The supercut head on it is lighter, good, for when at full stretch, and the whole trimmer is lighter than the old 93

 

[FarmerD89]

We have a back up mc Connell pa24 we run on an 80hp tractor it’s got decent reach and does a nice job, very simple machine and fully independent. And light weight too, There’s one on eBay for 1800.00. Just make sure your not buying an out of balance machine with new flails to distract you, could indicate bearings and worn tolerance rings, bent rotor or something else.

 

[Blinker102]

We have a back up mc Connell pa24 we run on an 80hp tractor it’s got decent reach and does a nice job, very simple machine and fully independent. And light weight too, There’s one on eBay for 1800.00. Just make sure your not buying an out of balance machine with new flails to distract you, could indicate bearings and worn tolerance rings, bent rotor or something else.

Bit of a stupid question but how would you tell if its out of balance?

 

[Bury the Trash]

Bit of a stupid question but how would you tell if its out of balance?

On the machine the way to tell would be to run it up to working speed ( not too fast ) and back it off etc. An out of balance one will vibrate and rattle the roller and guards etc. Will be fairly obvious, certain little rattles will need to be tolerated on an older machine.
The rotor bearings arnt too difficult to do on a pa 24 more a problem if the pump(s) is weak.

Best ones of all trimmer types on older tractors imo are the dual pump or independent ones that means you dont need to plug in to the tractors hydraulics it's just a pto shaft to power it all.

Pa 24 was a cracking little trimmer but it will be hard to find a really good one nowadays I expect.
They had a 1000mm wide flail head which isnt so good though, whereas go to pa 34 or 35 or bit newer model and they have 1200mm wide ones which makes difference on number of passes of course.

 

[Blinker102]

Thanks that's helpful yeah I thunk the pa93 seem like a good machine and they seem to be fairly widely available

 

[Monty]

Thanks that's really helpful, do you use any wheel weights or anything with your case? And out of curiosity then is the only difference between pa93 and pa93e that the pa93e has electric instead of cable controls

No weights at all. Wouldn't like to use it on very steep land but fine for most fields. We only ran it on the 1394 for the first year plus a couple of other occasions. It now goes on a bigger 6 cylinder tractor with 4wd and power shuttle. I love our pa95

A pa93 is a cable machine. A pa93e will be the latter version with electric controls and more likely to have the high power motor on it (some will have high power stickers on them, you get a 54hp motor on them with larger 1 inch pipes where as the standard ones have 45hp motors with 3/4 inch pipes). But as I said before they will weigh more than the older ones. For added confusion a Pa94 is the same as an early pa93 but with electric controls and worth looking into as well.